PART 4
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All food was lawful unto the Children of
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And whoever shall invent a falsehood after that
concerning Allah, such will be wrong-doers.
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Say: Allah speaketh truth. So follow the
religion of Abraham, the upright. He was not of the idolaters.
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Lo! the first Sanctuary appointed for mankind
was that at Becca, a blessed place, a guidance to the peoples;
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Wherein are plain memorials (of Allah’s
guidance); the place where Abraham stood up to pray; and whosoever entereth it
is safe. And pilgrimage to the House is a duty unto Allah for mankind, for him
who can find a way thither. As for him who disbelieveth, (let him know that)
lo! Allah is Independent of (all) creatures.
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Say: O People of the Scripture! Why disbelieve
ye in the revelations of Allah, when Allah (Himself) is Witness of what ye do ?
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Say: O People of the Scripture! Why drive ye
back believers from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, when ye are
witnesses (to Allah’s guidance) ? Allah is not unaware of what ye do.
[3:100]
O ye who believe! If ye obey a party of those
who have received the Scripture they will make you disbelievers after your
belief.
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How can ye disbelieve, when it is ye unto whom
Allah’s revelations are recited, and His messenger is in your midst ? He who
holdeth fast to Allah, he indeed is guided unto a right path.
[3:102]
O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah
with right observance, and die not save as those who have surrendered (unto
Him)
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And hold fast, all of you together, to the cable
of Allah, and do not separate. And remember Allah’s favour unto you: How ye
were enemies and He made friendship between your hearts so that ye became as
brothers by His grace; and (how) ye were upon the brink of an abyss of fire,
and He did save you from it. Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations unto you,
that haply ye may be guided,
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And there may spring from you a nation who
invite to goodness, and enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency. Such are
they who are successful.
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And be ye not as those who separated and disputed
after the clear proofs had come unto them. For such there is an awful doom,
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On the Day when (some) faces will be whitened
and (some) faces will be blackened; and as for those whose faces have been
blackened, it will be said unto them: Disbelieved ye after your (profession of)
belief ? Then taste the punishment for that ye disbelieved.
[3:107]
And as for those whose faces have been whitened,
in the mercy of Allah they dwell for ever.
[3:108]
These are revelations of Allah. We recite them
unto thee in truth. Allah willeth no injustice to (His) creatures.
[3:109]
Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the
heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; and unto Allah all things are returned.
[3:110]
Ye are the best community that hath been raised
up for mankind. Ye enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency; and ye believe in
Allah. And if the People of the Scripture had believed it had been better for
them. Some of them are believers; but most of them are evil-livers.
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They will not harm you save a trifling hurt, and
if they fight against you they will turn and flee. And afterward they will not
be helped.
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Ignominy shall be their portion wheresoever they
are found save (where they grasp) a rope from Allah and a rope from men. They
have incurred anger from their Lord, and wretchedness is laid upon them. That
is because they used to disbelieve the revelations of Allah, and slew the
prophets wrongfully. That is because they were rebellious and used to
transgress.
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They are not all alike. Of the People of the
Scripture there is a staunch community who recite the revelations of Allah in
the night season, falling prostrate (before Him).
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They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and
enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency, and vie one with another in good
works. These are of the righteous.
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And whatever good they do, they will not be
denied the meed thereof. Allah is Aware of those who ward off (evil).
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Lo! the riches and the progeny of those who
disbelieve will not avail them aught against Allah; and such are rightful
owners of the Fire. They will abide therein.
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The likeness of that which they spend in this
life of the world is as the likeness of a biting, icy wind which smiteth the
harvest of a people who have wronged themselves, and devastateth it. Allah
wronged them not, but they do wrong themselves.
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O ye who believe! Take not for intimates others
than your own folk, who would spare no pains to ruin you; they love to hamper
you. Hatred is revealed by (the utterance of) their mouths, but that which
their breasts hide is greater. We have made plain for you the revelations if ye
will understand.
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Lo! ye are those who love them though they love you
not, and ye believe in all the Scripture. When they fall in with you they say:
We believe; but when they go apart they bite their finger-tips at you, for
rage. Say: Perish in your rage! Lo! Allah is Aware of what is hidden in (your)
breasts.
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If a lucky chance befall you, it is evil unto
them, and if disaster strike you they rejoice thereat. But if ye persevere and
keep from evil their guile will never harm you. Lo! Allah is Surrounding what
they do.
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And when thou settedst forth at daybreak from
thy housefolk to assign to the believers their positions for the battle, Allah
was Hearer, Knower.
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When two parties of you almost fell away, and
Allah was their Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust.
