بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
[In
the Name of ALLAH, the ENTIRELY MERCIFUL, the ESPECIALLY MERCIFUL]
24:1
سُورَةٌ
أَنزَلْنَاهَا وَفَرَضْنَاهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَا آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ
تَذَكَّرُونَ
Pronunciation
Sooratun
anzalnaha wafaradnahawaanzalna feeha ayatin bayyinatinlaAAallakum tathakkaroon
Translation
[This
is] a surah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and
revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
This
is, a sūra which We have revealed and prescribed (read faradnāhā, or [the
intensive form] farradnāhā, on account of the large number of prescriptions
contained in it) and wherein We have revealed manifest signs, [signs]
containing clear indications, that perhaps you might remember (tadhakkarūna:
the second tā’ [of tatadhakkarūna] has been assimilated with the dhāl), that
you might be admonished.
الزَّانِيَةُ
وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ ۖ وَلَا
تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ
بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۖ وَلْيَشْهَدْ
عَذَابَهُمَا طَائِفَةٌ مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Pronunciation
Azzaniyatu
wazzaneefajlidoo kulla wahidin minhuma mi-atajaldatin wala ta/khuthkum bihima
ra/fatunfee deeni Allahi in kuntum tu/minoona billahiwalyawmi al-akhiri
walyashhad AAathabahumata-ifatun mina almu/mineen
Translation
The
[unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash
each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in
the religion of Allah , if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. And
let a group of the believers witness their punishment.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
As
for the fornicatress and the fornicator, that is, of those not in wedlock —
because those [in wedlock] are stoned according to the Sunna (the al [in
al-zāniya, ‘the fornicatress’, and al-zānī, ‘the fornicator’] according to some
mentioned [opinions] is a relative [particle]; the clause [al-zāniyatu
wa’l-zānī] is a subject, and because of its similarity to a conditional, the
fā’ has been inserted into the predicate, which is [the following, fa’jlidū]):
strike each of them a hundred lashes, [a hundred] strikes (one says jaladahu to
mean daraba jildahu, ‘he struck him on the skin’). According to the Sunna, in
addition to this [punishment] there is also banishment for a whole year. The
slave, however, receives half of the mentioned [punishment]. And do not let any
pity for them overcome you in God’s religion, that is to say, in [the
fulfilment of] His rulings, by disregarding any part of their prescribed
punishment, if you believe in God and the Last Day, namely, the Day of
Resurrection: in this [statement] there is an incitement to [abide by] what was
[mentioned] before the conditional [above] and it also constitutes the response
to the latter, or [at least is] an indication of the response to it. And let
their punishment, the flogging, be witnessed by a group of the believers — some
say [that this should be a group of] three; some say four, as in the number of
witnesses testifying to an act of fornication.
الزَّانِي لَا
يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَالزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَا إِلَّا
زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ ۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Pronunciation
Azzanee
la yankihuilla zaniyatan aw mushrikatan wazzaniyatula yankihuha illa zanin
awmushrikun wahurrima thalika AAalaalmu/mineen
Translation
The
fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none
marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that has been made
unlawful to the believers.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
The
fornicator shall not marry anyone but a fornicatress or an idolatress, and the
fornicatress shall be married by none except a fornicator or an idolator, in
other words, what is suitable for each of the two [for the purposes of
marriage] is the above-mentioned; and that, namely, marrying of fornicators, is
forbidden to believers, who are better [than those]. This was revealed when the
poor among the Emigrants resolved to marry the wealthy whores of the idolaters,
so that they [the women] would provide for them. Thus it is said that the
prohibition applies specifically to them; but it is also said to apply in
general; but it was abrogated by God’s words: Marry off the spouseless among
you [Q. 24:32].
وَالَّذِينَ
يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ
فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ
هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
Pronunciation
Wallatheena
yarmoona almuhsanatithumma lam ya/too bi-arbaAAati shuhadaa
fajlidoohumthamaneena jaldatan wala taqbaloo lahum shahadatanabadan waola-ika
humu alfasiqoon
Translation
And
those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash
them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And
those are the defiantly disobedient,
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
those who accuse honourable women [in wedlock], who are chaste, of fornication,
and then do not bring four witnesses, to testify as eyewitnesses to their
fornication, strike them eighty lashes, that is, each one of them, and do not
accept any testimony from them ever, in anything; and those, they are the
immoral, for committing a grave sin (kabīra);
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ
تَابُوا مِن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Illa
allatheena taboomin baAAdi thalika waaslahoo fa-inna Allahaghafoorun raheem
Translation
Except
for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allah is Forgiving and
Merciful.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
except
those who repent thereafter and make amends, in their deeds, for God is indeed
Forgiving, of their [unsubstantiated] accusations, Merciful, to them, in
inspiring them to make repentance whereby their immorality is curbed and their
testimony becomes [once again] acceptable — some say, however, that it can
never be accepted [thereafter], if the proviso is taken to refer to the last
clause.
وَالَّذِينَ
يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلَّا أَنفُسُهُمْ
فَشَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ
الصَّادِقِينَ
Pronunciation
Wallatheena
yarmoona azwajahumwalam yakun lahum shuhadao illa anfusuhum fashahadatuahadihim
arbaAAu shahadatin billahiinnahu lamina assadiqeen
Translation
And
those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except
themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies
[swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
those who accuse their wives, of fornication, but have no witnesses, to
[substantiate] this, except themselves — which happened with some Companions —
then the testimony of one of them (fa-shahādatu ahadihim, the subject) shall be
to testify [swearing] by God four times (araba‘a shahādātin, is in the
accusative as a verbal noun) that he is indeed being truthful, in accusing his wife
of committing fornication,
وَالْخَامِسَةُ
أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ
Pronunciation
Walkhamisatu
anna laAAnata AllahiAAalayhi in kana mina alkathibeen
Translation
And
the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him if he should be
among the liars.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
and
a fifth time that God’s wrath shall be upon him if he were lying, in this (the
predicate of the subject [fa-shahādatu ahadihim, ‘then the testimony of one of
them’] is [the implicit] ‘will spare him the prescribed [legal] punishment for
[false] accusation’).
