1. O Prophet! Why
holdest thou to be forbidden
that which Allah has made lawful
to thee? Thou seekest to please
thy consorts. But Allah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
2. Allah has already ordained
for you, (O men), the
dissolution of your oaths (in
some cases): and Allah is your
Protector, and He is Full of
Knowledge and Wisdom.
3. When the Prophet disclosed a
matter in confidence to one of
his consorts, and she then
divulged it (to another), and
Allah made it known to him, he
confirmed part thereof and
repudiated a part. Then when he
told her thereof, she said, "Who
told thee this? "He said, "He
told me Who knows and is
well-acquainted (with all
things)."
4. If ye two turn in repentance
to Him, your hearts are indeed
so inclined; But if ye back up
each other against him, truly
Allah is his Protector, and
Gabriel, and (every) righteous
one among those who believe,-
and furthermore, the angels -
will back (him) up.
5. It may be, if he divorced you
(all), that Allah will give him
in exchange consorts better than
you,- who submit (their wills),
who believe, who are devout, who
turn to Allah in repentance, who
worship (in humility), who
travel (for Faith) and fast,-
previously married or virgins.
6. O ye who believe! save
yourselves and your families
from a Fire whose fuel is Men
and Stones, over which are
(appointed) angels stern (and)
severe, who flinch not (from
executing) the Commands they
receive from Allah, but do
(precisely) what they are
commanded.
7. (They will say), "O ye
Unbelievers! Make no excuses
this Day! Ye are being but
requited for all that ye did!"
8. O ye who believe! Turn to
Allah with sincere repentance:
In the hope that your Lord will
remove from you your ills and
admit you to Gardens beneath
which Rivers flow,- the Day that
Allah will not permit to be
humiliated the Prophet and those
who believe with him. Their
Light will run forward before
them and by their right hands,
while they say, "Our Lord!
Perfect our Light for us, and
grant us Forgiveness: for Thou
hast power over all things."
9. O Prophet! Strive hard
against the Unbelievers and the
Hypocrites, and be firm against
them. Their abode is Hell,- an
evil refuge (indeed).
10. Allah sets forth, for an
example to the Unbelievers, the
wife of Noah and the wife of Lut:
they were (respectively) under
two of our righteous servants,
but they were false to their
(husbands), and they profited
nothing before Allah on their
account, but were told: "Enter
ye the Fire along with (others)
that enter!"
11. And Allah sets forth, as an
example to those who believe the
wife of Pharaoh: Behold she
said: "O my Lord! Build for me,
in nearness to Thee, a mansion
in the Garden, and save me from
Pharaoh and his doings, and save
me from those that do wrong";
12. And Mary the daughter of 'Imran,
who guarded her chastity; and We
breathed into (her body) of Our
spirit; and she testified to the
truth of the words of her Lord
and of His Revelations, and was
one of the devout (servants). |