Introduction to
Surah
4. An-Nisâ'
In the Name of Allâh, the Most
Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
1. O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you
from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his
wife [Hawwa (Eve)], and from them both He created many men and
women and fear Allâh through Whom you demand your mutual
(rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship)[].
Surely, Allâh is Ever an AllWatcher over you.
2. And give unto orphans their property and do not exchange
(your) bad things for (their) good ones; and devour not their
substance (by adding it) to your substance. Surely, this is a
great sin.[]
3. And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal
justly with the orphangirls, then marry (other) women of
your choice, two or three, or four but if you fear that you shall
not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one or (the
captives and the slaves) that your right hands possess. That is
nearer to prevent you from doing injustice.
4. And give to the women (whom you marry) their Mahr
(obligatory bridal money given by the husband to his wife
at the time of marriage) with a good heart, but if they, of their
own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, take it, and enjoy
it without fear of any harm (as Allâh has made it lawful).
5. And give not unto the foolish your property which Allâh
has made a means of support for you[], but feed
and clothe them therewith, and speak to them words of kindness
and justice.
6. And try orphans (as regards their intelligence) until
they reach the age of marriage; if then you find sound judgement
in them, release their property to them, but consume it not wastefully,
and hastily fearing that they should grow up, and whoever amongst
guardians is rich, he should take no wages, but if he is poor,
let him have for himself what is just and reasonable (according
to his work). And when you release their property to them, take
witness in their presence; and Allâh is AllSufficient
in taking account.
7. There is a share for men and a share for women from
what is left by parents and those nearest related, whether, the
property be small or large - a legal share.
8. And when the relatives and the orphans and AlMasâkin
(the poor) are present at the time of division, give them
out of the property, and speak to them words of kindness and justice.
9. And let those (executors and guardians) have the same
fear in their minds as they would have for their own, if they
had left weak offspring behind. So let them fear Allâh and
speak right words.
10. Verily, those who unjustly eat up the property of
orphans, they eat up only a fire into their bellies, and they
will be burnt in the blazing Fire!
11. Allâh commands you as regards your children's
(inheritance); to the male, a portion equal to that of two females;
if (there are) only daughters, two or more, their share is two
thirds of the inheritance; if only one, her share is half. For
parents, a sixth share of inheritance to each if the deceased
left children; if no children, and the parents are the (only)
heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased left brothers or
(sisters), the mother has a sixth. (The distribution in all cases
is) after the payment of legacies he may have bequeathed or debts.
You know not which of them, whether your parents or your children,
are nearest to you in benefit, (these fixed shares) are ordained
by Allâh. And Allâh is Ever AllKnower, AllWise.
12. In that which your wives leave, your share is a half
if they have no child; but if they leave a child, you get a fourth
of that which they leave after payment of legacies that they may
have bequeathed or debts. In that which you leave, their (your
wives) share is a fourth if you leave no child; but if you leave
a child, they get an eighth of that which you leave after payment
of legacies that you may have bequeathed or debts. If the man
or woman whose inheritance is in question has left neither ascendants
nor descendants, but has left a brother or a sister, each one
of the two gets a sixth; but if more than two, they share in a
third; after payment of lagacies he (or she) may have bequeathed
or debts, so that no loss is caused (to anyone). This is a Commandment
from Allâh; and Allâh is Ever AllKnowing, MostForbearing.
13. These are the limits (set by) Allâh (or ordainments
as regards laws of inheritance), and whosoever obeys Allâh
and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW)
will be admitted to Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise),
to abide therein, and that will be the great success.
14. And whosoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger
(Muhammad SAW),
and transgresses His limits, He will cast him into the Fire, to
abide therein; and he shall have a disgraceful torment.
15. And those of your women who commit illegal sexual
intercourse, take the evidence of four witnesses from amongst
you against them; and if they testify, confine them (i.e. women)
to houses until death comes to them or Allâh ordains for
them some (other) way.[]
16. And the two persons (man and woman) among you who
commit illegal sexual intercourse, punish them both.[]
And if they repent (promise Allâh that they will never repeat,
i.e. commit illegal sexual intercourse and other similar sins)
and do righteous good deeds, leave them alone. Surely, Allâh
is Ever the One Who accepts repentance, (and He is) Most Merciful.
