Part 4
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All food was lawful to the Children of
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If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to God,
they are indeed unjust wrong-doers.
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Say: "God speaketh the Truth: follow the religion of
Abraham, the sane in faith; he was not of the Pagans."
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The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at
Bakka: Full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings:
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In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of
Abraham; whoever enters it attains security; Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men
owe to God,- those who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith, God
stands not in need of any of His creatures.
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Say: "O People of the Book! Why reject ye the Signs of
God, when God is Himself witness to all ye do?"
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Say: "O ye People of the Book! Why obstruct ye those
who believe, from the path of God, Seeking to make it crooked, while ye were
yourselves witnesses (to God's Covenant)? but God is not unmindful of all that
ye do."
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O ye who believe! If ye listen to a faction among the People
of the Book, they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye have believed!
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And how would ye deny Faith while unto you are rehearsed the
Signs of God, and among you Lives the Apostle? Whoever holds firmly to God will
be shown a way that is straight.
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O ye who believe! Fear God as He should be feared, and die
not except in a state of Islam.
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And hold fast, all together, by the rope which God
(stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with
gratitude God's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in
love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the
pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth God make His Signs clear to
you: That ye may be guided.
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Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all
that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are
the ones to attain felicity.
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Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and
fall into disputations after receiving Clear Signs: For them is a dreadful
penalty,-
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On the Day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, and
some faces will be (in the gloom of) black: To those whose faces will be black,
(will be said): "Did ye reject Faith after accepting it? Taste then the
penalty for rejecting Faith."
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But those whose faces will be (lit with) white,- they will
be in (the light of) God's mercy: therein to dwell (for ever).
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These are the Signs of God: We rehearse them to thee in
Truth: And God means no injustice to any of His creatures.
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To God belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: To
Him do all questions go back (for decision).
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Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining
what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in God. If only the
People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who
have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors.
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They will do you no harm, barring a trifling annoyance; if
they come out to fight you, they will show you their backs, and no help shall
they get.
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Shame is pitched over them (Like a tent) wherever they are
found, except when under a covenant (of protection) from God and from men; they
draw on themselves wrath from God, and pitched over them is (the tent of)
destitution. This because they rejected the Signs of God, and slew the prophets
in defiance of right; this because they rebelled and transgressed beyond
bounds.
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Not all of them are alike: Of the People of the Book are a
portion that stand (For the right): They rehearse the Signs of God all night
long, and they prostrate themselves in adoration.
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They believe in God and the Last Day; they enjoin what is
right, and forbid what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good
works: They are in the ranks of the righteous.
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Of the good that they do, nothing will be rejected of them;
for God knoweth well those that do right.
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Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their
(numerous) progeny will avail them aught against God: They will be companions of
the Fire,- dwelling therein (for ever).
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What they spend in the life of this (material) world May be
likened to a wind which brings a nipping frost: It strikes and destroys the
harvest of men who have wronged their own souls: it is not God that hath
wronged them, but they wrong themselves.
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O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside
your ranks: They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank
hatred has already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far
worse. We have made plain to you the Signs, if ye have wisdom.
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Ah! ye are those who love them, but they love you not,-
though ye believe in the whole of the Book. When they meet you, they say,
"We believe": But when they are alone, they bite off the very tips of
their fingers at you in their rage. Say: "Perish in you rage; God knoweth
well all the secrets of the heart."
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If aught that is good befalls you, it grieves them; but if
some misfortune overtakes you, they rejoice at it. But if ye are constant and
do right, not the least harm will their cunning do to you; for God Compasseth
round about all that they do.
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Remember that morning Thou didst leave Thy household (early)
to post the faithful at their stations for battle: And God heareth and knoweth
all things:
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Remember two of your parties Meditated cowardice; but God
was their protector, and in God should the faithful (Ever) put their trust.
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God had helped you at Badr, when ye were a contemptible
little force; then fear God; thus May ye show your gratitude.