وَيَدْرَأُ
عَنْهَا الْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ
الْكَاذِبِينَ
Pronunciation
Wayadrao
AAanha alAAathaba antashhada arbaAAa shahadatin billahiinnahu lamina
alkathibeen
Translation
But
it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by
Allah that indeed, he is of the liars.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
the punishment, namely, the prescribed [legal] punishment for fornication that
is established upon his testimony, shall be averted from her if she testify
[swearing] by God four times that he is indeed lying, in accusing her of having
fornicated;
وَالْخَامِسَةَ
أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا إِن كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
Pronunciation
Walkhamisata
anna ghadabaAllahi AAalayha in kana mina assadiqeen
Translation
And
the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he was of the
truthful.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
and
a fifth time that God’s wrath shall be upon her if he were being truthful,
therein.
وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ
اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Walawla
fadlu AllahiAAalaykum warahmatuhu waanna Allaha tawwabunhakeem
Translation
And
if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is
Accepting of repentance and Wise.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
were it not for God’s bounty to you and His mercy, in shielding you [from being
exposed] in such [situations], and that God is the Relenting, in His acceptance
of repentance in such [situations] and otherwise, Wise, in the rulings He has
given for this and other matters, that He might make clear the truth therein
and hasten punishment for those deserving it.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
جَاءُوا بِالْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِّنكُمْ ۚ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ
شَرًّا لَّكُم ۖ بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ
مِّنْهُم مَّا اكْتَسَبَ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ ۚ وَالَّذِي
تَوَلَّىٰ كِبْرَهُ مِنْهُمْ لَهُ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Inna
allatheena jaoo bil-ifkiAAusbatun minkum la tahsaboohu sharran lakumbal huwa
khayrun lakum likulli imri-in minhum ma iktasabamina al-ithmi wallathee tawalla
kibrahuminhum lahu AAathabun AAatheem
Translation
Indeed,
those who came with falsehood are a group among you. Do not think it bad for
you; rather it is good for you. For every person among them is what
[punishment] he has earned from the sin, and he who took upon himself the
greater portion thereof - for him is a great punishment.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Truly
those who initiated the slander, the worst calumny against ‘Ā’isha — mother of
the believers, may God be pleased with her — accusing her [of fornication], are
a band from among yourselves, a group from among the believers. She said [that
these were] Hassān b. Thābit, ‘Abd Allāh b. Ubayy, Mistah [b. Uthātha], and
Hamna bt. Jahsh. Do not suppose, O you believers other than the [mentioned]
band, that it is bad for you; rather it is good for you, for God will reward
you for it and reveal ‘Ā’isha’s innocence and [the innocence of] the one who
[is supposed to have] committed it with her, namely, Safwān [b. al-Mu‘attal].
She [‘Ā’isha] related: ‘I accompanied the Prophet (s) during a raid, and this
was after the [requirement to wear the] veil had been revealed. When he was
through with it [the raid], he headed back [to the campsite] and one night,
having drawn close to Medina, he announced that all should march off [home]. So
I walked a distance [away from the campsite] and relieved myself. But when I
came back to the campsite, [I realised that] my necklace (‘iqd meaning qilāda)
had snapped. So I went back to look for it. In the meantime they had strapped
my litter’ — in which one rides — ‘thinking that I was inside, for in those
days women were slight and ate very small portions (‘ulqa). [Finally] I found
my necklace, but when I went back to where I had been staying overnight, they
had already departed. I sat in the place where I had camped; I assumed that the
group would notice my absence and come back for me. But my eyes were overcome
[by drowsiness] and I fell asleep. Safwān had pitched camp behind the army to
rest for some of the night (‘arrasa), then set off while it was still night
until he reached the site of the camp. He saw what looked like a person
sleeping and recognised me when he [eventually] saw me, having seen me on
numerous occasions before the [requirement of the] veil. I woke up to the sound
of him saying, ‘To God we belong and to Him we shall surely return’ (innā
li’Llāhi wa-innā ilayhi rāji‘ūn), for he had recognised me. So I concealed my
face with my gown (jilbāb) — in other words, I covered it up with my wrap
(mulā’a).
لَّوْلَا إِذْ
سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا
وَقَالُوا هَٰذَا إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ
Pronunciation
Lawla
ith samiAAtumoohu thannaalmu/minoona walmu/minatu bi-anfusihim khayran
waqaloohatha ifkun mubeen
Translation
Why,
when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of
one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Why,
when you [first] heard about it, did the believing men and women not think good
of themselves, that is, [why did] some [not] think good of others, and say,
‘This is a manifest calumny?’, [this is] a patent lie? (there is a shift here
in the address from the second to the third person), in other words, [why did]
you [not] assume [good of them], O band [of believers] and say:
لَّوْلَا جَاءُوا
عَلَيْهِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ ۚ فَإِذْ لَمْ
يَأْتُوا بِالشُّهَدَاءِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ عِندَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ
Pronunciation
Lawla
jaoo AAalayhibi-arbaAAati shuhadaa fa-ith lam ya/too bishshuhada-ifaola-ika
AAinda Allahi humu alkathiboon
Translation
Why
did they [who slandered] not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do
not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allah , who are the
liars.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Why
did they, that is, this band [of accusers], not produce four witnesses to it?,
who had witnessed it. And since they did not produce the witnesses, those, in
God’s sight, in His judgement, they are liars, in this [matter].
وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ
اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِي مَا
أَفَضْتُمْ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Walawla
fadlu AllahiAAalaykum warahmatuhu fee addunya wal-akhiratilamassakum fee ma
afadtum feehi AAathabunAAatheem
Translation
And
if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy in this world
and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that [lie] in which you were
involved by a great punishment
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
were it not for God’s bounty to you and His mercy in the life of this world and
the Hereafter there would have befallen you, for what you, O band [of
accusers], engaged in, [for] what you indulged in, an awful chastisement, in
the Hereafter;
إِذْ
تَلَقَّوْنَهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم
بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُ هَيِّنًا وَهُوَ عِندَ اللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Ith
talaqqawnahu bi-alsinatikumwataqooloona bi-afwahikum ma laysa lakum bihiAAilmun
watahsaboonahu hayyinan wahuwa AAinda AllahiAAatheem
Translation
When
you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you
had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of
Allah, tremendous.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
when
you were receiving it [welcomingly] with your tongues, that is to say, [when]
you were reporting it one from the other (one of the two letters tā’ has been
omitted from the verb [tatalaqqawnahu, ‘you were receiving it’]; idh, ‘when’,
is dependent because of massakum, ‘befallen you’, or afadtum, ‘engaged in’) and
were uttering with your mouths that whereof you had no knowledge, supposing it
to be a light matter, a sinless [act], while with God it was grave, in
sinfulness.
