Selected Quranic verses

﴿ وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﴾

and you are free of restriction [for a while] in t...

﴿ وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴾

and by every parent[2] and his offspring,

﴿ لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ﴾

We have created man in hardship.

﴿ أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ﴾

Does he think that none can ever have power over h...

﴿ يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ﴾

He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”

﴿ أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴾

Does he think that no one sees him?

﴿ أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ﴾

Have We not given him two eyes,

﴿ وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ﴾

and a tongue and two lips,

﴿ وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ﴾

and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?

﴿ فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ﴾

Yet he did not make his way through the steep path...

﴿ وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ﴾

and how do you know what the steep path is?

﴿ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴾

It is freeing a slave,