1. A Sürah which
We have sent down and which We have ordained. In it have We sent down
Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive admonition.
2. The woman and the man guilty of fornication,-
flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not compassion move you in
their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and
the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.
3. The adulterer cannot have sexual relations
with any but an adulteress, or idolatress. And the adulteress, none can
have sexual relations with her but an adulterer or an idolater: to the
Believers such a thing is forbidden.
4. And those who launch a charge against chaste
women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations),-
flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for
such men are wicked transgressors;-
5. Except those who repent thereafter and mend
(their conduct); for Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
6. And for those who launch a charge against
their wives, and have (in support) no evidence but their own,- let one
of them testify four times by Allah that he is of those who speak the
truth;
7. And the fifth (oath) (should be) that he
solemnly invoke the curse of Allah on himself if he tell a lie.
8. But it would avert the punishment from the
wife, if she bears witness four times (with an oath) By Allah, that (her
husband) is telling a lie;
9. And the fifth (oath) should be that she
solemnly invokes the wrath of Allah on herself if (her accuser) is
telling the truth.
10. If it were not for Allah's grace and mercy
on you, and that Allah is Oft- Returning, full of Wisdom,- (ye would be
ruined indeed).
11. Those who brought forward the lie are a body
among yourselves: think it not to be an evil to you; on the contrary it
is good for you: to every man among them (will come the punishment) of
the sin that he earned, and to him who took on himself the lead among
them, will be a chastisement grievous.
12. Why did not the believers - men and women -
when ye heard of the affair,- though well of their people and say, "This
(charge) is an obvious lie" ?
13. Why did they not bring four witnesses to
prove it? When they have not brought the witnesses, such men, in the
sight of Allah, (stand forth) themselves as liars!
14. Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah
on you, in this world and the Hereafter, a grievous chastisement would
have seized you in that ye rushed glibly into this affair.
15. Behold, ye received it on your tongues, and
said out of your mouths things of which ye had no knowledge; and ye
thought it to be a light matter, while it was most serious in the sight
of Allah.
16. And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? -
"It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to Thee (our Lord), this
is a most serious slander!"
17. Allah doth admonish you, that ye may never
repeat such (conduct), if ye are (true) Believers.
18. And Allah makes the Signs plain to you: for
Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
19. Those who love (to see) scandal circulate
among the Believers, will have a grievous chastisement in this life and
in the Hereafter: Allah knows, and ye know not.
20. Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah
on you, and that Allah is full of kindness and mercy, (ye would be
ruined indeed).
21. O ye who believe! Follow not Satan's
footsteps: if any will follow the footsteps of Satan, he will (but)
command what is indecent and wrong: and were it not for the grace and
mercy of Allah on you, not one of you would ever have been pure: but
Allah doth purify whom He pleases: and Allah is One Who hears and knows
(all things).
22. Let not those among you who are endued with
grace and amplitude of means resolve by oath against helping their
kinsmen, those in want, and those who have left their homes in Allah's
cause: let them forgive and overlook, do you not wish that Allah should
forgive you? For Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
23. Those who slander chaste, indiscreet, and
believing women, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them
is a grievous chastisement,-
24. On the Day when their tongues, their hands,
and their feet will bear witness against them as to their actions.
25. On that Day Allah will pay them back (all)
their just dues, and they will realize that Allah is the (very) Truth,
that makes all things manifest.
26. Women impure are for men impure, and men
impure for women impure and women of purity are for men of purity, and
men of purity are for women of purity: these are innocent of all what
people say: for them there is forgiveness, and a provision honorable.
27. O ye who believe! Enter not houses other
than your own, until ye have asked permission and saluted those in them:
that is best for you, in order that ye may heed (what is seemly).
28. If ye find no one in the house, enter not
until permission is given to you: if ye are asked to go back, go back:
that makes for greater purity for yourselves: and Allah knows well all
that ye do.
29. It is no fault on your part to enter houses
not used for living in, which serve some (other) use for you: and Allah
has knowledge of what ye reveal and what ye conceal.
30. Say to the believing men that they should
lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater
purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.
31. And say to the believing women that they
should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not
display their beauty and ornaments except what (ordinarily) appear
thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not
display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their
husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or
their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the
slaves whom their right hands possess, or male attendants free of sexual
desires, or small children who have no carnal of women; and that they
should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden
ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah in
repentance, that ye may be successful.
32. Marry those among you who are single, or the
virtuous ones among yourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty,
Allah will give them means out of His grace: for Allah Ample-giving, and
He knoweth all things.
33. Let those who find not the wherewithal for
marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah gives them means out of His
grace. And if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (for
emancipation), give them such a deed if ye know any good in them: yea,
give them something yourselves out of the means which Allah has given to
you. But force not your maids to prostitution when they desire chastity,
in order that ye may make a gain in the goods of this life. But if
anyone compels them, yet, after such compulsion, is Allah,
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them),
34. We have already sent down to you verses
making things clear, an illustration from (the story of) people who
passed away before you, and an admonition for those who fear (Allah).
35. Allah is the Light of the heavens and the
earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within
it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant
star: lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the
west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it:
Light upon Light! Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth
set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth know all things.
36. (Lit is such a Light) in houses, which Allah
hath permitted to be raised to honor; for the celebration, in them, of
His name. In them is He glorified in the mornings and in the evenings,
(again and again),-
37. By men whom neither trade nor sale can
divert from the Remembrance of Allah, nor from regular prayer, nor from
paying Zakat: Their (only) fear is for the Day when hearts and eyes will
be turned about,-
38. That Allah may reward them according to the
best of their deeds, and add even more for them out of His Grace: for
Allah doth provide for those whom He will, without measure.
