Soorah An-Nisaa' (The Women)


In the Name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
1.  O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)], and from them both He created many men and women and fear Allaah through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship), Surely, Allaah is Ever an All-Watcher over you.
2.  And give unto orphans their property and do not exchange (your) bad things for (their) good ones; and devour not their substance (by adding it) to your substance, Surely, this is a great sin.
3.  And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan-girls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three, or four but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one or (the captives and the slaves) that your right hands possess, That is nearer to prevent you from doing injustice.
4.  And give to the women (whom you marry) their Mahr (obligatory bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage) with a good heart, but if they, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, take it, and enjoy it without fear of any harm (as Allaah has made it lawful).
5.  And give not unto the foolish your property which Allaah has made a means of support for you, but feed and clothe them therewith, and speak to them words of kindness and justice.
6.  And try orphans (as regards their intelligence) until they reach the age of marriage; if then you find sound judgement in them, release their property to them, but consume it not wastefully, and hastily fearing that they should grow up, and whoever amongst guardians is rich, he should take no wages, but if he is poor, let him have for himself what is just and reasonable (according to his work), And when you release their property to them, take witness in their presence; and Allaah is All-Sufficient in taking account.
7.  There is a share for men and a share for women from what is left by parents and those nearest related, whether, the property be small or large - a legal share.
8.  And when the relatives and the orphans and Al-Masakin (the poor) are present at the time of division, give them out of the property, and speak to them words of kindness and justice.
9.  And let those (executors and guardians) have the same fear in their minds as they would have for their own, if they had left weak offspring behind, So let them fear Allaah and speak right words.
10.  Verily, those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, they eat up only a fire into their bellies, and they will be burnt in the blazing Fire!
11.  Allaah commands you as regards your children's (inheritance); to the male, a portion equal to that of two females; if (there are) only daughters, two or more, their share is two thirds of the inheritance; if only one, her share is half, For parents, a sixth share of inheritance to each if the deceased left children; if no children, and the parents are the (only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased left brothers or (sisters), the mother has a sixth, (The distribution in all cases is) after the payment of legacies he may have bequeathed or debts, You know not which of them, whether your parents or your children, are nearest to you in benefit, (these fixed shares) are ordained by Allaah, And Allaah is Ever All-Knower, All-Wise.
12.  In that which your wives leave, your share is a half if they have no child; but if they leave a child, you get a fourth of that which they leave after payment of legacies that they may have bequeathed or debts, In that which you leave, their (your wives) share is a fourth if you leave no child; but if you leave a child, they get an eighth of that which you leave after payment of legacies that you may have bequeathed or debts, If the man or woman whose inheritance is in question has left neither ascendants nor descendants, but has left a brother or a sister, each one of the two gets a sixth; but if more than two, they share in a third; after payment of lagacies he (or she) may have bequeathed or debts, so that no loss is caused (to anyone), This is a Commandment from Allaah; and Allaah is Ever All-Knowing, Most-Forbearing.
13.  These are the limits (set by) Allaah (or ordainments as regards laws of inheritance), and whosoever obeys Allaah and His Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) will be admitted to Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise), to abide therein, and that will be the great success.
14.  And whosoever disobeys Allaah and His Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), and transgresses His limits, He will cast him into the Fire, to abide therein; and he shall have a disgraceful torment.
15.  And those of your women who commit illegal sexual intercourse, take the evidence of four witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they testify, confine them (i.e, women) to houses until death comes to them or Allaah ordains for them some (other) way.
16.  And the two persons (man and woman) among you who commit illegal sexual intercourse, punish them both, And if they repent (promise Allaah that they will never repeat, i.e, commit illegal sexual intercourse and other similar sins) and do righteous good deeds, leave them alone, Surely, Allaah is Ever the One Who accepts repentance, (and He is) Most Merciful.
17.  Allaah accepts only the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon afterwards; it is they to whom Allaah will forgive and Allaah is Ever All-Knower, All-Wise.
18.  And of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil deeds until death faces one of them and he says: "Now I repent;" nor of those who die while they are disbelievers, For them We have prepared a painful torment.
19.  O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will, and you should not treat them with harshness, that you may take away part of the Mahr you have given them, unless they commit open illegal sexual intercourse, And live with them honourably, If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allaah brings through it a great deal of good.
20.  But if you intend to replace a wife by another and you have given one of them a Cantar (of gold i.e, a great amount) as Mahr, take not the least bit of it back; would you take it wrongfully without a right and (with) a manifest sin?
21.  And how could you take it (back) while you have gone in unto each other, and they have taken from you a firm and strong covenant?
