1. A sura which We have
sent down and which We have
ordained in it have We sent down
Clear Signs, in order that ye
may receive admonition.
2. The woman and the man guilty
of adultery or fornication,-
flog each of them with a hundred
stripes: Let not compassion move
you in their case, in a matter
prescribed by Allah, if ye
believe in Allah and the Last
Day: and let a party of the
Believers witness their
punishment.
3. Let no man guilty of adultery
or fornication marry and but a
woman similarly guilty, or an
Unbeliever: nor let any but such
a man or an Unbeliever marry
such a woman: to the Believers
such a thing is forbidden.
4. And those who launch a charge
against chaste women, and
produce not four witnesses (to
support their allegations),-
flog them with eighty stripes;
and reject their evidence ever
after: for such men are wicked
transgressors;-
5. Unless they repent thereafter
and mend (their conduct); for
Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
6. And for those who launch a
charge against their spouses,
and have (in support) no
evidence but their own,- their
solitary evidence (can be
received) if they bear witness
four times (with an oath) by
Allah that they are solemnly
telling the truth;
7. And the fifth (oath) (should
be) that they solemnly invoke
the curse of Allah on themselves
if they tell a lie.
8. But it would avert the
punishment from the wife, if she
bears witness four times (with
an oath) By Allah, that (her
husband) is telling a lie;
9. And the fifth (oath) should
be that she solemnly invokes the
wrath of Allah on herself if
(her accuser) is telling the
truth.
10. If it were not for Allah.s
grace and mercy on you, and that
Allah is Oft- Returning, full of
Wisdom,- (Ye would be ruined
indeed).
11. Those who brought forward
the lie are a body among
yourselves: think it not to be
an evil to you; On the contrary
it is good for you: to every man
among them (will come the
punishment) of the sin that he
earned, and to him who took on
himself the lead among them,
will be a penalty grievous.
12. Why did not the believers -
men and women - when ye heard of
the affair,- put the best
construction on it in their own
minds and say, "This (charge) is
an obvious lie" ?
13. Why did they not bring four
witnesses to prove it? When they
have not brought the witnesses,
such men, in the sight of Allah,
(stand forth) themselves as
liars!
14. Were it not for the grace
and mercy of Allah on you, in
this world and the Hereafter, a
grievous penalty would have
seized you in that ye rushed
glibly into this affair.
15. Behold, ye received it on
your tongues, and said out of
your mouths things of which ye
had no knowledge; and ye thought
it to be a light matter, while
it was most serious in the sight
of Allah.
16. And why did ye not, when ye
heard it, say? - "It is not
right of us to speak of this:
Glory to Allah. this is a most
serious slander!"
17. Allah doth admonish you,
that ye may never repeat such
(conduct), if ye are (true)
Believers.
18. And Allah makes the Signs
plain to you: for Allah is full
of knowledge and wisdom.
19. Those who love (to see)
scandal published broadcast
among the Believers, will have a
grievous Penalty in this life
and in the Hereafter: Allah
knows, and ye know not.
20. Were it not for the grace
and mercy of Allah on you, and
that Allah is full of kindness
and mercy, (ye would be ruined
indeed).
21. O ye who believe! follow not
Satan's footsteps: if any will
follow the footsteps of Satan,
he will (but) command what is
shameful and wrong: and were it
not for the grace and mercy of
Allah on you, not one of you
would ever have been pure: but
Allah doth purify whom He
pleases: and Allah is One Who
hears and knows (all things).
22. Let not those among you who
are endued with grace and
amplitude of means resolve by
oath against helping their
kinsmen, those in want, and
those who have left their homes
in Allah.s cause: let them
forgive and overlook, do you not
wish that Allah should forgive
you? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
23. Those who slander chaste
women, indiscreet but believing,
are cursed in this life and in
the Hereafter: for them is a
grievous Penalty,-
24. On the Day when their
tongues, their hands, and their
feet will bear witness against
them as to their actions.
25. On that Day Allah will pay
them back (all) their just dues,
and they will realise that Allah
is the (very) Truth, that makes
all things manifest.
26. Women impure are for men
impure, and men impure for women
impure and women of purity are
for men of purity, and men of
purity are for women of purity:
these are not affected by what
people say: for them there is
forgiveness, and a provision
honourable.
27. O ye who believe! enter not
houses other than your own,
until ye have asked permission
and saluted those in them: that
is best for you, in order that
ye may heed (what is seemly).
