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The Qur'an
(Koran) - M. H. Shakir |
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In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[24.1] (This
is) a chapter which We have revealed
and made obligatory and in which We
have revealed clear communications
that you may be mindful.
[24.2] (As for) the
fornicators, flog each of them,
(giving) a hundred stripes, and let
not pity for them detain you in the
matter of obedience to Allah, if you
believe in Allah and the last day,
and let a party of believers witness
their chastisement.
[24.3] The fornicator shall
not marry any but a fornicatress or
idolatress, and (as for) the
fornicatress, none shall marry her
but a fornicator or an idolater; and
it is forbidden to the believers.
[24.4] And those who accuse
free women then do not bring four
witnesses, flog them, (giving)
eighty stripes, and do not admit any
evidence from them ever; and these
it is that are the transgressors,
[24.5] Except those who
repent after this and act aright,
for surely Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
[24.6] And (as for) those who
accuse their wives and have no
witnesses except themselves, the
evidence of one of these (should be
taken) four times, bearing Allah to
witness that he is most surely of
the truthful ones.
[24.7] And the fifth (time)
that the curse of Allah be on him if
he is one of the liars.
[24.8] And it shall avert the
chastisement from her if she testify
four times, bearing Allah to witness
that he is most surely one of the
liars;
[24.9] And the fifth (time)
that the wrath of Allah be on her if
he is one of the truthful.
[24.10] And were it not for
Allah's grace upon you and His
mercy-- and that Allah is
Oft-returning (to mercy), Wise!
[24.11] Surely they who
concocted the lie are a party from
among you. Do not regard it an evil
to you; nay, it is good for you.
Every man of them shall have what he
has earned of sin; and (as for) him
who took upon himself the main part
thereof, he shall have a grievous
chastisement.
[24.12] Why did not the
believing men and the believing
women, when you heard it, think well
of their own people, and say: This
is an evident falsehood?
[24.13] Why did they not
bring four witnesses of it? But as
they have not brought witnesses they
are liars before Allah.
[24.14] And were it not for
Allah's grace upon you and His mercy
in this world and the hereafter, a
grievous chastisement would
certainly have touched you on
account of the discourse which you
entered into.
[24.15] When you received it
with your tongues and spoke with
your mouths what you had no
knowledge of, and you deemed it an
easy matter while with Allah it was
grievous.
[24.16] And why did you not,
when you heard it, say: It does not
beseem us that we should talk of it;
glory be to Thee! this is a great
calumny?
[24.17] Allah admonishes you
that you should not return to the
like of it ever again if you are
believers.
[24.18] And Allah makes clear
to you the communications; and Allah
is Knowing, Wise.
[24.19] Surely (as for) those
who love that scandal should
circulate respecting those who
believe, they shall have a grievous
chastisement in this world and the
hereafter; and Allah knows, while
you do not know.
[24.20] And were it not for
Allah's grace on you and His mercy,
and that Allah is Compassionate,
Merciful.
[24.21] O you who believe! do
not follow the footsteps of the
Shaitan, and whoever follows the
footsteps of the Shaitan, then
surely he bids the doing of
indecency and evil; and were it not
for Allah's grace upon you and His
mercy, not one of you would have
ever been pure, but Allah purifies
whom He pleases; and Allah is
Hearing, Knowing.
[24.22] And let not those of
you who possess grace and abundance
swear against giving to the near of
kin and the poor and those who have
fled in Allah's way, and they should
pardon and turn away. Do you not
love that Allah should forgive you?
And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[24.23] Surely those who
accuse chaste believing women,
unaware (of the evil), are cursed in
this world and the hereafter, and
they shall have a grievous
chastisement.
[24.24] On the day when their
tongues and their hands and their
feet shall bear witness against them
as to what they did.
[24.25] On that day Allah
will pay back to them in full their
just reward, and they shall know
that Allah is the evident Truth.
[24.26] Bad women .are for
bad men and bad men are for bad
women. Good women are for good men
and good men are for good women
[24.27] O you who believe! Do
not enter houses other than your own
houses until you have asked
permission and saluted their
inmates; this is better for you,
that you may be mindful.