22.  And marry not women whom your fathers married, except what has already passed; indeed it was shameful and most hateful, and an evil way.
23.  Forbidden to you (for marriage) are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your foster mother who gave you suck, your foster milk suckling sisters, your wives' mothers, your step daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom you have gone in - but there is no sin on you if you have not gone in them (to marry their daughters), - the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins, and two sisters in wedlock at the same time, except for what has already passed; verily, Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
24.  Also (forbidden are) women already married, except those (captives and slaves) whom your right hands possess, Thus has Allaah ordained for you, All others are lawful, provided you seek (them in marriage) with Mahr (bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage) from your property, desiring chastity, not committing illegal sexual intercourse, so with those of whom you have enjoyed sexual relations, give them their Mahr as prescribed; but if after a Mahr is prescribed, you agree mutually (to give more), there is no sin on you, Surely, Allaah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.
25.  And whoever of you have not the means wherewith to wed free, believing women, they may wed believing girls from among those (captives and slaves) whom your right hands possess, and Allaah has full knowledge about your Faith, you are one from another, Wed them with the permission of their own folk (guardians, Awliyaa' or masters) and give them their Mahr according to what is reasonable; they (the above said captive and slave-girls) should be chaste, not adulterous, nor taking boy-friends, And after they have been taken in wedlock, if they commit illegal sexual intercourse, their punishment is half that for free (unmarried) women, This is for him among you who is afraid of being harmed in his religion or in his body; but it is better for you that you practise self-restraint, and Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
26.  Allaah wishes to make clear (what is lawful and what is unlawful) to you, and to show you the ways of those before you, and accept your repentance, and Allaah is All-Knower, All-Wise.
27.  Allaah wishes to accept your repentance, but those who follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should deviate tremendously away from the Right Path.
28.  Allaah wishes to lighten (the burden) for you; and man was created weak (cannot be patient to leave sexual intercourse with woman).
29.  O you who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual consent, And do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another), Surely, Allaah is Most Merciful to you.
30.  And whoever commits that through aggression and injustice, We shall cast him into the Fire, and that is easy for Allaah.
31.  If you avoid the great sins which you are forbidden to do, We shall remit from you your (small) sins, and admit you to a Noble Entrance (i.e, Paradise).
32.  And wish not for the things in which Allaah has made some of you to excel others, For men there is reward for what they have earned, (and likewise) for women there is reward for what they have earned, and ask Allaah of His Bounty, Surely, Allaah is Ever All-Knower of everything.
33.  And to everyone, We have appointed heirs of that (property) left by parents and relatives, To those also with whom you have made a pledge (brotherhood), give them their due portion (by Wasiya - wills, etc.), Truly, Allaah is Ever a Witness over all things.
34.  Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allaah has made one of them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their means, Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient (to Allaah and to their husbands), and guard in the husband's absence what Allaah orders them to guard (e.g, their chastity, their husband's property, etc.), As to those women on whose part you see ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful), but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means (of annoyance), Surely, Allaah is Ever Most High, Most Great.
35.  If you fear a breach between them twain (the man and his wife), appoint (two) arbitrators, one from his family and the other from her's; if they both wish for peace, Allaah will cause their reconciliation, Indeed Allaah is Ever All-Knower, Well-Acquainted with all things.
36.  Worship Allaah and join none with Him in worship, and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, Al-Masakin (the poor), the neighbour who is near of kin, the neighbour who is a stranger, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (you meet), and those (slaves) whom your right hands possess, Verily, Allaah does not like such as are proud and boastful;
37.  Those who are miserly and enjoin miserliness on other men and hide what Allaah has bestowed upon them of His Bounties, And We have prepared for the disbelievers a disgraceful torment.
38.  And (also) those who spend of their substance to be seen of men, and believe not in Allaah and the Last Day [they are the friends of Shaitaan (Satan)], and whoever takes Shaitaan (Satan) as an intimate; then what a dreadful intimate he has!
39.  And what loss have they if they had believed in Allaah and in the Last Day, and they spend out of what Allaah has given them for sustenance? And Allaah is Ever All-Knower of them.
40.  Surely! Allaah wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a small ant), but if there is any good (done), He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward.
41.  How (will it be) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) as a witness against these people?
42.  On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) will wish that they were buried in the earth, but they will never be able to hide a single fact from Allaah.
43.  O you who believe! Approach not As-Salaat (the prayer) when you are in a drunken state until you know (the meaning) of what you utter, nor when you are in a state of Janaba, (i.e, in a state of sexual impurity and have not yet taken a bath) except when travelling on the road (without enough water, or just passing through a mosque), till you wash your whole body, And if you are ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes after answering the call of nature, or you have been in contact with women (by sexual relations) and you find no water, perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands (Tayammum), Truly, Allaah is Ever Oft-Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.
