1-Elif, Lâm, Mîm, Sâd

2- The whole of existence has been presented to you as a book. Do not let your heart be troubled aboutthe truths in it. They are for you to explain and warn, and they are an advice for the believers.

3- Follow what has been presented to you from your Lord. Do not take other saints than Him. Howlittle do you seek the truths.

4- How many people in the lands have not realized Us and have ruined themselves. They remained inthe darkness of ignorance and harmed their surroundings by not realizing Us, or they were heedless onthe path of enlightenment.

5- Then they did not respond to the call of the truths. When they were in the distress of not realizingUs, they said, “Indeed, we were wrongdoers.”

6- Those who showed the truths came to them so that they would ask about Us and realize. Those whoshowed the truths had asked and sought to realize Us.

7-Indeed, those who seek to realize Us; those who say, We are not of those who know, will bepresented with the knowledge of those truths.

8-Those who are constantly examining the truths and then focus on realizing them to a certain extentwill certainly be successful.

9-Those who are weak in realizing the truths and act unjustly towards Our signs that are with them;they will not be successful.

10-Indeed, We have made the earth a place of life for you and provided you with opportunities therein.How slow you are to acknowledge and surrender to the Lord of the blessings.

11-Indeed, We created you and then formed you. When we said to Adam, “Perceive the power in allexistence, be in submission,” he surrendered. However, the one who remains on the outer surface ofexistence and cannot see its inner face, who cannot realize the power in all existence; will not beamong those who surrender.

12- It has been stated: What prevents you from surrendering to the Owner of the functioning of allexistence? The one who remains on the outer surface of existence and cannot see its inner surface;remains in self, cannot realize creation due to its burning and destructive states, sees himself superiorto other creations and sees those creations as a form and cannot see their nature.

13-Then it is conveyed to the one who is in that state: You have moved yourself away from realizingthe truths while you were arrogant. Now you have left yourself outside the truths, indeed you havebecome one of the losers.

14-Then it is conveyed to him: Give me time to realize the truth of the existence that is manifestingitself at every moment.

15-It is conveyed to him: Indeed, you have always delayed realizing that truth.

16-Then it is conveyed to him: Those who follow me will move themselves away from the truths afterthis, and their evil state is surely what prevents them from being on your straight path.

17-Then their evil state will surely prevent them from seeing the truths that are in front of them,behind them, on their right, on their left, everywhere. Most of them cannot be among those whorecognize the Owner of the blessings and submit to them.

18-It is conveyed to him: You could not realize the truths because of your contempt and yourdetachment from the truths. Indeed, all those who follow your state will remain in the hell ofignorance.

19-O Adam! You and your spouse, be at peace where you live. Take advantage of the truth whereveryou wish. Do not destroy the intimacy to the essence from which your existence came, and do notattribute that essence to yourselves. Otherwise, you will be among the wrongdoers.

20-Thus, their satanic state; so that their evils, which are hidden in them, may become apparent; yourLord has forbidden you from where your origin came, so that you may have power or you may live ineternity, he whispered to them.

21-They believed in themselves, saying, “Surely, it is an admonition to us, the satanic state of theirown selves.”

22-Thus, they followed their selfs. Their evil state became apparent because of what they said to theiressence, “I am,” and the light of the reality of Paradise began to fade from them. Their Lord called tothem: Were you not forbidden to say to your essence, “I am,”? It was made clear to you that your evilstate is your manifest enemy.

23-They said: Our Lord! We have ruined ourselves. If we cannot realize Your forgiveness and Yourmercy, we will surely be among the losers.

24-We have informed you: You have become enemies of one another, turning away from the truth.There is stability for you on earth and enjoyment for a while.

25-We have informed you: You will be revealed in the earth, and you will live there and you will diethere.

26-O children of Adam! We have given you the knowledge of the truth and the high stations that willcover your evils. That is better for you to be careful of evils and not to associate partners with Allah.All things are signs of Allah. It is hoped that they would reach the realities of existence and look atthis world with them.

27-O children of Adam! Just as the satanic states turned your ancestors away from the truths andcaused them to be in peace with their evil states, do not let them cause you to fall into duality. You seethose in such states everywhere, they are those who are in a state of ignorance. Indeed, those who donot believe are those who take their satanic states as friends and do not realize the truths We present.

28-Those who have exceeded their limits in ego say: We found our ancestors in this way and this isthe judgment of Allah for us. Say: Being in self and exceeding the limits are certainly not thejudgments of Allah. You say about Allah that which you do not know.