28. If ye find no one in the
house, enter not until
permission is given to you: if
ye are asked to go back, go
back: that makes for greater
purity for yourselves: and Allah
knows well all that ye do.
29. It is no fault on your part
to enter houses not used for
living in, which serve some
(other) use for you: And Allah
has knowledge of what ye reveal
and what ye conceal.
30. Say to the believing men
that they should lower their
gaze and guard their modesty:
that will make for greater
purity for them: And Allah is
well acquainted with all that
they do.
31. And say to the believing
women that they should lower
their gaze and guard their
modesty; that they should not
display their beauty and
ornaments except what (must
ordinarily) appear thereof; that
they should draw their veils
over their bosoms and not
display their beauty except to
their husbands, their fathers,
their husband's fathers, their
sons, their husbands' sons,
their brothers or their
brothers' sons, or their
sisters' sons, or their women,
or the slaves whom their right
hands possess, or male servants
free of physical needs, or small
children who have no sense of
the shame of sex; and that they
should not strike their feet in
order to draw attention to their
hidden ornaments. And O ye
Believers! turn ye all together
towards Allah, that ye may
attain Bliss.
32. Marry those among you who
are single, or the virtuous ones
among yourselves, male or
female: if they are in poverty,
Allah will give them means out
of His grace: for Allah
encompasseth all, and he knoweth
all things.
33. Let those who find not the
wherewithal for marriage keep
themselves chaste, until Allah
gives them means out of His
grace. And if any of your slaves
ask for a deed in writing (to
enable them to earn their
freedom for a certain sum), give
them such a deed if ye know any
good in them: yea, give them
something yourselves out of the
means which Allah has given to
you. But force not your maids to
prostitution when they desire
chastity, in order that ye may
make a gain in the goods of this
life. But if anyone compels
them, yet, after such
compulsion, is Allah,
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to
them),
34. We have already sent down to
you verses making things clear,
an illustration from (the story
of) people who passed away
before you, and an admonition
for those who fear ((Allah)).
35. Allah is the Light of the
heavens and the earth. The
Parable of His Light is as if
there were a Niche and within it
a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in
Glass: the glass as it were a
brilliant star: Lit from a
blessed Tree, an Olive, neither
of the east nor of the west,
whose oil is well-nigh luminous,
though fire scarce touched it:
Light upon Light! Allah doth
guide whom He will to His Light:
Allah doth set forth Parables
for men: and Allah doth know all
things.
36. (Lit is such a Light) in
houses, which Allah hath
permitted to be raised to honour;
for the celebration, in them, of
His name: In them is He
glorified in the mornings and in
the evenings, (again and
again),-
37. By men whom neither traffic
nor merchandise can divert from
the Remembrance of Allah, nor
from regular Prayer, nor from
the practice of regular Charity:
Their (only) fear is for the Day
when hearts and eyes will be
transformed (in a world wholly
new),-
38. That Allah may reward them
according to the best of their
deeds, and add even more for
them out of His Grace: for Allah
doth provide for those whom He
will, without measure.
39. But the Unbelievers,- their
deeds are like a mirage in sandy
deserts, which the man parched
with thirst mistakes for water;
until when he comes up to it, he
finds it to be nothing: But he
finds Allah (ever) with him, and
Allah will pay him his account:
and Allah is swift in taking
account.
40. Or (the Unbelievers' state)
is like the depths of darkness
in a vast deep ocean,
overwhelmed with billow topped
by billow, topped by (dark)
clouds: depths of darkness, one
above another: if a man
stretches out his hands, he can
hardly see it! for any to whom
Allah giveth not light, there is
no light!
41. Seest thou not that it is
Allah Whose praises all beings
in the heavens and on earth do
celebrate, and the birds (of the
air) with wings outspread? Each
one knows its own (mode of)
prayer and praise. And Allah
knows well all that they do.
42. Yea, to Allah belongs the
dominion of the heavens and the
earth; and to Allah is the final
goal (of all).
43. Seest thou not that Allah
makes the clouds move gently,
then joins them together, then
makes them into a heap? - then
wilt thou see rain issue forth
from their midst. And He sends
down from the sky mountain
masses (of clouds) wherein is
hail: He strikes therewith whom
He pleases and He turns it away
from whom He pleases, the vivid
flash of His lightning well-nigh
blinds the sight.
44. It is Allah Who alternates
the Night and the Day: verily in
these things is an instructive
example for those who have
vision!
45. And Allah has created every
animal from water: of them there
are some that creep on their
bellies; some that walk on two
legs; and some that walk on
four. Allah creates what He
wills for verily Allah has power
over all things.