44.  Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the book (the Jews), purchasing the wrong path, and wish that you should go astray from the Right Path.
45.  Allaah has full knowledge of your enemies, and Allaah is Sufficient as a Wali (Protector), and Allaah is Sufficient as a Helper.
46.  Among those who are Jews, there are some who displace words from (their) right places and say: "We hear your word (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam ) and disobey," and "Hear and let you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) hear nothing." And Ra'ina with a twist of their tongues and as a mockery of the religion (Islaam), And if only they had said: "We hear and obey", and "Do make us understand," it would have been better for them, and more proper, but Allaah has cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not except a few.
47.  O you who have been given the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Believe in what We have revealed (to Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) confirming what is (already) with you, before We efface faces (by making them like the back of necks; without nose, mouth, eyes, etc.) and turn them hindwards, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers, And the Commandment of Allaah is always executed.
48.  Verily, Allaah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allaah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin.
49.  Have you not seen those who claim sanctity for themselves, Nay - but Allaah sanctifies whom He pleases, and they will not be dealt with injustice even equal to the extent of a Fatila (A scalish thread in the long slit of a date-stone).
50.  Look, how they invent a lie against Allaah, and enough is that as a manifest sin.
51.  Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They believe in Jibt and Taghut and say to the disbelievers that they are better guided as regards the way than the believers (Muslims).
52.  They are those whom Allaah has cursed, and he whom Allaah curses, you will not find for him (any) helper,
53.  Or have they a share in the dominion? Then in that case they would not give mankind even a Naqira (speck on the back of a date-stone).
54.  Or do they envy men (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam and his followers) for what Allaah has given them of His Bounty? Then We had already given the family of Ibraaheem (Abraham) the Book and Al-Hikmah (As-Sunnah - Divine Inspiration to those Prophets not written in the form of a book), and conferred upon them a great kingdom.
55.  Of them were (some) who believed in him (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), and of them were (some) who averted their faces from him (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam); and enough is Hell for burning (them).
56.  Surely! Those who disbelieved in Our Ayaat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) We shall burn them in Fire, As often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for other skins that they may taste the punishment, Truly, Allaah is Ever Most Powerful, All-Wise.
57.  But those who believe (in the Oneness of Allaah - Islaamic Monotheism) and do deeds of righteousness, We shall admit them to Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), abiding therein forever, Therein they shall have Azwajun Mutahharatun [purified mates or wives (having no menses, stools, urine, etc.)] and We shall admit them to shades wide and ever deepening (Paradise).
58.  Verily! Allaah commands that you should render back the trusts to those, to whom they are due; and that when you judge between men, you judge with justice, Verily, how excellent is the teaching which He (Allaah) gives you! Truly, Allaah is Ever All-Hearer, All-Seer.
59.  O you who believe! Obey Allaah and obey the Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority, (And) if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allaah and His Messenger (SAW), if you believe in Allaah and in the Last Day, That is better and more suitable for final determination.
60.  Have you seen those (hyprocrites) who claim that they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down before you, and they wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Taghut (false judges, etc.) while they have been ordered to reject them, But Shaitaan (Satan) wishes to lead them far astray.
61.  And when it is said to them: "Come to what Allaah has sent down and to the Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)," you (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) see the hypocrites turn away from you (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) with aversion.
62.  How then, when a catastrophe befalls them because of what their hands have sent forth, they come to you swearing by Allaah, "We meant no more than goodwill and conciliation!"
63.  They (hypocrites) are those of whom Allaah knows what is in their hearts; so turn aside from them (do not punish them) but admonish them, and speak to them an effective word (i.e, to believe in Allaah, worship Him, obey Him, and be afraid of Him) to reach their innerselves.
64.  We sent no Messenger, but to be obeyed by Allaah's Leave, If they (hypocrites), when they had been unjust to themselves, had come to you (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) and begged Allaah's Forgiveness, and the Messenger had begged forgiveness for them: indeed, they would have found Allaah All- Forgiving (One Who accepts repentance), Most Merciful.
65.  But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission.
66.  And if We had ordered them (saying), "Kill yourselves (i.e, the innnocent ones kill the guilty ones) or leave your homes," very few of them would have done it; but if they had done what they were told, it would have been better for them, and would have strengthened their (Faith);
67.  And indeed We should then have bestowed upon them a great reward from Ourselves.
68.  And indeed We should have guided them to a Straight Way.
69.  And whoso obeys Allaah and the Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), then they will be in the company of those on whom Allaah has bestowed His Grace, of the Prophets, the Siddiqun (those followers of the Prophets who were first and foremost to believe in them, like Aboo Bakr As-Siddiq radhiAllaahu'anhu), the martyrs, and the righteous, And how excellent these companions are!
