O you who believe! Follow not the footsteps of Shaitân (Satan).
And whosoever follows the footsteps of Shaitân (Satan), then, verily he
commands Al-Fahshâ' [i.e. to commit indecency (illegal sexual intercourse)],
and Al-Munkar [disbelief and polytheism (i.e. to do evil and wicked deeds; and
to speak or to do what is forbidden in Islâm)]. And had it not been for the
Grace of Allâh and His Mercy on you, not one of you would ever have been pure
from sins. But Allâh purifies (guides to Islâm) whom He wills, and Allâh is
All-Hearer, All-Knower. (21) And let not those among you who are blessed
with graces and wealth swear not to give (any sort of help) to their kinsmen,
Al-Masâkîn (the poor), and those who left their homes for Allâh's Cause. Let
them pardon and forgive. Do you not love that Allâh should forgive you? And
Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (22) Verily, those who accuse chaste women,
who never even think of anything touching their chastity and are good believers,— are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter, and for
them will be a great torment,— (23) On the Day when their tongues, their hands,
and their legs (or feet) will bear witness against them as to what they used to
do. (24) On that Day Allâh
will pay them the recompense of their deeds in full, and they will know that
Allâh, He is the Manifest Truth. (25) Bad statements are for bad people (or bad women
for bad men) and bad people for bad statements (or bad men for bad women). Good
statements are for good people (or good women for good men) and good people for
good statements (or good men for good women), such (good people) are innocent
of (every) bad statement which they say, for them is Forgiveness, and Rizqun
Karîm (generous provision i.e.Paradise). (26) O you who believe! Enter not houses
other than your own, until you have asked permission and greeted those in them,
that is better for you, in order that you may
remember. (27)