17. Allâh accepts only the repentance of those who
do evil in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon afterwards;
it is they to whom Allâh will forgive and Allâh is
Ever AllKnower, AllWise.
18. And of no effect is the repentance of those who continue
to do evil deeds until death faces one of them and he says: "Now
I repent;" nor of those who die while they are disbelievers.
For them We have prepared a painful torment.
19. O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women
against their will, and you should not treat them with harshness,
that you may take away part of the Mahr[]
you have given them, unless they commit open illegal sexual intercourse.
And live with them honourably. If you dislike them, it may be
that you dislike a thing and Allâh brings through it a great
deal of good.
20. But if you intend to replace a wife by another and
you have given one of them a Cantar (of gold i.e. a great
amount) as Mahr, take not the least bit of it back; would
you take it wrongfully without a right and (with) a manifest sin?
21. And how could you take it (back) while you have gone
in unto each other, and they have taken from you a firm and strong
covenant?
22. And marry not women whom your fathers married, except
what has already passed; indeed it was shameful and most hateful,
and an evil way.
23. Forbidden to you (for marriage) are: your mothers,
your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's
sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your
foster mother who gave you suck, your foster milk suckling sisters,
your wives' mothers, your step daughters under your guardianship,
born of your wives to whom you have gone in - but there is no
sin on you if you have not gone in them (to marry their daughters),
- the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins, and
two sisters in wedlock at the same time, except for what has already
passed; verily, Allâh is OftForgiving, Most Merciful.
24. Also (forbidden are) women already married, except
those (captives and slaves) whom your right hands possess. Thus
has Allâh ordained for you. All others are lawful,
provided you seek (them in marriage) with Mahr (bridal
money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage)
from your property, desiring chastity, not committing illegal
sexual intercourse, so with those of whom you have enjoyed sexual
relations, give them their Mahr as prescribed; but if after
a Mahr is prescribed, you agree mutually (to give more),
there is no sin on you. Surely, Allâh is Ever AllKnowing,
AllWise.
25. And whoever of you have not the means wherewith
to wed free, believing women, they may wed believing girls from
among those (captives and slaves) whom your right hands possess,
and Allâh has full knowledge about your Faith, you are one
from another. Wed them with the permission of their own folk
(guardians, Auliyâ' or masters) and give them their
Mahr according to what is reasonable; they (the above said
captive and slave-girls) should be chaste, not adulterous, nor
taking boy-friends. And after they have been taken in wedlock,
if they commit illegal sexual intercourse, their punishment is
half that for free (unmarried) women.[] This
is for him among you who is afraid of being harmed in his religion
or in his body; but it is better for you that you practise selfrestraint,
and Allâh is OftForgiving, Most Merciful.
26. Allâh wishes to make clear (what is lawful
and what is unlawful) to you, and to show you the ways of those
before you, and accept your repentance, and Allâh is AllKnower,
AllWise.
27. Allâh wishes to accept your repentance,
but those who follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should
deviate tremendously away from the Right Path.
28. Allâh wishes to lighten (the burden) for
you; and man was created weak (cannot be patient to leave sexual
intercourse with woman).
29. O you who believe! Eat not up your property among
yourselves unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual
consent. And do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another). Surely,
Allâh is Most Merciful to you.[]
30. And whoever commits that through aggression and
injustice, We shall cast him into the Fire, and that is easy for
Allâh.
31. If you avoid the great sins[]
which you are forbidden to do, We shall remit from you your (small)
sins, and admit you to a Noble Entrance (i.e. Paradise).
32. And wish not for the things in which Allâh
has made some of you to excel others. For men there is reward
for what they have earned, (and likewise) for women there is reward
for what they have earned, and ask Allâh of His Bounty. Surely,
Allâh is Ever AllKnower of everything.
33. And to everyone, We have appointed heirs of that
(property) left by parents and relatives. To those also with
whom you have made a pledge (brotherhood), give them their due
portion (by Wasiya wills, etc.). Truly, Allâh
is Ever a Witness over all things.
