| 1. A sura 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 adultery or 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. Let no man guilty of adultery 
												or fornication marry and but a 
												woman similarly guilty, or an 
												Unbeliever: nor let any but such 
												a man or an Unbeliever marry 
												such a woman: 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. Unless they repent thereafter 
												and mend (their conduct); for 
												Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most 
												Merciful.
 
 6. And for those who launch a 
												charge against their spouses, 
												and have (in support) no 
												evidence but their own,- their 
												solitary evidence (can be 
												received) if they bear witness 
												four times (with an oath) by 
												Allah that they are solemnly 
												telling the truth;
 
 7. And the fifth (oath) (should 
												be) that they solemnly invoke 
												the curse of Allah on themselves 
												if they 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 penalty grievous.
 
 12. Why did not the believers - 
												men and women - when ye heard of 
												the affair,- put the best 
												construction on it in their own 
												minds 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 penalty 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 Allah. 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 published broadcast 
												among the Believers, will have a 
												grievous Penalty 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 
												shameful 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 
												women, indiscreet but believing, 
												are cursed in this life and in 
												the Hereafter: for them is a 
												grievous Penalty,-
 
 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 realise 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 not affected by what 
												people say: for them there is 
												forgiveness, and a provision 
												honourable.
 
 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 (must 
												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 servants 
												free of physical needs, or small 
												children who have no sense of 
												the shame of sex; 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, that ye may 
												attain Bliss.
 
 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 
												encompasseth all, 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 (to 
												enable them to earn their 
												freedom for a certain sum), 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 honour; 
												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 traffic 
												nor merchandise can divert from 
												the Remembrance of Allah, nor 
												from regular Prayer, nor from 
												the practice of regular Charity: 
												Their (only) fear is for the Day 
												when hearts and eyes will be 
												transformed (in a world wholly 
												new),-
 
 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 (ever) with him, 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 final 
												goal (of all).
 
 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 His 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 apostle, 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 apostle, 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 attain felicity.
 
 52. It is such as obey Allah and 
												His Messenger, and fear Allah 
												and do right, that will win (in 
												the end),
 
 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 regular Charity; and 
												obey the Messenger. that ye may 
												receive mercy.
 
 57. Never think thou that the 
												Unbelievers are going to 
												frustrate ((Allah)'s Plan) on 
												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 mohter'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 
												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 
												penalty 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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