Part 5
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Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those
whom your right hands possess: Thus hath God ordained (Prohibitions) against
you: Except for these, all others are lawful, provided ye seek (them in
marriage) with gifts from your property,- desiring chastity, not lust, seeing
that ye derive benefit from them, give them their dowers (at least) as
prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree Mutually (to vary it),
there is no blame on you, and God is All-knowing, All-wise.
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If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free
believing women, they may wed believing girls from among those whom your right
hands possess: And God hath full knowledge about your faith. Ye are one from
another: Wed them with the leave of their owners, and give them their dowers,
according to what is reasonable: They should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking
paramours: when they are taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their
punishment is half that for free women. This (permission) is for those among
you who fear sin; but it is better for you that ye practise self-restraint. And
God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
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God doth wish to make clear to you and to show you the
ordinances of those before you; and (He doth wish to) turn to you (In Mercy):
And God is All-knowing, All-wise.
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God doth wish to Turn to you, but the wish of those who
follow their lusts is that ye should turn away (from Him),-
far, far away.
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God doth wish to lighten your (difficulties): For man was
created Weak (in flesh).
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O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves
in vanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual
good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily God hath been to you
Most Merciful!
4-30
If any do that in rancour and injustice,-
soon shall We cast them into the Fire: And easy it is for God.
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If ye (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which ye
are forbidden to do, We shall expel out of you all the
evil in you, and admit you to a gate of great honour.
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And in no wise covet those things in which God Hath bestowed
His gifts More freely on some of you than on others: To men is allotted what
they earn, and to women what they earn: But ask God of His bounty. For God hath
full knowledge of all things.
4-33
To (benefit) every one, We have
appointed shares and heirs to property left by parents and relatives. To those,
also, to whom your right hand was pledged, give their due portion. For truly
God is witness to all things.
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Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because God
has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them
from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and
guard in (the husband's) absence what God would have them guard. As to those
women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first),
(Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they
return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For God is
Most High, great (above you all).
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If ye fear a breach between them twain, appoint (two)
arbiters, one from his family, and the other from hers; if they wish for peace,
God will cause their reconciliation: For God hath full knowledge, and is
acquainted with all things.
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Serve God, and join not any partners with Him; and do good-
to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near,
neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye
meet), and what your right hands possess: For God loveth not the arrogant, the
vainglorious;-
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(Nor) those who are niggardly or enjoin niggardliness on
others, or hide the bounties which God hath bestowed on them; for We have
prepared, for those who resist Faith, a punishment that steeps them in
contempt;-
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Not those who spend of their substance, to be seen of men,
but have no faith in God and the Last Day: If any take the Evil One for their
intimate, what a dreadful intimate he is!
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And what burden Were it on them if they had faith in God and
in the Last Day, and they spent out of what God hath given them for sustenance?
For God hath full knowledge of them.
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God is never unjust in the least degree: If there is any
good (done), He doubleth it, and giveth from His own presence a great reward.
4-41
How then if We brought from each
people a witness, and We brought thee as a witness against these people!
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On that day those who reject Faith and disobey the apostle
will wish that the earth Were made one with them: But
never will they hide a single fact from God!
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O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged,
until ye can understand all that ye say,- nor in a
state of ceremonial impurity (Except when travelling on the road), until after
washing your whole body. If ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh
from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no
water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your
faces and hands. For God doth blot out sins and forgive again and again.
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Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a
portion of the Book? they traffic in error, and wish
that ye should lose the right path.
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But God hath full knowledge of your enemies: God is enough
for a protector, and God is enough for a Helper.
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Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their
(right) places, and say: "We hear and we disobey"; and "Hear
what is not Heard"; and "Ra'ina"; with a twist of their tongues
and a slander to Faith. If only they had said: "What hear and we
obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look at us"; it would
have been better for them, and more proper; but God hath cursed them for their
Unbelief; and but few of them will believe.