34. Men are the protectors and maintainers of women,
because Allâh has made one of them to excel the other, and
because they spend (to support them) from their means. Therefore
the righteous women are devoutly obedient (to Allâh and
to their husbands), and guard in the husband's absence what Allâh
orders them to guard (e.g. their chastity, their husband's
property, etc.). As to those women on whose part you see
illconduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share
their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful), but
if they return to obedience, seek not against them means (of annoyance). Surely,
Allâh is Ever Most High, Most Great.
35. If you fear a breach between them twain (the man
and his wife), appoint (two) arbitrators, one from his family
and the other from her's; if they both wish for peace, Allâh
will cause their reconciliation. Indeed Allâh is Ever
AllKnower, WellAcquainted with all things.
36. Worship Allâh and join none with Him in
worship, and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, Al-Masâkin
(the poor), the neighbour who is near of kin, the neighbour who
is a stranger, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (you meet),
and those (slaves) whom your right hands possess. Verily,
Allâh does not like such as are proud and boastful;
37. Those who are miserly and enjoin miserliness on
other men and hide what Allâh has bestowed upon them of
His Bounties. And We have prepared for the disbelievers a
disgraceful torment.[]
38. And (also) those who spend of their substance
to be seen of men, and believe not in Allâh and the Last
Day [they are the friends of Shaitân (Satan)], and
whoever takes Shaitân (Satan) as an intimate; then
what a dreadful intimate he has!
39. And what loss have they if they had believed in
Allâh and in the Last Day, and they spend out of what Allâh
has given them for sustenance? And Allâh is Ever AllKnower
of them.
40. Surely! Allâh wrongs not even of the weight
of an atom (or a small ant)[], but if there
is any good (done), He doubles it, and gives from Him a great
reward.
41. How (will it be) then, when We bring from each
nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad SAW) as a witness against these people?
42. On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed
the Messenger (Muhammad SAW)
will wish that they were buried in the earth, but they will never
be able to hide a single fact from Allâh.[]
43. O you who believe! Approach not AsSalât
(the prayer) when you are in a drunken state until you know (the
meaning) of what you utter, nor when you are in a state of Janâba,
(i.e. in a state of sexual impurity and have not yet
taken a bath) except when travelling on the road (without enough
water, or just passing through a mosque), till you wash your whole
body. And if you are ill, or on a journey, or one of you
comes after answering the call of nature, or you have been in
contact with women (by sexual relations) and you find no water,
perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your
faces and hands (Tayammum)[]. Truly,
Allâh is Ever OftPardoning, OftForgiving.
44. Have you not seen those who were given a portion
of the book (the Jews), purchasing the wrong path, and wish that
you should go astray from the Right Path.
45. Allâh has full knowledge of your enemies,
and Allâh is Sufficient as a Walî (Protector),
and Allâh is Sufficient as a Helper.
46. Among those who are Jews, there are some who displace
words from (their) right places and say: "We hear your word
(O Muhammad SAW
) and disobey," and "Hear and let you (O Muhammad SAW) hear nothing." And Râ'ina[]
with a twist of their tongues and as a mockery of the religion
(Islâm). And if only they had said: "We hear and
obey", and "Do make us understand," it would have
been better for them, and more proper, but Allâh has cursed
them for their disbelief, so they believe not except a few.
47. O you who have been given the Scripture (Jews
and Christians)! Believe in what We have revealed (to Muhammad
SAW) confirming what is (already)
with you, before We efface faces (by making them like the back
of necks; without nose, mouth, eyes, etc.) and turn them hindwards,
or curse them as We cursed the Sabbathbreakers.[]
And the Commandment of Allâh is always executed.[]
48. Verily, Allâh forgives not that partners
should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that
(anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners
with Allâh in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous
sin.[]
49. Have you not seen those who claim sanctity for
themselves. Nay - but Allâh sanctifies whom He pleases,
and they will not be dealt with injustice even equal to the extent
of a Fatilâ (A scalish thread in the long slit of
a datestone).
50. Look, how they invent a lie against Allâh,
and enough is that as a manifest sin.
51. Have you not seen those who were given a portion
of the Scripture? They believe in Jibt and Tâghût[]
and say to the disbelievers that they are better guided as regards
the way than the believers (Muslims).
