sourat an-nur
In the name of
God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
1.
A
chapter that We have revealed, and made obligatory, and revealed in it clear
Verses, that you may take heed.
2.
The
adulteress and the adulterer—whip each one of them a hundred lashes, and let no
pity towards them overcome you re-garding God’s Law, if you believe in God and
the Last Day. And let a group of be-lievers witness their punishment.
3.
The
adulterer shall marry none but an adulteress or an idolatress; and the
adul-teress shall marry none but an adulterer or an idolater. That has been
prohibited for the believers.
4.
Those
who accuse chaste women, then cannot bring four witnesses, whip them eighty
lashes, and do not ever accept their testimony. For these are the immoral.
5.
Except
for those who repent afterwards, and reform; for God is Forgiving and Merciful.
6.
As
for those who accuse their own spouses, but have no witnesses except
themselves, the testimony of one of them is equivalent to four testimonies, if
he swears by God that he is truthful.
7.
And
the fifth time, that God’s curse be upon him, if he is a liar.
8. But punishment shall be averted from her, if she swears four
times by God, that he is a liar.
9. And the fifth time, that God’s wrath be upon her, if he is
truthful.
10. Were it not for God’s grace upon you, and His mercy, and
that God is Concilia-tory and Wise.
11. Those who perpetrated the slander are a band of you. Do not
consider it bad for you, but it is good for you. Each person among them bears
his share in the sin. As for him who played the major role—for him is a
terrible punishment.
12. Why, when you heard about it, the be-lieving men and women
did not think well of one another, and say, “This is an obvi-ous lie”?
13. Why did they not bring four witnesses to testify to it? If
they fail to bring the wit-nesses, then in God’s sight, they are liars.
14. Were it not for God’s favor upon you, and His mercy, in this
world and the Hereafter, you would have suffered a great punishment for what
you have ventured into.
15. When you rumored it with your tongues, and spoke with your
mouths what you had no knowledge of, and you considered it trivial; but
according to God, it is serious.
17. God cautions
you never to return to the like of it, if you are believers.
18. God explains
the Verses to you. God is Knowing and Wise.
19. Those who
love to see immorality spread among the believers—for them is a painful
punishment, in this life and in the Hereafter. God knows, and
you do not know.
20. Were it not
for God’s grace upon you, and His mercy, and that God is Clement and Merciful.
21. O you who
believe! Do not follow Sa-tan’s footsteps. Whoever follows Satan’s footsteps—he
advocates obscenity and immorality. Were it not for God’s grace towards you,
and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever. But God purifies
whomever He wills. God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
22. Those of you
who have affluence and means should not refuse to give to the relatives, and
the needy, and the emigrants for the sake of God. And let them pardon, and let
them overlook. Do you not love for God to pardon you? God
is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
23. Those who
slander honorable, inno-cent, believing women are cursed in this life and in
the Hereafter. They will have a terrible
punishment.
24. On the Day
when their tongues, and their hands, and their feet will testify against them
regarding what they used to do.
25.
On that Day, God will pay them their account in full,
and they will know that God is the Evident Reality.
26.
Bad women are for bad men, and bad men are for bad
women, and good women are for good men, and good men are for good women. Those
are acquitted of what they say. There is forgiveness for them, and a generous
provision.
27.
O you who believe! Do not enter homes other than your
own, until you have asked permission and greeted their occupants. That is
better for you, that you may be aware.
28.
And if you find no one in them, do not enter them
until you are given permission. And if it is said to you, “Turn back,” then
turn back. That is more proper for you. God is aware of what you do.
29. There is no
blame on you for entering uninhabited houses, in which are belong-ings of
yours. God knows what you reveal, and what you conceal.
30.
Tell the believing men to restrain their looks, and to
guard their privates. That is purer for them. God is cognizant of what they do.
31.
And tell the believing women to re-strain their looks,
and to guard their pri-vates, and not display their beauty except what is
apparent thereof, and to draw their coverings over their breasts, and not
ex-pose their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands'
fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers'
sons, their sisters' sons,
their women,
what their right hands pos-sess, their male attendants who have no sexual
desires, or children who are not yet aware of the nakedness of women. And they
should not strike their feet to draw attention to their hidden beauty. And
re-pent to God, all of you believers, so that you may succeed.
32. And wed the
singles among you, and those who are fit among your servants and maids. If they
are poor, God will enrich them from His bounty. God is
All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.
33.
And let those who do not find the means to marry
abstain, until God enrich-es them from His bounty. If any of your servants wish
to be freed, grant them their wish, if you recognize some good in them. And
give them of God’s wealth which he has given you. And do not compel your girls
to prostitution, seeking the materials of this life, if they desire to remain
chaste. Should anyone compel them—after their compulsion, God is Forgiving and
Merci-ful.
34.
We have sent down to you clarifying revelations, and
examples of those who passed on before you, and advice for the righteous.
35. God is the
Light of the heavens and the earth. The allegory of His light is that of a
pillar on which is a lamp. The lamp is within a glass. The glass is like a
brilliant planet, fueled by a blessed tree, an olive tree, neither eastern nor
western. Its oil would almost illuminate, even if no fire
has touched it. Light upon Light. God guides to His light whomever He
wills. God thus cites the parables for the people. God is cognizant of
everything.
