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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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The Light - Chapter 24 | Contains 64 Verses – Medina |
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سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَاهَا وَفَرَضْنَاهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَا آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ |
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This is a chapter, which We sent down (as
guidance) and have made its rules mandatory and We sent down in it clear Verses (lessons and Revelations of Rules) so that you bear them in mind. |
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الزَّانِيَةُ
وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ
وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ
تُؤْمِنُونَ |
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As for adulteress and adulterer, flog each
one of them with one hundred lashes; and let not undue pity keep you from executing this ordinance of God about them, if you really believe in God and the last Day (of Judgment) and it is necessary that a group of believers should witness the scene of their punishment. 1 |
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الزَّانِي لَا يَنكِحُ إلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَالزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَا إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ وَحُرِّمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
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An adulterer (man) shall not marry but an
adulterous or an idolatress (woman) and an adulterous (woman) shall not marry but an adulterer (man) or an idolater and such (marriages) are forbidden to the believers (chaste people should marry only chaste counter parts). |
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وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاء فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ |
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And as for those who accuse chaste women
(the woman who is pure), but cannot bring forward four witnesses,
flog them eighty lashes and do not accept any testimony from them ever again, as they are the mischievous ones (who want to cause trouble in families and the society), |
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إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ |
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Except those who repent after such
mischief and amend their behavior by doing good deeds, as God is certainly Very Forgiving, Most Merciful. |
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وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَاء إِلَّا أَنفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ |
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As for those who accuse their spouses (of
adultery), but
have no witnesses except themselves, then the testimony of each one of them should be four times, swearing each time to God that the person is definitely telling the truth. |
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وَالْخَامِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينُ |
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And the fifth of his testimony should be that the curse of God be upon that person, if that person is lying. |
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وَيَدْرَأعَنْهَا الْعَذَابَ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ |
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And she (the accused wife) shall avert and
keep away punishment from her, if she bears witness four times by God that he (the husband) is telling a lie. |
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وَالْخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا إِن كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ |
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And the fifth testimony should be that the wrath of God be upon her, if he (the husband) was being truthful. |
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وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ |
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And had it not been for the Grace of God
and His Mercy upon you (, you would have been involved in a lot of troubles and wrong judgments) and God is the One who very often accepts repentance and is All Wise. |
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إِنَّ
الَّذِينَ جَاؤُوا بِالْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِّنكُمْ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ
شَرًّا لَّكُم بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُم
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Of course those who came up with the
accusation and slander (to the pure woman), are a group from amongst you.
Do not consider it (the accusation) harmful to you, but it is good for you, since for every person among them (who spread the accusation) will get part of the sin (of accusation and slander), and the one who played and orchestrated the major part among them, will have a great punishment. 2 |
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لَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا هَذَا إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ |
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Why the believing men and believing women
when they heard it, not think well of their own folks and did not say:
“This accusation is an obvious lie". |
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لَوْلَا جَاؤُوا عَلَيْهِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاء فَإِذْ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِالشُّهَدَاء فَأُوْلَئِكَ عِندَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ |
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Why did they not come up to it with four
witnesses? So because they (the slanderers) did not produce four witnesses, then they are considered by God to be the liars. |
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وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِي مَا أَفَضْتُمْ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ |
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Had it not been for the Grace of God upon
you and His Mercy in this world and in the Hereafter, a great punishment and suffering would have touched you for what you spoke wrongly. |
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إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُ هَيِّنًا وَهُوَ عِندَ اللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ |
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When you are suggesting it with your speeches
and tongues and you are uttering it with your mouths, something of which you have no knowledge of, and you count it as a trivial matter, (you should know that) this (matter of slander) is of great importance in the sight of God. |