52. They are those whom Allâh has cursed, and
he whom Allâh curses, you will not find for him (any) helper,
53. Or have they a share in the dominion? Then in
that case they would not give mankind even a Naqîra
(speck on the back of a date-stone).
54. Or do they envy men (Muhammad SAW and his followers) for what Allâh
has given them of His Bounty? Then We had already given the family
of Ibrâhim (Abraham) the Book and AlHikmah (AsSunnah
- Divine Inspiration to those Prophets not written in the
form of a book), and conferred upon them a great kingdom.
55. Of them were (some) who believed in him (Muhammad
SAW), and of them were (some) who
averted their faces from him (Muhammad SAW); and enough is Hell for burning
(them).[]
56. Surely! Those who disbelieved in Our Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
We shall burn them in Fire. As often as their skins are roasted
through, We shall change them for other skins that they may taste
the punishment. Truly, Allâh is Ever Most Powerful,
AllWise.
57. But those who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh
- Islâmic Monotheism) and do deeds of righteousness, We
shall admit them to Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise),
abiding therein forever. Therein they shall have Azwâjun
Mutahharatun[] [purified mates or
wives (having no menses, stools, urine, etc.)] and We shall admit
them to shades wide and ever deepening (Paradise)[].
58. Verily! Allâh commands that you should render
back the trusts to those, to whom they are due; and that when
you judge between men, you judge with justice. Verily, how
excellent is the teaching which He (Allâh) gives you! Truly,
Allâh is Ever AllHearer, AllSeer.
59. O you who believe! Obey Allâh and obey the
Messenger (Muhammad SAW),
and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority. (And) if
you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allâh
and His Messenger (SAW),
if you believe in Allâh and in the Last Day. That is
better and more suitable for final determination.
60. Have you seen those (hyprocrites) who claim that
they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that
which was sent down before you, and they wish to go for judgement
(in their disputes) to the Tâghût (false judges,
etc.) while they have been ordered to reject them. But Shaitân
(Satan) wishes to lead them far astray.[]
61. And when it is said to them: "Come to what
Allâh has sent down and to the Messenger (Muhammad SAW)," you (Muhammad SAW) see the hypocrites turn away
from you (Muhammad SAW)
with aversion.
62. How then, when a catastrophe befalls them because
of what their hands have sent forth, they come to you swearing
by Allâh, "We meant no more than goodwill and conciliation!"
63. They (hypocrites) are those of whom Allâh
knows what is in their hearts; so turn aside from them (do not
punish them) but admonish them, and speak to them an effective
word (i.e. to believe in Allâh, worship Him, obey Him,
and be afraid of Him) to reach their innerselves.
64. We sent no Messenger, but to be obeyed by Allâh's
Leave. If they (hypocrites), when they had been unjust to
themselves, had come to you (Muhammad SAW) and begged Allâh's Forgiveness,
and the Messenger had begged forgiveness for them: indeed, they
would have found Allâh All-Forgiving (One Who accepts repentance),
Most Merciful.
65. But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith,
until they make you (O Muhammad SAW)
judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no
resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full
submission.
66. And if We had ordered them (saying), "Kill
yourselves (i.e. the innnocent ones kill the guilty ones)
or leave your homes," very few of them would have done it;
but if they had done what they were told, it would have been better
for them, and would have strengthened their (Faith);
67. And indeed We should then have bestowed upon them
a great reward from Ourselves.
68. And indeed We should have guided them to a Straight
Way.
69. And whoso obeys Allâh and the Messenger
(Muhammad SAW),
then they will be in the company of those on whom Allâh
has bestowed His Grace, of the Prophets, the Siddiqûn
(those followers of the Prophets who were first and foremost
to believe in them, like Abu Bakr AsSiddiq ÑÖì
<> <>), the martyrs,
and the righteous. And how excellent these companions are!
70. Such is the Bounty from Allâh, and Allâh
is Sufficient as AllKnower.
71. O you who believe! Take your precautions, and
either go forth (on an expedition) in parties, or go forth all
together.
72. There is certainly among you he who would linger
behind (from fighting in Allâh's Cause). If a misfortune
befalls you, he says, "Indeed Allâh has favoured me
in that I was not present among them."