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Remember thou saidst to the Faithful: "Is it not enough
for you that God should help you with three thousand angels (Specially) sent
down?
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"Yea, - if ye remain firm, and act aright, even if the
enemy should rush here on you in hot haste, your Lord would help you with five
thousand angels Making a terrific onslaught.
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God made it but a message of hope for you, and an assurance
to your hearts: (in any case) there is no help except from God. The Exalted,
the Wise:
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That He might cut off a fringe of the Unbelievers or expose
them to infamy, and they should then be turned back, frustrated of their
purpose.
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Not for thee, (but for God), is the decision: Whether He
turn in mercy to them, or punish them; for they are indeed wrong-doers.
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To God belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth. He
forgiveth whom He pleaseth and punisheth whom He pleaseth; but God is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied;
but fear God; that ye may (really) prosper.
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Fear the Fire, which is repaired for those who reject Faith:
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And obey God and the Apostle; that ye may obtain mercy.
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Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for
a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth,
prepared for the righteous,-
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Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in
adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for God loves those who
do good;-
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And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or
wronged their own souls, earnestly bring God to mind, and ask for forgiveness
for their sins,- and who can forgive sins except God?- and are never obstinate
in persisting knowingly in (the wrong) they have done.
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For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and
Gardens with rivers flowing underneath,- an eternal dwelling: How excellent a
recompense for those who work (and strive)!
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Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you:
travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.
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Here is a plain statement to men, a guidance and instruction
to those who fear God!
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So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: For ye must gain
mastery if ye are true in Faith.
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If a wound hath touched you, be sure a similar wound hath
touched the others. Such days (of varying fortunes) We give to men and men by
turns: that God may know those that believe, and that He may take to Himself
from your ranks Martyr-witnesses (to Truth). And God loveth not those that do
wrong.
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God's object also is to purge those that are true in Faith
and to deprive of blessing Those that resist Faith.
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Did ye think that ye would enter Heaven without God testing
those of you who fought hard (In His Cause) and remained steadfast?
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Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: Now ye have
seen him with your own eyes, (And ye flinch!)
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Muhammad is no more than an apostle: many Were the apostle
that passed away before him. If he died or were slain, will ye then Turn back
on your heels? If any did turn back on his heels, not the least harm will he do
to God; but God (on the other hand) will swiftly reward those who (serve Him)
with gratitude.
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Nor can a soul die except by God's leave, the term being
fixed as by writing. If any do desire a reward in this life, We shall give it to
him; and if any do desire a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give it to him.
And swiftly shall We reward those that (serve us with) gratitude.
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How many of the prophets fought (in God's way), and with
them (fought) Large bands of godly men? but they never lost heart if they met
with disaster in God's way, nor did they weaken (in will) nor give in. And God
Loves those who are firm and steadfast.
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All that they said was: "Our Lord! Forgive us our sins
and anything We may have done that transgressed our duty: Establish our feet
firmly, and help us against those that resist Faith."
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And God gave them a reward in this world, and the excellent
reward of the Hereafter. For God Loveth those who do good.
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O ye who believe! If ye obey the Unbelievers, they will
drive you back on your heels, and ye will turn back (from Faith) to your own
loss.
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Nay, God is your protector, and He is the best of helpers.
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Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the
Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with God, for which He had sent no
authority: their abode will be the Fire: And evil is the home of the
wrong-doers!
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God did indeed fulfil His promise to you when ye with His
permission Were about to annihilate your enemy,-until ye flinched and fell to
disputing about the order, and disobeyed it after He brought you in sight (of
the booty) which ye covet. Among you are some that hanker after this world and
some that desire the Hereafter. Then did He divert you from your foes in order
to test you but He forgave you: For God is full of grace to those who believe.
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Behold! ye were climbing up the high ground, without even
casting a side glance at any one, and the Apostle in your rear was calling you
back. There did God give you one distress after another by way of requital, to
teach you not to grieve for (the booty) that had escaped you and for (the ill)
that had befallen you. For God is well aware of all that ye do.