وَلَوْلَا إِذْ
سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَا أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَٰذَا سُبْحَانَكَ
هَٰذَا بُهْتَانٌ عَظِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Walawla
ith samiAAtumoohuqultum ma yakoonu lana an natakallama bihathasubhanaka hatha
buhtanun AAatheem
Translation
And
why, when you heard it, did you not say, "It is not for us to speak of
this. Exalted are You, [O Allah ]; this is a great slander"?
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
why, when you heard it, did you not say, ‘It is not for us to speak about this.
Glory be to You! — this [exclamation] here is meant to indicate amazement —
This is an awful calumny?’, [an awful] lie?
يَعِظُكُمُ
اللَّهُ أَن تَعُودُوا لِمِثْلِهِ أَبَدًا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Pronunciation
YaAAithukumu
Allahu antaAAoodoo limithlihi abadan in kuntum mu/mineen
Translation
Allah
warns you against returning to the likes of this [conduct], ever, if you should
be believers.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
God
admonishes you, He forbids you, lest you should ever repeat the like of it, if
you are [in truth] believers, [then] you will be admonished by this.
وَيُبَيِّنُ
اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Wayubayyinu
Allahu lakumu al-ayatiwallahu AAaleemun hakeem
Translation
And
Allah makes clear to you the verses, and Allah is Knowing and Wise.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
God clarifies for you the signs, through commands and prohibitions, and God is
Knower, of what He enjoins and what He prohibits, Wise, therein.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ
يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Pronunciation
Inna
allatheena yuhibboona antasheeAAa alfahishatu fee allatheena amanoolahum
AAathabun aleemun fee addunya wal-akhiratiwallahu yaAAlamu waantum la
taAAlamoon
Translation
Indeed,
those who like that immorality should be spread [or publicized] among those who
have believed will have a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter.
And Allah knows and you do not know.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Truly
those who love that indecency should be spread, by the tongue, concerning those
who believe, by its being associated with them — and the ones [meant] are the
band — theirs will be a painful chastisement in the life of this world, by way
of the prescribed [legal] punishment for [false] accusation, and the Hereafter,
by way of the Fire, as is God’s due, and God knows, that such [indecency] does
not apply in their case, and you, O band [of accusers], as regards the calumny
of which you spoke, do not know, whether such [indecency] took place among
them.
وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ
اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Walawla
fadlu AllahiAAalaykum warahmatuhu waanna Allaha raoofun raheem
Translation
And
if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because
Allah is Kind and Merciful.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
were it not for God’s bounty to you, O band [of accusers] and His mercy and
that God is Gentle, Merciful, to you, He would have surely hastened to [bring
about] your punishment.
يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعْ
خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا
فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَدًا
وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يُزَكِّي مَن يَشَاءُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Ya
ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattabiAAoo khutuwati ashshaytaniwaman yattabiAA
khutuwati ashshaytanifa-innahu ya/muru bilfahsha-i walmunkariwalawla fadlu
Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhuma zaka minkum min ahadin abadan walakinnaAllaha
yuzakkee man yashao wallahusameeAAun AAaleem
Translation
O
you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever
follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing.
And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, not one of you would
have been pure, ever, but Allah purifies whom He wills, and Allah is Hearing
and Knowing.
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O
you who believe, do not follow in the steps of Satan, that is, his ways of
making things seem attractive. For whoever follows in the steps of Satan,
assuredly he, the one being followed, enjoins indecency, that is, [he enjoins]
vile acts, and what is reprehensible, if followed, according to the Law. And
were it not for God’s bounty to you and His mercy not one of you, O band [of
accusers], would ever have grown pure, after the calumny of which you spoke,
that is to say, [not one of you] would have ever been reformed or purified from
this sin by repenting of it. But God purifies whom He will, from sin, by
accepting his repentance from him, and God is Hearer, of what you have said,
Knower, of your intentions.
وَلَا يَأْتَلِ
أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوا أُولِي الْقُرْبَىٰ
وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَلْيَعْفُوا
وَلْيَصْفَحُوا ۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Wala
ya/tali oloo alfadliminkum wassaAAati an yu/too olee alqurba
walmasakeenawalmuhajireena fee sabeeli AllahiwalyaAAfoo walyasfahoo ala
tuhibboonaan yaghfira Allahu lakum wallahu ghafoorunraheem
Translation
And
let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give [aid] to their
relatives and the needy and the emigrants for the cause of Allah , and let them
pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allah should forgive you? And
Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
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And
do not let those of you who possess bounty, the wealthy, and the affluent swear
not to give to the near of kin and the poor and those who emigrate in the way
of God — this was revealed regarding Abū Bakr who swore to provide no more for
Mistah, his maternal cousin, a destitute Emigrant who had fought at [the battle
of] Badr, because of his involvement in the calumny, when thitherto he had
provided for him. And [it was revealed also regarding] certain Companions who
swore not to give voluntary alms to those who had participated in [spreading]
the calumny in any way. Let them forgive and excuse, them in this matter. Do
you not love that God should forgive you? And God is Forgiving, Merciful, to
believers. Abū Bakr said: ‘Indeed. I would love that God forgive me’, and he
restored [thereafter] to Mistah what he used to expend on him.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا
وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Inna
allatheena yarmoona almuhsanatialghafilati almu/minati luAAinoo fee
addunyawal-akhirati walahum AAathabun AAatheem
Translation
Indeed,
those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in
this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment
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Truly
those who make accusations, of fornication, against honourably married, chaste,
women who are unaware, of indecent acts — since it would never occur to them to
commit such [acts] — who believe, in God and His Messenger, shall be cursed in
this world and the Hereafter; and there will be an awful chastisement for them
يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ
عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Pronunciation
Yawma
tashhadu AAalayhim alsinatuhumwaaydeehim waarjuluhum bima kanoo yaAAmaloon
Translation
On
a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against
them as to what they used to do.
