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{ "title": "The Hijrah in 622 · 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica", "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "The prophetic period ends in 632 · 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica", "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Mahomet" } ], "titles": [ "Guidance for a shared life", "A legal penalty within judicial safeguards", "Integrity and marriage", "The accuser's burden of proof", "Repentance and making amends", "A specific sworn procedure", "The accuser's fifth oath", "The woman's answering testimony", "The answering oath completed", "Mercy within difficult judgment", "The community and the slander", "A good opinion before an accusation", "Evidence cannot be replaced by repetition", "Responsibility for circulating the story", "A small remark, a serious harm", "The words that should have stopped it", "Do not repeat the pattern", "Clarity under complete knowledge", "The desire to spread scandal", "Compassion and a chance to change", "Guard the steps toward wrongdoing", "Forgiveness expressed through continued care", "The wrong of attacking the unsuspecting", "The body bears witness", "Truth beyond public opinion", "Innocence and the character of speech", "Permission at the threshold", "Accepting a household's boundary", "Shared access and private space", "Men's responsibility for the gaze", "Modesty and a shared call to return", "Helping people build family life", "Chastity, emancipation and freedom from coercion", "Guidance joined with earlier examples", "The parable of light", "Houses filled with remembrance", "Trade without forgotten responsibility", "Reward increased through bounty", "The promise of a mirage", "Darkness and the need for guidance", "The praise of birds and all creation", "Sovereignty and the journey back", "Clouds, rain and dazzling lightning", "A lesson in the turning day", "Shared water, varied forms of life", "Clear signs and a straight path", "A claim contradicted by conduct", "Avoiding an unwelcome judgment", "Willingness when advantage is expected", "What lies behind selective obedience?", "Hearing and a responsible response", "Reverence expressed through action", "Conduct beyond solemn promises", "Distinct duties for messenger and hearers", "Security after fear", "Practices through which mercy is sought", "No place beyond accountability", "Three times of household privacy", "Permission as children mature", "Changing circumstances and modesty", "Ease, inclusion and greetings at home", "Permission within a shared undertaking", "The seriousness of the messenger's call", "Private and public life within complete knowledge" ], "notes": [ "The Surah announces its guidance as revealed and binding, with clear signs intended to awaken attention. Its subjects will move from public accusations to private rooms. The opening asks readers to approach that connected social vision with seriousness and thought.", "The prescribed penalty belongs to a legal passage, not a permission for personal enforcement. Juristic commentary discusses proof and judicial authority alongside it. Reading the surrounding safeguards is essential; suspicion, family anger or public gossip cannot substitute for an accountable process.", "The verse treats sexual integrity as consequential for marriage and community life. Its legal interpretation belongs with the surrounding passage and the broader discussion of repentance. It is not a warrant to label people from rumor or permanently deny the possibility of moral change.", "An accusation carries a demanding burden of proof and serious consequences for the accuser. The verse protects reputation against unsupported claims. It must not become an excuse for private punishment or for silencing someone who seeks help and protection from harm.", "Repentance and making amends follow the severe warning about accusation. The passage keeps the possibility of repair open without minimizing the injury caused. A changed response involves more than regretting consequences for oneself; it includes attention to the harm done.", "A husband's allegation without other witnesses is addressed through a specific sworn procedure. The text does not make accusation itself proof. The transmitted context places the matter before the Prophet for adjudication, distinguishing a judicial process from an argument enforced within a household.", "The fifth oath places the accuser's truthfulness under grave personal responsibility before Allah. It completes the preceding legal sequence rather than authorizing threats in ordinary disputes. The verse should be read with the woman's answering testimony and the full procedure.", "The woman's repeated denial averts the stated punishment within the prescribed process. Her testimony has an explicit protective function. The passage therefore cannot be reduced to a husband's unchecked power to accuse or to a family's power to impose its own judgment.", "Her fifth oath completes the answering sequence. Both parties face responsibility for truthfulness before Allah, while the procedure establishes a limit to human action. The reader should distinguish this formal legal setting from private attempts to compel an admission or an oath.", "Grace, mercy and wisdom close the difficult legal passage. The reminder keeps its procedures within a larger account of divine care. The reader is invited to recognize human vulnerability and the need for both responsible judgment and the possibility of repentance.", "The slander arose within the community, with individual responsibility for each contribution. Aisha's report in Sahih al-Bukhari connects these verses with her exoneration. That transmitted context makes the personal injury visible while the Quran teaches a wider responsibility for communal speech.", "Believing men and women are asked why they did not begin with a good opinion of their own people. The verse challenges the ease of accepting damaging claims. Responsible caution protects dignity without requiring a person to ignore credible concerns or abandon careful inquiry.", "The accusers' failure to produce the required witnesses is decisive in this case. Repetition cannot replace evidence, and widespread talk cannot transform an unsupported allegation into knowledge. The verse directs scrutiny toward the claim and its proof rather than toward the crowd's excitement.", "The community is reminded of mercy despite its participation in the talk. The warning does not treat circulation as harmless merely because many people joined in. Each listener still had an opportunity to interrupt the spread