Quran on Truth

Lo! We have revealed the Scripture unto thee (Muhammad) with truth; so worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only).

And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed (for them) Our revelation, that haply they might return.

Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.

We have seen the turning of thy face to heaven (for guidance, O Muhammad). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer) toward a qiblah which is dear to thee. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship, and ye (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your faces (when ye pray) toward it. Lo! Those who have received the Scripture know that (this revelation) is the Truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.

O People of the Scripture! Why disbelieve ye in the revelations of Allah, when ye (yourselves) bear witness (to their truth)?

Thy people (O Muhammad) have denied it, though it is the Truth. Say: I am not put in charge of you.

Then verily We shall narrate unto them (the event) with knowledge, for We were not absent (when it came to pass).

He said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray, verily I shall lurk in ambush for them on Thy Right Path.

Disputing with thee of the Truth after it had been made manifest, as if they were being driven to death visible.

Such then is Allah, your rightful Lord. After the Truth what is there saving error? How then are ye turned away!

Moses said: Speak ye (so) of the Truth when it hath come unto you? Is this magic? Now magicians thrive not.

And lo! unto each thy Lord will verily repay his works in full. Lo! He is Informed of what they do.

He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. High be He Exalted above all that they associate (with Him).

And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all manner of similitudes, but man is more than anything contentious.

He is only a man who hath invented a lie about Allah. We are not going to put faith in him.

Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.

On that day Allah will pay them their just due, and they will know that Allah, He is the Manifest Truth.

Say: Our Lord will bring us all together, then He will judge between us with truth. He is the All-knowing Judge.

And now that the Truth hath come unto them they say: This is mere magic, and lo! we are disbelievers therein.

The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the dwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,

The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves).

But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able

And their Lord hath heard them (and He saith): Lo! I suffer not the work of any worker, male or female, to be lost. Ye proceed one from another. So those who fled and were driven forth from their homes and suffered damage for My cause, and fought and were slain, verily I shall remit their evil deeds from them and verily I shall bring them into Gardens underneath which rivers flow - A reward from Allah. And with Allah is the fairest of rewards.

Mankind were one community, and Allah sent (unto them) prophets as bearers of good tidings and as warners, and revealed therewith the Scripture with the truth that it might judge between mankind concerning that wherein they differed. And only those unto whom (the Scripture) was given differed concerning it, after clear proofs had come unto them, through hatred one of another. And Allah by His Will guided those who believe unto the truth of that concerning which they differed. Allah guideth whom He will unto a straight path.

Why do not the rabbis and the priests forbid their evil-speaking and their devouring of illicit gain? Verily evil is their handiwork.

Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or saith: I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who saith: I will reveal the like of that which Allah hath revealed? If thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out (saying): Deliver up your souls. This day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake concerning Allah other than the truth, and used to scorn His portents.

Verily We have brought them a Scripture which We expounded with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.

Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah and denieth His revelations? Lo! the guilty never are successful.

And Moses said: Though ye and all who are in the earth prove thankless, lo! Allah verily is Absolute, Owner of Praise.

See how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.

We verily have displayed (Our warnings) in this Qur'an that they may take heed, but it increaseth them in naught save aversion.

And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all kind of similitudes, but most of mankind refuse aught save disbelief.

And they bring thee no similitude but We bring thee the Truth (as against it), and better (than their similitude) as argument.

So have patience (O Muhammad)! Allah's promise is the very truth, and let not those who have no certainty make thee impatient.

And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.

Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?

And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.

And verily ye used to wish for death before ye met it (in the field). Now ye have seen it with your eyes!

Who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah or denieth His revelations? Lo! the wrongdoers will not be successful.

We know well how their talk grieveth thee, though in truth they deny not thee (Muhammad) but evil-doers flout the revelations of Allah.

Those are they who are in truth believers. For them are grades (of honour) with their Lord, and pardon, and a bountiful provision.

Who have believed and whose hearts have rest in the remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest!

Verily they have plotted their plot, and their plot is with Allah, though their plot were one whereby the mountains should be moved.

That is because Allah, He is the Truth and because He quickeneth the dead, and because He is Able to do all things;

He verily led me astray from the Reminder after it had reached me. Satan was ever man's deserter in the hour of need.

They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are reminded (of the truth)? Nay, but ye are froward folk!

Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or from behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise.

And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not concerning it, but follow Me. This is the right path.

And those unto whom they cry instead of Him possess no power of intercession, saving him who beareth witness unto the Truth knowingly.

We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.

And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo! a guess can never take the place of the truth.

Except those who repent and amend and make manifest (the truth). These it is toward whom I relent. I am the Relenting, the Merciful.

These are the portents of Allah which We recite unto thee (Muhammad) with truth, and lo! thou art of the number of (Our) messengers;

And whoso committeth a delinquency or crime, then throweth (the blame) thereof upon the innocent, hath burdened himself with falsehood and a flagrant crime.

He from whom (such retribution) is averted on that day, (Allah) hath in truth had mercy on him. That will be the signal triumph.

Know they not that whoso opposeth Allah and His messenger, his verily is fire of hell, to abide therein? That is the extreme abasement.

And they ask thee to inform them (saying): Is it true? Say: Yea, by my Lord, verily it is true, and ye cannot escape.

Have they not seen the birds obedient in mid-air? None holdeth them save Allah. Lo! herein, verily, are portents for a people who believe.

We narrate unto thee their story with truth. Lo! they were young men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.