70.  Such is the Bounty from Allaah, and Allaah is Sufficient as All-Knower.
71.  O you who believe! Take your precautions, and either go forth (on an expedition) in parties, or go forth all together.
72.  There is certainly among you he who would linger behind (from fighting in Allaah's Cause), If a misfortune befalls you, he says, "Indeed Allaah has favoured me in that I was not present among them."
73.  But if a bounty (victory and booty) comes to you from Allaah, he would surely say - as if there had never been ties of affection between you and him - "Oh! I wish I had been with them; then I would have achieved a great success ( a good share of booty)."
74.  Let those (believers) who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter fight in the Cause of Allaah, and whoso fights in the Cause of Allaah, and is killed or gets victory, We shall bestow on him a great reward.
75.  And what is wrong with you that you fight not in the Cause of Allaah, and for those weak, ill-treated and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from You one who will protect, and raise for us from You one who will help."
76.  Those who believe, fight in the Cause of Allaah, and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause of Taghut (Satan, etc.), So fight you against the friends of Shaitaan (Satan); Ever feeble indeed is the plot of Shaitaan (Satan).
77.  Have you not seen those who were told to hold back their hands (from fighting) and perform As- Salaat (Iqaamat-as-Salaat), and give Zakaat, but when the fighting was ordained for them, behold! a section of them fear men as they fear Allaah or even more, They say: "Our Lord! Why have you ordained for us fighting? Would that you had granted us respite for a short period?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world, The Hereafter is (far) better for him who fears Allaah, and you shall not be dealt with unjustly even equal to the Fatila (a scalish thread in the long slit of a date-stone).
78.  "Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you even if you are in fortresses built up strong and high!" And if some good reaches them, they say, "This is from Allaah," but if some evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)." Say: "All things are from Allaah," so what is wrong with these people that they fail to understand any word?
79.  Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allaah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself, And We have sent you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) as a Messenger to mankind, and Allaah is Sufficient as a Witness.
80.  He who obeys the Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), has indeed obeyed Allaah, but he who turns away, then we have not sent you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) as a watcher over them.
81.  They say: "We are obedient," but when they leave you (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), a section of them spend all night in planning other than what you say, But Allaah records their nightly (plots), So turn aside from them (do not punish them), and put your trust in Allaah, And Allaah is Ever All-Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.
82.  Do they not then consider the Qur'aan carefully? Had it been from other than Allaah, they would surely have found therein much contradictions.
83.  When there comes to them some matter touching (public) safety or fear, they make it known (among the people), if only they had referred it to the Messenger or to those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators would have understood it from them (directly), Had it not been for the Grace and Mercy of Allaah upon you, you would have followed Shaitaan (Satan), save a few of you.
84.  Then fight (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) in the Cause of Allaah, you are not tasked (held responsible) except for yourself, and incite the believers (to fight along with you), it may be that Allaah will restrain the evil might of the disbelievers, And Allaah is Stronger in Might and Stronger in punishing.
85.  Whosoever intercedes for a good cause will have the reward thereof, and whosoever intercedes for an evil cause will have a share in its burden, And Allaah is Ever All-Able to do (and also an All-Witness to) everything.
86.  When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with what is better than it, or (at least) return it equally, Certainly, Allaah is Ever a Careful Account Taker of all things.
87.  Allaah! Laa ilaaha illaa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), Surely, He will gather you together on the Day of Resurrection about which there is no doubt, And who is truer in statement than Allaah?
88.  Then what is the matter with you that you are divided into two parties about the hypocrites? Allaah has cast them back (to disbelief) because of what they have earned, Do you want to guide him whom Allaah has made to go astray? And he whom Allaah has made to go astray, you will never find for him any way (of guidance).
89.  They wish that you reject Faith, as they have rejected (Faith), and thus that you all become equal (like one another), So take not Awliyaa' (protectors or friends) from them, till they emigrate in the Way of Allaah (to Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), But if they turn back (from Islaam), take (hold) of them and kill them wherever you find them, and take neither Awliyaa' (protectors or friends) nor helpers from them.
90.  Except those who join a group, between you and whom there is a treaty (of peace), or those who approach you with their breasts restraining from fighting you as well as fighting their own people, Had Allaah willed, indeed He would have given them power over you, and they would have fought you, So if they withdraw from you, and fight not against you, and offer you peace, then Allaah has opened no way for you against them.
