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