4-47
O ye People of the Book! believe in what We have (now)
revealed, confirming what was (already) with you, before We change the face and
fame of some (of you) beyond all recognition, and turn them hindwards, or curse
them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers, for the decision of God Must be carried
out.
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God forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him;
but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with
God is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed.
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Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who claim sanctity
for themselves? Nay-but God Doth sanctify whom He
pleaseth. But never will they fail to receive justice in the least little
thing.
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Behold! how they invent a lie
against God! but that by itself is a manifest sin!
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Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a
portion of the Book? they believe in sorcery and Evil,
and say to the Unbelievers that they are better guided in the (right) way Than
the believers!
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They are (men) whom God hath cursed: And those whom God Hath
cursed, thou wilt find, have no one to help.
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Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give
not a farthing to their fellow-men?
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Or do they envy mankind for what God hath given them of his
bounty? but We had already given the people of Abraham
the Book and Wisdom, and conferred upon them a great kingdom.
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Some of them believed, and some of them averted their faces
from him: And enough is Hell for a burning fire.
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Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the
Fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We
shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for God is
Exalted in Power, Wise.
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But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We
shall soon admit to Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,-
their eternal home: Therein shall they have companions pure and holy: We shall
admit them to shades, cool and ever deepening.
4-58
God doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to
whom they are due; And when ye judge between man and
man, that ye judge with justice: Verily how excellent is the teaching which He
giveth you! For God is He Who heareth and seeth all
things.
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O ye who believe! Obey God, and obey the Apostle, and those charged
with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it
to God and His Apostle, if ye do believe in God and the Last Day: That is best,
and most suitable for final determination.
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Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who declare that
they believe in the revelations that have come to thee and to those before
thee? Their (real) wish is to resort together for judgment (in their disputes)
to the Evil One, though they were ordered to reject him. But Satan's wish is to
lead them astray far away (from the right).
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When it is said to them: "Come to what God hath
revealed, and to the Apostle": Thou seest the Hypocrites avert their faces
from thee in disgust.
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How then, when they are seized by misfortune, because of the
deeds which they hands have sent forth? Then their come to thee, swearing by
God: "We meant no more than good-will and conciliation!"
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Those men,-God knows what is in their hearts; so keep clear
of them, but admonish them, and speak to them a word to reach their very souls.
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We sent not an apostle, but to be obeyed, in accordance with
the will of God. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come
unto thee and asked God's forgiveness, and the Apostle had asked forgiveness
for them, they would have found God indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
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But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until
they make thee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no
resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.
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If We had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave
their homes, very few of them would have done it: But if they had done what
they were (actually) told, it would have been best for them, and would have
gone farthest to strengthen their (faith);
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And We should then have given them
from our presence a great reward;
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And We should have shown them the
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All who obey God and the apostle are in the company of those
on whom is the Grace of God,- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers
of Truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who do good): Ah!
what a beautiful fellowship!
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Such is the bounty from God: And sufficient is it that God
knoweth all.
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O ye who believe! Take your precautions, and either go forth
in parties or go forth all together.
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There are certainly among you men who would tarry behind: If
a misfortune befalls you, they say: "God did favour us in that we were not
present among them."
4-73
But if good fortune comes to you from God, they would be
sure to say - as if there had never been Ties of affection between you and them
- "Oh! I wish I had been with them; a fine thing should I then have made
of it!"
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Let those fight in the cause of God Who sell the life of
this world for the hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of God,- whether
he is slain or gets victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great (value).
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And why should ye not fight in the cause of God and of those
who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?- Men, women, and children,
whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are
oppressors; and raise for us from thee one who will protect; and raise for us
from thee one who will help!"
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Those who believe fight in the cause of God, and those who
reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of
Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan.
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Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were told to
hold back their hands (from fight) but establish regular prayers and spend in
regular charity? When (at length) the order for fighting was issued to them,
behold! a section of them feared men as - or even more than - they should have
feared God: They said: "Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordered us to fight?
Wouldst Thou not Grant us respite to our (natural) term, near (enough)?"
Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world: the Hereafter is the best for
those who do right: Never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the very least!