39. But the Unbelievers,- their deeds are like a
mirage in sandy deserts, which the man parched with thirst mistakes for
water; until when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing: but he
finds Allah there, and Allah will pay him his account: and Allah is
swift in taking account.
40. Or (the Unbelievers' state) is like the
depths of darkness in a vast deep ocean, overwhelmed with billow topped
by billow, topped by (dark) clouds: depths of darkness, one above
another: if a man stretches out his hands, he can hardly see it! For any
to whom Allah giveth not light, there is no light!
41. Seest thou not that it is Allah Whose
praises all beings in the heavens and on earth do celebrate, and the
birds (of the air) with wings outspread? Each one knows its own (mode
of) prayer and praise. And Allah knows well all that they do.
42. Yea, to Allah belongs the dominion of the
heavens and the earth; and to Allah is the return.
43. Seest thou not that Allah makes the clouds
move gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a heap? -
then wilt thou see rain issue forth from their midst. And He sends down
from the sky mountain masses (of clouds) wherein is hail: He strikes
therewith whom He pleases and He turns it away from whom He pleases, the
vivid flash of its lightning well-nigh blinds the sight.
44. It is Allah Who alternates the Night and the
Day: verily in these things is an instructive example for those who have
vision!
45. And Allah has created every animal from
water: of them there are some that creep on their bellies; some that
walk on two legs; and some that walk on four. Allah creates what He
wills: for verily Allah has power over all things.
46. We have indeed sent down signs that make
things manifest: and Allah guides whom He wills to a way that is
straight.
47. They say, "We believe in Allah and in the
messenger, and we obey": but even after that, some of them turn away:
they are not (really) Believers.
48. When they are summoned to Allah and His
messenger, in order that He may judge between them, behold some of them
decline (to come).
49. But if the right is on their side, they come
to him with all submission.
50. Is it that there is a disease in their
hearts? Or do they doubt, or are they in fear, that Allah and His
Messenger will deal unjustly with them? Nay, it is they themselves who
do wrong.
51. The answer of the Believers, when summoned
to Allah and His Messenger, in order that he may judge between them, is
no other than this: they say, "We hear and we obey": it is such as these
that will prosper.
52. It is such as obey Allah and His Messenger,
and fear Allah and do right, that will triumph,
53. They swear their strongest oaths by Allah
that, if only thou wouldst command them, they would leave (their homes).
Say: "Swear ye not; obedience is (more) reasonable; verily, Allah is
well acquainted with all that ye do."
54. Say: "Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger.
but if ye turn away, he is only responsible for the duty placed on him
and ye for that placed on you. If ye obey him, ye shall be on right
guidance. The Messenger's duty is only to preach the clear (Message).
55. Allah has promised, to those among you who
believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them
in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before
them; that He will establish in authority their religion - the one which
He has chosen for them; and that He will change (their state), after the
fear in which they (lived), to one of security and peace: 'They will
worship Me (alone) and not associate aught with Me.' If any do reject
Faith after this, they are rebellious and wicked.
56. So establish regular prayer and give Zakat;
and obey the Messenger. that ye may receive mercy.
57. Never think thou that the Unbelievers can
escape in the earth: their abode is the Fire,- and it is indeed an evil
refuge!
58. O ye who believe! Let those whom your right
hands possess, and the (children) among you who have not come of age ask
your permission (before they come to your presence), on three occasions:
before morning prayer; the while ye doff your clothes for the noonday
heat; and after the late- night prayer: these are your three times of
undress: outside those times it is not wrong for you or for them to move
about attending to each other. Thus does Allah make clear the Signs to
you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
59. But when the children among you come of age,
let them (also) ask for permission, as do those senior to them (in age).
Thus does Allah make clear His Signs to you: for Allah is full of
knowledge and wisdom.
60. Such elderly women as are past the prospect
of marriage,- there is no blame on them if they lay aside their (outer)
garments, provided they make not a wanton display of their beauty: but
it is best for them to be modest: and Allah is One Who sees and knows
all things.
61. It is no fault in the blind nor in one born
lame, nor in one afflicted with illness, nor in yourselves, that ye
should eat in your own houses, or those of your fathers, or your
mothers, or your brothers, or your sisters, or your father's brothers or
your father's sisters, or your mother's brothers, or your mother's
sisters, or in houses of which the keys are in your possession, or in
the house of a sincere friend of yours: there is no blame on you,
whether ye eat in company or separately. But if ye enter houses, salute
each other - a greeting of blessing and purity as from Allah. Thus does
Allah make clear the signs to you: that ye may understand.
62. Only those are believers, who believe in
Allah and His Messenger. when they are with him on a matter requiring
collective action, they do not depart until they have asked for his
leave; those who ask for thy leave are those who believe in Allah and
His Messenger. so when they ask for thy leave, for some 3c5 business of
theirs, give leave to those of them whom thou wilt, and ask Allah for
their forgiveness: for Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
63. Deem not the summons of the Messenger among
yourselves like the summons of one of you to another: Allah doth know
those of you who slip away under shelter of some excuse: then let those
beware who withstand the Messenger's order, lest some trial befall them,
or a grievous chastisement be inflicted on them.
64. Be quite sure that to Allah doth belong
whatever is in the heavens and on earth. Well doth He know what ye are
intent upon: and one day they will be brought back to Him, and He will
tell them the truth of what they did: for Allah doth know all things.
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