instead of lending it another voice.", "Words passed from tongue to tongue without knowledge, and people treated the matter as small. The verse measures the act differently from its participants. A brief remark can carry great harm when it turns another person's reputation into casual social material.", "The proper response would have refused to repeat the accusation and named it as grave slander. Silence here is an active ethical choice. The verse offers a boundary for speech: not everything heard deserves a new audience or a share of one's credibility.", "The admonition looks forward, asking that the same pattern never be repeated. A community's learning must become a changed habit, not only regret about one episode. The verse connects belief with a responsibility to prevent the next cycle of careless accusation.", "The signs are explained under complete knowledge and wisdom. Human judgment, by contrast, is limited and can be distorted by rumor. The verse encourages receptiveness to correction where people may previously have mistaken familiar talk or group confidence for understanding.", "The warning reaches beyond speaking to delight in the spread of scandal. The heart's enjoyment of another person's exposure matters as well as the outward act. The verse asks readers to examine why a damaging story feels attractive enough to circulate.", "Mercy and compassion again interrupt the warning. The repetition prevents the passage from becoming only a catalogue of blame. A community can receive correction as an opportunity to change, while remembering that the people harmed by its speech need actual care.", "Wrongdoing can develop through successive steps rather than one openly chosen betrayal. The verse joins vigilance with humility: purity is not entirely self-produced. Gratitude for mercy should restrain the urge to treat oneself as immune to the failures being criticized.", "People with means are urged not to let resentment end support for relatives, the needy and migrants. Forgiveness is linked with their own hope of being forgiven. The verse makes generosity a place where hurt can be answered without continuing deprivation.", "Slandering unsuspecting, chaste believing women receives an emphatic warning. The women described are not responsible for others' invented accusations. The verse places moral weight on those who attack their reputation, countering the tendency to make the accused bear every social consequence.", "Tongues, hands and feet testify to what was done. The scene imagines the body itself preventing the concealment of conduct. It gives speech and action lasting significance, while reminding the reader that final knowledge exceeds the story people tell about themselves.", "The reckoning renders what is due and reveals Allah as the manifest Truth. Public opinion no longer determines the account. The verse can steady those harmed by falsehood while warning those who rely on influence to make an untrue version prevail.", "Pickthall renders the contrast through men and women; Ibn Kathir also records a reading about good and evil speech. Both belong to the slander context. The verse should not be used to blame someone for an abusive or unfaithful spouse.", "Entering another home requires announcing oneself and offering peace. Access is treated as something to request rather than assume. The verse makes respect tangible at the threshold, where familiarity, status or good intentions do not erase another household's need for privacy.", "An empty home is not automatically open, and a request to leave should be accepted. The verse gives the household's boundary real force. A visitor's disappointment does not create entitlement, and leaving courteously can itself be an expression of dignity.", "A different rule applies to premises not serving as private homes where people have a legitimate use. The exception does not erase the preceding boundary. The verse asks the reader to distinguish shared access from intrusion, while remembering that hidden intentions remain known.", "Believing men are addressed first about their gaze and chastity. Responsibility begins with the viewer's own conduct rather than control over another person's presence. The verse joins outward restraint with awareness that actions remain known beyond what other people happen to notice.", "Women likewise receive instructions about gaze, chastity and adornment, with specified relational settings. The verse closes by calling all believers to turn toward Allah. Its shared moral horizon should not be reduced to scrutinizing women while exempting men from their preceding responsibility.", "The community is urged to help people marry, including those in dependent social positions. Poverty should not automatically exclude someone from the prospect of family life. The promise of bounty invites hope and practical support, rather than a guaranteed prediction of immediate wealth.", "Chastity, emancipation agreements and material assistance appear beside an explicit prohibition of coerced prostitution. Responsibility for coercion lies with those imposing it, while mercy addresses the compelled. The passage responds within a historical institution of slavery; it does not authorize creating that institution today.", "Clear guidance, earlier examples and admonition gather the preceding instructions into a wider lesson. The rules are meant to shape understanding and conduct together. The verse invites readers to carry the concern for dignity and responsibility into the signs that follow.", "The light verse offers a layered parable through niche, lamp, glass and olive oil. It speaks of guidance through an image people can contemplate. An illustration represents that metaphor alone, never a physical portrait of Allah or a containment of the Divine.", "Houses devoted to remembrance carry the lamp imagery into communal worship. Praise has a rhythm through morning and evening. The verse joins a place's honor with what occurs within it, rather than treating impressive architecture as sufficient evidence of spiritual life.", "Trade and sale do not displace remembrance, prayer or support for the poor. The praised people remain active in ordinary economic life while retaining a larger horizon. The verse asks whether necessary work serves a life or gradually consumes all its attention.", "Good action receives reward enriched by divine bounty. The promise exceeds a narrow transaction while preserving the value of what people do. It encourages generosity and remembrance without turning worship into a technique for guaranteeing a particular material return.", "A mirage illustrates the collapse of a hoped-for