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وَلَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَا أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَذَا سُبْحَانَكَ هَذَا بُهْتَانٌ عَظِيمٌ |
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And why then, when you heard it, did not
say: “It is not right for us to talk about this, Glory is to You (O God). This is a grave lie and accusation”. |
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يَعِظُكُمُ اللَّهُ أَن تَعُودُوا لِمِثْلِهِ أَبَدًا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ |
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God advises you to never repeat such a thing, ever, if you are real believers. |
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وَيُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ |
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And God explains His Verses (Lessons of Revelations) for you and God is All Knowing, All Wise. |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ |
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Certainly those who like to see rumors
of illicit sexual content to be spread amongst and against the
believing people, will get painful suffering in this world and in the life to come and God knows all and you don’t know. |
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وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ وَأَنَّ اللَّه رَؤُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ |
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And were it not for the Grace of God upon
you and His Mercy (you would be in big trouble) and of course God is Very Kind and Most Merciful. |
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يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَمَن
يَتَّبِعْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ
بِالْفَحْشَاء وَالْمُنكَرِ |
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O you who believe, do not follow the
footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan (should know) that he commands to promiscuity, indecency and wrong behavior. And had it not been for the Grace of God upon you and His Mercy, none of you would ever have been pure, but God cleanses and purifies whom He wants (and who wants to be cleansed). And God is Ever All Hearing, All Knowing. |
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وَلَا
يَأْتَلِ أُوْلُوا الْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوا
أُوْلِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ فِي سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ |
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And those of you who have been blessed
more with graces and wealth, should not decide against helping their kinsmen, close relatives, the poor and those who left their homes for the Cause of God. Instead they should forgive and overlook their mistakes. Don’t you like that God would forgive you? And God is Very Forgiving, Most Merciful. 3 |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ |
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Certainly those who slander and accuse
chaste, unaware believing women, are cursed (deprived of God’s Grace) in this world and in the life to come and they will have great punishment, |
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يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ |
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On the Day when their own tongues and
their hands and their feet will bear witness against them
regarding the deeds that they were doing. |
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يَوْمَئِذٍ يُوَفِّيهِمُ اللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ الْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ |
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On that Day, God will pay them back their
just dues and they will realize that God is the Ultimate Truth, Who makes all things manifest. |
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الْخَبِيثَاتُ
لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَالْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ
لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَالطَّيِّبُونَ |
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The corrupt women are for corrupt men and
the corrupt men for corrupt women; and the nice pure women are for good pure men and likewise the good men are for good women. These (good people) are innocent of what wrong people say about them. They will have a forgiveness and an excellent livelihood (in the Hereafter). |
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يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ بُيُوتِكُمْ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْنِسُوا وَتُسَلِّمُوا عَلَى أَهْلِهَا ذَلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ |
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You who believe, do not enter houses
other than yours until you have asked and obtained permission
and have greeted its inhabitants. That is best for your own good, so that you bear it in mind (that this is a good manner). |
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فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا فِيهَا أَحَدًا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا حَتَّى يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ وَإِن قِيلَ لَكُمُ ارْجِعُوا فَارْجِعُوا هُوَ أَزْكَى لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ |
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In case you do not notice anyone inside,
then do not enter until permission is given to you, and if you are told: “Go back”, then go back. That is more appropriate for you and God knows well all that you do. |
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لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ فِيهَا مَتَاعٌ لَّكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ |
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It is not wrong for you to enter
non-residential buildings, where there is some livelihood for
you (such as stores, public libraries etc) and (you should always be aware that) God knows well what you do openly and what you conceal. |
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قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ذَلِكَ أَزْكَى لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ |
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Tell the believing men to lower their
gaze (not to stare at women) and to guard their chastity, this will be more helpful for their purity, as in fact God is Ever Aware of whatever they do. |
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وَقُل
لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ
فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ
مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ |
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And tell the believing women that they also