29-Say: There is justice in the judgments of my Lord. Turn your faces in submission to the truths thatbelong to Him everywhere, and turn to Him, making the laws of creation specific to Him, and return toHim as you were created.

30-A group of them turned to the Truth, and a group of them turned to their own mentality, leavingaside the truths that belong to them. They took their satanic ways as their friends, leaving aside thetruths that belong to Allah, and they thought that they turned to the Truth.

31-O Children of Adam! Realize the attributes of Allah in yourselves and in all places, and be insubmission to Him. Feed on knowledge and learn thoroughly, and do not transgress. Indeed, there isno love in those who transgress.

32-Say: Whose attributes are sacred? That is Allah’s. He is the One who reveals His servants andprovides pure sustenance. Speak to those who believe: Let them live wholeheartedly until they die.Here We explain the truths with their proofs so that people may know.

33-Say: Sacred is none but He who created you. To be in the self, secretly or openly, and to be in evil,and to abandon the truths, to be in envy and injustice, is to associate others with Allah. Do not sayabout Allah that which you do not know, until you have clear proof from Him.

34-For every person there is an appointed time. When their time comes, there is no delay oradvancement.

35-O Children of Adam! Whoever realizes the verses that those who show you the truth haveexplained to you in stories, and who guards against evil and does not associate partners with Allah anddoes righteousness, then there is no fear on them nor sorrow on them.

36-Those who keep telling lies against Our verses and are arrogant, they are the ones who are in a stateof destructiveness, and they are always in that state.

37-So who is more unjust than he who fabricates about Allah and transmits lies or denies His verses?They have not understood the truth about the truths in the Book, nor have they understood the love inthe Messengers who have come to them. It has been made known to them: Where are those things thatyou have turned to, instead of Allah, based on conjecture? It has been made known to them: We havestrayed from Our truths. They have not understood what is within them, and they have disregarded thetruths and have concealed them.

38-It has been reported: You have been involved in burning and destructive states, like those whowere before you, whether you knew or did not know, who were unable to comprehend Allah andturned away from His mercy. You have assumed those states like those groups. In fact, you havecontinued in those states without stopping like those groups. Those who came after them will sayabout those before them: Our Lord! It is because of our following them that we have gone astray fromthe truth, so we have remained in distress like them, we have become weak in realizing the truths, wehave remained in the fire. It has been reported: You have become weak in realizing the truths likeeveryone else, and you have not known them.

39-Those before them will say about those after them: You have not understood the attributes of Allahlike us, so you have remained in distress because of what you have done.

40-Indeed, those who remained in those states have remained in lies against Our signs and havebecome arrogant. They have not reached the realities of the Sublime World, nor have they entered intothe presence. Even though they were hearing the presence around them, they did not pass on to thegood. This is the reward of those who remained in evil.

41-They remained in the hardships of ignorance, unable to see the realities furnished with blessingsupon them. This is the reward of the wrongdoers.

42-Those who believe and work on the right path do not neglect the responsibility of realizing Us.They act only to the extent of their capacity. They are the people of peace, they always act in that state.

43-Because of their realization of Us, hatred and anger have been removed from their hearts. They arein a state of wisdom in their station. They say: Allah is the Owner of all attributes, He is the One Whoguides us to the realities and if it were not for Allah’s guidance in us, we would not have been guided,and indeed, those who show us the realities have presented the realities of Him Who created us. It isconveyed to them: This is the peace you find because of your efforts in the path of truth.

44-The people of peace will address the people of the fire: We have found what our Lord promised usabout the truth, have you found what our Lord promised us about the truth? They will say: Yes. Theone in authority among them will inform us: The wrongdoers are those who do not realize Allah andare far from mercy.

45-Their state is a hindrance to realize the truths in the way of Allah and they are inclined to distort thetruths, and in the end they ignore the truths.

46-There is a veil between them. And all those who are in high positions in a state of wisdom havewisdom on their faces. The people of peace will address those who have not yet attained that wisdom:Peace be upon you. They are in a desire.

47-When their gaze turns to the people of the fire, they will say: Our Lord! Do not make us act withthe wrongdoers.

48-Those who possess the characteristics of high ranks recognize people by their faces. They addressthem and say: You are not the Owners of values, you are not the Owners of unity, and do not bearrogant.

49-Those who do not realize Allah, but want to realize, and who promise and fulfill their promises forthe truths like you, will be told: Enter the presence with a mercy, there is no fear on you and no sorrowon you.

50-The people of the fire address the people of peace: Inform us of the knowledge you have learned orof the things you have benefited from about Allah. The people of peace say: Those who ignore andconceal the truths cannot realize the sacred truths of Allah, the truth of which is upon them.