result when it is finally reached. The image distinguishes apparent satisfaction from actual provision. Its purpose is moral reflection on deeds and accountability, not a judgment that every disappointed worldly plan reveals a person's unbelief.", "Layered darkness at sea provides a contrasting image to the lamp. The loss of direction makes the need for guidance vivid. The verse's metaphor does not require a claim that a specific modern ocean photograph is its intended location or scientific demonstration.", "Creatures throughout heaven and earth, including birds in flight, praise Allah. Their forms of worship are known to Him even when not transparent to human observation. The verse invites humility before a creation whose significance exceeds its usefulness to people.", "All sovereignty belongs to Allah, and the journey returns to Him. The brief statement gathers the surrounding signs into one direction. Observation of light, darkness and living creatures becomes an invitation to consider both the world's source and human accountability.", "Clouds gather, rain emerges and lightning dazzles. The scene holds provision and vulnerability together within familiar weather. The verse invites attention to divine power without requiring the reader to identify a particular storm or force its imagery into a complete meteorological model.", "The alternation of night and day becomes a lesson for attentive sight. Repetition need not make a sign insignificant. The verse asks whether familiar change can be received with understanding, allowing ordinary time to renew awareness rather than merely pass unnoticed.", "Living creatures arise through water and move in varied ways. The verse combines shared dependence with visible diversity. It invites wonder at creation without claiming to provide an exhaustive biological classification or a detailed account of every mechanism by which life develops.", "The revealed signs are clear, and guidance leads toward a straight path. The verse returns from natural observation to the hearer's response. Seeing the world and receiving instruction are connected through the question of how understanding will shape actual direction.", "A spoken claim of faith and obedience is contradicted by subsequent withdrawal. The verse evaluates the inconsistency rather than the beauty of the declaration. It asks whether allegiance remains active when a real decision requires something beyond words of agreement.", "Some turn away when called to judgment by Allah and the messenger. Their response introduces the test of impartiality in the following verses. A claimed commitment to justice is incomplete if it disappears whenever an outcome might challenge personal advantage.", "When they expect the right to favor them, they come willingly. The contrast exposes selective confidence in a process. The verse asks whether a person seeks a just judgment or merely an authoritative way to obtain the result already desired.", "The questioning probes distrust, doubt and fear of unfair judgment before identifying wrongdoing. Its focus is the motive behind selective obedience. The verse encourages honesty about why a fair demand feels unwelcome, rather than disguising resistance to loss as a concern for principle.", "True response to the messenger's judgment is expressed through hearing and obedience. In this setting, the words answer the selective conduct just criticized. They should not be transferred without distinction into a demand for unquestioning submission to any person claiming religious authority.", "Obedience, reverence and mindful conduct are joined as a path to success. The verse does not reduce faith to a public pledge alone. Its qualities reach inward motive and outward action, asking whether claimed allegiance becomes a sustained pattern of responsibility.", "Solemn promises are set beside the more substantial value of recognized obedience. The verse questions a performance of loyalty that exceeds its evidence in conduct. Dependability is shown through what someone actually does, while Allah knows more than the declaration reveals.", "The messenger bears the duty of clear conveyance, and the hearers bear their own response. Those responsibilities cannot simply be exchanged. The verse gives guidance a direction while marking the limits of the messenger's control over another person's choice.", "Faith and good action receive a promise of establishment and security after fear. Worship without associated partners remains central to the promise. It is not a warrant for a modern group to claim guaranteed political dominance or authority over others.", "Prayer, support for the poor and obedience are gathered as practices through which mercy is sought. The verse makes the preceding hope practical. A secure community's purpose is not merely to preserve power, but to sustain devotion, care and responsible conduct.", "Rejection does not provide an escape from accountability anywhere on earth. The warning places geography and worldly influence beneath final judgment. Its consequence is not entrusted to private individuals, and the reader is asked to examine conduct rather than imagine immunity through distance.", "Three times of household privacy require permission even from children and domestic dependents who ordinarily move freely within the home. The passage recognizes bodily privacy amid daily closeness. Its historical social categories do not diminish the enduring need to respect personal boundaries.", "When children reach maturity, the general rule of seeking permission applies to them. Growing independence brings a clearer responsibility toward others' privacy. The verse portrays etiquette as something learned and developed, rather than assuming that family familiarity makes respectful boundaries unnecessary.", "Older women receive a measured easing concerning outer garments, while restraint remains commended. The verse recognizes changing circumstances within its modesty instructions. It should not be turned into contempt for age, a denial of personal dignity or permission to expose someone without consent.", "The passage removes blame around disability, illness and ordinary shared meals, while honoring greetings on entering homes. Togetherness and eating separately both have room. The verse encourages ease and belonging, resisting needless social exclusion or rigid expectations about every domestic arrangement.", "A shared undertaking with the messenger requires permission before leaving, while personal needs can be accommodated. The verse joins collective responsibility with flexibility. Respect for a common task includes clear communication, rather