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on
the day (yawma is in the accusative because of the [implicit sense of]
‘permanence’ to which lahum, ‘for them’, is semantically connected) when their
tongues and their hands and their feet shall testify against them (read
[feminine person] tashhadu or [masculine person] yashhadu, ‘testify’)
concerning what they used to do, in terms of speech and action — this [day] is
the Day of Resurrection.
يَوْمَئِذٍ
يُوَفِّيهِمُ اللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ الْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ
الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ
Pronunciation
Yawma-ithin
yuwaffeehimu Allahudeenahumu alhaqqa wayaAAlamoona anna Allaha huwa
alhaqqualmubeen
Translation
That
Day, Allah will pay them in full their deserved recompense, and they will know
that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.
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On
that day God will pay them in full their just due, He will requite them with
the requital they deserve, and they shall know that God is the Manifest Truth,
since He will have realised for them that requital of His whereof they had been
in doubt. Among such [people] is ‘Abd Allāh b. Ubayy. The ‘honourable women’
mentioned above are the Prophet’s (s) wives, regarding whom no repentance has
been mentioned [as being possible] in the case of their being falsely accused;
those women regarding whom repentance has been mentioned, however, at the
beginning of the sūra [verses 4-5], in the case of their being falsely accused,
are women other these [wives of the Prophet].
الْخَبِيثَاتُ
لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَالْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ ۖ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ
لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَالطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَاتِ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ
مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ ۖ لَهُم
مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Alkhabeethatu
lilkhabeetheena walkhabeethoonalilkhabeethati wattayyibatu littayyibeenawattayyiboona
littayyibatiola-ika mubarraoona mimma yaqooloona lahummaghfiratun warizqun
kareem
Translation
Evil
words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good
words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words. Those [good
people] are declared innocent of what the slanderers say. For them is
forgiveness and noble provision.
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Vile
women, and [vile] words, are for vile men, and vile men for vile women, and the
mentioned [vile words]. Good women, and as mentioned [good words], are for good
men, and good men for good women, and the mentioned [good words], that is to
say, what suits something vile is its like, and what suits something good is
its like — such, good men and women, the like of ‘Ā’isha and Safwān, are
absolved of what they say, [what] the corrupt men and women [say] about them.
For them, for good men and women, will be forgiveness and a glorious provision,
in Paradise. ‘Ā’isha felt honoured by some of the things [mentioned] in this
[verse], namely, that she was created ‘a good woman’ and was promised
‘forgiveness and a glorious provision’.
يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ بُيُوتِكُمْ حَتَّىٰ
تَسْتَأْنِسُوا وَتُسَلِّمُوا عَلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ
خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Pronunciation
Ya
ayyuha allatheena amanoola tadkhuloo buyootan ghayra buyootikum
hattatasta/nisoo watusallimoo AAala ahliha thalikumkhayrun lakum laAAallakum
tathakkaroon
Translation
O
you who have believed, do not enter houses other than your own houses until you
ascertain welcome and greet their inhabitants. That is best for you; perhaps
you will be reminded.
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O
you who believe, do not enter houses other than your houses until you have
[first] asked permission and greeted their occupants. So a person must say,
‘Peace be upon you, may I enter?’, as is stated in one hadīth. That is better
for you, than entering without permission, that perhaps you might remember
(tadhakkarūna: the second tā’ [of tatadhakkarūna] has been assimilated with the
dhāl) the superiority of such [conduct] and so follow it.
فَإِن لَّمْ
تَجِدُوا فِيهَا أَحَدًا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِن قِيلَ
لَكُمُ ارْجِعُوا فَارْجِعُوا ۖ هُوَ أَزْكَىٰ
لَكُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Fa-in
lam tajidoo feeha ahadanfala tadkhulooha hatta yu/thanalakum wa-in qeela lakumu
irjiAAoo farjiAAoo huwa azkalakum wallahu bima taAAmaloona AAaleem
Translation
And
if you do not find anyone therein, do not enter them until permission has been
given you. And if it is said to you, "Go back," then go back; it is
purer for you. And Allah is Knowing of what you do.
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And
if you do not find anyone in them, to give you permission, [still] do not enter
them until permission has been given to you. And if it is said to you, when you
are seeking permission, ‘Go away,’ then go away, for this, going away, is
purer, that is, better, for you, than sitting [and waiting] at the doorstep.
And God knows what you do, whether you enter with permission or without it, and
He will requite you for it.
لَّيْسَ
عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ فِيهَا مَتَاعٌ
لَّكُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا
تَكْتُمُونَ
Pronunciation
Laysa
AAalaykum junahun an tadkhuloobuyootan ghayra maskoonatin feeha mataAAun lakum
wallahuyaAAlamu ma tubdoona wama taktumoon
Translation
There
is no blame upon you for entering houses not inhabited in which there is
convenience for you. And Allah knows what you reveal and what you conceal.
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You
would not be at fault if you enter [without permission] uninhabited houses
wherein is comfort, some benefit, for you, in the way of finding shelter and so
on, as in the case of travellers inns and charitable hostels. And God knows
what you disclose, [what] you do openly, and what you hide, what you do
secretly when entering houses other than your own, be it for a righteous
purpose or otherwise. It will be mentioned shortly that they should bid
themselves peace when entering their own houses.
قُل
لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ
أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ
Pronunciation
Qul
lilmu/mineena yaghuddoo min absarihumwayahfathoo furoojahum thalika azkalahum
inna Allaha khabeerun bima yasnaAAoon
Translation
Tell
the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private
parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what they do.
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Tell
believing men to lower their gaze, from what is unlawful for them to look at
(min [of min absārihim, ‘their gaze’] is extra) and to guard their private
parts, from doing with them what is unlawful [for them to do]. That is purer,
in other words, better, for them. Truly God is Aware of what they do, with
their gazes and private parts, and He will requite them for it.