51-What they take as religion is nothing but selfish expectations, disregard for the truths, anddistraction. They are deceived by the life of this world. So they spent their time forgetting Us, and justas they forgot to realize Us, they forgot the time of death that was to come upon them, and they werenot among those who realized Our signs, but they disbelieved.

52-Indeed, We have presented to them the whole of existence as a book, and We have explained in itin detail the truths that are a guidance and a mercy, and that they may be of those who believe.

53-Do they not see the explanations in the book of the whole of existence, which come to them everymoment, explained? Those who have forgotten the truth say: Before there were Messengers whospoke the truths of our Lord. Will there be anyone after this who will help us understand the unity,guide us to the unity, or save us from rejection? We did as those who failed to recognize their ownselves, and we occupied ourselves with other things. Those who are in nothing but fabrications are farfrom the truth.

54-Surely, Allah created you. He is the Creator. He created the heavens and the earth with order andbeauty, and He encompasses all things. By His functioning do the night and day follow one another,the sun and the moon and the stars move. Doesn’t creation belong to Him? Allah is the One Whocreates all existence, the Owner of the functioning of all existence, and the One Who sustains allexistence with His Essence.

55-Turn towards Him who created you with humility and sincerity. Indeed, there is no love in thosewho transgress.

56-Do not create mischief on earth. Be reformed with the truths therein and turn to Him withreverence and desire. Indeed, those who are in good deeds are closer to the mercy of Allah.

57-It is He who sends the wind as a herald of good news before the rain, and causes the rain-bearingclouds to travel, and drives it to the dead lands, and then brings out water from it. Thus all kinds ofcrops are brought forth from it. Thus seeds come forth. It is hoped that you would reach the realities ofexistence and look upon this world with those realities.

58-Those who realize their Lord, who has authority over all things, will have knowledge from theircleansed bodies. But from those who are in evil, nothing but uselessness will come forth. Thus, Weexplain the truths in detail with evidence so that you may know the Owner of the blessings and submitto them.

59-Indeed, Noah came forth to tell his people about Us. He said: O my people! Realize that you areservants of Allah. There is no power for you except through Him. I fear that you may be in distress ofa great day.

60-The leaders of his people said: We see you in clear error.

61-He said: O my people! I am not in error, but I am trying to tell you about the One who created allcreation.

62-I am advising you that you may know about Allah that which you do not know, and I amconveying to you that every creation is the message of my Lord.

63-Are you surprised that one of you has come to you because he has told you about the One whocreated you, and has made clear to you the truths, and has told you to beware of evil and do notassociate others with Allah, and that you may be shown mercy?

64-So they denied him. But he found salvation in Us and those who were with him were guided to thetruth. Those who kept lying against Our revelations drowned in their own ignorance. Indeed, theywere of those who could not see the truth.

65-And to the people of Ad came their brother Hûd. He said: O my people! Know that you areservants of Allah. There is no power for you except in Him. Will you not then guard against evil?

66-And the chiefs of his people, among those who disregarded the truth, said: We see you inshamelessness and we think that you are indeed of the liars.

67-He said: O my people! I am not in shamelessness, but I am trying to tell about the One Whocreated all creation.

68-I convey to you that every being is the message of your Lord, and I advise you with certainty.

69-Are you surprised that one of you has come to you because he has told you about the One whocreated you and has explained the truths to you and has warned you? Remember that you were createdafter the people of Noah, and you were created in a growing creation. Remember the blessings ofAllah, so that you may realize yourselves.

70-They said: Have you come to tell us that we should worship only Allah and abandon what ourfathers used to worship? Bring us what you have said, if you are telling the truth.

71-He said: The manifestations of the One who created you have become apparent to you. Do youargue with me about what you and your fathers have called by different names, and for which Allahhas no authority, out of ignorance and anger? From now on, observe and wait. I am also observing andwaiting with you.

72-So he found salvation in Us and those who were with him reached Our mercy. Those who liedagainst Our revelations, forgot to realize Us, from which they came, and they were not among thebelievers.

73-And to the Thamud, their brother Salih said: O my people, realize that you are servants of Allah.There is no power for you except in Him. Clear signs have come to you from Him who created you.This is a camel that Allah has created, in which are signs for you. So release it to Allah’s earth for itsnourishment and do not touch it with evil, then painful hardships will overtake you.

74-And remember that He created you after the people of Ad and established you in the earth, and youmade mansions in its forests and homes in the mountains. So remember the blessings of Allah and donot create discord on earth, and do not create mischief.