[3:123]
Allah had already given you the victory at Badr,
when ye were contemptible. So observe your duty to Allah in order that ye may
be thankful.
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When thou didst say unto the believers: Is it
not sufficient for you that your Lord should support you with three thousand
angels sent down (to your help) ?
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Nay, but if ye persevere, and keep from evil,
and (the enemy) attack you suddenly, your Lord will help you with five thousand
angels sweeping on.
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Allah ordained this only as a message of good
cheer for you, and that thereby your hearts might be at rest - Victory cometh
only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise -
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That He may cut off a part of those who
disbelieve, or overwhelm them so that they retire, frustrated.
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It is no concern at all of thee (Muhammad)
whether He relent toward them or punish them; for they are evil-doers.
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Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the
heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. He forgiveth whom He will, and punisheth
whom He will. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
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O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubling and
quadrupling (the sum lent). Observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be
successful.
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And ward off (from yourselves) the Fire prepared
for disbelievers.
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And obey Allah and the messenger, that ye may
find mercy.
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And vie one with another for forgiveness from
your Lord, and for a paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth,
prepared for those who ward off (evil);
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Those who spend (of that which Allah hath given
them) in ease and in adversity, those who control their wrath and are forgiving
toward mankind; Allah loveth the good;
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And those who, when they do an evil thing or
wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who
forgiveth sins save Allah only ? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong)
they did.
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The reward of such will be forgiveness from
their Lord, and Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide
for ever - a bountiful reward for workers!
[3:137]
Systems have passed away before you. Do but
travel in the land and see the nature of the consequence for those who did deny
(the messengers).
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This is a declaration for mankind, a guidance
and an admonition unto those who ward off (evil)
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Faint not nor grieve, for ye will overcome them
if ye are (indeed) believers.
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If ye have received a blow, the (disbelieving)
people have received a blow the like thereof. These are (only) the vicissitudes
which We cause to follow one another for mankind, to the end that Allah may
know those who believe and may choose witnesses from among you; and Allah
loveth not wrong-doers.
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And that Allah may prove those who believe, and
may blight the disbelievers.
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Or deemed ye that ye would enter paradise while
yet Allah knoweth not those of you who really strive, nor knoweth those (of
you) who are steadfast ?
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And verily ye used to wish for death before ye
met it (in the field). Now ye have seen it with your eyes!
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Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the
like of whom) have passed away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is
slain, ye will turn back on your heels ? He who turneth back on his heels doth
no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful.
[3:145]
No soul can ever die except by Allah’s leave and
at a term appointed. Whoso desireth the reward of the world, We bestow on him
thereof; and whoso desireth the reward of the Hereafter, We bestow on him
thereof. We shall reward the thankful.
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And with how many a prophet have there been a
number of devoted men who fought (beside him). They quailed not for aught that
befell them in the way of Allah, nor did they weaken, nor were they brought
low. Allah loveth the steadfast.
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Their cry was only that they said: Our Lord!
forgive us for our sins and wasted efforts, make our foothold sure, and give us
victory over the disbelieving folk.
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So Allah gave them the reward of the world and the
good reward of the Hereafter. Allah loveth those whose deeds are good.
[3:149]
O ye who believe! if ye obey those who
disbelieve, they will make you turn back on your heels, and ye turn back as
losers.
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But Allah is your Protector, and He is the Best
of Helpers.
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We shall cast terror into the hearts of those
who disbelieve because they ascribe unto Allah partners, for which no warrant
hath been revealed. Their habitation is the Fire, and hapless the abode of the
wrong- doers.
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Allah verily made good His promise unto you when
ye routed them by His leave, until (the moment) when your courage failed you,
and ye disagreed about the order and ye disobeyed, after He had shown you that
for which ye long. Some of you desired the world, and some of you desired the
Hereafter. Therefore He made you flee from them, that He might try you. Yet now
He hath forgiven you. Allah is a Lord of Kindness to believers.
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When ye climbed (the hill) and paid no heed to
anyone, while the messenger, in your rear, was calling you (to fight). Therefor
He rewarded you grief for (his) grief, that (He might teach) you not to sorrow
either for that which ye missed or for that which befell you. Allah is Informed
of what ye do.
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Then, after grief, He sent down security for
you. As slumber did it overcome a party of you, while (the other) party, who
were anxious on their own account, thought wrongly of Allah, the thought of
ignorance. They said: Have we any part in the cause ? Say (O Muhammad): The
cause belongeth wholly to Allah. They hide within themselves (a thought) which
they reveal not unto thee, saying: Had we had any part in the cause we should
not have been slain here. Say: Even though ye had been in your houses, those
appointed to be slain would have gone forth to the places where they were to
lie. (All this hath been) in order that Allah might try what is in your breasts
and prove what is in your hearts. Allah is Aware of what is hidden in the
breasts (of men).