than disappearing and leaving others uncertain about commitments.", "The messenger's call receives a distinctive seriousness, and evasive departure is known to Allah. The verse concerns this prophetic setting and its responsibilities. It does not give every later leader the same standing or remove the need to question unjust human demands.", "The ending places every condition and deed within Allah's knowledge and the final return. Public conduct and private rooms share that moral horizon. The Surah's many details of speech, consent, worship and community life are gathered into a responsibility no outward appearance can conceal." ], "sections": [ { "start": 1, "end": 20, "title": "Accusation, evidence and the harm of slander", "summary": "The legal opening places serious claims within defined procedures. The slander episode then asks why the community repeated an accusation without knowledge, teaching restraint, evidence and responsibility for every contribution.", "reflection": "What should stop a damaging story before you repeat it?" }, { "start": 21, "end": 34, "title": "Dignity in conduct and care for others", "summary": "Forgiveness becomes practical generosity. Permission, modesty, support for marriage and protection from coercion turn respect into daily conduct, with a call for all believers to return to Allah.", "reflection": "Which boundary or act of care would make another person safer and more respected?" }, { "start": 35, "end": 46, "title": "The lamp and the signs around us", "summary": "The parable of light leads into houses of remembrance and people whose work does not erase devotion. Mirage, deep water, birds, clouds and living creatures invite a larger awareness of guidance.", "reflection": "What helps you see clearly when appearances are misleading?" }, { "start": 47, "end": 57, "title": "Obedience measured by conduct", "summary": "Selective acceptance of judgment exposes the difference between declared loyalty and practice. The promise of security remains joined to faith, good action, worship and care for the poor.", "reflection": "Would you accept a fair outcome that does not favor you?" }, { "start": 58, "end": 64, "title": "Privacy, belonging and shared responsibility", "summary": "Household permissions develop with age and circumstance. Ordinary meals, greetings and collective undertakings receive guidance that balances ease with respect, ending in awareness of Allah's complete knowledge.", "reflection": "How can familiar relationships retain courtesy and meaningful privacy?" } ], "timeline": [ { "title": "622–632 CE · the Madinan period", "year": 622, "endYear": 632, "body": "An-Nur is classified as Madinan and its material is associated with more than one occasion. These dates bracket the broad prophetic period in Madinah, not the exact year of every verse.", "source": "https://quran.com/an-nur/info" }, { "title": "The slander episode · exact dating disputed", "year": null, "body": "Aisha's account connects verses 11–20 with her exoneration after a damaging accusation. This reader preserves the report without forcing the whole Surah into one precise campaign date.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4750" }, { "title": "Legal and household guidance across occasions", "year": null, "body": "The introduction describes material revealed in stages and notes differing chronological views. The order in the Surah is therefore not presented as a dated sequence of incidents.", "source": "https://quran.com/an-nur/info" } ], "places": [ { "id": "madinah", "name": "Madinah · the community addressed", "body": "The Madinan classification places the Surah's public and household guidance within the developing community. The marker shows the city broadly; it does not identify a specific reconstructed courtroom or home.", "lat": 24.4672, "lon": 39.6111, "source": "https://quran.com/an-nur/info", "image": 0 }, { "id": "homes", "name": "Homes and thresholds · permission matters", "body": "The Surah describes private houses, shared access and particular times of privacy. These are settings for everyday responsibility rather than identified archaeological addresses, and the illustrations remain imaginative.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/024.htm", "image": 4 }, { "id": "worship", "name": "Houses of remembrance · the lamp as a parable", "body": "Verses 35–37 connect the lamp imagery with places of worship and lives of remembrance. The niche is a visual metaphor, not a surviving object or a representation of Allah.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/024.htm", "image": 2 } ], "people": [ { "id": "aisha", "title": "Aisha · dignity restored after slander", "body": "Her account in Sahih al-Bukhari describes the accusation, its distress and the revelation declaring her innocence. This is an attributed report; no imagined portrait is presented as an authentic likeness.", "url": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4750", "label": "Read Aisha's transmitted account" }, { "id": "abu-bakr", "title": "Abu Bakr and Mistah · care renewed after hurt", "body": "The same report links verse 22 with Abu Bakr resuming financial help to Mistah after the slander. Forgiveness becomes a material act of support.", "url": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4750", "label": "Read the context of verse 22" }, { "id": "zaynab", "title": "Zaynab bint Jahsh · restraint in testimony", "body": "The report recalls her refusal to speak against Aisha without knowledge. Her response illustrates the personal discipline of protecting what one says about another person.", "url": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4750", "label": "Read the report" }, { "id": "households", "title": "Children, dependents and neighbors · people with boundaries", "body": "The household verses consider age, circumstance, disability and ordinary access. Their guidance makes belonging compatible with privacy and courtesy, rather than treating familiarity as an unlimited right to enter.", "verse": 58 } ], "history": [ { "title": "A legal text, not personal enforcement", "body": "Ma'arif al-Qur'an discusses these penalties with judicial authority and evidentiary requirements. This reader explains the passage's context; it offers no permission for private punishment, intimidation or action based on suspicion.", "source": "https://quran.com/24:2/tafsirs/en-tafsir-maarif-ul-quran" }, { "title": "The sworn procedure is a formal case", "body": "Bukhari 4747 places the allegation before the Prophet, who requires proof and administers the subsequent process. The account distinguishes adjudication from a husband's unilateral accusation or a family's retaliation.