[24:21]
O ye who believe! Follow not the footsteps of
the devil. Unto whomsoever followeth the footsteps of the devil, lo! he commandeth filthiness and wrong. Had it not been for the
grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, not one of you would ever have grown
pure. But Allah causeth whom He will to grow. And Allah is Hearer, Knower.
[24:22]
And let not those who possess dignity and ease
among you swear not to give to the near of kin and to the needy, and to
fugitives for the cause of Allah. Let them forgive and show indulgence. Yearn
ye not that Allah may forgive you ? Allah
is Forgiving, Merciful.
[24:23]
Lo! as for those who
traduce virtuous, believing women (who are) careless, cursed are they in the
world and the Hereafter. Theirs will be an awful doom
[24:24]
On the day when their tongues and their hands
and their feet testify against them as to what they used to do,
[24:25]
On that day Allah will pay them their just due,
and they will know that Allah, He is the Manifest Truth.
[24:26]
Vile women are for vile men, and vile men for
vile women. Good women are for good men, and good men for good women; such are
innocent of that which people say: For them is pardon
and a bountiful provision.
[24:27]
O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than
your own without first announcing your presence and invoking peace upon the
folk thereof. That is better for you, that ye may be heedful.