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"Wherever ye are, death will find you out, even if ye
are in towers built up strong and high!" If some good befalls them, they
say, "This is from God"; but if evil, they say, "This is from
thee" (O Prophet). Say: "All things are from God." But what hath
come to these people, that they fail to understand a single fact?
4-79
Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from God; but
whatever evil happens to thee, is from thy (own) soul. and We have sent thee as
an apostle to (instruct) mankind. And enough is God for a witness.
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He who obeys the Apostle, obeys God: But if any turn away,
We have not sent thee to watch over their (evil deeds).
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They have "Obedience" on their lips; but when they
leave thee, a section of them Meditate all night on things very different from
what thou tellest them. But God records their nightly (plots): So keep clear of
them, and put thy trust in God, and enough is God as a disposer of affairs.
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Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been
from other Than God, they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy.
4-83
When there comes to them some matter touching (Public)
safety or fear, they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Apostle,
or to those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators would
have Tested it from them (direct). Were it not for the Grace and Mercy of God
unto you, all but a few of you would have fallen into the clutches of Satan.
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Then fight in God's cause - Thou art held responsible only
for thyself - and rouse the believers. It may be that God will restrain the
fury of the Unbelievers; for God is the strongest in might and in punishment.
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Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner
therein: And whoever recommends and helps an evil cause, shares in its burden:
And God hath power over all things.
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When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with a
greeting still more courteous, or (at least) of equal courtesy. God takes careful
account of all things.
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God! There is no god but He: of a surety He will gather you
together against the Day of Judgment, about which there is no doubt. And whose
word can be truer than God's?
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Why should ye be divided into two parties about the
Hypocrites? God hath upset them for their (evil) deeds. Would ye guide those
whom God hath thrown out of the Way? For those whom God hath thrown out of the
Way, never shalt thou find the Way.
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They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and
thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks
until they flee in the way of God (From what is forbidden). But if they turn
renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any case)
take no friends or helpers from their ranks;-
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Except those who join a group between whom and you there is
a treaty (of peace), or those who approach you with hearts restraining them
from fighting you as well as fighting their own people. If God had pleased, He
could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you: Therefore
if they withdraw from you but fight you not, and (instead) send you (Guarantees
of) peace, then God Hath opened no way for you (to war against them).
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Others you will find that wish to gain your confidence as
well as that of their people: Every time they are sent back to temptation, they
succumb thereto: if they withdraw not from you nor give you (guarantees) of
peace besides restraining their hands, seize them and slay them wherever ye get
them: In their case We have provided you with a clear argument against them.
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Never should a believer kill a believer; but (If it so
happens) by mistake, (Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a believer, it is
ordained that he should free a believing slave, and pay compensation to the
deceased's family, unless they remit it freely. If the deceased belonged to a
people at war with you, and he was a believer, the freeing of a believing slave
(Is enough). If he belonged to a people with whom ye have treaty of Mutual
alliance, compensation should be paid to his family, and a believing slave be
freed. For those who find this beyond their means, (is prescribed) a fast for
two months running: by way of repentance to God: for God hath all knowledge and
all wisdom.
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If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is
Hell, to abide therein (For ever): And the wrath and the curse of God are upon
him, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him.
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O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of God,
investigate carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a salutation:
"Thou art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this
life: with God are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye yourselves
before, till God conferred on you His favours: Therefore carefully investigate.
For God is well aware of all that ye do.
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Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive
no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of God with their goods
and their persons. God hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and
fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). Unto all
(in Faith) Hath God promised good: But those who strive and fight Hath He
distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward,-
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Ranks specially bestowed by Him, and Forgiveness and Mercy.
For God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
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When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against
their souls, they say: "In what (plight) Were ye?" They reply:
"Weak and oppressed Were we in the earth." They say: "Was not
the earth of God spacious enough for you to move yourselves away (From
evil)?" Such men will find their abode in Hell,- What an evil refuge! -
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Except those who are (really) weak and oppressed - men,
women, and children - who have no means in their power, nor (a guide-post) to
their way.