91.  You will find others that wish to have security from you and security from their people, Every time they are sent back to temptation, they yield thereto, If they withdraw not from you, nor offer you peace, nor restrain their hands, take (hold) of them and kill them wherever you find them, In their case, We have provided you with a clear warrant against them.
92.  It is not for a believer to kill a believer except (that it be) by mistake, and whosoever kills a believer by mistake, (it is ordained that) he must set free a believing slave and a compensation (blood money, i.e Diya) be given to the deceased's family, unless they remit it, If the deceased belonged to a people at war with you and he was a believer; the freeing of a believing slave (is prescribed), and if he belonged to a people with whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance, compensation (blood money - Diya) must be paid to his family, and a believing slave must be freed, And whoso finds this (the penance of freeing a slave) beyond his means, he must fast for two consecutive months in order to seek repentance from Allaah, And Allaah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.
93.  And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell to abide therein, and the Wrath and the Curse of Allaah are upon him, and a great punishment is prepared for him.
94.  O you who believe! When you go (to fight) in the Cause of Allaah, verify (the truth), and say not to anyone who greets you (by embracing Islaam): "You are not a believer"; seeking the perishable goods of the worldly life, There are much more profits and booties with Allaah, Even as he is now, so were you yourselves before till Allaah conferred on you His Favours (i.e, guided you to Islaam), therefore, be cautious in discrimination, Allaah is Ever Well-Aware of what you do.
95.  Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home), except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame, etc.), and those who strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allaah with their wealth and their lives, Allaah has preferred in grades those who strive hard and fight with their wealth and their lives above those who sit (at home), Unto each, Allaah has promised good (Paradise), but Allaah has preferred those who strive hard and fight, above those who sit (at home) by a huge reward;
96.  Degrees of (higher) grades from Him, and Forgiveness and Mercy, And Allaah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
97.  Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say (to them): "In what (condition) were you?" They reply: "We were weak and oppressed on earth." They (angels) say: "Was not the earth of Allaah spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?" Such men will find their abode in Hell - What an evil destination!
98.  Except the weak ones among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan, nor are they able to direct their way.
99.  For these there is hope that Allaah will forgive them, and Allaah is Ever Oft Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.
100.  He who emigrates (from his home) in the Cause of Allaah, will find on earth many dwelling places and plenty to live by, And whosoever leaves his home as an emigrant unto Allaah and His Messenger, and death overtakes him, his reward is then surely incumbent upon Allaah, And Allaah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
101.  And when you (Muslims) travel in the land, there is no sin on you if you shorten your Salaat (prayer) if you fear that the disbelievers may attack you, verily, the disbelievers are ever unto you open enemies.
102.  When you (O Messenger Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) are among them, and lead them in As-Salaat (the prayer), let one party of them stand up [in Salaat (prayer)] with you taking their arms with them; when they finish their prostrations, let them take their positions in the rear and let the other party come up which has not yet prayed, and let them pray with you taking all the precautions and bearing arms, Those who disbelieve wish, if you were negligent of your arms and your baggage, to attack you in a single rush, but there is no sin on you if you put away your arms because of the inconvenience of rain or because you are ill, but take every precaution for yourselves, Verily, Allaah has prepared a humiliating torment for the disbelievers.
103.  When you have finished As-Salaat (the prayer - congregational), remember Allaah standing, sitting down, and lying down on your sides, but when you are free from danger, perform As-Salaat (Iqaamat-as-Salaat), Verily, the prayer is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours.
104.  And don't be weak in the pursuit of the enemy; if you are suffering (hardships) then surely, they (too) are suffering (hardships) as you are suffering, but you have a hope from Allaah (for the reward, i.e, Paradise) that for which they hope not, and Allaah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.
105.  Surely, We have sent down to you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) the Book (this Qur'aan) in truth that you might judge between men by that which Allaah has shown you (i.e, has taught you through Divine Inspiration), so be not a pleader for the treacherous.
106.  And seek the Forgiveness of Allaah, certainly, Allaah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
107.  And argue not on behalf of those who deceive themselves, Verily, Allaah does not like anyone who is a betrayer of his trust, and indulges in crime.
108.  They may hide (their crimes) from men, but they cannot hide (them) from Allaah, for He is with them (by His Knowledge), when they plot by night in words that He does not approve, And Allaah ever encompasses what they do.
109.  Lo! You are those who have argued for them in the life of this world, but who will argue for them on the Day of Resurrection against Allaah, or who will then be their defender?
110.  And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards seeks Allaah's Forgiveness, he will find Allaah Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
111.  And whoever earns sin, he earns it only against himself, And Allaah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.