should lower their gaze (and not stare at men) and to protect their chastity and not to display their charms and ornaments except what is customary to appear (such as rings and bracelets etc) of that and that they should well cover their veils (head coverings) over their breasts and not to display their beauty or ornaments except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband’s fathers, their sons, their husband’s son’s, their brothers or their brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons or their women or the (female) persons whom they are in charge of their care, or male attendants without sexual desires or children who have no awareness about women’s sexuality and that they should not strike their feet (on the ground) to draw attention to their hidden charms. And o you believers turn all of you together back to God, so that you reach success and the happy state. |
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وَأَنكِحُوا الْأَيَامَى مِنكُمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَائِكُمْ إِن يَكُونُوا فُقَرَاء يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ |
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Encourage those amongst you who are
single to marry, as well as the good persons of your male or female slaves; if they are poor, God will give them sufficient means from His Grace, and God gives abundance and knows all conditions. |
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وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّى
يُغْنِيَهُمْ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ وَالَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ
الْكِتَابَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ |
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And those who do not find the possibility
of any marriage, should keep themselves chaste and guarded, till God gives them means out of His Grace. And those ones from among people whom your hands are in charge of their custody, if they ask for a deed of freedom (from slavery, to be free after a period of working for you), then do write that deed for them, if you have already noticed goodness in them. And give them (as wage or gratuity) from the wealth that God has granted you. And do not ever force your maids to commit whoredom, whereas they desire marriage or chastity, so that you may gain some of the worldly belongings; and anyone who forces them (to sex), should know that God is Very Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them), after their being forced (in their helplessness). |
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وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ آيَاتٍ مُّبَيِّنَاتٍ وَمَثَلًا مِّنَ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ |
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And indeed We have sent Lessons and
Messages, clearly showing the right way and an illustration from
(the story of lives of) those who passed away before you and as admonishing advice for the careful pious persons. |
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اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ
مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي
زُجَاجَةٍ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا |
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God is the Light of the heavens and the
earth. An example of His Light (is such that He places in a human being,) is as a lamp-container in which there is a lamp, the lamp being in a glass; the glass shining as if it were a brilliant star, but lit from (the oil of) the blessed olive tree, (this light) is neither limited to the east nor to the west, it is as if the fuel oil of it glows on, even if no fire would touch it, it is a light (inside a human being) that goes from one to another. God by His Light, guides whomever he wants (also whoever wants to be guided). And God sets examples for people (so they would understand better) and God is All Knowing of all things and all matters. 4 |
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فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ |
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(The Light of God is also) in the houses
and buildings which God has permitted to be raised and His Name to be mentioned in them, where he will be mentioned there for His Glory, mornings and evenings. |
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رِجَالٌ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاء الزَّكَاةِ يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَالْأَبْصَار |
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(The Light of God is also in) the people,
in men whom neither any trade, nor any business sales would divert
them or keep them away from the remembrance of God, nor from performing regular prayers, nor from giving charity. They are anxious and fear about a Day (of Resurrection - Accountability) when hearts and eyes will anxiously turn about, |
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لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ وَاللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ |
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Hoping that God may reward them according
to the best of what they ever did and that He would add even more of His Grace to them. And God does provide for whom He wants, beyond all reckoning |
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وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ مَاء حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئًا وَوَجَدَ اللَّهَ عِندَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسَابَهُ وَاللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ |
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As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are
like a mirage in a desert, which a thirsty person takes it for
water, until he comes up to it; he finds it to be nothing, but he finds out the Ever-Presence of God with him, Who will pay him his account in full, as God is Swift in addressing accounts. |
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أَوْ
كَظُلُمَاتٍ فِي بَحْرٍ لُّجِّيٍّ يَغْشَاهُ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِ
مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِ سَحَابٌ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ |
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Or (the deeds of the disbelievers) are
like the darknesses of a vast deep see; which is covered by waves upon waves, topped by layers of dark clouds over other dark clouds layers (darkness over darkness), (it is so dark that) if a person holds out his hand, he can hardly see it; and for whom God does not give any light, that person has no light. |
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أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالطَّيْرُ صَافَّاتٍ كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ |
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Don’t you notice or observe that God is
the One Who all that are in the heavens and the earth, glorify
Him.