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After (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on
a band of you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety
by their own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions of God-suspicions due to
ignorance. They said: "What affair is this of ours?" Say thou:
"Indeed, this affair is wholly God's." They hide in their minds what
they dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves): "If we had had
anything to do with this affair, We should not have been in the slaughter
here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom
death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their
death"; but (all this was) that God might test what is in your breasts and
purge what is in your hearts. For God knoweth well the secrets of your hearts.
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Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts
Met,-it was Satan who caused them to fail, because of some (evil) they had
done. But God Has blotted out (their fault): For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Forbearing.
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O ye who believe! Be not like the Unbelievers, who say of
their brethren, when they are travelling through the Earth or engaged in
fighting: "If they had stayed with us, they would not have died, or been
slain." This that God may make it a cause of sighs and regrets in their
hearts. It is God that gives Life and Death, and God sees well all that ye do.
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And if ye are slain, or die, in the way of God, forgiveness
and mercy from God are far better than all they could amass.
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And if ye die, or are slain, Lo! it is unto God that ye are
brought together.
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It is part of the Mercy of God that thou dost deal gently
with them Wert thou severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from
about thee: so pass over (Their faults), and ask for (God's) forgiveness for
them; and consult them in affairs (of moment). Then, when thou hast Taken a
decision put thy trust in God. For God loves those who put their trust (in
Him).
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If God helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you,
who is there, after that, that can help you? in God, then, Let believers put
their trust.
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No prophet could (ever) be false to his trust. If any person
is so false, He shall, on the Day of Judgment, restore what he misappropriated;
then shall every soul receive its due,- whatever it earned,- and none shall be
dealt with unjustly.
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Is the man who follows the good pleasure of God Like the man
who draws on himself the wrath of God, and whose abode is in Hell?- A woeful
refuge!
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They are in varying gardens in the sight of God, and God
sees well all that they do.
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God did confer a great favour on the believers when He sent
among them an apostle from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of
God, sanctifying them, and instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom, while,
before that, they had been in manifest error.
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What! When a single disaster smites you, although ye smote
(your enemies) with one twice as great, do ye say?- "Whence is this?"
Say (to them): "It is from yourselves: For God hath power over all
things."
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What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the
leave of God, in order that He might test the believers,-
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And the Hypocrites also. These were told: "Come, fight
in the way of God, or (at least) drive (The foe from your city)." They
said: "Had we known how to fight, we should certainly have followed
you." They were that day nearer to Unbelief than to Faith, saying with
their lips what was not in their hearts but God hath full knowledge of all they
conceal.
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(They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain),
while they themselves sit (at ease): "If only they had listened to us they
would not have been slain." Say: "Avert death from your own selves,
if ye speak the truth."
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Think not of those who are slain in God's way as dead. Nay,
they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord;
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They rejoice in the bounty provided by God: And with regard
to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the
(Martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve.
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They glory in the Grace and the bounty from God, and in the
fact that God suffereth not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the
least).
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Of those who answered the call of God and the Apostle, even
after being wounded, those who do right and refrain from wrong have a great
reward;-
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Men said to them: "A great army is gathering against
you": And frightened them: But it (only) increased their Faith: They said:
"For us God sufficeth, and He is the best disposer of affairs."
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And they returned with Grace and bounty from God: no harm
ever touched them: For they followed the good pleasure of God: And God is the
Lord of bounties unbounded.
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It is only the Evil One that suggests to you the fear of his
votaries: Be ye not afraid of them, but fear Me, if ye have Faith.
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Let not those grieve thee who rush headlong into Unbelief:
Not the least harm will they do to God: God's plan is that He will give them no
portion in the Hereafter, but a severe punishment.
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Those who purchase Unbelief at the price of faith,- not the
least harm will they do to God, but they will have a grievous punishment.