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4747" }, { "title": "Verse 26 has more than one transmitted reading", "body": "Ibn Kathir records interpretations concerning speech as well as men and women. The slander context and declaration of innocence remain central; the verse is not a basis for blaming people for a spouse's wrongdoing.", "source": "https://quran.com/24:26/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "A community learns what not to repeat", "body": "Verses 12–19 challenge assumptions, absent evidence and the casual circulation of a damaging claim. The lesson concerns both what people know and what they choose to do with another person's reputation.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/024.htm" } ], "revelationNote": "Madinan, with passages linked to differing occasions and disputed detailed chronology. The 622–632 CE range describes the broader period only. The slander background is attributed to Aisha's report in Sahih al-Bukhari rather than assigned an unsupported exact date.", "translationNote": "English translation: Sahih International, via AlQuran Cloud. Original source wording is preserved.", "verses": [ { "n": 1, "arabic": "سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهَا وَفَرَضْنَٰهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ", "translation": "[This is] a surah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember." }, { "n": 2, "arabic": "ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِى فَٱجْلِدُوا۟ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٍۢ مِّنْهُمَا مِا۟ئَةَ جَلْدَةٍۢ ۖ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌۭ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ ۖ وَلْيَشْهَدْ عَذَابَهُمَا طَآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion of Allah, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment." }, { "n": 3, "arabic": "ٱلزَّانِى لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةًۭ وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌۭ ۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that has been made unlawful to the believers." }, { "n": 4, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَٰنِينَ جَلْدَةًۭ وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَٰدَةً أَبَدًۭا ۚ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ", "translation": "And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient," }, { "n": 5, "arabic": "إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." }, { "n": 6, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَآءُ إِلَّآ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَٰدَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ", "translation": "And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful." }, { "n": 7, "arabic": "وَٱلْخَٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ", "translation": "And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him if he should be among the liars." }, { "n": 8, "arabic": "وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ عَنْهَا ٱلْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ", "translation": "But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars." }, { "n": 9, "arabic": "وَٱلْخَٰمِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ", "translation": "And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he was of the truthful." }, { "n": 10, "arabic": "وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ", "translation": "And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Accepting of repentance and Wise." }, { "n": 11, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو بِٱلْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌۭ مِّنكُمْ ۚ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَرًّۭا لَّكُم ۖ بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ ۚ لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُم مَّا ٱكْتَسَبَ مِنَ ٱلْإِثْمِ ۚ وَٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ كِبْرَهُۥ مِنْهُمْ لَهُۥ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Indeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather it is good for you. For every person among them is what [punishment] he has earned from the sin, and he who took upon himself the greater portion thereof - for him is a great punishment." }, { "n": 12, "arabic": "لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًۭا وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ", "translation": "Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, \"This is an obvious falsehood\"?" }, { "n": 13, "arabic": "لَّوْلَا جَآءُو عَلَيْهِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ ۚ فَإِذْ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلشُّهَدَآءِ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰذِبُونَ", "translation": "Why did they [who slandered] not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allah, who are the liars." }, { "n": 14, "arabic": "وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِى مَآ أَفَضْتُمْ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ", "translation": "And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that [lie] in which you were involved by a great punishment" }, { "n": 15, "arabic": "إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُۥ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُۥ هَيِّنًۭا وَهُوَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٌۭ", "translation": "When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allah, tremendous." }, { "n": 16, "arabic": "وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَٰذَا سُبْحَٰنَكَ هَٰذَا بُهْتَٰنٌ عَظِيمٌۭ", "translation": "And why, when you heard it, did you not say, \"It is not for us to speak of this. Exalted are You, [O Allah]; this is a great slander\"?" }, { "n": 17, "arabic": "يَعِظُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَن تَعُودُوا۟ لِمِثْلِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "Allah warns you against returning to the likes of this [conduct], ever, if you should be believers." }, { "n": 18, "arabic": "وَيُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ", "translation": "And Allah makes clear to you the verses, and Allah is Knowing and Wise." }, { "n": 19, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةُ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "Indeed, those who like that immorality should be spread [or publicized] among those who have believed will have a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And Allah knows and you do not know." }, { "n": 20, "arabic": "وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ", "translation": "And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Kind