73. But if a bounty (victory and booty) comes to you
from Allâh, he would surely say - as if there had never
been ties of affection between you and him - "Oh! I wish
I had been with them; then I would have achieved a great success
( a good share of booty)."
74. Let those (believers) who sell the life of this
world for the Hereafter fight in the Cause of Allâh, and
whoso fights in the Cause of Allâh, and is killed or gets
victory, We shall bestow on him a great reward.
75. And what is wrong with you that you fight not
in the Cause of Allâh, and for those weak, illtreated
and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry is: "Our
Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and
raise for us from You one who will protect, and raise for us from
You one who will help."
76. Those who believe, fight in the Cause of Allâh,
and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause of Tâghût
(Satan, etc.).[] So fight you against the
friends of Shaitân (Satan); Ever feeble indeed is
the plot of Shaitân (Satan).
77. Have you not seen those who were told to hold
back their hands (from fighting) and perform As-Salât
(IqâmatasSalât), and give Zakât,
but when the fighting was ordained for them, behold! a section
of them fear men as they fear Allâh or even more. They
say: "Our Lord! Why have you ordained for us fighting? Would
that you had granted us respite for a short period?" Say:
"Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter
is (far) better for him who fears Allâh, and you shall not
be dealt with unjustly even equal to the Fatilâ (a
scalish thread in the long slit of a datestone).
78. "Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake
you even if you are in fortresses built up strong and high!"
And if some good reaches them, they say, "This is from Allâh,"
but if some evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you
(O Muhammad SAW)."
Say: "All things are from Allâh," so what is wrong
with these people that they fail to understand any word?
79. Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allâh,
but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself. And We
have sent you (O Muhammad SAW)
as a Messenger to mankind, and Allâh is Sufficient as a
Witness.[]
80. He who obeys the Messenger (Muhammad SAW), has indeed obeyed Allâh,
but he who turns away, then we have not sent you (O Muhammad SAW) as a watcher over them.[]
81. They say: "We are obedient," but when
they leave you (Muhammad SAW),
a section of them spend all night in planning other than what
you say. But Allâh records their nightly (plots). So
turn aside from them (do not punish them), and put your trust
in Allâh. And Allâh is Ever AllSufficient
as a Disposer of affairs.
82. Do they not then consider the Qur'ân carefully?
Had it been from other than Allâh, they would surely have
found therein much contradictions.
83. When there comes to them some matter touching
(public) safety or fear, they make it known (among the people),
if only they had referred it to the Messenger or to those charged
with authority among them, the proper investigators would have
understood it from them (directly). Had it not been for the
Grace and Mercy of Allâh upon you, you would have followed
Shaitân (Satan), save a few of you.
84. Then fight (O Muhammad SAW) in the Cause of Allâh,
you are not tasked (held responsible) except for yourself, and
incite the believers (to fight along with you), it may be that
Allâh will restrain the evil might of the disbelievers. And
Allâh is Stronger in Might and Stronger in punishing.
85. Whosoever intercedes for a good cause will have
the reward thereof, and whosoever intercedes for an evil cause
will have a share in its burden. And Allâh is Ever
All-Able to do (and also an All-Witness to) everything.
86. When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in
return with what is better than it, or (at least) return it equally. Certainly,
Allâh is Ever a Careful Account Taker of all things.[]
87. Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Huwa
(none has the right to be worshipped but He). Surely,
He will gather you together on the Day of Resurrection about which
there is no doubt. And who is truer in statement than Allâh?
88. Then what is the matter with you that you are
divided into two parties about the hypocrites? Allâh has
cast them back (to disbelief) because of what they have earned. Do
you want to guide him whom Allâh has made to go astray?
And he whom Allâh has made to go astray, you will never
find for him any way (of guidance).
89. They wish that you reject Faith, as they have
rejected (Faith), and thus that you all become equal (like one
another). So take not Auliyâ' (protectors or
friends) from them, till they emigrate in the Way of Allâh
(to Muhammad SAW). But
if they turn back (from Islâm), take (hold) of them and
kill them wherever you find them, and take neither Auliyâ'
(protectors or friends) nor helpers from them.