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For these, there is hope that God will forgive: For God doth
blot out (sins) and forgive again and again.
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He who forsakes his home in the cause of God, finds in the
earth Many a refuge, wide and spacious: Should he die as a refugee from home
for God and His Apostle, His reward becomes due and sure with God: And God is
Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
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When ye travel through the earth, there is no blame on you
if ye shorten your prayers, for fear the Unbelievers May attack you: For the
Unbelievers are unto you open enemies.
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When thou (O Apostle) art with them, and standest to lead them
in prayer, Let one party of them stand up (in prayer) with thee, Taking their
arms with them: When they finish their prostrations, let them Take their
position in the rear. And let the other party come up which hath not yet prayed
- and let them pray with thee, Taking all precaution, and bearing arms: the
Unbelievers wish, if ye were negligent of your arms and your baggage, to
assault you in a single rush. But there is no blame on you if ye put away your
arms because of the inconvenience of rain or because ye are ill; but take
(every) precaution for yourselves. For the Unbelievers God hath prepared a
humiliating punishment.
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When ye pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate God's
praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye are
free from danger, set up Regular Prayers: For such prayers are enjoined on
believers at stated times.
4-104
And slacken not in following up the enemy: If ye are
suffering hardships, they are suffering similar hardships; but ye have Hope
from God, while they have none. And God is full of knowledge and wisdom.
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We have sent down to thee the Book in truth, that thou
mightest judge between men, as guided by God: so be not (used) as an advocate
by those who betray their trust;
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But seek the forgiveness of God; for God is Oft-forgiving,
Most Merciful.
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Contend not on behalf of such as betray their own souls; for
God loveth not one given to perfidy and crime:
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They may hide (Their crimes) from men, but they cannot hide
(Them) from God, seeing that He is in their midst when they plot by night, in
words that He cannot approve: And God Doth compass round all that they do.
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Ah! These are the sort of men on whose behalf ye may contend
in this world; but who will contend with God on their behalf on the Day of
Judgment, or who will carry their affairs through?
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If any one does evil or wrongs his own soul but afterwards
seeks God's forgiveness, he will find God Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
4-111
And if any one earns sin. he earns it against His own soul:
for God is full of knowledge and wisdom.
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But if any one earns a fault or a sin and throws it on to
one that is innocent, He carries (on himself) (Both) a falsehood and a flagrant
sin.
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But for the Grace of God to thee and his Mercy, a party of
them would certainly have plotted to lead thee astray. But (in fact) they will
only Lead their own souls astray, and to thee they can do no harm in the least.
For God hath sent down to thee the Book and wisdom and taught thee what thou
Knewest not (before): And great is the Grace of God unto thee.
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In most of their secret talks there is no good: But if one
exhorts to a deed of charity or justice or conciliation between men, (Secrecy
is permissible): To him who does this, seeking the good pleasure of God, We
shall soon give a reward of the highest (value).
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If anyone contends with the Apostle even after guidance has
been plainly conveyed to him, and follows a path other than that becoming to
men of Faith, We shall leave him in the path he has chosen, and land him in
Hell,- what an evil refuge!
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God forgiveth not (The sin of) joining other gods with Him;
but He forgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than this: one who joins other
gods with God, Hath strayed far, far away (from the right).
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(The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities:
They call but upon satan the persistent rebel!
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God did curse him, but he said: "I will take of Thy
servants a portion Marked off;
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"I will mislead them, and I will create in them false
desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair)
nature created by God." Whoever, forsaking God, takes satan for a friend,
hath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.
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Satan makes them promises, and creates in them false
desires; but satan's promises are nothing but deception.
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They (his dupes) will have their dwelling in Hell, and from
it they will find no way of escape.
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But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness,- we
shall soon admit them to gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,-to dwell therein
for ever. God's promise is the truth, and whose word can be truer than God's?
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Not your desires, nor those of the People of the Book (can
prevail): whoever works evil, will be requited accordingly. Nor will he find,
besides God, any protector or helper.