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Let not the Unbelievers think that our respite to them is
good for themselves: We grant them respite that they may grow in their
iniquity: But they will have a shameful punishment.
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God will not leave the believers in the state in which ye
are now, until He separates what is evil from what is good nor will He disclose
to you the secrets of the Unseen. But He chooses of His Apostles (For the
purpose) whom He pleases. So believe in God. And His apostles: And if ye
believe and do right, ye have a reward without measure.
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And let not those who covetously withhold of the gifts which
God Hath given them of His Grace, think that it is good for them: Nay, it will
be the worse for them: soon shall the things which they covetously withheld be
tied to their necks Like a twisted collar, on the Day of Judgment. To God
belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth; and God is well-acquainted
with all that ye do.
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God hath heard the taunt of those who say: "Truly, God
is indigent and we are rich!"- We shall certainly record their word and
(their act) of slaying the prophets in defiance of right, and We shall say:
"Taste ye the penalty of the Scorching Fire!
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"This is because of the (unrighteous deeds) which your
hands sent on before ye: For God never harms those who serve Him."
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They (also) said: "God took our promise not to believe
in an apostle unless He showed us a sacrifice consumed by Fire (From
heaven)." Say: "There came to you apostles before me, with clear
Signs and even with what ye ask for: why then did ye slay them, if ye speak the
truth?"
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Then if they reject thee, so were rejected apostles before
thee, who came with Clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and the Book of
Enlightenment.
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Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day
of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far
from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of
Life): For the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception.
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Ye shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and
in your personal selves; and ye shall certainly Hear much that will grieve you,
from those who received the Book before you and from those who worship many
gods. But if ye persevere patiently, and guard against evil,-then that will be
a determining factor in all affairs.
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And remember God took a covenant from the People of the
Book, to make it known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it; but they threw
it away behind their backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain! And vile
was the bargain they made!
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Think not that those who exult in what they have brought
about, and love to be praised for what they have not done,- think escape the
penalty. For them is a penalty Grievous indeed.
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To God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth;
and God hath power over all things.
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Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and
the alternation of night and day,- there are indeed Signs for men of
understanding,-
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Men who celebrate the praises of God, standing, sitting, and
lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the
heavens and the earth, (With the thought): "Our Lord! not for naught Hast
Thou created (all) this! Glory to Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of
the Fire.
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"Our Lord! any whom Thou dost admit to the Fire, Truly
Thou coverest with shame, and never will wrong-doers Find any helpers!
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"Our Lord! we have heard the call of one calling (Us)
to Faith, 'Believe ye in the Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us
our sins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to Thyself our souls in the
company of the righteous.
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"Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us
through Thine apostles, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: For Thou
never breakest Thy promise."
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And their Lord hath accepted of them, and answered them:
"Never will I suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or
female: Ye are members, one of another: Those who have left their homes, or
been driven out therefrom, or suffered harm in My Cause, or fought or been
slain,- verily, I will blot out from them their iniquities, and admit them into
Gardens with rivers flowing beneath;- A reward from the presence of God, and from
His presence is the best of rewards."
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Let not the strutting about of the Unbelievers through the
land deceive thee:
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Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell:
what an evil bed (To lie on)!
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On the other hand, for those who fear their Lord, are
Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath; therein are they to dwell (for ever),- a
gift from the presence of God; and that which is in the presence of God is the
best (bliss) for the righteous.
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And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book,
those who believe in God, in the revelation to you, and in the revelation to
them, bowing in humility to God: They will not sell the Signs of God for a
miserable gain! For them is a reward with their Lord, and God is swift in
account.
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O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie
in such perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear God; that ye may prosper.
AN NISAA'
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
4-1
O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you
from a single person, created, of like nature, His mate, and from them twain
scattered (like seeds) countless men and women;- reverence God, through whom ye
demand your mutual (rights), and (reverence) the wombs (That bore you): for God
ever watches over you.
