Part 28
Sura LVIII (58)
She Who Pleaded
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
God
hath heard the words of her who pleaded with thee against her God hath heard
the words of her who pleaded with thee against her husband, and made her plaint
to God; and God hath heard your mutual intercourse:
for God Heareth, Beholdeth.
As to
those of you who put away their wives by say, "Be thou to me as my
mother's back" -- their mothers they are not; they only are their mothers
who gave them birth! they certainly say a blameworthy thing and an untruth:
But
truly, God is Forgiving, Indulgent.
And
those who thus put away their wives, and afterwards would recall their words,
must free a captive before they can come together again. To this are you warned
to confirm: and God is aware of what you do.
And he
who findeth not a captive to set free, shall fast two months in succession
before they two come together. And he who shall not be able to do so, shall
feed sixty poor men. This, that he may believe in God and His Apostle. These
are the statutes of God: and for the
unbelievers is an afflictive chastisement!
Truly
they who oppose God and His Apostle shall be brought low, as those who were
before them were brought low. And now have we sent down demonstrative signs: and, for the Infidels is a shameful chastisement.
On the
day when God shall raise them all to life, and shall tell them of their doings.
God hath taken county of them, though they have forgotten them! and God is
witness over all things.
Dost
thou not see that God knoweth all that is in the Heavens and all that is in the
Earth? Three persons speak not privately together, but He is their fourth; nor
five, but He is their sixth; nor fewer nor more, but wherever they be He is
with them. Then on the day of resurrection He will tell them of their deeds: for God knoweth all things.
Hast
thou not marked those who have been forbidden secret talk, and return to what
they have been forbidden, and talk privately together with wickedness, and
hate, and disobedience towards the Apostle? And when they come to thee, they
greet thee not as God greeteth thee: and they
say among themselves, "Why doth not God punish us for what we say?"
Hell shall be their meed: they shall be burned
at its fire: and a wretched passage thither!
58:10 O Believers! when you hold private converse
together, let it not be with wickedness, and hate, and disobedience towards the
Apostle; but let your private talk be with justice and the fear of God: aye, fear you God unto whom you shall be gathered!
Only
of Satan is this clandestine talk, that he may bring the faithful to grief: but, unless by God's permission, not aught shall
he harm them! in God then let the faithful trust.
O you
who believe! when it is said to you, "Make room in your assemblies,"
then make you room. God will make room for you in Paradise! And when it is said
to you, "Rise up," then rise you up. God will uplift those of you who
believe, and those to whom "the Knowledge" is given, to lofty grades!
and God is cognisant of your actions.
O you
who believe! when you go to confer in private with the Apostle, give alms
before such conference. Better will this be for you, and more pure. But if you
have not the means, then truly God is Lenient, Merciful.
Do you
hesitate to give alms previously to your private conference? Then if you do it
not (and God will excuse it in you), at least observe prayer, and pay the
stated impost, and obey God and His Apostle:
for God is cognisant of your actions.
Hast
thou not remarked those who make friends of that people with whom God is
angered? They are neither of your party nor of theirs; and they sear to a lie,
knowing it to be such.
God
hath got ready for them a severe torment: for,
evil is that they do.
They
make a cloak of their faith, and turn others aside from the way of God: wherefore a shameful torment awaiteth them.
Not at
all shall their wealth or their children avail them aught against God.
Companions shall they be of the fire: they
shall abide therein for ever.
On the
day when God shall raise them all, they will swear to Him as they now swear to
you, deeming that it will avail them. Are they not -- yes they -- the liars?
58:20 Satan hath gotten mastery over them,
and made them forget the remembrance of God. These are Satan's party. What!
shall not verily the party of Satan be for ever lost.
Verily,
they who oppose God and His Apostle shall be among the most vile. God hath
written this decree: "I will surely
prevail, and my Apostles also." Truly God is Strong, Mighty.