75-The leaders of his people, who were arrogant, said to the weak and oppressed who believed in him:Do you know that Salih was sent by his Lord? They said: We believe that he is a narrator of the truth.

76-The arrogant people said: We do not see the truths of the one whom you believe in, nor do weaccept them.

77-Then they slaughtered the camel. They exceeded the limits regarding the work of their Lord andsaid: O Salih! If you claim to be a narrator of the truth, then show us what you have said.78-And they clung to their ignorance and were not shaken by the truth. So they became losers wherethey were.

79-So Salih turned away from them and said: O my people! I have conveyed to you the knowledge ofthe realities of my Lord and I have advised you, but you have no love for those who advise you.

80-And Lot said to his people: Are you in a state of shamelessness, transgression, and egotism, whichwas not in the communities before you, against the One Lord of the worlds?81-Indeed, you turn onto men with lust, besides women. Rather, you are transgressors.

82-His people had no answer. They only said, “Get them out of where you are; they are indeed amongthe people who keep themselves pure.”

83-So he and those who had the truth of the matter with him found salvation in Us, while the othersremained in their ignorance.

84-Those who remained in their ignorance considered Our mercy upon them as their mercy. So seewhat was the end of those who remained in evil.

85-And their brother Shu’ayb came to Madyan and said: O my people! Know that you are servants ofAllah, there is no power for you except through Him. And upon you are the clear signs of Him whocreated you. So behave with love, be moderate and balanced, and do not devalue the wealth of people.Do not cause corruption on earth, then be reformed therein, that is better for you, if you believe.

86-Do not prevent one who is on the right path by making a promise. Do not seek the shortcomings ofone who believes in the truths, and do not prevent those who are on the path of Allah. And remember,you were among the weak, then you became strong. And see what was the end of those who causecorruption and division.

87-If some of you believe in the truths that I have shown you and some of you do not, then be amongthose who patiently persevere until the decrees of Allah become manifest among us. He is the best inHis decrees and wisdom.

88-The chiefs of his people, who were arrogant, said: O Shu’aib! We will surely expel those whobelieve with you from where we are, except if you return to our beliefs and customs. He said: What ifwe do not want to?

89-If we return to your beliefs and customs after we have found salvation from Allah, we will havefollowed those who fabricated about Allah and transmitted lies. We will not return to those states. OurLord is Allah, He alone has free will. Our Lord encompasses all things with His will. We havesurrendered ourselves to Allah with all our being. Our Lord! Make clear the truth between us and ourpeople, and You are the One who makes clear with beneficence.

90-The chiefs of his people, who turned a blind eye to the truth, said: If you follow Shu’aib, you willsurely be among the losers.

91-And they clung to their ignorance and were not shaken by the truth, so they became among thelosers where they were.

92-Those who denied the truths presented by Shu’aib, there they ignored the truths. Those who deniedthe truths presented by Shu’aib were among the losers.

93-So Shu’aib turned away from their state and said: O my people! I have conveyed to you theknowledge of the truths of my Lord and I have advised you. How can those who ignore the truths careabout the truths?

94-Let no one who talks about Us appear in their place, so that its people will not be in distress,weakness and hardship. It is hoped that they would be protected by the truths.

95-So when they realize Us, they will replace evil with goodness, and thus they will be at ease, andthey will say: Our ancestors were in both hardship and happiness. When they forget Us, their old statessurround them and they do not become aware of themselves and their surroundings.

96-If they had knowledge of the realities where they are and had believed, and had kept away fromevil and were not of those who associate partners, they would have benefited from the realities of theheavens and the earth, and would have realized that the origin of everything belongs to Us. But theyremained in lies. Thus, they could not realize Us because of what they did, and they clung to their stateof ignorance.

97-Or were they, while in heedlessness, certain that they would realize Us, be saved from troubles, andbe informed of the realities presented to them in their stations? They are in heedlessness.

98-Or were they, while in heedlessness, certain that they would realize Us, be saved from troubles, andbe informed of the realities presented to them in their stations? They are in disregard of the realities.

99-Or are they certain that they will not be deceived in the realization of Allah? From now on, thosewho are disappointed in realizing the truth cannot be sure that they will not be deceived in realizing Allah.

100-If they had refrained from their evil deeds and wished to realize Us, they would have realized Ourmanifestations within themselves. If they had realized Us, would they not have guided their heirs onearth? But their hearts are closed to realizing Us, and they are not able to hear the truth.

