Qur’an (Rodwell English)

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Era: 7th century CE
Place: Mecca / Medina (Qur’anic revelation)

The Qur’an in classical Arabic is the authoritative text. English on these cards is J. M. Rodwell’s public-domain translation, The Koran (1876) — Victorian wording, flagged as a translation. Surah numbers follow standard Islamic order, not Rodwell’s rearranged sequence.

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Then verily along with trouble cometh ease. Verily along with trouble cometh ease.
— Qur’an 94:5–6 (Rodwell)Islamic
And when my servants ask thee concerning me, then will I be nigh unto them. I will answer the cry of him that crieth, when he crieth unto me.
— Qur’an 2:186 (Rodwell)Islamic
SAY: O my servants who have transgressed to your own hurt, despair not of God’s mercy, for all sins doth God forgive. Gracious, Merciful is He!
— Qur’an 39:53 (Rodwell)Islamic
God will not burden any soul beyond its power.
— Qur’an 2:286 (Rodwell)Islamic
And wherever ye are, He is with you; and God beholdeth all your actions!
— Qur’an 57:4 (Rodwell)Islamic
And your Lord saith, “Call upon me—I will hearken unto you.”
— Qur’an 40:60 (Rodwell)Islamic
Is not God all-sufficient for his servant?
— Qur’an 39:36 (Rodwell)Islamic
Put thou then thy trust in God: for thou hast clear truth on thy side.
— Qur’an 27:79 (Rodwell)Islamic
O ye who believe! seek help with patience and with prayer, for God is with the patient.
— Qur’an 2:153 (Rodwell)Islamic
Therefore remember me: I will remember you; and give me thanks and be not ungrateful.
— Qur’an 2:152 (Rodwell)Islamic
…when thou art resolved, then put thou thy trust in God, for God loveth those who trust in Him. If God help you, none shall overcome you…
— Qur’an 3:159–160 (Rodwell)Islamic
Despair not of God’s mercy, for none but the unbelieving despair of the mercy of God.
— Qur’an 12:87 (Rodwell)Islamic
…my mercy embraceth all things…
— Qur’an 7:156 (Rodwell)Islamic
Are not the friends of God, those on whom no fear shall come, nor shall they be put to grief?
— Qur’an 10:62 (Rodwell)Islamic
Grieve not thou, thy Lord hath provided a streamlet at thy feet.
— Qur’an 19:24 (Rodwell)Islamic
Have we not opened thine heart for thee? And taken off from thee thy burden, Which galled thy back?
— Qur’an 94:1–3 (Rodwell)Islamic
Oh, thou soul which art at rest, Return to thy Lord, pleased, and pleasing him: Enter thou among my servants, And enter thou my Paradise.
— Qur’an 89:27–30 (Rodwell)Islamic
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
— Qur’an, basmala (Rodwell)Islamic
Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee, neither hath he been displeased. And surely the Future shall be better for thee than the Past, and in the end shall thy Lord be bounteous to thee and thou be satisfied.
— Qur’an 93:3–5 (Rodwell)Islamic
Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds! The compassionate, the merciful! King on the day of reckoning! Thee only do we worship, and to Thee do we cry for help. Guide Thou us on the straight path.
— Qur’an 1:2–6 (Rodwell)Islamic
And whoso feareth God, to him will He grant a prosperous issue, and will provide for him whence he reckoned not upon it. And for him who putteth his trust in Him will God be all-sufficient.
— Qur’an 65:2–3 (Rodwell)Islamic
He it is who sendeth down a spirit of secure repose into the hearts of the faithful.
— Qur’an 48:4 (Rodwell)Islamic
Not to sadden thee have we sent down this Koran to thee.
— Qur’an 20:2 (Rodwell)Islamic
God is the light of the Heavens and of the Earth. His Light is like a niche in which is a lamp—the lamp encased in glass—the glass, as it were, a glistening star.
— Qur’an 24:35 (Rodwell)Islamic
Fear ye not, for I am with you both. I will hearken and I will behold.
— Qur’an 20:46 (Rodwell)Islamic
And we send down of the Koran that which is a healing and a mercy to the faithful.
— Qur’an 17:82 (Rodwell)Islamic
And the servants of the God of Mercy are they who walk upon the Earth softly; and when the ignorant address them, they reply, Peace!