90. Except those who join a group, between you and
whom there is a treaty (of peace), or those who approach you with
their breasts restraining from fighting you as well as fighting
their own people. Had Allâh willed, indeed He would
have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So
if they withdraw from you, and fight not against you, and offer
you peace, then Allâh has opened no way for you against
them.
91. You will find others that wish to have security
from you and security from their people. Every time they
are sent back to temptation, they yield thereto. If they
withdraw not from you, nor offer you peace, nor restrain their
hands, take (hold) of them and kill them wherever you find them. In
their case, We have provided you with a clear warrant against
them.
92. It is not for a believer to kill a believer except
(that it be) by mistake, and whosoever kills a believer by mistake,
(it is ordained that) he must set free a believing slave and a
compensation (blood money, i.e Diya) be given to the deceased's
family, unless they remit it. If the deceased belonged to
a people at war with you and he was a believer; the freeing of
a believing slave (is prescribed), and if he belonged to a people
with whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance, compensation (blood
money - Diya) must be paid to his family, and a believing
slave must be freed. And whoso finds this (the penance of
freeing a slave) beyond his means, he must fast for two consecutive
months in order to seek repentance from Allâh. And
Allâh is Ever AllKnowing, AllWise.
93. And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his
recompense is Hell to abide therein, and the Wrath and the Curse
of Allâh are upon him, and a great punishment is prepared
for him.[]
94. O you who believe! When you go (to fight) in the
Cause of Allâh, verify (the truth), and say not to anyone
who greets you (by embracing Islâm): "You are not a
believer"; seeking the perishable goods of the worldly life. There
are much more profits and booties with Allâh. Even
as he is now, so were you yourselves before till Allâh conferred
on you His Favours (i.e. guided you to Islâm), therefore,
be cautious in discrimination. Allâh is Ever WellAware
of what you do.
95. Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at
home), except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or
lame, etc.), and those who strive hard and fight in the Cause
of Allâh with their wealth and their lives. Allâh
has preferred in grades those who strive hard and fight with their
wealth and their lives above those who sit (at home). Unto
each, Allâh has promised good (Paradise), but Allâh
has preferred those who strive hard and fight, above those who
sit (at home) by a huge reward;
96. Degrees of (higher) grades from Him, and Forgiveness
and Mercy. And Allâh is Ever OftForgiving, Most
Merciful.
97. Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in
death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among
the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them),
they (angels) say (to them): "In what (condition) were you?"
They reply: "We were weak and oppressed on earth." They
(angels) say: "Was not the earth of Allâh spacious
enough for you to emigrate therein?" Such men will find their
abode in Hell - What an evil destination![]
98. Except the weak ones among men, women and children
who cannot devise a plan, nor are they able to direct their way.
99. For these there is hope that Allâh will
forgive them, and Allâh is Ever Oft Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.
100. He who emigrates (from his home) in the Cause
of Allâh, will find on earth many dwelling places and plenty
to live by. And whosoever leaves his home as an emigrant
unto Allâh and His Messenger, and death overtakes him, his
reward is then surely incumbent upon Allâh. And Allâh
is Ever OftForgiving, Most Merciful.
101. And when you (Muslims) travel in the land, there
is no sin on you if you shorten your Salât (prayer)
if you fear that the disbelievers may attack you, verily, the
disbelievers are ever unto you open enemies.
102. When you (O Messenger Muhammad SAW) are among them, and lead them
in As-Salât (the prayer), let one party of them stand
up [in Salât (prayer)] with you taking their arms
with them; when they finish their prostrations, let them take
their positions in the rear and let the other party come up which
has not yet prayed, and let them pray with you taking all the
precautions and bearing arms. Those who disbelieve wish,
if you were negligent of your arms and your baggage, to attack
you in a single rush, but there is no sin on you if you put away
your arms because of the inconvenience of rain or because you
are ill, but take every precaution for yourselves. Verily,
Allâh has prepared a humiliating torment for the disbelievers.[]
103. When you have finished As-Salât
(the prayer - congregational), remember Allâh standing,
sitting down, and lying down on your sides, but when you are free
from danger, perform As-Salât (Iqâmatas
Salât). Verily, the prayer is enjoined on the believers
at fixed hours.