46. We have indeed sent down
signs that make things manifest:
and Allah guides whom He wills
to a way that is straight.
47. They say, "We believe in
Allah and in the apostle, and we
obey": but even after that, some
of them turn away: they are not
(really) Believers.
48. When they are summoned to
Allah and His apostle, in order
that He may judge between them,
behold some of them decline (to
come).
49. But if the right is on their
side, they come to him with all
submission.
50. Is it that there is a
disease in their hearts? or do
they doubt, or are they in fear,
that Allah and His Messenger
will deal unjustly with them?
Nay, it is they themselves who
do wrong.
51. The answer of the Believers,
when summoned to Allah and His
Messenger, in order that He may
judge between them, is no other
than this: they say, "We hear
and we obey": it is such as
these that will attain felicity.
52. It is such as obey Allah and
His Messenger, and fear Allah
and do right, that will win (in
the end),
53. They swear their strongest
oaths by Allah that, if only
thou wouldst command them, they
would leave (their homes). Say:
"Swear ye not; Obedience is
(more) reasonable; verily, Allah
is well acquainted with all that
ye do."
54. Say: "Obey Allah, and obey
the Messenger. but if ye turn
away, he is only responsible for
the duty placed on him and ye
for that placed on you. If ye
obey him, ye shall be on right
guidance. The Messenger.s duty
is only to preach the clear
(Message).
55. Allah has promised, to those
among you who believe and work
righteous deeds, that He will,
of a surety, grant them in the
land, inheritance (of power), as
He granted it to those before
them; that He will establish in
authority their religion - the
one which He has chosen for
them; and that He will change
(their state), after the fear in
which they (lived), to one of
security and peace: 'They will
worship Me (alone) and not
associate aught with Me. 'If any
do reject Faith after this, they
are rebellious and wicked.
56. So establish regular Prayer
and give regular Charity; and
obey the Messenger. that ye may
receive mercy.
57. Never think thou that the
Unbelievers are going to
frustrate ((Allah)'s Plan) on
earth: their abode is the Fire,-
and it is indeed an evil refuge!
58. O ye who believe! let those
whom your right hands possess,
and the (children) among you who
have not come of age ask your
permission (before they come to
your presence), on three
occasions: before morning
prayer; the while ye doff your
clothes for the noonday heat;
and after the late-night prayer:
these are your three times of
undress: outside those times it
is not wrong for you or for them
to move about attending to each
other: Thus does Allah make
clear the Signs to you: for
Allah is full of knowledge and
wisdom.
59. But when the children among
you come of age, let them (also)
ask for permission, as do those
senior to them (in age): Thus
does Allah make clear His Signs
to you: for Allah is full of
knowledge and wisdom.
60. Such elderly women as are
past the prospect of marriage,-
there is no blame on them if
they lay aside their (outer)
garments, provided they make not
a wanton display of their
beauty: but it is best for them
to be modest: and Allah is One
Who sees and knows all things.
61. It is no fault in the blind
nor in one born lame, nor in one
afflicted with illness, nor in
yourselves, that ye should eat
in your own houses, or those of
your fathers, or your mothers,
or your brothers, or your
sisters, or your father's
brothers or your father's
sisters, or your mohter's
brothers, or your mother's
sisters, or in houses of which
the keys are in your possession,
or in the house of a sincere
friend of yours: there is no
blame on you, whether ye eat in
company or separately. But if ye
enter houses, salute each other
- a greeting of blessing and
purity as from Allah. Thus does
Allah make clear the signs to
you: that ye may understand.
62. Only those are believers,
who believe in Allah and His
Messenger. when they are with
him on a matter requiring
collective action, they do not
depart until they have asked for
his leave; those who ask for thy
leave are those who believe in
Allah and His Messenger. so when
they ask for thy leave, for some
business of theirs, give leave
to those of them whom thou wilt,
and ask Allah for their
forgiveness: for Allah is Oft-
Forgiving, Most Merciful.
63. Deem not the summons of the
Messenger among yourselves like
the summons of one of you to
another: Allah doth know those
of you who slip away under
shelter of some excuse: then let
those beware who withstand the
Messenger.s order, lest some
trial befall them, or a grievous
penalty be inflicted on them.
64. Be quite sure that to Allah
doth belong whatever is in the
heavens and on earth. Well doth
He know what ye are intent upon:
and one day they will be brought
back to Him, and He will tell
them the truth of what they did:
for Allah doth know all things. |