101-Here we inform you of the news of those who were deficient in realizing the truths in thoseplaces, and those who showed them the truths with clear proofs came to them. But they were not ofthose who believed because they remained in the lies of those before them. Therefore, the hearts ofthose who disregarded the truths are closed to the realization of Allah.

102-Most of them did not understand Us, nor were they loyal, and most of them certainly did notunderstand Us because they abandoned the truths and went after their own insight.

103-After them, Moses came to Pharaoh and his clerics to tell them about Us with Our proofs, but theyruined him. See what was the end of those who created duality.

104-Moses said: O Pharaoh! I have come to tell you about the One Who created all creation.

105-I have come to show you the clear proofs of Him who created you. The truth is that I do not sayanything except the truths of Allah. So send the Israelites away with me.

106-Pharaoh said: If you have come with proofs, if you are truthful, then present them to us.

107-So he presented what he knew and carried, and he explained the truths with clear proofs andknowledge.

108-He explained those truths in a clear manner for those who looked and watched, and he made clearthe truths of the power that moves all creation.

109-The priests of Pharaoh’s people said: Indeed, what he knows is impressive.

110-He wants to take you out of where you are, from what you know. What do you say about this?

111-They said: Let him and his brother wait, and send gatherers to the cities.

112-Let them bring all the high-level, impressive scholars to you.

113-So when the influential ones came to Pharaoh, they said: When we are victorious, we expect areward.

114-Pharaoh said: Yes, you will certainly be among my kinsmen.

115-They said: O Moses! Are you the first to present what you know, or shall we?

116-He said: You present it. So the people were impressed by what the influential ones presented, andthey shook them and had a great effect.

117-Moses declared that they carried what they knew from our truths. Thus, the falsehoods theyfollowed disappeared.

118-Thus, the truths became clear, and what they knew and did turned out to be false and empty.

119-Thus, success was achieved there, and there was acceptance in a radical change.

120-Thus, the superiors came and submitted.

121-They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds.

122-The Lord of Moses and Aaron.

123-Pharaoh said: Did you believe in him without my permission? He has surely deceived you. He hasdone this to drive out the people of the city. Now you will know.

124-I will surely cut off your hands and feet, then I will crucify you all.

125-They said: We have only turned to Him who created us.

126-You have no right to be angry with us. You called us and we came. We only realized that thesigns of Him who created us are in us, and we believed. Our Lord! Have mercy on us, grant uspatience, and make us among those who are in love and peace.

127-The clerics of the people of Pharaoh said: Will you leave Moses and his people to create mischiefin the earth and to abandon you and to reject your Allah? He said: We will destroy their sons andabandon their women, and We are superior to them and stronger than them.

128-Moses said to his people: Turn to Allah with desire and be patient. Indeed, Allah is the inheritorof everything on earth. Whoever understands that he is His servant, he will abstain from evil and willnot be of those who associate others with Him.

129-They said: We were ruined before you came to us and after you came to us.

130-Indeed, those who were arrogant did not understand Us for years and clung to their arrogance andremained deficient in the knowledge of the realities. It is hoped that they would reach the realities ofexistence and look at this world with them.

131-If good happens to them, they say, “This is from us” and if evil happens to them, they considerMoses and those with him as ill-omened. The real truth is, are they not in a state of greatness and illomenednessregarding the realities of Allah? But most of them do not know.

132-They said: No matter how much evidence you bring to impress us, we will not trust you.

133-So they did not realize the truths We presented to them and remained in transgression, plunder,living off others, in the filth of ignorance and bloodshed. Although We explained Our revelations inparts, they remained in arrogance and they became of those who remained in evil.

134-So when great hardships befell them, they said: O Moses! Pray for us to your Lord for what youhave done, that we may make a covenant with you and we may be relieved from these hardships, andwe will surely believe in you and we will send the Israelites with you.

135-When they realized that their hardships would be relieved only by realizing Us, they broke theirword after a while.

136-So they did not realize Us and turned away from Mercy. Thus, because they continued to lie aboutOur verses, they drowned in their own ignorance and became heedless of the truth.

137-Those who were in a state of weakness and helplessness, understood that everything belongs toUs, and they were in Our sanctity everywhere in the east and west of the earth. The Israelites, becauseof their patience, completed their realization of the words of their Lord. But Pharaoh and his peoplecould not realize Us and they became blind and could not realize the sublimity of the stations.

138-The Israelites sought to understand Us in the endlessness of wisdom. Then they turned to images.They said: O Moses! Make for us Gods like their Gods. He said: You are a people inclined toignorance.

139-Indeed, they are those who turn away from the truth and their deeds are vain.