4-2
To orphans restore their property (When they reach their
age), nor substitute (your) worthless things for (their) good ones; and devour
not their substance (by mixing it up) with your own. For this is indeed a great
sin.
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If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the
orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that
ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive)
that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from
doing injustice.
4-4
And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a free gift;
but if they, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, Take it
and enjoy it with right good cheer.
4-5
To those weak of understanding Make not over your property,
which God hath made a means of support for you, but feed and clothe them
therewith, and speak to them words of kindness and justice.
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Make trial of orphans until they reach the age of marriage;
if then ye find sound judgment in them, release their property to them; but
consume it not wastefully, nor in haste against their growing up. If the
guardian is well-off, Let him claim no remuneration, but if he is poor, let him
have for himself what is just and reasonable. When ye release their property to
them, take witnesses in their presence: But all-sufficient is God in taking
account.
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From what is left by parents and those nearest related there
is a share for men and a share for women, whether the property be small or
large,-a determinate share.
4-8
But if at the time of division other relatives, or orphans
or poor, are present, feed them out of the (property), and speak to them words
of kindness and justice.
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Let those (disposing of an estate) have the same fear in
their minds as they would have for their own if they had left a helpless family
behind: Let them fear God, and speak words of appropriate (comfort).
4-10
Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, eat up a
Fire into their own bodies: They will soon be enduring a Blazing Fire!
4-11
God (thus) directs you as regards your Children's
(Inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of two females: if only
daughters, two or more, their share is two-thirds of the inheritance; if only
one, her share is a half. For parents, a sixth share of the inheritance to
each, if the deceased left children; if no children, and the parents are the
(only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased Left brothers (or sisters)
the mother has a sixth. (The distribution in all cases ('s) after the payment
of legacies and debts. Ye know not whether your parents or your children are
nearest to you in benefit. These are settled portions ordained by God; and God
is All-knowing, Al- wise.
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In what your wives leave, your share is a half, if they
leave no child; but if they leave a child, ye get a fourth; after payment of
legacies and debts. In what ye leave, their share is a fourth, if ye leave no
child; but if ye leave a child, they get an eighth; after payment of legacies
and debts. If the man or woman whose inheritance is in question, has left
neither ascendants nor descendants, but has left a brother or a sister, each
one of the two gets a sixth; but if more than two, they share in a third; after
payment of legacies and debts; so that no loss is caused (to any one). Thus is
it ordained by God; and God is All-knowing, Most Forbearing.
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Those are limits set by God: those who obey God and His
Apostle will be admitted to Gardens with rivers flowing beneath, to abide
therein (for ever) and that will be the supreme achievement.
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But those who disobey God and His Apostle and transgress His
limits will be admitted to a Fire, to abide therein: And they shall have a
humiliating punishment.
4-15
If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, Take the
evidence of four (Reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them; and if
they testify, confine them to houses until death do claim them, or God ordain
for them some (other) way.
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If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them
both. If they repent and amend, Leave them alone; for God is Oft-returning,
Most Merciful.
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God accept the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance
and repent soon afterwards; to them will God turn in mercy: For God is full of
knowledge and wisdom.
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Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do
evil, until death faces one of them, and he says, "Now have I repented
indeed;" nor of those who die rejecting Faith: for them have We prepared a
punishment most grievous.
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O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against
their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part
of the dower ye have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open
lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity.
If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and God brings
about through it a great deal of good.
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But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another, even
if ye had given the latter a whole treasure for dower, Take not the least bit
of it back: Would ye take it by slander and manifest wrong?
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And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each
other, and they have Taken from you a solemn covenant?
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And marry not women whom your fathers married,- except what
is past: It was shameful and odious,- an abominable custom indeed.
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Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters,
sisters; father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's
daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives'
mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to
whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye have not gone in;- (Those who have
been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock
at one and the same time, except for what is past; for God is Oft-forgiving,
Most Merciful;-