[24.28] But if you do not
find any one therein, then do not
enter them until permission is given
to you; and if it is said to you: Go
back, then go back; this is purer
for you; and Allah is Cognizant of
what you do.
[24.29] It is no sin in you
that you enter uninhabited houses
wherein you have your necessaries;
and Allah knows what you do openly
and what you hide.
[24.30] Say to the believing
men that they cast down their looks
and guard their private parts; that
is purer for them; surely Allah is
Aware of what they do.
[24.31] And say to the
believing women that they cast down
their looks and guard their private
parts and do not display their
ornaments except what appears
thereof, and let them wear their
head-coverings over their bosoms,
and not display their ornaments
except to their husbands or their
fathers, or the fathers of their
husbands, or their sons, or the sons
of their husbands, or their
brothers, or their brothers' sons,
or their sisters' sons, or their
women, or those whom their right
hands possess, or the male servants
not having need (of women), or the
children who have not attained
knowledge of what is hidden of
women; and let them not strike their
feet so that what they hide of their
ornaments may be known; and turn to
Allah all of you, O believers! so
that you may be successful.
[24.32] And marry those among
you who are single and those who are
fit among your male slaves and your
female slaves; if they are needy,
Allah will make them free from want
out of His grace; and Allah is
Ample-giving, Knowing.
[24.33] And let those who do
not find the means to marry keep
chaste until Allah makes them free
from want out of His grace. And (as
for) those who ask for a writing
from among those whom your right
hands possess, give them the writing
if you know any good in them, and
give them of the wealth of Allah
which He has given you; and do not
compel your slave girls to
prostitution, when they desire to
keep chaste, in order to seek the
frail good of this world's life; and
whoever compels them, then surely
after their compulsion Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
[24.34] And certainly We have
sent to you clear communications and
a description of those who have
passed away before you, and an
admonition to those who guard
(against evil).
[24.35] Allah is the light of
the heavens and the earth; a
likeness of His light is as a niche
in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a
glass, (and) the glass is as it were
a brightly shining star, lit from a
blessed olive-tree, neither eastern
nor western, the oil whereof almost
gives light though fire touch it
not-- light upon light-- Allah
guides to His light whom He pleases,
and Allah sets forth parables for
men, and Allah is Cognizant of all
things.
[24.36] In houses which Allah
has permitted to be exalted and that
His name may be remembered in them;
there glorify Him therein in the
mornings and the evenings,
[24.37] Men whom neither
merchandise nor selling diverts from
the remembrance of Allah and the
keeping up of prayer and the giving
of poor-rate; they fear a day in
which the hearts and eyes shall turn
about;
[24.38] That Allah may give
them the best reward of what they
have done, and give them more out of
His grace; and Allah gives
sustenance to whom He pleases
without measure.
[24.39] And (as for) those
who disbelieve, their deeds are like
the mirage in a desert, which the
thirsty man deems to be water; until
when he comes to it he finds it to
be naught, and there he finds Allah,
so He pays back to him his reckoning
in full; and Allah is quick in
reckoning;
[24.40] Or like utter
darkness in the deep sea: there
covers it a wave above which is
another wave, above which is a
cloud, (layers of) utter darkness
one above another; when he holds out
his hand, he is almost unable to see
it; and to whomsoever Allah does not
give light, he has no light.
[24.41] Do you not see that
Allah is He Whom do glorify all
those who are in the heavens and the
earth, and the (very) birds with
expanded wings? He knows the prayer
of each one and its glorification,
and Allah is Cognizant of what they
do.
[24.42] And Allah's is the
kingdom of the heavens and the
earth, and to Allah is the eventual
coming.
[24.43] Do you not see that
Allah drives along the clouds, then
gathers them together, then piles
them up, so that you see the rain
coming forth from their midst? And
He sends down of the clouds that are
(like) mountains wherein is hail,
afflicting therewith whom He pleases
and turning it away from whom He
pleases; the flash of His lightning
almost takes away the sight.
[24.44] Allah turns over the
night and the day; most surely there
is a lesson in this for those who
have sight.
[24.45] And Allah has created
from water every living creature: so
of them is that which walks upon its
belly, and of them is that which
walks upon two feet, and of them is
that which walks upon four; Allah
creates what He pleases; surely
Allah has power over all things.