(by their obedience to His Rules and Dominion), also the birds with their wings spread in flight (glorify Him)? Each has indeed learned to know its prayer (the way to pray to God) and its glorification (by inspiration, how to glorify Him) and God is All Aware of what they do. |
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وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ |
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And to God belongs the sovereignty and
dominion of the heavens and the earth and the ultimate journey’s end is to God. |
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أَلَمْ تَرَ
أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُزْجِي سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ
يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ
وَيُنَزِّلُ |
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Don’t you observe that God moves the
clouds, then He makes them join together, then He piles them up in masses and layers and then you would see rain coming down from between them and He sends down from the sky, from mountains of ice-clouds, hail, with which He strikes whomever He wills, and He keeps it away from whomever He wills. The strong flash of its lightning could almost blind the sights. |
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يُقَلِّبُ اللَّهُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُوْلِي الْأَبْصَارِ |
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God causes the night and the day to
change and succeed each other; certainly in this phenomenon, there is a lesson to think about for people who have insight. |
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وَاللَّهُ
خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَابَّةٍ مِن مَّاء فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَى
بَطْنِهِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَى رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن
يَمْشِي |
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And God created all moving creatures from
water. And of them, there are those which crawl on their bellies and some that walk on two legs and some which walk on four. God creates whatever He wills; indeed God is capable to do all things. |
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لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَا آيَاتٍ مُّبَيِّنَاتٍ وَاللَّهُ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ |
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We have indeed sent down clarifying
Revelations and Verse (the lessons of Quran) and God guides whomever He wills (and whomever wants to be guided) towards the straight path (to God). |
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وَيَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا أُوْلَئِكَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
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They (the hypocrites) say: “We have
already believed in God and in the Messenger (Muhammad) and we
obey”, but then, some of them turn away from this afterwards, and such are by no means true believers. |
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وَإِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ |
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And so is that when they are called upon to
follow the Rules of God and to follow the Messenger, so that he (Muhammad) could judge between them (in their disputes), then some of them refuse and turn away. |
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وَإِن يَكُن لَّهُمُ الْحَقُّ يَأْتُوا إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ |
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But if they had the right, they would come to him quite willingly (to accept his judgment). |
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فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ارْتَابُوا أَمْ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَرَسُولُهُ بَلْ أُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ |
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Is there then a sickness in their
hearts (their minds)? Or do they doubt (that this is the Divine Revelation) or do they fear that God and His Messenger might do injustice to them? But it is they in fact who are doing injustice and wrong (to themselves). |
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إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ |
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In reality, the response of the true
believers, when they are called unto God and His Messenger to judge between them, is that they say: “We listen and we obey.” And such are the one who are successful in reaching a happy state. |
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وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَخْشَ اللَّهَ وَيَتَّقْهِ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَ |
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And whoever obeys God and His Messenger
and are in awe of God and conscious of Him (fear disobeying Him), those are the ones who will be the true successful persons. |
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وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ لَئِنْ أَمَرْتَهُمْ لَيَخْرُجُنَّ قُل لَّا تُقْسِمُوا طَاعَةٌ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ |
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And they swear by God with
their most solemn oath that if you (Muhammad) orders them, they will certainly go out (to war with you). Say: “Don’t swear, a reasonable obedience is required. Certainly God is All Aware of what you do and behave.” |
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قُلْ
أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ فَإِن تَوَلَّوا
فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُم |
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Say: “Obey God and obey the Messenger, then if you turn away
(you must know that), he is responsible only for the duties placed on him and you are responsible for duties placed on you (by God by His Messenger). And if you obey him, you will be guided correctly and there is no duty on the Messenger (towards you) but to convey the Message clearly". |
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وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا
الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُم فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا
اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ
دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي |
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God has promised those of you who believe
and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly make them succeed to rule in the land (to replace wrongful rulers) as He has made succeed to rule, those people before them and He will certainly grant them the possibility to practice and establish their religion, which He has liked for them (Islam) and He will surely give them change and relief into a secure situation after their fearful condition, so that they worship Me and do not associate anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after this, then they will be counted as rebellious wrong doing persons. |