104. And don't be weak in the pursuit of the enemy;
if you are suffering (hardships) then surely, they (too) are suffering
(hardships) as you are suffering, but you have a hope from Allâh
(for the reward, i.e. Paradise) that for which they hope
not, and Allâh is Ever AllKnowing, AllWise.
105. Surely, We have sent down to you (O Muhammad
SAW) the Book (this Qur'ân)
in truth that you might judge between men by that which Allâh
has shown you (i.e. has taught you through Divine Inspiration),
so be not a pleader for the treacherous.
106. And seek the Forgiveness of Allâh,[]
certainly, Allâh is Ever OftForgiving, Most Merciful.
107. And argue not on behalf of those who deceive
themselves. Verily, Allâh does not like anyone who
is a betrayer of his trust, and indulges in crime.
108. They may hide (their crimes) from men, but they
cannot hide (them) from Allâh, for He is with them (by His
Knowledge), when they plot by night in words that He does not
approve, And Allâh ever encompasses what they do.
109. Lo! You are those who have argued for them in
the life of this world, but who will argue for them on the Day
of Resurrection against Allâh, or who will then be their
defender?
110. And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards
seeks Allâh's Forgiveness, he will find Allâh OftForgiving,
Most Merciful.
111. And whoever earns sin, he earns it only against
himself. And Allâh is Ever AllKnowing, AllWise.
112. And whoever earns a fault or a sin and then throws
it on to someone innocent, he has indeed burdened himself with
falsehood and a manifest sin.
113. Had not the Grace of Allâh and His Mercy
been upon you (O Muhammad SAW),
a party of them would certainly have made a decision to mislead
you, but (in fact) they mislead none except their own selves,
and no harm can they do to you in the least. Allâh
has sent down to you the Book (The Qur'ân), and AlHikmah
(Islâmic laws, knowledge of legal and illegal things
i.e. the Prophet's Sunnah - legal ways), and taught
you that which you knew not. And Ever Great is the Grace
of Allâh unto you (O Muhammad SAW).
114. There is no good in most of their secret talks
save (in) him who orders Sadaqah (charity in Allâh's
Cause), or Ma'rûf (Islâmic Monotheism and all
the good and righteous deeds which Allâh has ordained),
or conciliation between mankind, and he who does this, seeking
the good Pleasure of Allâh, We shall give him a great reward.
115. And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger
(Muhammad SAW)
after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows
other than the believers' way. We shall keep him in the path
he has chosen, and burn him in Hell - what an evil destination.[]
116. Verily! Allâh forgives not (the sin of)
setting up partners in worship with Him, but He forgives whom
he pleases sins other than that, and whoever sets up partners
in worship with Allâh, has indeed strayed far away.
117. They (all those who worship others than Allâh)
invoke nothing but female deities besides Him (Allâh), and
they invoke nothing but Shaitân (Satan), a persistent
rebel!
118. Allâh cursed him. And he [Shaitân
(Satan)] said: "I will take an appointed portion of your
slaves;
119. Verily, I will mislead them, and surely, I will
arouse in them false desires; and certainly, I will order them
to slit the ears of cattle, and indeed I will order them to change
the nature created by Allâh." And whoever takes Shaitân
(Satan) as a Walî (protector or helper) instead of
Allâh, has surely suffered a manifest loss.[]
120. He [Shaitan (Satan)] makes promises to
them, and arouses in them false desires; and Shaitan's
(Satan) promises are nothing but deceptions.
121. The dwelling of such (people) is Hell, and they
will find no way of escape from it.
122. But those who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh
- Islâmic Monotheism) and do deeds of righteousness, We
shall admit them to the Gardens under which rivers flow (i.e. in
Paradise) to dwell therein forever. Allâh's Promise
is the Truth, and whose words can be truer than those of Allâh?
(Of course, none).
123. It will not be in accordance with your desires
(Muslims), nor those of the people of the Scripture (Jews and
Christians), whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof,
and he will not find any protector or helper besides Allâh.
124. And whoever does righteous good deeds, male or
female, and is a true believer in the Oneness of Allâh (Muslim),
such will enter Paradise and not the least injustice, even to
the size of a Naqîra (speck on the back of a datestone),
will be done to them.