[24.46] Certainly We have
revealed clear communications, and
Allah guides whom He pleases to the
right way.
[24.47] And they say: We
believe in Allah and in the apostle
and we obey; then a party of them
turn back after this, and these are
not believers.
[24.48] And when they are
called to Allah and His Apostle that
he may judge between them, lo! a
party of them turn aside.
[24.49] And if the truth be
on their side, they come to him
quickly, obedient.
[24.50] Is there in their
hearts a disease, or are they in
doubt, or do they fear that Allah
and His Apostle will act wrongfully
towards them? Nay! they themselves
are the unjust.
[24.51] The response of the
believers, when they are invited to
Allah and His Apostle that he may
judge between them, is only to say:
We hear and we obey; and these it is
that are the successful.
[24.52] And he who obeys
Allah and His Apostle, and fears
Allah, and is careful of (his duty
to) Him, these it is that are the
achievers.
[24.53] And they swear by
Allah with the most energetic of
their oaths that if you command them
they would certainly go forth. Say:
Swear not; reasonable obedience (is
desired); surely Allah is aware of
what you do.
[24.54] Say: Obey Allah and
obey the Apostle; but if you turn
back, then on him rests that which
is imposed on him and on you rests
that which is imposed on you; and if
you obey him, you are on the right
way; and nothing rests on the
Apostle but clear delivering (of the
message).
[24.55] Allah has promised to
those of you who believe and do good
that He will most certainly make
them rulers in the earth as He made
rulers those before them, and that
He will most certainly establish for
them their religion which He has
chosen for them, and that He will
most certainly, after their fear,
give them security in exchange; they
shall serve Me, not associating
aught with Me; and whoever is
ungrateful after this, these it is
who are the. transgressors.
[24.56] And keep up prayer
and pay the poor-rate and obey the
Apostle, so that mercy may be shown
to you.
[24.57] Think not that those
who disbelieve shall escape in the
earth, and their abode is the fire;
and certainly evil is the resort!
[24.58] O you who believe!
let those whom your right hands
possess and those of you who have
not attained to puberty ask
permission of you three times;
before the morning prayer, and when
you put off your clothes at midday
in summer, and after the prayer of
the nightfall; these are three times
of privacy for you; neither is it a
sin for you nor for them besides
these, some of you must go round
about (waiting) upon others; thus
does Allah make clear to you the
communications, and Allah is
Knowing, Wise.
[24.59] And when the children
among you have attained to puberty,
let them seek permission as those
before them sought permission; thus
does Allah make clear to you His
communications, and Allah is
knowing, Wise.
[24.60] And (as for) women
advanced in years who do not hope
for a marriage, it is no sin for
them if they put off their clothes
without displaying their ornaments;
and if they restrain themselves it
is better for them; and Allah is
Hearing, Knowing.
[24.61] There is no blame on
the blind man, nor is there blame on
the lame, nor is there blame on the
sick, nor on yourselves that you eat
from your houses, or your fathers'
houses or your mothers' houses, or
your brothers' houses, or your
sisters' houses, or your paternal
uncles' houses, or your paternal
aunts' houses, or your maternal
uncles' houses, or your maternal
aunts' houses, or what you possess
the keys of, or your friends'
(houses). It is no sin in you that
you eat together or separately. So
when you enter houses, greet your
people with a salutation from Allah,
blessed (and) goodly; thus does
Allah make clear to you the
communications that you may
understand.
[24.62] Only those are
believers who believe in Allah and
His Apostle, and when they are with
him on a momentous affair they go
not away until they have asked his
permission; surely they who ask your
permission are they who believe in
Allah and His Apostle; so when they
ask your permission for some affair
of theirs, give permission to whom
you please of them and ask
forgiveness for them from Allah;
surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[24.63] Do not hold the
Apostle's calling (you) among you to
be like your calling one to the
other; Allah indeed knows those who
steal away from among you,
concealing themselves; therefore let
those beware who go against his
order lest a trial afflict them or
there befall them a painful
chastisement.
[24.64] Now surely Allah's is
whatever is in the heavens and the
earth; He knows indeed that to which
you are conforming yourselves; and
on the day on which they are
returned to Him He will inform them
of what they did; and Allah is
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