وَقُل
لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا
يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ
بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ
زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ
بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ
إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ
نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي
الْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَىٰ
عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ ۖ وَلَا
يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى
اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
Pronunciation
Waqul
lilmu/minati yaghdudnamin absarihinna wayahfathnafuroojahunna wala yubdeena
zeenatahunna illa mathahara minha walyadribnabikhumurihinna AAala juyoobihinna
wala yubdeenazeenatahunna illa libuAAoolatihinna aw aba-ihinnaaw aba-i
buAAoolatihinna aw abna-ihinna awabna-i buAAoolatihinna aw ikhwanihinna aw
baneeikhwanihinna aw banee akhawatihinna aw nisa-ihinnaaw ma malakat
aymanuhunna awi attabiAAeenaghayri olee al-irbati mina arrijali awi
attifliallatheena lam yathharoo AAala AAawratiannisa-i wala
yadribnabi-arjulihinna liyuAAlama ma yukhfeena min zeenatihinnawatooboo ila
Allahi jameeAAan ayyuhaalmu/minoona laAAallakum tuflihoon
Translation
And
tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their
private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily]
appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests
and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their
husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their
brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands
possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who
are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their
feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in
repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
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And
tell believing women to lower their gaze, away from what is not lawful for them
to look at, and to guard their private parts, from what is not lawful for them
to do with them, and not to display their adornment except for what is
apparent, namely, the face and the hands, which may be seen by a stranger, when
there is no danger of [either or both falling into] temptation — this being one
of two opinions. The second [of these] is that [even] this is forbidden because
there is a presumption that these [parts] will cause temptation — and this is
the preferred opinion, if one must settle this topic [with a definitive
opinion]; and let them draw their veils over their bosoms, that is, let them
cover up their heads, necks and chests with veils, and not reveal their,
hidden, adornment, namely, all that is other than the face and the hands,
except to their husbands (bu‘ūl is the plural form of ba‘l, ‘male spouse’) or
their fathers, or their husbands’ fathers, or their sons, or their husbands’
sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or
their women, or what their right hands own, all of whom are permitted to look
thereat, except for the part from the navel down to the knees, which is
unlawful for any other than their husbands to see; ‘their women’, however,
excludes disbelieving women, for it is not permitted for Muslim women to reveal
themselves to these; ‘what their right hands own’ comprises slaves; or such men
who are dependant, on what food may be left over, not (ghayri, read as an
adjective, or read ghayra as an exceptive) possessing any sexual desire, [not]
those men who are in [sexual] need of women, so for example those whose male
member cannot become erect; or children who are not yet aware of women’s
private parts, in [the context of] sexual intercourse, and so to these they may
reveal themselves except for that part from the navel to the knees. And do not
let them thump with their feet to make known their hidden ornaments, as in a
rattling anklet [and the like]. And rally to God in repentance, O believers,
[repenting] of the occasions on which you may have looked at what is forbidden
[to look at] of such [parts] and otherwise, so that you might be prosperous,
[so that you might] be saved from such [sinful acts] when your repentance
thereof is accepted — in this verse the prevalent address is to males over
females.
وَأَنكِحُوا
الْأَيَامَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَائِكُمْ ۚ إِن يَكُونُوا
فُقَرَاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Waankihoo
al-ayamaminkum wassaliheena min AAibadikumwa-ima-ikum in yakoonoo fuqaraa
yughnihimu Allahumin fadlihi wallahu wasiAAun AAaleem
Translation
And
marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and
female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty,
and Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
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And
marry off the spouseless among you (ayāmā is the plural form of ayyim, namely,
a spouseless female, whether she be a virgin or one previously married, or a
spouseless male), this [stipulation] relates to free men and free women, and
the righteous ones, the believers, among your male slaves and your female
slaves (‘ibād is one plural form of ‘abd). If they, the free men, are poor, God
will enrich them, through marriage, out of His bounty. God is Embracing, of
[the needs of] His creatures, Knowing, of them.
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ
الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ ۗ وَالَّذِينَ
يَبْتَغُونَ الْكِتَابَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ
عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا ۖ وَآتُوهُم مِّن
مَّالِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي آتَاكُمْ ۚ وَلَا
تُكْرِهُوا فَتَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى الْبِغَاءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًا
لِّتَبْتَغُوا عَرَضَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۚ وَمَن
يُكْرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ مِن بَعْدِ إِكْرَاهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Pronunciation
WalyastaAAfifi
allatheena layajidoona nikahan hatta yughniyahumu Allahumin fadlihi wallatheena
yabtaghoona alkitabamimma malakat aymanukum fakatiboohum inAAalimtum feehim
khayran waatoohum min mali Allahiallathee atakum wala tukrihoo fatayatikumAAala
albigha-i in aradna tahassunanlitabtaghoo AAarada alhayati addunyawaman
yukrihhunna fa-inna Allaha min baAAdi ikrahihinnaghafoorun raheem
Translation
But
let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations]
until Allah enriches them from His bounty. And those who seek a contract [for
eventual emancipation] from among whom your right hands possess - then make a
contract with them if you know there is within them goodness and give them from
the wealth of Allah which He has given you. And do not compel your slave girls
to prostitution, if they desire chastity, to seek [thereby] the temporary
interests of worldly life. And if someone should compel them, then indeed,
Allah is [to them], after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful.
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And
let those who cannot find the means to marry be continent, [those who do not
have] the bridal money or the means for financial support needed for marriage,
[let them restrain themselves] from fornication, until God enriches them, [until]
He improves their means, out of His bounty, and they marry. And those who seek
a written contract [of emancipation], from among those whom your right hand
owns, of male slaves and female slaves, contract with them accordingly, if you
know in them any good, such as trustworthiness and the ability to earn [income]
in order to fulfil the amount stated in the written contract, which might be
worded for example thus: ‘I contract you for [the amount of] two thousand to be
paid over a period of two months, at one thousand a month, and if you fulfill
this, you are a free man’, and the other would say, ‘I accept’; and give them —
this is a command for the [slaves’] owners — out of the wealth of God which He
has given you, in the measure that will help them to fulfill their commitment
to you (the action of ītā’, ‘giving’, here suggests that some of the amount to
which they have committed themselves should be waived). And do not compel your
slave-girls, your handmaidens, to prostitution, fornication, when they desire
to be chaste, to abstain therefrom (this ‘desire’ is the cause of the [act of]
‘compulsion’, so that the statement is not properly a conditional), that you
may seek, through such compulsion, the transient things of the life of this
world — this was revealed regarding ‘Abd Allāh b. Ubayy, who used to force his
slave-girls to earn money through fornication. And should anyone compel them,
then surely God, after their compulsion, will be Forgiving, to these
[slave-girls], Merciful, to them.