112.  And whoever earns a fault or a sin and then throws it on to someone innocent, he has indeed burdened himself with falsehood and a manifest sin.
113.  Had not the Grace of Allaah and His Mercy been upon you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), a party of them would certainly have made a decision to mislead you, but (in fact) they mislead none except their own selves, and no harm can they do to you in the least, Allaah has sent down to you the Book (The Qur'aan), and Al-Hikmah (Islaamic laws, knowledge of legal and illegal things i.e, the Prophet's Sunnah - legal ways), and taught you that which you knew not, And Ever Great is the Grace of Allaah unto you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam).
114.  There is no good in most of their secret talks save (in) him who orders Sadaqah (charity in Allaah's Cause), or Ma'roof (Islaamic Monotheism and all the good and righteous deeds which Allaah has ordained), or conciliation between mankind, and he who does this, seeking the good Pleasure of Allaah, We shall give him a great reward.
115.  And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believers' way, We shall keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell - what an evil destination.
116.  Verily! Allaah forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners in worship with Him, but He forgives whom he pleases sins other than that, and whoever sets up partners in worship with Allaah, has indeed strayed far away.
117.  They (all those who worship others than Allaah) invoke nothing but female deities besides Him (Allaah), and they invoke nothing but Shaitaan (Satan), a persistent rebel!
118.  Allaah cursed him, And he [Shaitaan (Satan)] said: "I will take an appointed portion of your slaves;
119.  Verily, I will mislead them, and surely, I will arouse in them false desires; and certainly, I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allaah." And whoever takes Shaitaan (Satan) as a Wali (protector or helper) instead of Allaah, has surely suffered a manifest loss.
120.  He [Shaitaan (Satan)] makes promises to them, and arouses in them false desires; and Shaitaan's (Satan) promises are nothing but deceptions.
121.  The dwelling of such (people) is Hell, and they will find no way of escape from it.
122.  But those who believe (in the Oneness of Allaah - Islaamic Monotheism) and do deeds of righteousness, We shall admit them to the Gardens under which rivers flow (i.e, in Paradise) to dwell therein forever, Allaah's Promise is the Truth, and whose words can be truer than those of Allaah? (Of course, none).
123.  It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof, and he will not find any protector or helper besides Allaah.
124.  And whoever does righteous good deeds, male or female, and is a true believer in the Oneness of Allaah (Muslim), such will enter Paradise and not the least injustice, even to the size of a Naqira (speck on the back of a date-stone), will be done to them.
125.  And who can be better in religion than one who submits his face (himself) to Allaah (i.e, follows Allaah's Religion of Islaamic Monotheism); and he is a Muhsin (a good-doer - see V.2:112), And follows the religion of Ibraaheem (Abraham) Hanifa (Islaamic Monotheism - to worship none but Allaah Alone), And Allaah did take Ibraaheem (Abraham) as a Khalil (an intimate friend).
126.  And to Allaah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, And Allaah is Ever Encompassing all things.
127.  They ask your legal instruction concerning women, say: Allaah instructs you about them, and about what is recited unto you in the Book concerning the orphan girls whom you give not the prescribed portions (as regards Mahr and inheritance) and yet whom you desire to marry, and (concerning) the children who are weak and oppressed, and that you stand firm for justice to orphans, And whatever good you do, Allaah is Ever All-Aware of it.
128.  And if a woman fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part, there is no sin on them both if they make terms of peace between themselves; and making peace is better, And human inner- selves are swayed by greed, But if you do good and keep away from evil, verily, Allaah is Ever Well-Acquainted with what you do.
129.  You will never be able to do perfect justice between wives even if it is your ardent desire, so do not incline too much to one of them (by giving her more of your time and provision) so as to leave the other hanging (i.e, neither divorced nor married), And if you do justice, and do all that is right and fear Allaah by keeping away from all that is wrong, then Allaah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
130.  But if they separate (by divorce), Allaah will provide abundance for everyone of them from His Bounty, And Allaah is Ever All-Sufficient for His creatures' need, All-Wise.
131.  And to Allaah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, And verily, We have recommended to the people of the Scripture before you, and to you (O Muslims) that you (all) fear Allaah, and keep your duty to Him, But if you disbelieve, then unto Allaah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and Allaah is Ever Rich (Free of all wants), Worthy of all praise.
132.  And to Allaah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, And Allaah is Ever All-Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.
133.  If He wills, He can take you away, O people, and bring others, And Allaah is Ever All-Potent over that.
134.  Whoever desires a reward in this life of the world, then with Allaah (Alone and none else) is the reward of this worldly life and of the Hereafter, And Allaah is Ever All-Hearer, All-Seer.