140-He said: Shall I seek for you any power other than Allah, when He has bestowed upon you all Hisattributes?

141-You had found salvation in Us against the people of Pharaoh. He would cause you severe distress,kill your sons and leave your women. In these are very careful considerations for you.

142-Moses, in order to understand Our manifestations, passed through darkness and remained inharmony, and he completed realizing Us part by part. Thus, he returned to his Lord to understand hisLord, and completed those appointed stations. Moses said to his brother Aaron: Take my place amongthe people and continue to reform them, and do not follow those who create discord.

143-When Moses tried to understand Us for a certain period of time and understood those words of hisLord, he said: My Lord! Show me Yourself that I may see You. We have made it known: You cannotsee Me, but look at all the exalted things in existence, and if you observe all the places with stability,then you will soon know Me. Thus, when he saw the glory of his Lord with all His manifestationseverywhere, he understood that all his attributes belonged to Him, and Moses became enraptured andsurrendered. Thus, when he understood himself, he said: I have returned to You, You are free from allimperfections and I am certain that everything begins with You.

144-It has been reported: O Moses! You have become one of those who understand Me. You conveyto people the wisdom of the truths and act upon My Word. From now on, take Ownership of what hasbeen presented to you and be one of those who acknowledge and submit to the Owner of the attributes.

145-We have written the truths on all the pages of existence and explained the truths in every detail inall existence and We have surrounded it with Our strength and We are calling from everywhere.Explain to your people the functioning and let them take Ownership of those truths in the best way.You will understand what it is to remain in the state of transgression.

146-The arrogant are far from realizing Our signs and turn to other things on earth than the truths. Ifall the proofs are shown to them, they will not believe in them and if the path of perfection is shown tothem, they will not be on it. If you show them a path other than the path of perfection, they will be onit. This is because they remain in lies against Our signs and are heedless of the truths.

147-Those people remained in lies against Our verses and Tawhid. Their deeds were in vain. Canthose who do not work in the way of truth ever be rewarded?

148-The people of Moses, after that, embraced ostentatious forms in a state of egoism. They turnedtheir state of ignorance into images and remained in worship. Do they not see that what theyworshipped has no word? They embraced that which cannot guide to the truth on that path and becameamong the wrongdoers.

149-When they realized what they had done, they saw that they had strayed from the truth. They said:If we do not understand the mercy of our Lord and His forgiveness for us, we will surely be among thelosers.

150-Moses returned to his people anxious and angry. He said: What a terrible thing you have doneagainst the truths that I have left behind. Why did you rush to understand the decrees of your Lord?Moses brought forth the tablets of truth and took his brother by the head and drew him towardshimself. His brother said: Son of my mother! Indeed, my people have tried to make me weak andpowerless and they nearly killed me. So do not follow their customs and please them, and do notoppress me by being with the unjust.

151-Moses said: My Lord! Forgive me and my brother, and grant us Your mercy, that You may coverwith Your mercy the being You created from Your own essence.

152-Indeed, those who return from their state of ignorance to their state of worship, remain in angerand humiliation in the life of this world. That is the reward of those who remain in fabrications.

153-Those who do evil deeds; then they regret what they did and turn back and believe, then yourLord is indeed Forgiving, Merciful.

154-When Moses’ anger passed, he took the tablets. In them were guidance and mercy for those whoare mindful of their Lord.

155-Seventy men from his people accompanied Moses on the path of realizing Us. So they wereshaken by the truths. He said about those of the past who did not follow the truths: My Lord! If theyhad willed, they would not have understood You and ruined themselves. If I were to follow the actionsof those who do not understand, will we not understand You and ruin ourselves? Will we not be likethem? You are the one who gives careful thought. You are the guide for whoever seeks to understandYou. You are the guide at every moment for those who stray from the path of those truths. You are ourOwner. You are the Forgiver to us and the Merciful to us, and You are the One who grants goodnessthrough Your forgiveness.

156-Give us good deeds in our life and in the end, indeed we turn to You. We have made it known:Whoever seeks not to understand the truths will remain in distress. My mercy encompasses all things.Those who abstain from evil and do not associate others with Allah know that the tablets in everythingbelong to Us, and they purify themselves and share what is in them, and they believe in Our signs inthem.

157-Those who follow the Messengers and Prophets who were as pure as they were born from theirmothers. They find the laws and the knowledge that gives peace in themselves. They advise to be wiseand forbid disbelief and evil and they are on the path of purity and do not find it appropriate to be inbad states and they are enduring in hardships and they are attached to the truths that are in them. Thosewho believe in Allah and they are respectful and they are helpers. Those who follow them and thosewho act with them are enlightened by the truths that are presented. They are the ones who aresuccessful.

