| 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, (O men), the 
												dissolution 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 
												repudiated a part. Then when he 
												told her thereof, she said, "Who 
												told thee this? "He said, "He 
												told me Who knows and is 
												well-acquainted (with all 
												things)."
 
 4. If ye two turn in repentance 
												to Him, 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 
												travel (for Faith) and 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. (They will say), "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 ills 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 firm against 
												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 Lut: 
												they were (respectively) under 
												two of our righteous servants, 
												but they were false to 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 'Imran, 
												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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