— Qur’an 25:63 (Rodwell)Islamic
He is the first and the last; the Seen and the Hidden; and He knoweth all things!
— Qur’an 57:3 (Rodwell)Islamic
And the Earth, He hath prepared it for the living tribes: therein are fruits, and the palms with sheathed clusters.
— Qur’an 55:10–13 (Rodwell)Islamic
Happy now the believers, who humble them in their prayer.
— Qur’an 23:1–2 (Rodwell)Islamic
Is not God the Indulgent, the Merciful?
— Qur’an 42:5 (Rodwell)Islamic
God enjoineth justice and the doing of good and gifts to kindred, and he forbiddeth wickedness and wrong and oppression.
— Qur'an 16:90 (Rodwell)Islamic
What! Shall not men's hearts repose in the thought of God?
— Qur'an 13:28 (Rodwell)Islamic
Enter ye therein in peace, secure. And all rancour will We remove from their bosoms: they shall sit as brethren, face to face, on couches.
— Qur'an 15:46-47 (Rodwell)Islamic
We are closer to him than his neck-vein.
— Qur'an 50:16 (Rodwell)Islamic
Put thy trust in God: for He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
— Qur'an 33:3 (Rodwell)Islamic
Happy he who is purified by Islam, and who remembereth the name of his Lord and prayeth.
— Qur'an (Rodwell)Islamic
But the god-fearing shall be placed amid shades and fountains, and fruits, whatsoever they shall desire.
— Qur'an (Rodwell)Islamic
Blessed now is he who hath kept it pure.
— Qur'an (Rodwell)Islamic
The East and the West is God’s: therefore, whichever way ye turn, there is the face of God.
— Qur’an 2:115 (Rodwell)Islamic
He who saveth a life, shall be as though he had saved all mankind alive.
— Qur’an 5:32 (Rodwell)Islamic
God desireth to make your burden light: for man hath been created weak.
— Qur’an 4:28 (Rodwell)Islamic
God will cause ease to succeed difficulties.
— Qur’an 65:7 (Rodwell)Islamic
O my Lord! enlarge my breast for me, And make my work easy for me.
— Qur’an 20:25–26 (Rodwell)Islamic
And if ye would reckon up the favours of God, ye could not count them. Aye! God is right Gracious, Merciful!
— Qur’an 16:18 (Rodwell)Islamic
Turn away evil by what is better, and lo! he between whom and thyself was enmity, shall be as though he were a warm friend.
— Qur’an 41:34 (Rodwell)Islamic
We have divided you into peoples and tribes that ye might have knowledge one of another.
— Qur’an 49:13 (Rodwell)Islamic
Whosoever shall have wrought an atom’s weight of good shall behold it.
— Qur’an 99:7 (Rodwell)Islamic
Be not distressed; verily, God is with us.
— Qur’an 9:40 (Rodwell)Islamic
Who master their anger, and forgive others! God loveth the doers of good.
— Qur’an 3:134 (Rodwell)Islamic
Truly evil hath touched me: but thou art the most merciful of those who shew mercy.
— Qur’an 21:83 (Rodwell)Islamic
Haply ye are averse from a thing, though it be good for you, and haply ye love a thing though it be bad for you: And God knoweth; but ye, ye know not.
— Qur’an 2:216 (Rodwell)Islamic
Whoso maketh efforts for us, in our ways will we guide them: for God is assuredly with those who do righteous deeds.
— Qur’an 29:69 (Rodwell)Islamic
Peace be upon you! Your Lord hath laid down for himself a law of mercy.
— Qur’an 6:54 (Rodwell)Islamic
God will not change his gifts to men, till they change what is in themselves.
— Qur’an 13:11 (Rodwell)Islamic
God! There is no God but He; the Living, the Eternal; Nor slumber seizeth Him, nor sleep.
— Qur’an 2:255 (Rodwell)Islamic
Did he not find thee an orphan and gave thee a home? And found thee erring and guided thee, And found thee needy and enriched thee.
— Qur’an 93:6–8 (Rodwell)Islamic
Seest thou not to what God likeneth a good word? To a good tree: its root firmly fixed, and its branches in the Heaven.
— Qur’an 14:24 (Rodwell)Islamic
And persevere steadfastly, for verily God will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.
— Qur’an 11:115 (Rodwell)Islamic
O my son! observe prayer, and enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and be patient under whatever shall betide thee.
— Qur’an 31:17 (Rodwell)Islamic
I only plead my grief and my sorrow to God: but I know from God what ye know not.
— Qur’an 12:86 (Rodwell)Islamic