Thou
shalt not find that any of those who believe in God, and in the last day, love
him who opposeth God and His Apostle, even though they be their fathers, or
their sons, or their brethren, or their nearest kin. On the hearts of these
hath God graven the Faith, and with His own Spirit hath He strengthened them;
and He will bring them into gardens, beneath whose shades
the
rivers flow, to remain therein eternally. God is well pleased in them, and they
in Him. These are God's party! Shall not, of a truth, a part of God be for ever
blessed?
Sura LIX (59)
The Emigration
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All
that is in the Heavens and all that is on the Earth praiseth God! He, the
Mighty, the Wise!
He it is
who caused the unbelievers among the people of the Book to quit their homes and
join those who had emigrated previously. You did not think that they would quit
them; and they on their part through that their fortresses would protect them
against God: But God came upon them whence
they looked not for Him, and cast such fear into their hearts that by their own
hands as well as by the hands of the victorious believers they demolished their
houses! Profit by this example you who are men of insight!
And
were it not that God had decreed their exile, surely in this world would he
have chastised them: but in the world to come
the chastisement of the fire awaiteth them.
This
because they set them against God and his apostle; and whoso setteth him
against God....! God truly is vehement in punishing.
Your
cutting down some of their palm trees and sparing others was by God's
permission, and to put the wicked to shame.
After
the spoils of these Jews which God hath assigned to his apostle, you pressed
not with horse or camel. But God giveth his apostles power over what he will.
God is Almighty.
The
spoil taken from the people of the towns and assigned by God to his apostle,
belongeth to God, and to the apostle, and to his kindred, and to the orphan,
and to the poor, and to the wayfarer, that none of it may circulate among such
of you only as are rich: What the apostle hath
given you, take: What he hath refused you,
refuse: And fear you God, for God is severe in
punishing.
To the
poor refugees (Mohadjerin) also doth a part belong, who have been driven from
their homes and their substance, and who seek favour from God and his goodwill,
and aid God and his apostle. These are the men of genuine virtue.
They
of Medina who had been in possession of their abodes and embraced the faith
before them, cherish those who take refuge with them; and they find not in
their breasts any desire for what hath fallen to their share: they prefer them before themselves, though poverty
be their own lot. And with such as are preserved from their own covetousness
shall it be well.
59:10 And they who have come after them into
the faith say, "O our Lord! forgive us and our brethren who have preceded
us in the faith, and put not into our hearts ill-will against those who
believe. O our Lord! thou verily art Kind, Merciful."
Hast
thou not observed the disaffected saying to their unbelieving brethren among
the people of the Book, "If you be driven forth, we will go forth with
you; and in what concerneth you, never will we obey any one; and if you be
attacked we will certainly come to your help." But God is witness that
they are liars.
No! if
they were driven forth, they would not share their banishment; if they were
attacked they would not help them, or if they help them they will surely turn
their backs: then would they remain unhelped.
Assuredly
the fear of you is more intense in their hearts than the fear of God! This
because they are a people devoid of discernment.
They
(the Jews) will not fight against you in a body except in fenced towns or from
behind walls. Mighty is their valour among themselves! thou thinkest them
united -- but their hearts are divided. This for that they are a people who
understand not.
They
act like those who lately preceded them, who also tasted the result of their
doings; and a grievous chastisement awaiteth them --
Like
Satan when he saith to a man, "Be an infidel:"
and when he hath become an infidel, he saith, "I share not they guilt: verily, I fear God the Lord of the Worlds."
Of
both, therefore, shall the end be that they dwell for ever in the fire: This is the recompense of the evil doers.
O you
who believe! fear God. And let every soul look well to what it sendeth on
before for the morrow. And fear you God:
Verily, God is cognisant of what you do.
And be
you not like those who forget God, and whom He hath therefore caused to forget
their proper selves. Such men are the evil doers.
59:20 The inmates of the Fire and the
inmates of Paradise are not to be held equal. The inmates of Paradise only
shall be the blissful.