135.  O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allaah, even though it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, be he rich or poor, Allaah is a Better Protector to both (than you), So follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you may avoid justice, and if you distort your witness or refuse to give it, verily, Allaah is Ever Well-Acquainted with what you do.
136.  O you who believe! Believe in Allaah, and His Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), and the Book (the Qur'aan) which He has sent down to His Messenger, and the Scripture which He sent down to those before (him), and whosoever disbelieves in Allaah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day, then indeed he has strayed far away.
137.  Verily, those who believe, then disbelieve, then believe (again), and (again) disbelieve, and go on increasing in disbelief; Allaah will not forgive them, nor guide them on the (Right) Way.
138.  Give to the hypocrites the tidings that there is for them a painful torment.
139.  Those who take disbelievers for Awliyaa' (protectors or helpers or friends) instead of believers, do they seek honour, power and glory with them? Verily, then to Allaah belongs all honour, power and glory.
140.  And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Qur'aan) that when you hear the Verses of Allaah being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them, Surely, Allaah will collect the hypocrites and disbelievers all together in Hell,
141.  Those (hyprocrites) who wait and watch about you; if you gain a victory from Allaah, they say: "Were we not with you," but if the disbelievers gain a success, they say (to them): "Did we not gain mastery over you and did we not protect you from the believers?" Allaah will judge between you (all) on the Day of Resurrection, And never will Allaah grant to the disbelievers a way (to triumph) over the believers.
142.  Verily, the hypocrites seek to deceive Allaah, but it is He Who deceives them, And when they stand up for As-Salaat (the prayer), they stand with laziness and to be seen of men, and they do not remember Allaah but little.
143.  (They are) swaying between this and that, belonging neither to these nor to those, and he whom Allaah sends astray, you will not find for him a way (to the truth - Islaam).
144.  O you who believe! Take not for Awliyaa' (protectors or helpers or friends) disbelievers instead of believers, Do you wish to offer Allaah a manifest proof against yourselves?
145.  Verily, the hyprocrites will be in the lowest depths (grade) of the Fire; no helper will you find for them.
146.  Except those who repent (from hypocrisy), do righteous good deeds, hold fast to Allaah, and purify their religion for Allaah (by worshipping none but Allaah, and do good for Allaah's sake only, not to show-off), then they will be with the believers, And Allaah will grant to the believers a great reward.
147.  Why should Allaah punish you if you have thanked (Him) and have believed in Him, And Allaah is Ever All-Appreciative (of good), All-Knowing.
148.  Allaah does not like that the evil should be uttered in public except by him who has been wronged, And Allaah is Ever All-Hearer, All-Knower.
149.  Whether you (mankind) disclose (by good words of thanks) a good deed (done to you in the form of a favour by someone), or conceal it, or pardon an evil, .., verily, Allaah is Ever Oft-Pardoning, All-Powerful.
150.  Verily, those who disbelieve in Allaah and His Messengers and wish to make distinction between Allaah and His Messengers (by believing in Allaah and disbelieving in His Messengers) saying, "We believe in some but reject others," and wish to adopt a way in between.
151.  They are in truth disbelievers, And We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating torment.
152.  And those who believe in Allaah and His Messengers and make no distinction between any of them (Messengers), We shall give them their rewards, and Allaah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
153.  The people of the Scripture (Jews) ask you to cause a book to descend upon them from heaven, Indeed they asked Moosaa (Moses) for even greater than that, when they said: "Show us Allaah in public," but they were struck with thunder clap and lightning for their wickedness, Then they worshipped the calf even after clear proofs, evidences, and signs had come to them, (Even) so We forgave them, And We gave Moosaa (Moses) a clear proof of authority.
154.  And for their covenant, We raised over them the Mount and (on the other occasion) We said: "Enter the gate prostrating (or bowing) with humility;" and We commanded them: "Transgress not (by doing worldly works on) the Sabbath (Saturday)." And We took from them a firm covenant.
155.  Because of their breaking the covenant, and of their rejecting the Ayaat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allaah, and of their killing the Prophets unjustly, and of their saying: "Our hearts are wrapped (with coverings, i.e, we do not understand what the Messengers say)" - nay, Allaah has set a seal upon their hearts because of their disbelief, so they believe not but a little.
156.  And because of their (Jews) disbelief and uttering against Maryam (Mary) a grave false charge (that she has committed illegal sexual intercourse);
157.  And because of their saying (in boast), "We killed Messiah 'Eesaa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allaah," - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of 'Eesaa (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that man), and those who differ therein are full of doubts, They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture, For surely; they killed him not [i.e, 'Eesaa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)]:
158.  But Allaah raised him ['Eesaa (Jesus)] up (with his body and soul) unto Himself (and he is in the heavens), And Allaah is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise.