158-Say: O people! I am the one who shows you the truths of Allah. He is the Sovereign of theheavens and the earth. There is no God but He. He is the Giver of life and the Provider of death. Sobelieve in Allah. Follow the Messenger and Prophet who believe in Allah as pure as they were bornfrom their mothers and follow those divine words and follow Him. It is hoped that you would reachthe truths.

159-There were also communities among the people of Moses who guided the truth and acted justly.

160-Moses explained to them Our truths that he had reached with twelve proofs, and informed themthat the communities were from the same root. When his people wanted to understand from thosetruths that they did not know, he emphasized with a solid proof that they carried what they knew.Thus, he explained to them with twelve proofs that every being is from the same essence. Everyperson is one of those who know according to their own disposition. That light over them is Ourshadow, and We have given them the sense of that light and made them content. Take advantage of thesustenance We have given you in a pure manner. We are not wrongdoers, but they ruin themselves.

161-It was announced to them: Take advantage of the truths in the lands where you are and whereveryou wish. Realize your mistakes and turn back, and when you realize your mistakes, understand Ourforgiveness in you, and enter the gate to which the truths have come and submit, and those who are ingood deeds reach Our truths more.

162-But the wrongdoers among them changed the words of the truths that were told to them withwords that had a different insight. So they did not understand the truths that We presented to them, andbecause of their wrongdoings, they were in great difficulty in the realization of the Sublime.

163-Let them ask and search in the places where they are, so that they may be of those who knowwhat has been presented, and let them not turn back to what they have left behind and forget theirwords, and let them not prevent themselves from the truths that have been presented to them. Let themalways follow the prohibitions and always make progress. Unless they always abandon that state, theywill not understand the truths. Let them carefully consider and understand the things that they havebecome unclean.

164-And a group of them said: Why do you advise those who have ruined themselves against Allahand who have caused themselves more trouble because of their ignorance? They said: We admonishthem so that they may understand their wrongdoings against the One who created you and them, andthat they may abstain from evil and not be among those who associate others with Allah.

165-So when they were reminded of the truths they had forgotten, those who had kept away from evilfound salvation in Us. But those who were wrongdoers, who caused harm and distress, left the truthsand strayed from their own insight, so they did not understand Us and remained in that state.166-But when they persisted in the evils forbidden to them, it was said to them, “The state you are in isworse than animality.”

167-He who created you is surely the One who has authority over all things. Those who persist in evilswill have that state in them until they die. They are the ones who are harmful with their evil states.Surely your Lord is the Remover of difficulties fastly. Surely He is the Owner of Forgiveness, theCreator of all existence from His own essence.

168-Our truths were made clear to them with proofs. Some of them did good deeds in the places wherethey were, and some of them went astray. Those of them who thought carefully about Us andunderstood Us behaved well. As for those who were in bad situations, It is hoped that they wouldunderstand the truth and change their ways.

169-Thus, those who claim to be the inheritors of the Book came after them. They clung to worldlyinterests and ostentations and said, “We will be forgiven.” If worldly interests and ostentations wereoffered to them, they would ask for the same. A covenant was taken from them to hold fast to theBook of Allah, not to speak except the truths of Allah and to take lessons from what is in it. And forthose who guard against evil and do not associate partners, those stations to which they have reachedare better. Do you not then consider?

170-Those who hold fast to the truths act with the consciousness of devotion to Allah at everymoment. We certainly do not waste the reward of those who do good deeds.

171-And they were drawn to Us in their positions, as if a shadow were withdrawn, and they thoughtabout their reality. So hold fast to the truths We have presented to you and do not forget them. It ishoped that you would keep away from evil and not be among those who associate others with Allah.

172-Your Lord has revealed to the children of Adam their lineage from their genes in their bodies. Heshows them the manifestations of themselves, and He calls out to them from them at every moment:Did I not create you? Those who bear witness to the truths say: Yes, we say that the manifestations arefrom you until we die. Indeed, we were heedless of the truths.

173-If we fall into heedlessness, we will say the words that our forefathers associated with Himbefore, and we are the generations after them, or we will ruin ourselves for the falsehoods we havedone.

174-Thus We have explained the truths in detail with their proofs, and it is hoped that they wouldreturn knowing their origins.

175-We have read to them the news of the truths in due form from every being. We have presentedthem with proofs of the truths, but they turned away from them. Thus, they followed their satanic waysand then became in a state of loss and damage in a state of excess.