Had we
sent down this Koran on some mountain, thou wouldst certainly have seen it
humbling itself and cleaving asunder for the fear of God. Such are the parables
we propose to men in order that they may reflect.
He is
God beside whom there is no god. He knoweth things visible and invisible: He is the Compassionate, the Merciful.
He is
God beside whom there is no god: He is the
King, the Holy, the Peaceful, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the
Strong, the Most High! Far be the Glory of God from that which they united with
Him!
He is
God, the Producer, the Maker, the Fashioner! To Him are ascribed excellent
titles. Whatever is in the Heavens and in the Earth praiseth Him. He is the
Mighty, the Wise!
Sura LX (60)
She Who is Tried
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
O you
who believe! take not my foe and your foe for friends, shewing them kindness, although
they believe not that truth which hath come to you:
they drive forth the Apostles and yourselves because you believe in God your
Lord! If you go forth to fight on my way, and from a desire to please me, and
shew them kindness in private, I well know what you conceal, and what you
discover! Whoso doth this hath already gone astray from the even way.
If
they meet with you they will prove your foes:
hand and tongue will they put forth for your hurt, and will desire that you
become infidels again.
Neither
your kindred nor your children shall at all avail you on the day of
resurrection. A severance between you will it make! and your actions doth God
behold.
A good
example had you in Abraham, and in those who followed him, when they said to
their people, "Verily, we are clear of you, and of what you worship beside
God: we renounce you:
and between us and you hath hatred and enmity sprung up for ever, until you
believe in God alone." Yet imitate not the language of Abraham to his
Father, "I will pray for thy forgiveness, but not aught shall I obtain for
thee from God." O our Lord! in thee do we trust! to thee do we turn! to
thee we shall come back at the last.
O our
Lord! expose us not for trial to the unbelievers, and forgive us: for thou art the Mighty, the Wise!
A good
example had you in them, for all who hope in God and in the last day. But let
who will turn back, God truly is the Rich, the Praiseworthy!
God
will, perhaps, establish good will between yourselves and those of them whom
you take to be your enemies: God is Powerful: and God is Gracious, Merciful.
God
doth not forbid you to deal with kindness and fairness towards those who have
not made war upon you on account of your religion, or driven you forth from
your homes: for God loveth those who act with
fairness.
Only
doth God forbid you to make friends of those who, on account of your religion,
have warred against you, and have driven you forth from your homes, and have
aided those who drove you forth: and whosoever
maketh friends of them are wrong-doers.
60:10 O Believers! when believing women come
over to you as refugees (Mohadjers), then make trial of them. God best knoweth
their faith; but if you have also ascertained their faith, let them not go back
to the infidels; they are not lawful for them, nor are the unbelievers lawful
for these women. But give them back what they have spent for their dowers. No
crime shall it be in you to marry them, provided you give them their dowers. Do
not retain any right in the infidel women, but demand back what you have spent
for their dowers, and let the unbelievers demand back what they have spent for
their wives. This is the ordinance of God which He ordaineth among you: and God is Knowing, Wise.
And if
any of your wives escape from you to the Infidels from whom you afterwards take
any spoil, then give to those whose wives shall have fled away, the like of
what they shall have spent for their dowers; and fear God in whom you believe.
O
Prophet! when believing women come to thee, and pledge themselves that they
will not associate aught with God, and that they will not steal or commit
adultery, nor kill their children, nor bring scandalous charges, nor disobey
thee in what is right, then plight thou thy faith to them, and ask pardon for
them of God: for God is Indulgent, Merciful!
O
Believers! enter not into amity with those against whom God is angered; they
despair of the life to come, even as the Infidels despair of the inmates of the
tombs.
Sura LXI (61)
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All
that is in the Heavens and all that is on the Earth praiseth God. He is the
Mighty, the Wise!
Believers!
why profess you that which you practise not?
Most hateful
is it to God they you say that which you do not.
Verily
God loveth those who, as though they were a solid wall, do battle for his cause
in serried lines!