159.  And there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), but must believe in him ['Eesaa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), as only a Messenger of Allaah and a human being], before his ['Eesaa (Jesus) or a Jew's or a Christian's] death (at the time of the appearance of the angel of death), And on the Day of Resurrection, he ['Eesaa (Jesus)] will be a witness against them.
160.  For the wrong-doing of the Jews, We made unlawful to them certain good foods which has been lawful to them, and for their hindering many from Allaah's Way;
161.  And their taking of Riba (usury) though they were forbidden from taking it and their devouring of men's substance wrongfully (bribery, etc.), And We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful torment.
162.  But those among them who are well-grounded in knowledge, and the believers, believe in what has been sent down to you (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) and what was sent down before you, and those who perform As-Salaat (Iqaamat-as-Salaat), and give Zakaat and believe in Allaah and in the Last Day, it is they to whom We shall give a great reward.
163.  Verily, We have inspired you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) as We inspired Nooh (Noah) and the Prophets after him; We (also) inspired Ibraaheem (Abraham), Ismaa'eel (Ishmael), Ishaque (Isaac), Ya'qoob (Jacob), and Al-Asbat [the twelve sons of Ya'qoob (Jacob)], 'Eesaa (Jesus), Ayub (Job), Yunus (Jonah), Harun (Aaron), and Sulaiman (Solomon), and to Dawud (David) We gave the Zabur (Psalms).
164.  And Messengers We have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you, - and to Moosaa (Moses) Allaah spoke directly.
165.  Messengers as bearers of good news as well as of warning in order that mankind should have no plea against Allaah after the Messengers, And Allaah is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise.
166.  But Allaah bears witness to that which He has sent down (the Qur'aan) unto you (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), He has sent it down with His Knowledge, and the angels bear witness, And Allaah is All-Sufficient as a Witness.
167.  Verily, those who disbelieve [by concealing the truth about Prophet Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam and his message of true Islaamic Monotheism written with them in the Tauraat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and prevent (mankind) from the Path of Allaah (Islaamic Monotheism), they have certainly strayed far away, (See V.7:157)
168.  Verily, those who disbelieve and did wrong [by concealing the truth about Prophet Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam and his message of true Islaamic Monotheism written with them in the Tauraat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)], Allaah will not forgive them, nor will He guide them to any way,
169.  Except the way of Hell, to dwell therein forever, and this is ever easy for Allaah.
170.  O mankind! Verily, there has come to you the Messenger (Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) with the truth from your Lord, so believe in him, it is better for you, But if you disbelieve, then certainly to Allaah belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth, And Allaah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.
171.  O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, nor say of Allaah aught but the truth, The Messiah 'Eesaa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), was (no more than) a Messenger of Allaah and His Word, ("Be!" - and he was) which He bestowed on Maryam (Mary) and a spirit (Ruh) created by Him; so believe in Allaah and His Messengers, Say not: "Three (trinity)!" Cease! (it is) better for you, For Allaah is (the only) One Ilaah (God), Glory be to Him (Far Exalted is He) above having a son, To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, And Allaah is All-Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.
172.  The Messiah will never be proud to reject to be a slave to Allaah, nor the angels who are near (to Allaah), And whosoever rejects His worship and is proud, then He will gather them all together unto Himself.
173.  So, as for those who believed (in the Oneness of Allaah - Islaamic Monotheism) and did deeds of righteousness, He will give their (due) rewards, and more out of His Bounty, But as for those who refuse His worship and were proud, He will punish them with a painful torment, And they will not find for themselves besides Allaah any protector or helper.
174.  O mankind! Verily, there has come to you a convincing proof (Prophet Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) from your Lord, and We sent down to you a manifest light (this Qur'aan).
175.  So, as for those who believed in Allaah and held fast to Him, He will admit them to His Mercy and Grace (i.e, Paradise), and guide them to Himself by a Straight Path.
176.  They ask you for a legal verdict, Say: "Allaah directs (thus) about Al-Kalalah (those who leave neither descendants nor ascendants as heirs), If it is a man that dies, leaving a sister, but no child, she shall have half the inheritance, If (such a deceased was) a woman, who left no child, her brother takes her inheritance, If there are two sisters, they shall have two-thirds of the inheritance; if there are brothers and sisters, the male will have twice the share of the female, (Thus) does Allaah makes clear to you (His Law) lest you go astray, And Allaah is the All-Knower of everything."
 

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