36. In houses
which God has permitted to be raised, and His name is celebrated therein. He
is glorified therein, morning and evening.
37.
By men who neither trading nor com-merce distracts
them from God’s remem-brance, and from performing the prayers, and from giving
alms. They fear a Day when hearts and sights are overturned.
38. God will
reward them according to the best of what they did, and He will increase them
from His bounty. God provides for whomever He wills
without reckoning.
39. As for those
who disbelieve, their works are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty assumes
it is to be water. Until, when he has reached it, he finds it to be nothing,
but there he finds God, Who settles his account in full. God
is swift in reckoning.
40.
Or like utter darkness in a vast ocean, covered by
waves, above which are waves, above which is fog. Darkness upon dark-ness. If
he brings out his hand, he will hardly see it. He to whom God has not granted a
light has no light.
41.
Do you not realize that God is glorified by whatever
is in the heavens and the earth, and even by the birds in formation? Each knows
its prayer and its manner of praise. God knows well what they do.
42. To God
belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and to God is the ultimate
return.
43. Have you not
seen how God propels the clouds, then brings them together, then piles them
into a heap, and you see the rain drops emerging from its midst? How He brings
down loads of hail from the sky, striking with it whomever He wills, and
diverting it from whomever He wills? The flash of its lightening almost
snatches the sight away.
44. God
alternates the night and the day. In that is a lesson for those who have
insight.
45. God created
every living creature from water. Some of them crawl on their bellies, and some
walk on two feet, and others walk on four. God creates whatever He wills. God
is Capable of everything.
46. We sent down
enlightening revelations, and God guides whomever He wills to a straight path.
47. And they
say, “We have believed in God and the Messenger, and we obey,” but some of them
turn away afterwards. These are not believers.
48. And when
they are called to God and His Messenger, in order to judge between them, some
of them refuse.
49. But if
justice is on their side, they ac-cept it willingly.
50. Is there
sickness in their hearts? Or are they suspicious? Or do they fear that God may
do them injustice? Or His Messen-
ger? In fact, they themselves are the un-just.
51. The response
of the believers, when they are called to God and His Messenger in order to
judge between them, is to say, “We hear and we obey.” These
are the successful.
52.
Whoever obeys God and His Messen-ger, and fears God,
and is conscious of Him—these are the winners.
53.
And they swear by God with their sol-emn oaths, that
if you commanded them, they would mobilize. Say, “Do not swear. Obedience will
be recognized. God is ex-perienced with what you do.”
54.
Say, “Obey God and obey the Messen-ger.” But if they
turn away, then he is re-sponsible for his obligations, and you are responsible
for your obligations. And if you obey him, you will be guided. It is only
incumbent on the Messenger to de-liver the clarifying message.
55.
God has promised those of you who believe and do
righteous deeds, that He will make them successors on earth, as He made those
before them successors, and He will establish for them their religion— which He
has approved for them—and will substitute security in place of their fear. They
worship Me, never associating anything with Me. But whoever disbe-lieves after
that—these are the sinners.
56.
Pray regularly, and give regular charity, and obey the
Messenger, so that you may receive mercy.
57.
Never think that those who disbelieve can escape on
earth. Their place is the Fire, a miserable destination.
58.
O you who believe! Permission must be requested by
your servants and those of you who have not reached puberty. On three
occasions: before the Dawn Prayer, and at noon when you change your clothes,
and after the Evening Prayer. These are three occasions of privacy for you. At
other times, it is not wrong for you or them to intermingle with one an-other.
God thus clarifies the revelations for you. God is Knowledgeable and Wise.
59.
When the children among you reach puberty, they must
ask permission, as those before them asked permission. God thus clarifies His
revelations for you. God is Knowledgeable and Wise.
60.
Women past the age of childbearing, who have no desire
for marriage, commit no wrong by taking off their outer cloth-ing, provided
they do not flaunt their fin-ery. But to maintain modesty is better for them.
God is Hearing and Knowing.
61. There is no
blame on the blind, nor any blame on the lame, nor any blame on the sick, nor
on yourselves for eating at your homes, or your fathers’ homes, or your
mothers’ homes, or your brothers’ homes, or your sisters’ homes, or the homes
of your paternal uncles, or the homes of your paternal aunts, or the homes of
your ma-ternal uncles, or the homes of your mater-nal aunts, or those whose
keys you own, or the homes of your friends. You commit no
wrong by
eating together or separately. But when you enter any home, greet one another
with a greeting from God, blessed and good. God thus explains the revela-tions
for you, so that you may understand.
62. The
believers are those who believe in God and His Messenger, and when they are
with him for a matter of common in-terest, they do not leave until they have
asked him for permission. Those who ask your permission are those who believe
in God and His Messenger. So when they ask your permission to attend to some
affair of theirs, give permission to any of them you wish, and ask God’s
forgiveness for them. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
63.
Do not address the Messenger in the same manner you
address one another. God knows those of you who slip away using flimsy excuses.
So let those who op-pose his orders beware, lest an ordeal strikes them, or a
painful punishment be-falls them.
64. Surely, to
God belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. He knows what you are
about. And on the Day they are returned to Him, He will inform them of what
they did. God has full knowledge of all things.
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