And
bear in mind when Moses said to his people, "Why grieve you me, O my
people, wehn you know that I am God's apostle unto you?" And when they
went astray, God led their hearts astry; for God guideth not a perverse people:
And
remember when Jesus the son of Mary said, "O children of
But
who more impious than he who when called to Islam deviseth a falsehood
concerning God? God guideth not the wicked!
Fain
would they put out the light of God with their mouths! but though the Infidels
hate it, God will perfect his light.
He it
is who hath sent his apostle with guidance and the religion of truth, that,
though they hate it who join other gods with God, He may make it victorious
over every other religion.
61:10 O you who believe! shall I shew you a
merchandise that shall deliver you from the sore torment?
Believe
in God and his apostle, and do valiantly in the cause of God with your wealth
and with your persons! This, did you but know, will be best for you.
Your
sins will He forgive you, and He will bring you into gardens beneath whose
shades the rivers flow -- into charming abodes in the gardens of Eden: This shall be the great bliss. --
And
other things which you desire will he bestow. Help from God and speedy
conquest! Bear thou these tidings to the faithful.
O you
who believe! be helpers (ansars) of God; as said Jesus the son of Mary to his
apostles, "Who will come to the help of God?" "We," said
the apostles, "will be helpers of God." And a part of the children of
Israel believed, and a part believed not. But to those who believed gave we the
upper-hand over their foes, and soon did they prove victorious.
Sura LXII (62)
The Assembly
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All
that is in the Heavens, and all that is on the Earth, uttered the Praise of
God, the King! the Holy! the Mighty! the Wise!
It is
He who hath sent to the pagan folk (Arabs) an Apostle from among themselves, to
rehearse His signs to them, and to purify them, and to impart to them a
knowledge of "the Book" and wisdom; for aforetime were they in
manifest error.
And
others among them have not yet overtaken those who preceded them in the faith.
But He is the Mighty, the Wise!
This
is the goodness of God: He bestoweth it on
whom He will: God is of immense goodness!
They
on whom the burden of the law was laid, and would not bear it, are like an ass
beneath a load of books. A sorry likeness this, for the people who give the lie
to the signs of God! God guideth not the people who do this wrong!
Say: O you Jews, if you profess that you rather than
other men are the friends of God, then wish for death if you are men of truth.
But
never on account of their previous handywork will they wish for it, and God
knoweth the wrong doers.
Say: Verily the death from which you flee will surely
meet you. Then shall you be brought back to Him who knoweth alike the things
done in secret and openly: and He will tell
you of your actions.
O you
who believe! When you are summoned to prayer on the day of the Assembly, haste
to the commemoration of God, and quit your traffic. This, if you knew it, will
be best for you.
62:10 And when the Prayer is ended, then
disperse yourselves abroad and go in quest of the bounties of God; and, that it
may be well with you, oft remember God.
But
when they get a sight of merchandise or sport, they disperse after it, and
leave thee standing alone. Say: God hath in
reserve what is better than sport or wares. And God is the best provider!
Sura LXIII (63)
The Hypocrites
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
When
the Hypocrites come to thee, they say, "We bear witness that thou art the
Sent One of God." God knoweth that thou art His Sent One: but God beareth witness that the Hypocrites do
surely lie.
Their
faith have they used as a cloak, and they turn aside others from thew ay of
God! Evil are all their doings.
This,
for that they believed, then became unbelievers! Therefore hath a seal been set
upon their hearts, and they understand not.
When
thou seest them, their persons make thee marvel; and if they speak, thou
listenest with pleasure to their discourse. Like timbers are they leaning
against a wall! They think that every shout is against them. They are enemies -
Beware of them then -- God do battle with them! How false are they!
And
when it is said to them, "Come, the Apostle of God will ask pardon for
you," they turn their heads aside, and thou seest them withdraw in their
pride.
Alike
shall it be to them whether thou ask forgiveness for them, or ask it not. By no
means will God forgive them: God hath no
guidance for a perverse people.