176-If he had wished to realize Us, he would have certainly reached Our sublime station through thosetruths. But he was inclined to the world and followed his own desires. His state is like that of a dogthat carries something while panting, or that leaves it and takes it again and carries it while panting.Such is the state of those who lie against Our verses. It is hoped from the stories that they wouldsearch for the truths and think carefully.

177-How evil is the state of those who lie against Our verses, and they are wrongdoers to themselves.

178-Whoever takes Allah as a guide, thus he finds the way to those truths, and whoever abandons thetruths and strays to his own insight, then they are losers.

179-Indeed, most of those you know and those you do not know, who do not understand Us, are in thehell of ignorance. They have hearts that cannot perceive the truths, and they have eyes that cannot seethe truths, and they have ears that cannot hear the truths. They are like animals, and they are the oneswho cannot find their way. They are the ones who are not aware of themselves and their surroundings.

180-All the beauties in the names belong to Allah. So turn to Him with the truths in them, and do notfollow those who do not understand the truths corresponding to His names, but deviate from their owninsight.181-Those who seek to understand Our creation will have a community that guides with the truths andis just.

182-Those who remain in lies against Our revelations will gradually lose their insight because they donot know how to evaluate the truths.

183-It is hoped that they would realize that they remained in lies and understand that I have held thewhole of creation firmly.

184-Do they not contemplate? There is no ignorance in their companion, he is only a warner of thetruths.

185-Do they not see? There is nothing in the dominion of the heavens and the earth except the creationof Allah. Perhaps they know that their term is near. Then in what statement will they believe?

186-Whoever strays from the truths of Allah, there is no one to guide him, and they are leftfloundering in anger, injustice and transgression.

187-They ask you, when will that hour come? Say: The knowledge of those truths is only with myLord. None can reveal them in a time except Him. The intense truths of the heavens and the earth willnot be revealed to you immediately. They ask as if those unknown things belong to you. Say: Thewisdom of those truths belongs only to Allah. But most people do not know the truths.

188-Say: I have no power of my own, nor can I protect or benefit. These are only things from the willof Allah. If I were of those who know the unseen, I would surely want good to increase and would notwant evil to exist. I am only a conveyer of the truths and a warner, and a bringer of good news to thosewho believe.

189-He is the One who created you from a single breath and brought forth from it spouses so that youmay find peace. Thus, he is loaded with a light burden and then walks around with it, and when thatburden becomes heavy, they turn to Allah Who created them and pray, saying, If we are of those whounderstand the blessings you have given us, we will be among the righteous, and we will surely beamong those who recognize the Owner of the blessings and submit to them.

190-And when a pure child is presented to them, they forget what they said and associate partners withHim. The Exalted One is Allah above all that they associate.

191-Do they associate with Him that which cannot create anything and is created?

192-And do they associate with things that have no power to help them and they have no help forthemselves?

193-And if you call upon them for guidance, they will not be able to respond to you. Whether youseek something from them or not, it will not change for you.

194-Surely those whom you turn to besides Allah are servants like you. So invite them, if you are ofthe truth, and they will respond to you.

195-Do they have feet with which to walk? Or hands with which to hold? Or eyes with which to see?Or ears with which to hear? Say: Invite those you associate with Him. Do you not understand that youstill misunderstand Us?

196-Surely those who understand that every being is presented as a book take Allah as their friend andare among the righteous and responsible.

197-Those whom you turn to instead of Him have no power to help you, nor can they help themselves.

198-If you invite them to the path of truth, they will not hear. You see them looking at you, but theylook but do not see.

199-Forgive, understand the functionings, and stay away from the state of ignorance.

200-When your satanic states drag you away from the truth, seek refuge in Allah. Surely He is theHearer, the Owner of wisdom.

201-Surely, if a devil’s state befalls those who guard themselves from evil and do not associatepartners with Allah, they remember the truths, so they will be careful.

202-Those who deviate from the right path and act irrationally will drag their companions into it, andthen they will not be successful.

203-When you cannot provide them with a proof, they will say, “Why don’t you arrange it and speak?”Say, “I only follow what is presented from my Lord. The truths belong to the One who created you. Itis a guidance and a mercy for you to understand the truths and to be among the believers.”

204-When the words of the truths are recited, listen to them and think about it. Perhaps you will beshown mercy.

205-Remember your Lord; in private and secretly, most sincerely and attentively, without making asound, morning and evening, without stopping and without falling into heedlessness.

206-Surely those who know that all manifestations belong to their Lord do not become arrogant,knowing that they are His servants. They perceive the manifestations of His Essence in action andattributes, and they submit to Him.