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If any do deeds of righteousness,- be they male or female -
and have faith, they will enter Heaven, and not the least injustice will be done
to them.
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Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole
self to God, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith? For
God did take Abraham for a friend.
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But to God belong all things in the heavens and on earth: And
He it is that Encompasseth all things.
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They ask thy instruction concerning the women say: God doth
instruct you about them: And (remember) what hath been rehearsed unto you in
the Book, concerning the orphans of women to whom ye give not the portions
prescribed, and yet whom ye desire to marry, as also concerning the children
who are weak and oppressed: that ye stand firm for justice to orphans. There is
not a good deed which ye do, but God is well-acquainted therewith.
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If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part,
there is no blame on them if they arrange an amicable settlement between
themselves; and such settlement is best; even though men's souls are swayed by
greed. But if ye do good and practise self-restraint, God is well-acquainted
with all that ye do.
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Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even
if it is your ardent desire: But turn not away (from a woman) altogether, so as
to leave her (as it were) hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly
understanding, and practise self- restraint, God is Oft-forgiving, Most
Merciful.
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But if they disagree (and must part), God will provide
abundance for all from His all-reaching bounty: for God is He that careth for
all and is Wise.
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To God belong all things in the heavens and on earth. Verily
we have directed the People of the Book before you, and you (o Muslims) to fear
God. But if ye deny Him, lo! unto God belong all things in the heavens and on
earth, and God is free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
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Yea, unto God belong all things in the heavens and on earth,
and enough is God to carry through all affairs.
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If it were His will, He could destroy you, o mankind, and
create another race; for He hath power this to do.
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If any one desires a reward in this life, in God's (gift) is
the reward (both) of this life and of the hereafter: for God is He that heareth
and seeth (all things).
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O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses
to God, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether
it be (against) rich or poor: for God can best protect both. Follow not the
lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline
to do justice, verily God is well- acquainted with all that ye do.
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O ye who believe! Believe in God and His Apostle, and the
scripture which He hath sent to His Apostle and the scripture which He sent to
those before (him). Any who denieth God, His angels, His Books, His Apostles,
and the Day of Judgment, hath gone far, far astray.
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Those who believe, then reject faith, then believe (again)
and (again) reject faith, and go on increasing in unbelief,- God will not
forgive them nor guide them nor guide them on the way.
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To the Hypocrites give the glad tidings that there is for
them (but) a grievous penalty;-
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Yea, to those who take for friends unbelievers rather than
believers: is it honour they seek among them? Nay,- all honour is with God.
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Already has He sent you Word in the Book, that when ye hear
the signs of God held in defiance and ridicule, ye are not to sit with them
unless they turn to a different theme: if ye did, ye would be like them. For
God will collect the hypocrites and those who defy faith - all in Hell:-
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(These are) the ones who wait and watch about you: if ye do
gain a victory from God, they say: "Were we not with you?"- but if
the unbelievers gain a success, they say (to them): "Did we not gain an
advantage over you, and did we not guard you from the believers?" but God
will judge betwixt you on the Day of Judgment. And never will God grant to the
unbelievers a way (to triumphs) over the believers.
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The Hypocrites - they think they are over-reaching God, but
He will over- reach them: When they stand up to prayer, they stand without
earnestness, to be seen of men, but little do they hold God in remembrance;
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(They are) distracted in mind even in the midst of it,-
being (sincerely) for neither one group nor for another whom God leaves
straying,- never wilt thou find for him the way.
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O ye who believe! Take not for friends unbelievers rather
than believers: Do ye wish to offer God an open proof against yourselves?
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The Hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire: no
helper wilt thou find for them;-
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Except for those who repent, mend (their lives) hold fast to
God, and purify their religion as in God's sight: if so they will be (numbered)
with the believers. And soon will God grant to the believers a reward of
immense value.
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What can God gain by your punishment, if ye are grateful and
ye believe? Nay, it is God that recogniseth (all good), and knoweth all things.