These
are they who say to you of
They
say: "If we return to the city, the
mightier will assuredly drive out the weaker from it." But might is with
God, and with the Apostle, and with the Faithful! Yet the Hypocrites understand
not.
O you
who believe! let not your wealth and your children delude you into
forgetfulness of God., Whoever shall act thus, shall surely suffer loss.
63:10 And expend in the cause of God out of
that with which we have supplied you, ere death surprise each one of you, and
he say, "O Lord! wilt thou not respite me to a term not far distant, that
I may give alms, and become one of the just?"
And by
no means will God respite a soul when its hour hath come! And God is fully
cognisant of what you do.
Sura LXIV (64)
Mutual Deceit
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All that
is in the Heavens, and all that is in the Earth, praiseth God: His the Kingdom and His the Glory! And He hath
power over all things!
It is
He who hath created you all; yet some of you are infidel and others believers: but God beholdeth all your actions.
He
hath created the Heavens and the Earth in Truth; and He hath fashioned you and
given you goodly forms; and to Him must you all return.
He
knoweth all that passeth in the Heavens and in the Earth; and He knoweth what
you hide and what you bring to light; and God knoweth the very secrets of men's
breasts.
Hath
not the story reached you of those who disbelieved of yore, and therefore
tasted the evil consequences of their doings? And a sore punishment doth await
them.
This,
for that when their apostles came to them with the clear tokens, they said,
"What! shall men be our guides?" And they believed not and turned
their backs. But God can dispense with them:
for God is the Rich, the Praiseworthy!
The
infidels pretend that they shall not be raised from the dead. Say: Yea, by my Lord, you shall surely be raised; then
shall you surely be told of your deeds! And easy is this for God.
Believe
then in God and his apostle and in the light which we have sent down; for God
is fully aware of all you do.
The day
when He shall gather you together for the day of mutual gathering, will be the
day of Mutual Deceit, and whoso shall have believed in God and done what is
right, for him will He cancel his deeds of evil; and He will bring him into the
gardens beneath whose shades the rivers flow, to abide therein for evermore.
This will be the great bliss!
64:10 But the unbelieving -- those who gave
the lie to our signs -- shall be the inmates of the fire, wherein they shall
remain for ever. And a wretched passage thither!
No
mischance chanceth but by God's permission; and whoso believeth in God, that
man's heart will he guide: and God knoweth all
things.
Obey
God then and obey the apostle: but if you turn
away, our apostle is not to blame, for he is only charged with plain preaching.
God!
there is no God but He! On God, then, let the faithful trust.
O you
who believe! Verily, in your wives and your children you have an enemy: wherefore beware of them. But if you pass it over
and pardon, and are lenient, Then God too is Lenient, Merciful.
Your
wealth and your children are only a source of trial! but God! with Him is the
great recompense.
Fear
God, then, with all your might, and hear and obey:
and give alms for your own weal; for such as are saved from their good greed,
shall prosper.
If you
lend God a generous loan, He will double it to you and will forgive you, for
God is Grateful, Long-suffering.
He
knoweth alike the Hidden and the Manifest: the
Mighty, the Wise!
Sura LXV (65)
Divorce
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
O
Prophet! when you divorce women, divorce them at their special times. And
reckon those times exactly, and fear God your Lord. Put them not forth from their
houses, nor allow them to depart, unless they have committed a proven adultery.
This is the precept of God; and whoso transgresseth the precept of God,
assuredly imperilleth his own self. Thou knowest not whether, after this, God
may not cause something new to occur which may bring you together again.
And
when they have reached their set time, then either keep them with kindness, or
in kindness part from them. And take upright witnesses from among you, and bear
witness as unto God. This is a caution for him who believeth in God and in the
latter day. And whoso feareth God, to him will He grant a prosperous issue, and
will provide for him whence he reckoned not upon it.
And
for him who putteth his trust in Him will God be all-sufficient. God truly will
attain his purpose. For everything hath God assigned a period.