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وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ |
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Establish regular prayers, give charity, and obey the Messenger so that you may receive Mercy. |
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لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مُعْجِزِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَأْوَاهُمُ النَّارُ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ |
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Do not count the disbelievers to prevail in
the land (against God) and their home will be the Fire of the Hell and what a real awful place it is. |
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يَا
أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِيَسْتَأْذِنكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ
أَيْمَانُكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحُلُمَ مِنكُمْ
ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مِن قَبْلِ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ |
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O you who believe, it is necessary that those
whom you have the authority to take care of them and the children who have not yet reached puberty, to ask your permission three occasions (before entering your room), once before the dawn prayer, and (in the heat of) noon time when you lighten your clothes and after the night prayer; these are the three private times for you. On other times, there is no problem for you or for them to walk around each other. So God explains to you His Verses (His Lessons of conduct) clearly and God is All Knowing, All Wise. |
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وَإِذَا بَلَغَ الْأَطْفَالُ مِنكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا اسْتَأْذَنَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ |
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And after your children reach puberty, it is
necessary that they ask permission as did those before them. So does God explains to you His Verses (His Lessons) and God is All Knowing, All Wise. |
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وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَاء اللَّاتِي لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا
فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَن يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ |
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And the senior among the women who do not
expect any marriage anymore, to them there is no sin if they discard their outer dresses, but not showing off any of their ornaments. But if they refrain even from this, it is better for them and God is All Hearing, All Knowing. |
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لَيْسَ
عَلَى الْأَعْمَى حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْأَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا
عَلَى الْمَرِيضِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى أَنفُسِكُمْ أَن تَأْكُلُوا |
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There are no restriction for the blind,
nor on the lame, nor is there any restriction on the sick, nor on yourselves (healthy persons) if you eat meals in your own houses, or in the houses of your fathers or in 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 the houses of which you have the keys or in the houses of any of your friends; there is no sin on you if you eat together or separately. But when you enter any of the houses, greet each other, with a nice greeting, wishing well from God for them to be blessed and to be fine and healthy. Thus God explains His Verses (His Lessons for good behavior) for you, so that you learn to use your reasoning. |
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إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ
وَإِذَا كَانُوا مَعَهُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ جَامِعٍ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا
حَتَّى يَسْتَأْذِنُوهُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَأْذِنُونَكَ |
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True believers are those who believe in
Allah (The One Almighty, Invincible God) and His Messenger
(Muhammad) and when they are with him regarding a community matter of concern, don’t just go away unless they ask his permission. Certainly (o Muhammad) those who ask your permission are those who really believe in God and His Messenger. So if they ask your permission for some chores of their own, then give permission to whom of them that you want and ask God to forgive them; as God is indeed Very Forgiving, Most Merciful. |
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لَا
تَجْعَلُوا دُعَاء الرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ كَدُعَاء بَعْضِكُم
بَعْضًا قَدْ يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنكُمْ
لِوَاذًا فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ |
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Do not regard the calling of the Prophet
upon you same as a call or summon of you onto each other; God knows well those who under shelter of excuse, slip away. Therefore warn those who behave against His Commandment, (to be aware of this rule), else a hard trial would befall them or a painful punishment would befall them (in this world and or in the Hereafter). |
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أَلَا إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ مَا أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَيَوْمَ يُرْجَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ |
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Be aware that of course to God belongs whatever
is in the heavens and the earth. Certainly He knows what you are up to, and on the Day that they are brought back to Him, He will then inform them of all that they had done and God is All Aware of everything |
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Footnotes |
1
As evident, God did not order any stoning in the Quran,
but in the misinterpreted Old Testament (Chapter Genesis, it is written
that a son who disobeys his father, shall be stoned to death), but no
such word in the Quran
2
During return from one of the defensive expeditions of the Prophet Muhammad,
his wife Aisha, who was accompanying him, went back in search of her
valuable necklace she had dropped. She got lost until the next day she
was found by a Muslim man who brought her back to the prophet on the
back of his camel. Some hypocrites used this to spread rumor and false
accusations against Aisha
3
This refers to the swearing of Abu-Bakr against his nephew, who had spread
rumor against Aisha, the daughter of Abu-Bakr and wife of Prophet
Muhammad
4
In this example the Light of God (including the Revelations via the
Prophets of God ) is in the being of the believer (the lamp container
and more specifically in the shining glass of her or his heart, which
keeps on shining by the pure food for thought; by the Revelations (just
as oil is necessary for the lamp to shine), even though no fire is
needed for this lamp, which shines as a light from one person to another.
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