وَلَقَدْ
أَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ آيَاتٍ مُّبَيِّنَاتٍ وَمَثَلًا مِّنَ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا
مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Pronunciation
Walaqad
anzalna ilaykum ayatinmubayyinatin wamathalan mina allatheena khalaw minqablikum
wamawAAithatan lilmuttaqeen
Translation
And
We have certainly sent down to you distinct verses and examples from those who
passed on before you and an admonition for those who fear Allah .
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And
verily We have revealed to you clear verses (read mubayyanāt or mubayyināt), in
this sūra, [verses] in which [if read mubayyanāt] what is mentioned is
[already] clear, or which [if read mubayyināt] are clarificatory of [that which
is mentioned], and an example, a curious tale, namely, that of ‘Ā’isha, of
those who passed away before you, that is to say, of their kind of example,
that is, [an example] of their curious tales, such as the tales of Joseph and
Mary, and an admonition for those who fear God, in what He, exalted be He, has
said: And do not let any pity for them overcome you in God’s religion [verse 2,
above]; and, Why, when you [first] heard about it, did the believing men [and
women] not think [good of themselves]… to the end [of verse 12, above]; and,
And why, when you heard it, did you not say … to the end [of verse 16, above];
and, God admonishes you lest you should ever repeat [the like of it] … to the
end [of verse 17, above]. This [admonition] is specifically for ‘those who fear
God’ because they are the ones to benefit from such [an admonition].
اللَّهُ نُورُ
السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ
كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ الْمِصْبَاحُ
فِي زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ
يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا
غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ
نُورٍ ۗ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ
اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Allahu
nooru assamawatiwal-ardi mathalu noorihi kamishkatin feehamisbahun almisbahu
fee zujajatinazzujajatu kaannaha kawkabun durriyyunyooqadu min shajaratin
mubarakatin zaytoonatin lasharqiyyatin wala gharbiyyatin yakadu zaytuhayudee-o
walaw lam tamsas-hu narun noorun AAalanoorin yahdee Allahu linoorihi man yashao
wayadribuAllahu al-amthala linnasi wallahubikulli shay-in AAaleem
Translation
Allah
is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a
niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were
a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of
the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by
fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah
presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.
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God
is the Light of the heavens and the earth, in other words, He illumines both of
them with the sun and the moon. The likeness of His Light, that is, the
description of it [as it resides] in the heart of a believer, is as a niche
wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass — this [glass] is the [case for the]
lantern and the misbāh is the torch, that is, the wick that is lit; al-mishkāt
is a recess that does not penetrate [to the other side], in other words, the
tube inside the lantern, the glass, with the light inside it [is], as it were a
glittering star, that is, a light-giving [star] (read dirrī’un or durrī’un,
derived from al-dar‘, ‘to repel’, because it repels darkness; or read
durriyyun, derived from al-durr, ‘pearls’) kindled, is this lamp (read past
tense tawaqqada; a variant reading has the imperfect tense of awqada, in the
passive voice: yūqadu; another reading has tūqadu, in which case the reference
is to al-zujāja, ‘the glass’) from, the oil of, a Blessed Tree, an olive
neither of the east nor of the west, but in between the two, so that no harmful
cold or heat affects it; whose oil would almost glow forth [of itself], though
no fire touched it, because of [the extent of] its purity. Light, by Him, upon
light, by fire; the light of God is His guidance of the believer, light upon
the light of faith. God guides to His Light, that is, [to] the religion of
Islam, whom He will. And God strikes, He illustrates, similitudes for men, by
approximating [such similitudes] to their comprehension, so that they might
take heed and believe; and God is Knower of all things, including [knowledge
of] how to strike similitudes.
فِي بُيُوتٍ
أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا
بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ
Pronunciation
Fee
buyootin athina Allahu anturfaAAa wayuthkara feeha ismuhu yusabbihulahu feeha
bilghuduwwi wal-asal
Translation
[Such
niches are] in mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name
be mentioned therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings
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In
houses (fī buyūtin is semantically connected to yusabbihu, ‘glorify’, that will
follow) [whose status] God has allowed to be raised, [houses He has allowed] to
be venerated, and wherein His Name is remembered, through the affirmation of
His Oneness, therein [they] make glorifications (read yusabbahu, ‘glorifications
are made’, or yusabbihu, meaning ‘[therein] pray’) to Him in the mornings
(al-ghuduww is a verbal noun, meaning al-ghadawāt, ‘the early mornings’) and
the evenings, the darkness, after sunset,
رِجَالٌ لَّا
تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ
وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ ۙ يَخَافُونَ
يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَالْأَبْصَارُ
Pronunciation
Rijalun
la tulheehim tijaratunwala bayAAun AAan thikri Allahi wa-iqamiassalati
wa-eeta-i azzakatiyakhafoona yawman tataqallabu feehi alquloobu wal-absar
Translation
[Are]
men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and
performance of prayer and giving of zakah. They fear a Day in which the hearts
and eyes will [fearfully] turn about -
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men
(rijālun, the subject of the verb yusabbihu, ‘make glorifications’; if [the
passive is] read, yusabbahu, ‘glorifications are made’, it [rijālun, ‘men’]
substitutes for the [impersonal] subject of lahu, ‘to Him’, so that rijālun,
‘men’, is the subject of an implied verb in response to an implied question as
if one had asked: who makes glorifications to Him?) whom neither trading,
purchase, nor sale distracts from the remembrance of God and the observance of
prayer (the [final] hā’ of iqāmat, ‘the observance’, has been omitted to
facilitate [the reading]) and payment of the alms. They fear a day when hearts
and eyes will be tossed about, in fear, the hearts [tossed about] between [the
hope of] deliverance and [the fear of] destruction, and the eyes to the right
and to the left [out of anxiety] — this is the Day of Resurrection;
لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ
اللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
Pronunciation
Liyajziyahumu
Allahu ahsana maAAamiloo wayazeedahum min fadlihi wallahuyarzuqu man yashao
bighayri hisab
Translation
That
Allah may reward them [according to] the best of what they did and increase
them from His bounty. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without
account.