As to
such of your wives as have no hope of the recurrence of their times, if you
have doubts in regard to them, then reckon three months, and let the same be
the term of those who have not yet had them. And as to those who are with
child, their period shall be until they are delivered of their burden. God will
make His command easy to him who feareth Him.
This
is God's command which He hath sent down to you:
Whoso feareth God, his evil deeds will He cancel and will increase his reward.
Lodge
the divorced wherever you lodge, according to your means; and distress them not
by putting them to straits. And if they are pregnant, then be at charges for
them till they are delivered of their burden; and if they suckler your
children, then pay them their hire and consult among yourselves, and act
generously: And if herein you meet with
obstacles, then let another female suckle for him.
Let
him who hath abundance give of his abundance; let him, too, whose store is
scanty, give of what God hath vouchsafed to him. Good imposeth burdens only
according to the means when He hath given. God will cause east to succeed
difficulties.
How
many cities have turned aside from the command of their Lord and of his apostles!
Therefore did we reckon with them in a severe reckoning, and chastised them
with a stern chastisement.
And
they tasted the harmfulness of their own conduct:
and the end of their conduct was ruin.
65:10 A vehement chastisement hath God
prepared for them! Fear God, then, O you mean of understanding!
Believers!
Now hath God sent down to you a warning! a prophet, who reciteth to you the
clear signs of God, that he may bring those who believeth, and do the things
that are right, out of the darkness into the light. And whoso believeth in God,
and doeth the things that are right, God will cause them to enter the gardens
beneath which the rivers flow, to remain therein for aye! A goodly provision
now hath God made for him.
It is
God who hath created seven heavens and as many earths. The Divine command
cometh down through them all, that you may know that God hath power over all
things, and that God in his knowledge embraceth all things!
Sura LXVI (66)
The Forbidding
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Why, O
Prophet! dost thou hold that to be forbidden which God hath made lawful to
thee, from a desire to please thy wives, since God is Lenient, Merciful?
God
hath allowed you release from your oaths; and God is your master: and He is the Knowing, the Wise.
When
the prophet told a recent occurrence as a secret to one of his wives, and when
she divulged it and God informed him of this, he acquainted her with part and
withheld part. And when he had told her of it, she said, "Who told thee
this?" He said, "The Knowing, the Sage hath told it me.
"If
you both be turned to God in penitence, for now have your hearts gone
astray.... but if you conspire against the Prophet, then know that God is his
Protector, and Gabriel, and every just man among the faithful; and the angels
are his helpers besides.
"Haply
if he put you both away, his Lord will give him in exchange other wives better
than you, Muslims, believers, devout, penitent, obedient, observant of fasting,
both known of men and virgins."
O
Believers! save yourselves and your families from the fire whose fuel is men
and stones, over which are set angels fierce and mighty:
they disobey not God in what He hath commanded them, but execute His behests.
O you
Infidels! make no excuses for yourselves this day; you shall surely be
recompensed according to your works.
O
Believers! turn to God with the turning of true penitence; haply your Lord will
cancel your evil deeds, and will bring you into the gardens 'neath which the
rivers flow, on the day when God will not shame the Prophet, nor those who have
shared his faith: their light shall run before
them, and on their rights hands! they shall say, "Lord perfect our light,
and pardon us: for thou hat power over all
things."
O
Prophet! make war on the infidels and hypocrites, and deal rigorously with
them. Hell shall be their abode! and wretched the passage to it!
66:10 God setteth forth as an example to
unbelievers the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot; they were under two of our
righteous servants, both of whom they deceived:
but their husbands availed them nought against God:
and it shall be said "Enter you into the fire with those who enter."
God also
holdeth forth to those who believe the example of the wife of Pharaoh, when she
said, "Lord, build me an house with thee in
And
Mary, the daughter of Imran, who kept her maidenhood, and into whose womb we
breathed of our spirit, and who believed in the words of her Lord and His
Scriptures, and was one of the devout.