and Merciful." }, { "n": 21, "arabic": "۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَدًۭا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allah purifies whom He wills, and Allah is Hearing and Knowing." }, { "n": 22, "arabic": "وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلْيَعْفُوا۟ وَلْيَصْفَحُوٓا۟ ۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ", "translation": "And let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give [aid] to their relatives and the needy and the emigrants for the cause of Allah, and let them pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." }, { "n": 23, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ٱلْغَٰفِلَٰتِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ لُعِنُوا۟ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment" }, { "n": 24, "arabic": "يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do." }, { "n": 25, "arabic": "يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يُوَفِّيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ ٱلْمُبِينُ", "translation": "That Day, Allah will pay them in full their deserved recompense, and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice." }, { "n": 26, "arabic": "ٱلْخَبِيثَٰتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَٰتِ ۖ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ ۖ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ وَرِزْقٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Evil words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words. Those [good people] are declared innocent of what the slanderers say. For them is forgiveness and noble provision." }, { "n": 27, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ بُيُوتِكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تَسْتَأْنِسُوا۟ وَتُسَلِّمُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ", "translation": "O you who have believed, do not enter houses other than your own houses until you ascertain welcome and greet their inhabitants. That is best for you; perhaps you will be reminded." }, { "n": 28, "arabic": "فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا۟ فِيهَآ أَحَدًۭا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِن قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱرْجِعُوا۟ فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۖ هُوَ أَزْكَىٰ لَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "And if you do not find anyone therein, do not enter them until permission has been given you. And if it is said to you, \"Go back,\" then go back; it is purer for you. And Allah is Knowing of what you do." }, { "n": 29, "arabic": "لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍۢ فِيهَا مَتَٰعٌۭ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ", "translation": "There is no blame upon you for entering houses not inhabited in which there is convenience for you. And Allah knows what you reveal and what you conceal." }, { "n": 30, "arabic": "قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا۟ مِنْ أَبْصَٰرِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا۟ فُرُوجَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ", "translation": "Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what they do." }, { "n": 31, "arabic": "وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَٰرِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّٰبِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُو۟لِى ٱلْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ أَوِ ٱلطِّفْلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰ عَوْرَٰتِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ وَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ", "translation": "And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed." }, { "n": 32, "arabic": "وَأَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْأَيَٰمَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَآئِكُمْ ۚ إِن يَكُونُوا۟ فُقَرَآءَ يُغْنِهِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty, and Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing." }, { "n": 33, "arabic": "وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًۭا ۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مِّن مَّالِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚ وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا۟ فَتَيَٰتِكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْبِغَآءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًۭا لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ عَرَضَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَمَن يُكْرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ", "translation": "But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allah enriches them from His bounty. And those who seek a contract [for eventual emancipation] from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them if you know there is within them goodness and give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you. And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire chastity, to seek [thereby] the temporary interests of worldly life. And if someone should compel them, then indeed, Allah is [to them], after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful." }, { "n": 34, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتٍۢ مُّبَيِّنَٰتٍۢ وَمَثَلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمَوْعِظَةًۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ", "translation": "And We have certainly sent down to you distinct verses and examples from those who passed on before you and an admonition for those who fear Allah." }, { "n": 35, "arabic": "۞ ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشْكَوٰةٍۢ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ ٱلْمِصْبَاحُ فِى زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌۭ دُرِّىٌّۭ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍۢ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۢ زَيْتُونَةٍۢ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍۢ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍۢ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِىٓءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌۭ ۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍۢ ۗ يَهْدِى ٱللَّهُ لِنُورِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things." }, { "n": 36, "arabic": "فِى بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ ٱللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُۥ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْءَاصَالِ", "translation": "[Such niches are] in mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings" }, { "n": 37, "arabic": "رِجَالٌۭ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَٰرَةٌۭ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءِ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۙ يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًۭا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ", "translation": "[Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and giving of zakah. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will [fearfully] turn about -" }, { "n": 38, "arabic": "لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ", "translation": "That Allah may reward them [according to] the best of what they did and increase them from His bounty. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account." }, { "n": 39, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍۢ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًۭٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ", "translation": "But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allah before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allah is swift in account." }, { "n": 40, "arabic": "أَوْ كَظُلُمَٰتٍۢ فِى بَحْرٍۢ لُّجِّىٍّۢ يَغْشَىٰهُ مَوْجٌۭ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ مَوْجٌۭ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ سَحَابٌۭ ۚ ظُلُمَٰتٌۢ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذَآ أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَىٰهَا ۗ وَمَن لَّمْ يَجْعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورًۭا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ", "translation": "Or [they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses, some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allah has not granted light - for him there is no light." }, { "n": 41, "arabic": "أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلطَّيْرُ صَٰٓفَّٰتٍۢ ۖ كُلٌّۭ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُۥ وَتَسْبِيحَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ", "translation": "Do you not see that Allah is exalted by whomever is within the heavens and the earth and [by] the birds with wings spread [in flight]? Each [of them] has known his [means of] prayer and exalting [Him], and Allah is Knowing of what they do." }, { "n": 42, "arabic": "وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ", "translation": "And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah is the destination." }, { "n": 43, "arabic": "أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزْجِى سَحَابًۭا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ رُكَامًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَٰلِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن جِبَالٍۢ فِيهَا مِنۢ بَرَدٍۢ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُۥ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِۦ يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ", "translation": "Do you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightening almost takes away the eyesight." }, { "n": 44, "arabic": "يُقَلِّبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ", "translation": "Allah alternates the night and the day. Indeed in that is a lesson for those who have vision." }, { "n": 45, "arabic": "وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَآبَّةٍۢ مِّن مَّآءٍۢ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰٓ أَرْبَعٍۢ ۚ يَخْلُقُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ", "translation": "Allah has created every [living] creature from water. And of them are those that move on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them are those that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent." }, { "n": 46, "arabic": "لَّقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ ءَايَٰتٍۢ مُّبَيِّنَٰتٍۢ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ", "translation": "We have certainly sent down distinct verses. And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path." }, { "n": 47, "arabic": "وَيَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "But the hypocrites say, \"We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey\"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers." }, { "n": 48, "arabic": "وَإِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ", "translation": "And when they are called to [the words of] Allah and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal]." }, { "n": 49, "arabic": "وَإِن يَكُن لَّهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ يَأْتُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ", "translation": "But if the right is theirs, they come to him in prompt obedience." }, { "n": 50, "arabic": "أَفِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ٱرْتَابُوٓا۟ أَمْ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيفَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚ بَلْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ", "translation": "Is there disease in their hearts? Or have they doubted? Or do they fear that Allah will be unjust to them, or His Messenger? Rather, it is they who are the wrongdoers." }, { "n": 51, "arabic": "إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۚ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ", "translation": "The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, \"We hear and we obey.\" And those are the successful." }, { "n": 52, "arabic": "وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَخْشَ ٱللَّهَ وَيَتَّقْهِ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ", "translation": "And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger and fears Allah and is conscious of Him - it is those who are the attainers." }, { "n": 53, "arabic": "۞ وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ لَئِنْ أَمَرْتَهُمْ لَيَخْرُجُنَّ ۖ قُل لَّا تُقْسِمُوا۟ ۖ طَاعَةٌۭ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths that if you ordered them, they would go forth [in Allah 's cause]. Say, \"Do not swear. [Such] obedience is known. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with that which you do.\"" }, { "n": 54, "arabic": "قُلْ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُم مَّا حُمِّلْتُمْ ۖ وَإِن تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۚ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ", "translation": "Say, \"Obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification.\"" }, { "n": 55, "arabic": "وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمَا ٱسْتَخْلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱرْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًۭا ۚ يَعْبُدُونَنِى لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِى شَيْـًۭٔا ۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ", "translation": "Allah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient." }, { "n": 56, "arabic": "وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ", "translation": "And establish prayer and give zakah and obey the Messenger - that you may receive mercy." }, { "n": 57, "arabic": "لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ", "translation": "Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to Allah] upon the earth. Their refuge will be the Fire - and how wretched the destination." }, { "n": 58, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِيَسْتَـْٔذِنكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا۟ ٱلْحُلُمَ مِنكُمْ ثَلَٰثَ مَرَّٰتٍۢ ۚ مِّن قَبْلِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلْفَجْرِ وَحِينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلْعِشَآءِ ۚ ثَلَٰثُ عَوْرَٰتٍۢ لَّكُمْ ۚ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ جُنَاحٌۢ بَعْدَهُنَّ ۚ طَوَّٰفُونَ عَلَيْكُم بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ", "translation": "O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess and those who have not [yet] reached puberty among you ask permission of you [before entering] at three times: before the dawn prayer and when you put aside your clothing [for rest] at noon and after the night prayer. [These are] three times of privacy for you. There is no blame upon you nor upon them beyond these [periods], for they continually circulate among you - some of you, among others. Thus does Allah make clear to you the verses; and Allah is Knowing and Wise." }, { "n": 59, "arabic": "وَإِذَا بَلَغَ ٱلْأَطْفَٰلُ مِنكُمُ ٱلْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَـْٔذِنُوا۟ كَمَا ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ", "translation": "And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission [at all times] as those before them have done. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses; and Allah is Knowing and Wise." }, { "n": 60, "arabic": "وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّٰتِى لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًۭا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَن يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَٰتٍۭ بِزِينَةٍۢ ۖ وَأَن يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌۭ لَّهُنَّ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage - there is no blame upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying adornment. But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing." }, { "n": 61, "arabic": "لَّيْسَ عَلَى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ حَرَجٌۭ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌۭ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْمَرِيضِ حَرَجٌۭ وَلَا عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَن تَأْكُلُوا۟ مِنۢ بُيُوتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ ءَابَآئِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ إِخْوَٰنِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَخَوَٰتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَعْمَٰمِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ عَمَّٰتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَخْوَٰلِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ خَٰلَٰتِكُمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكْتُم مَّفَاتِحَهُۥٓ أَوْ صَدِيقِكُمْ ۚ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَأْكُلُوا۟ جَمِيعًا أَوْ أَشْتَاتًۭا ۚ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُم بُيُوتًۭا فَسَلِّمُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ تَحِيَّةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُبَٰرَكَةًۭ طَيِّبَةًۭ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ", "translation": "There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint nor upon yourselves when you eat from your [own] houses or the houses of your fathers or the houses of your mothers or the houses of your brothers or the houses of your sisters or the houses of your father's brothers or the houses of your father's sisters or the houses of your mother's brothers or the houses of your mother's sisters or [from houses] whose keys you possess or [from the house] of your friend. There is no blame upon you whether you eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace upon each other - a greeting from Allah, blessed and good. Thus does Allah make clear to you the verses [of ordinance] that you may understand." }, { "n": 62, "arabic": "إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَإِذَا كَانُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍۢ جَامِعٍۢ لَّمْ يَذْهَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَسْتَـْٔذِنُوهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَـْٔذِنُونَكَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚ فَإِذَا ٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ لِبَعْضِ شَأْنِهِمْ فَأْذَن لِّمَن شِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمُ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ", "translation": "The believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and, when they are [meeting] with him for a matter of common interest, do not depart until they have asked his permission. Indeed, those who ask your permission, [O Muhammad] - those are the ones who believe in Allah and His Messenger. So when they ask your permission for something of their affairs, then give permission to whom you will among them and ask forgiveness for them of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." }, { "n": 63, "arabic": "لَّا تَجْعَلُوا۟ دُعَآءَ ٱلرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ كَدُعَآءِ بَعْضِكُم بَعْضًۭا ۚ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنكُمْ لِوَاذًۭا ۚ فَلْيَحْذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِۦٓ أَن تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ", "translation": "Do not make [your] calling of the Messenger among yourselves as the call of one of you to another. Already Allah knows those of you who slip away, concealed by others. So let those beware who dissent from the Prophet's order, lest fitnah strike them or a painful punishment." }, { "n": 64, "arabic": "أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَيَوْمَ يُرْجَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۢ", "translation": "Unquestionably, to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth. Already He knows that upon which you [stand] and [knows] the Day when they will be returned to Him and He will inform them of what they have done. 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