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Lo! those of you who turned back on the day when
the two hosts met, Satan alone it was who caused them to backslide, because of
some of that which they have earned. Now Allah hath forgiven them. Lo! Allah is
Forgiving, Clement.
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O ye who believe! Be not as those who
disbelieved and said of their brethren who went abroad in the land or were
fighting in the field: If they had been (here) with us they would not have died
or been killed: that Allah may make it anguish in their hearts. Allah giveth
life and causeth death; and Allah is Seer of what ye do.
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And what though ye be slain in Allah’s way or
die therein ? Surely pardon from Allah and mercy are better than all that they
amass.
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What though ye be slain or die, when unto Allah
ye are gathered ?
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It was by the mercy of Allah that thou wast
lenient with them (O Muhammad), for if thou hadst been stern and fierce of
heart they would have dispersed from round about thee. So pardon them and ask
forgiveness for them and consult with them upon the conduct of affairs. And
when thou art resolved, then put thy trust in Allah. Lo! Allah loveth those who
put their trust (in Him).
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If Allah is your helper none can overcome you,
and if He withdraw His help from you, who is there who can help you after Him ?
In Allah let believers put their trust.
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It is not for any prophet to embezzle. Whoso
embezzleth will bring what he embezzled with him on the Day of Resurrection.
Then every soul will be paid in full what it hath earned; and they will not be
wronged.
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Is one who followeth the pleasure of Allah as
one who hath earned condemnation from Allah, whose habitation is the Fire, a
hapless journey’s end ?
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There are degrees (of grace and reprobation)
with Allah, and Allah is Seer of what they do.
[3:164]
Allah verily hath shown grace to the believers
by sending unto them a messenger of their own who reciteth unto them His
revelations, and causeth them to grow, and teacheth them the Scripture and
wisdom; although before (he came to them) they were in flagrant error.
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And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though
ye had smitten (them with a disaster) twice (as great), that ye said: How is
this ? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to
do all things.
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That which befell you, on the day when the two
armies met, was by permission of Allah; that He might know the true believers;
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And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom
it was said: Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They
answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they
were nearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which is
not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide.
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Those who, while they sat at home, said of their
brethren (who were fighting for the cause of Allah): If they had been guided by
us they would not have been slain. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Then avert
death from yourselves if ye are truthful.
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Think not of those, who are slain in the way of
Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision.
[3:170]
Jubilant (are they) because of that which Allah
hath bestowed upon them of His bounty, rejoicing for the sake of those who have
not joined them but are left behind: That there shall no fear come upon them
neither shall they grieve.
[3:171]
They rejoice because of favour from Allah and
kindness, and that Allah wasteth not the wage of the believers.
[3:172]
As for those who heard the call of Allah and His
messenger after the harm befell them (in the fight); for such of them as do
right and ward off (evil), there is great reward.
[3:173]
Those unto whom men said: Lo! the people have
gathered against you, therefor fear them. (The threat of danger) but increased
the faith of them and they cried: Allah is Sufficient for us! Most Excellent is
He in Whom we trust!
[3:174]
So they returned with grace and favour from
Allah, and no harm touched them. They followed the good pleasure of Allah, and
Allah is of Infinite Bounty..
[3:175]
It is only the devil who would make (men) fear
his partisans. Fear them not; fear Me, if ye are true believers.
[3:176]
Let not their conduct grieve thee, who run
easily to disbelief, for lo! they injure Allah not at all. It is Allah’s Will
to assign them no portion in the Hereafter, and theirs will be an awful doom.
[3:177]
Those who purchase disbelief at the price of
faith harm Allah not at all, but theirs will be a painful doom.
[3:178]
And let not those who disbelieve imagine that the
rein We give them bodeth good unto their souls. We only give them rein that
they may grow in sinfulness. And theirs will be a shameful doom.
[3:179]
It is not (the purpose) of Allah to leave you in
your present state till He shall separate the wicked from the good. And it is
not (the purpose of) Allah to let you know the Unseen. But Allah chooseth of
His messengers whom He will, (to receive knowledge thereof). So believe in
Allah and His messengers. If ye believe and ward off (evil), yours will be a vast
reward.
[3:180]
And let not those who hoard up that which Allah
hath bestowed upon them of His bounty think that it is better for them. Nay, it
is worse for them. That which they hoard will be their collar on the Day of
Resurrection. Allah’s is the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and Allah
is Informed of what ye do.