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so
that God may reward them for the best of what they did, that is, [reward them]
the reward for it (ahsana means husna), and give them more out of His bounty;
and God provides whomever He will without [any] reckoning (one says [of
someone] yunfiqu bi-ghayri hisābin, to mean that such [a person] is so generous
that it is as though he does not [need to] reckon what he spends).
وَالَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ مَاءً حَتَّىٰ
إِذَا جَاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئًا وَوَجَدَ اللَّهَ عِندَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ
حِسَابَهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ
Pronunciation
Wallatheena
kafaroo aAAmaluhumkasarabin biqeeAAatin yahsabuhu aththam-anumaan hatta itha
jaahu lamyajidhu shay-an wawajada Allaha AAindahu fawaffahu hisabahuwallahu
sareeAAu alhisab
Translation
But
those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a
thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing
but finds Allah before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allah is
swift in account.
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And
as for those who disbelieve, their works are like a mirage in a plain (qī‘a is
the plural of qā‘, that is to say, fulāt, ‘an open space’). [A mirage is] a
kind of radiation which one might observe therein at midday during extreme
heat, resembling running water — which the thirsty man supposes to be water
until he comes to it and finds it to be nothing, like what he had supposed.
Likewise is [the case of] the disbeliever who supposes that his deeds, such as
some voluntary alms, will benefit him; but when he dies and comes before his
Lord he will not find his deed, in other words, it will be of no benefit to
him; and he finds God there, namely, in the place of his deeds, Who pays him
his account in full, that is, He requites him for it in this world; and God is
swift at reckoning, that is, at requiting.
أَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ
فِي بَحْرٍ لُّجِّيٍّ يَغْشَاهُ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِ
سَحَابٌ ۚ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذَا
أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَاهَا ۗ وَمَن لَّمْ
يَجْعَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ نُورًا فَمَا لَهُ مِن نُّورٍ
Pronunciation
Aw
kathulumatin fee bahrinlujjiyyin yaghshahu mawjun min fawqihi mawjun min
fawqihisahabun thulumatun baAAduhafawqa baAAdin itha akhraja yadahu lam yakad
yarahawaman lam yajAAali Allahu lahu nooran fama lahu minnoor
Translation
Or
[they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by
waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses, some of them
upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he
to whom Allah has not granted light - for him there is no light.
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Or,
[it is that] those who disbelieve, their evil deeds are, as the manifold
darkness on a deep sea, covered by a billow, above which, that is, [above
which] billow, there is [another] billow, above which, second billow, there are
clouds, these being the, manifold [layers of] darkness, one on top of another,
the darkness of the sea, the darkness of the first billow, the darkness of the
second together with the darkness of the clouds. When he, an observer, holds
out his hand, in such layers of darkness, he can scarcely see it, in other
words, he would not [even] come close to seeing it. And he whom God has not
granted any light has no light, that is to say, he whom God does not guide
cannot be guided.
أَلَمْ تَرَ
أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالطَّيْرُ
صَافَّاتٍ ۖ كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ
Pronunciation
Alam
tara anna Allaha yusabbihulahu man fee assamawati wal-ardiwattayru saffatin
kullun qadAAalima salatahu watasbeehahu wallahuAAaleemun bima yafAAaloon
Translation
Do
you not see that Allah is exalted by whomever is within the heavens and the
earth and [by] the birds with wings spread [in flight]? Each [of them] has
known his [means of] prayer and exalting [Him], and Allah is Knowing of what
they do.
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Have
you not seen that God is glorified by all who are in the heavens and the earth,
prayer being one form of glorification, and the birds (tayr is the plural of
tā’ir), between the heaven and the earth, spreading their wings? (sāffātin is a
circumstantial qualifier). Of each [one of them] He, God, verily knows its
prayer and its glorification; and God knows what they do — the statement is
predominantly directed to rational beings.
وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ
السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ
الْمَصِيرُ
Pronunciation
Walillahi
mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wa-ila Allahi almaseer
Translation
And
to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah is the
destination.
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And
to God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, the treasuries of
rain, provision and vegetation, and with God is the journey’s end, the [final]
return.
أَلَمْ تَرَ
أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُزْجِي سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ
رُكَامًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ
مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِن بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَن مَّن
يَشَاءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِ يَذْهَبُ
بِالْأَبْصَارِ
Pronunciation
Alam
tara anna Allaha yuzjee sahabanthumma yu-allifu baynahu thumma yajAAaluhu
rukaman fataraalwadqa yakhruju min khilalihi wayunazzilu mina assama-imin
jibalin feeha min baradin fayuseebu bihiman yashao wayasrifuhu AAan man yashao
yakadusana barqihi yathhabu bil-absar
Translation
Do
you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, then He
makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He
sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He
strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of
its lightening almost takes away the eyesight.
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Have
you not seen how God drives the clouds, moves them along gently, then composes
them, joining some with others and making scattered pieces as one, then piles
them up, some on top of others, whereat you see the rain issuing from the midst
of them, [from specific] outlets in them? And He sends down from the heaven out
of the mountains (min jibālin: min is extra) that are therein, in the heaven
(fīhā substitutes [for mina’l-samā’i, ‘from the heaven’] with the repetition of
a genitive preposition) hail, that is, [He sends down] some [hail], and smites
with it whom He will and turns it away from whom He will. The brilliance of its
lightning, its flashing, would almost take away the eyes, that look at it, in
other words, [it would almost] snatching them away.
يُقَلِّبُ
اللَّهُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ ۚ إِنَّ فِي
ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُولِي الْأَبْصَارِ
Pronunciation
Yuqallibu
Allahu allayla wannaharainna fee thalika laAAibratan li-olee al-absar
Translation
Allah
alternates the night and the day. Indeed in that is a lesson for those who have
vision.
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God
alternates the night and the day, that is, He brings one in place of the other.
Surely in that, alternation, there is a lesson, an indication, for those who
see, those possessing insight, [an indication] of God’s power, exalted be He.
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَ
كُلَّ دَابَّةٍ مِّن مَّاءٍ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي
عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي
عَلَىٰ أَرْبَعٍ ۚ يَخْلُقُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ
عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Pronunciation
Wallahu
khalaqa kulla dabbatinmin ma-in faminhum man yamshee AAala batnihiwaminhum man
yamshee AAala rijlayni waminhum man yamsheeAAala arbaAAin yakhluqu Allahu ma
yashaoinna Allaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeer
Translation
Allah
has created every [living] creature from water. And of them are those that move
on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them are
those that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills. Indeed, Allah is over all
things competent.