[3:181]
Verily Allah heard the saying of those who said,
(when asked for contributions to the war): "Allah, forsooth, is poor, and
we are rich!" We shall record their saying with their slaying of the
prophets wrongfully and We shall say: Taste ye the punishment of burning!
[3:182]
This is on account of that which your own hands
have sent before (you to the judgment). Allah is no oppressor of (His) bondmen.
[3:183]
(The same are) those who say: Lo! Allah hath
charged us that we believe not in any messenger until he bring us an offering
which fire (from heaven) shall devour. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Messengers
came unto you before me with miracles, and with that (very miracle) which ye describe.
Why then did ye slay them ? (Answer that) if ye are truthful!
[3:184]
And if they deny thee, even so did they deny
messengers who were before thee, who came with miracles and with the Psalms and
with the Scripture giving light.
[3:185]
Every soul will taste of death. And ye will be
paid on the Day of Resurrection only that which ye have fairly earned. Whoso is
removed from the Fire and is made to enter paradise, he indeed is triumphant.
The life of this world is but comfort of illusion.
[3:186]
Assuredly ye will be tried in your property and
in your persons, and ye will hear much wrong from those who were given the
Scripture before you, and from the idolaters. But if ye persevere and ward off
(evil), then that is of the steadfast heart of things.
[3:187]
And (remember) when Allah laid a charge on those
who had received the Scripture (He said): Ye are to expound it to mankind and
not to hide it. But they flung it behind their backs and bought thereby a
little gain. Verily evil is that which they have gained thereby.
[3:188]
Think not that those who exult in what they have
given, and love to be praised for what they have not done - Think not, they are
in safety from the doom. A painful doom is theirs.
[3:189]
Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the
heavens and the earth. Allah is Able to do all things.
[3:190]
Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth
and (in) the difference of night and day are tokens (of His Sovereignty) for
men of understanding,
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Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and
reclining, and consider the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say):
Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from
the doom of Fire.
[3:192]
Our Lord! Whom Thou causest to enter the Fire:
him indeed Thou hast confounded. For evil-doers there will be no helpers.
[3:193]
Our Lord! Lo! we have heard a crier calling unto
Faith: "Believe ye in your Lord!" So we believed. Our Lord! Therefor
forgive us our sins, and remit from us our evil deeds, and make us die the
death of the righteous.
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Our Lord! And give us that which Thou hast
promised to us by Thy messengers. Confound us not upon the Day of Resurrection.
Lo! Thou breakest not the tryst.
[3:195]
And their Lord hath heard them (and He saith):
Lo! I suffer not the work of any worker, male or female, to be lost. Ye proceed
one from another. So those who fled and were driven forth from their homes and
suffered damage for My cause, and fought and were slain, verily I shall remit
their evil deeds from them and verily I shall bring them into Gardens
underneath which rivers flow - A reward from Allah. And with Allah is the
fairest of rewards.
[3:196]
Let not the vicissitude (of the success) of
those who disbelieve, in the land, deceive thee (O Muhammad).
[3:197]
It is but a brief comfort. And afterward their
habitation will be hell, an ill abode.
[3:198]
But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for
them are Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will be safe for
ever. A gift of welcome from their Lord. That which Allah hath in store is
better for the righteous.
[3:199]
And lo! of the People of the Scripture there are
some who believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto you and that which
was revealed unto them, humbling themselves before Allah. They purchase not a
trifling gain at the price of the revelations of Allah. Verily their reward is
with their Lord. Lo! Allah is swift to take account.
[3:200]
O ye who believe! Endure, outdo all others in
endurance, be ready, and observe your duty to Allah, in order that ye may
succeed.
Women
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[4:1]
O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord
Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from them
twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty
toward Allah in Whom ye claim (your rights) of one another, and toward the
wombs (that bare you). Lo! Allah hath been a watcher over you.
[4:2]
Give unto orphans their wealth. Exchange not the
good for the bad (in your management thereof) nor absorb their wealth into your
own wealth. Lo! that would be a great sin.
[4:3]
And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the
orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if
ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the
captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will
not do injustice.
[4:4]
And give unto the women (whom ye marry) free
gift of their marriage portions; but if they of their own accord remit unto you
a part thereof, then ye are welcome to absorb it (in your wealth).
[4:5]
Give not unto the foolish (what is in) your
(keeping of their) wealth, which Allah hath given you to maintain; but feed and
clothe them from it, and speak kindly unto them.
[4:6]
Prove orphans till they reach the marriageable
age; then, if ye find them of sound judgment, deliver over unto them their
fortune; and devour it not by squandering and in haste lest they should grow up
Whoso (of the guardians) is rich, let him abstain generously (from taking of
the property of orphans); and whoso is poor let him take thereof in reason (for
his guardianship). And when ye deliver up their fortune unto orphans, have (the
transaction) witnessed in their presence. Allah sufficeth as a Reckoner.
[4:7]
Unto the men (of a family) belongeth a share of
that which parents and near kindred leave, and unto the women a share of that which
parents and near kindred leave, whether it be little or much - a legal share.
[4:8]
And when kinsfolk and orphans and the needy are
present at the division (of the heritage), bestow on them therefrom and speak
kindly unto them.
[4:9]
And let those fear (in their behaviour toward
orphans) who if they left behind them weak offspring would be afraid for them.
So let them mind their duty to Allah, and speak justly.
[4:10]
Lo! Those who devour the wealth of orphans
wrongfully, they do but swallow fire into their bellies, and they will be
exposed to burning flame.
[4:11]
Allah chargeth you concerning (the provision
for) your children: to the male the equivalent of the portion of two females,
and if there be women more than two, then theirs is two-thirds of the
inheritance, and if there be one (only) then the half. And to each of his
parents a sixth of the inheritance, if he have a son; and if he have no son and
his parents are his heirs, then to his mother appertaineth the third; and if he
have brethren, then to his mother appertaineth the sixth, after any legacy he
may have bequeathed, or debt (hath been paid). Your parents and your children:
Ye know not which of them is nearer unto you in usefulness. It is an injunction
from Allah. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.
[4:12]
And unto you belongeth a half of that which your
wives leave, if they have no child; but if they have a child then unto you the
fourth of that which they leave, afte r any legacy they may have bequeathed, or
debt (they ma y have contracted, hath been paid). And unto them belon geth the
fourth of that which ye leave if ye have no ch ild, but if ye have a child then
the eighth of that whi ch ye leave, after any legacy ye may have bequeathed, o
r debt (ye may have contracted, hath been paid). And if a man or a woman have a
distant heir (having left neit her parent nor child), and he (or she) have a
brother o r a sister (only on the mother’s side) then to each of them twain
(the brother and the sister) the sixth, and if they be more than two, then they
shall be sharers in the third, after any legacy that may have been bequeat hed
or debt (contracted) not injuring (the heirs by wil ling away more than a third
of the heritage) hath been
[4:13]
These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Whoso
obeyeth Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter Gardens underneath
which rivers flow, where such will dwell for ever. That will be the great
success.
[4:14]
And whoso disobeyeth Allah and His messenger and
transgresseth His limits, He will make him enter Fire, where he will dwell for
ever; his will be a shameful doom.
[4:15]
As for those of your women who are guilty of
lewdness, call to witness four of you against them. And if they testify (to the
truth of the allegation) then confine them to the houses until death take them
or (until) Allah appoint for them a way (through new legislation).
[4:16]
And as for the two of you who are guilty
thereof, punish them both. And if they repent and improve, then let them be.
Lo! Allah is ever relenting, Merciful.
[4:17]
Forgiveness is only incumbent on Allah toward
those who do evil in ignorance (and) then turn quickly (in repentance) to
Allah. These are they toward whom Allah relenteth. Allah is ever Knower, Wise.
[4:18]
The forgiveness is not for those who do
ill-deeds until, when death attendeth upon one of them, he saith: Lo! I repent
now; nor yet for those who die while they are disbelievers. For such We have
prepared a painful doom.
[4:19]
O ye who believe! It is not lawful for you
forcibly to inherit the women (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should
put constraint upon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have
given them, unless they be guilty of flagrant lewdness. But consort with them
in kindness, for if ye hate them it may happen that ye hate a thing wherein
Allah hath placed much good.
[4:20]
And if ye wish to exchange one wife for another
and ye have given unto one of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing
from it. Would ye take it by the way of calumny and open wrong ?
[4:21]
How can ye take it (back) after one of you hath
gone in unto the other, and they have taken a strong pledge from you ?
[4:22]
And marry not those women whom your fathers
married, except what hath already happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo! it
was ever lewdness and abomination, and an evil way.
[4:23]
Forbidden unto you are your mothers, and your
daughters, and your sisters, and your father’s sisters, and your mother’s
sisters, and your brother’s daughters and your sister’s daughters, and your
foster-mothers, and your foster-sisters, and your mothers-in-law, and your
step-daughters who are under your protection (born) of your women unto whom ye
have gone in - but if ye have not gone in unto them, then it is no sin for you
(to marry their daughters) - and the wives of your sons who (spring) from your
own loins. And (it is forbidden unto you) that ye should have two sisters
together, except what hath already happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo!
Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.