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And
God has created every beast, that is, [every] animal, from fluid, [from] a
sperm-drop. Among them are some that creep upon their bellies, such as snakes
and reptiles, and among them are some that walk on two feet, such as human
beings and birds, and among them are some that walk on four, such as
[four-legged] beasts and cattle. God creates whatever He will. Truly God has
power over all things.
لَّقَدْ
أَنزَلْنَا آيَاتٍ مُّبَيِّنَاتٍ ۚ وَاللَّهُ
يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
Pronunciation
Laqad
anzalna ayatinmubayyinatin wallahu yahdee man yashaoila siratin mustaqeem
Translation
We
have certainly sent down distinct verses. And Allah guides whom He wills to a
straight path.
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And
verily We have revealed manifest signs, namely, the Qur’ān; and God guides
whomever He will to a straight path, [a straight] route, and that is the
religion of Islam.
وَيَقُولُونَ
آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم
مِّن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَا أُولَٰئِكَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Pronunciation
Wayaqooloona
amanna billahiwabirrasooli waataAAna thumma yatawallafareequn minhum min baAAdi
thalika wama ola-ikabilmu/mineen
Translation
But
the hypocrites say, "We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and
we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not
believers.
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And
they, the hypocrites, say, ‘We believe in, we affirm [the truth of], God, [of]
His Oneness, and the Messenger, Muhammad (s), and we obey’, them in what
rulings they [God and Muhammad] give. Then after that a party of them turn
away, they are averse to it, and those, those who are averse, they are not
believers, as [believers] should be, [believers] whose hearts agree with [the
words of] their tongues.
وَإِذَا دُعُوا
إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم
مُّعْرِضُونَ
Pronunciation
Wa-itha
duAAoo ila Allahiwarasoolihi liyahkuma baynahum itha fareequn minhummuAAridoon
Translation
And
when they are called to [the words of] Allah and His Messenger to judge between
them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal].
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And
when they are summoned to God and His Messenger, who conveys His words, that he
may judge between them, behold, a party of them are averse, to come to him.
وَإِن يَكُن
لَّهُمُ الْحَقُّ يَأْتُوا إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ
Pronunciation
Wa-in
yakun lahumu alhaqqu ya/tooilayhi muthAAineen
Translation
But
if the right is theirs, they come to him in prompt obedience.
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But
if right be on their side they would come to him willingly, hastening
compliantly.
أَفِي قُلُوبِهِم
مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ارْتَابُوا أَمْ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ
وَرَسُولُهُ ۚ بَلْ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
Pronunciation
Afee
quloobihim maradun ami irtabooam yakhafoona an yaheefa Allahu
AAalayhimwarasooluhu bal ola-ika humu aththalimoon
Translation
Is
there disease in their hearts? Or have they doubted? Or do they fear that Allah
will be unjust to them, or His Messenger? Rather, it is they who are the
wrongdoers.
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Is
there a sickness, disbelief, in their hearts? Or are they in doubt, are they
uncertain of his prophethood, or do they fear that God and His Messenger will
be unjust to them?, in judgement, in other words, that they will be wronged
therein? No! Rather, those, they are the wrongdoers, for shunning him.
إِنَّمَا كَانَ
قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ
بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ
هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
Pronunciation
Innama
kana qawla almu/mineenaitha duAAoo ila Allahi warasoolihi liyahkumabaynahum an
yaqooloo samiAAna waataAAna waola-ikahumu almuflihoon
Translation
The
only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allah and His
Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we
obey." And those are the successful.
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All
that the believers say, when they are summoned to God and His Messenger, that
he may judge between them, is that they say, in other words, the saying that
befits them is [to say]: ‘We hear and we obey’, by responding [to the summons].
And those, then, are the successful, the ones who will be saved.
وَمَن يُطِعِ
اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَخْشَ اللَّهَ وَيَتَّقْهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ
الْفَائِزُونَ
Pronunciation
Waman
yutiAAi Allahawarasoolahu wayakhsha Allaha wayattaqhi faola-ikahumu alfa-izoon
Translation
And
whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger and fears Allah and is conscious of Him -
it is those who are the attainers.
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And
he who obeys God and His Messenger, and fears God and fears Him (read yattaqh
or yattaqhi), by being obedient to Him, those, they are the winners, of
Paradise.
وَأَقْسَمُوا
بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ لَئِنْ أَمَرْتَهُمْ لَيَخْرُجُنَّ ۖ قُل لَّا
تُقْسِمُوا ۖ طَاعَةٌ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ
خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
Pronunciation
Waaqsamoo
billahi jahda aymanihimla-in amartahum layakhrujunna qul la tuqsimoo
taAAatunmaAAroofatun inna Allaha khabeerun bima taAAmaloon
Translation
And
they swear by Allah their strongest oaths that if you ordered them, they would
go forth [in Allah 's cause]. Say, "Do not swear. [Such] obedience is
known. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with that which you do."
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And
they swear by God solemn oaths that if you order them, to [participate in the]
struggle, they will surely go forth. Say, to them: ‘Do not swear! Acknowledged
obedience, to the Prophet is better than the oaths to which you are not true.
Surely God is Aware of what you do’, when you say you will obey but act
otherwise.
قُلْ أَطِيعُوا
اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِن
تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُم مَّا حُمِّلْتُمْ ۖ وَإِن تُطِيعُوهُ
تَهْتَدُوا ۚ وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ
الْمُبِينُ
Pronunciation
Qul
ateeAAoo Allaha waateeAAooarrasoola fa-in tawallaw fa-innama AAalayhi mahummila
waAAalaykum ma hummiltum wa-in tuteeAAoohutahtadoo wama AAala arrasooli
illaalbalaghu almubeen
Translation
Say,
"Obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him
is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with
which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided.
And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear
notification."
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Say:
‘Obey God, and obey the Messenger.’ But if you turn away, from obedience to him
(tawallaw, ‘you turn away’: one of the two tā’ letters [in tatawallaw] has been
omitted; an address to them), [know that] he is only responsible for that with
which he has been charged, of conveying [the Message], and you are responsible
for that with which you have been charged, of obedience to him. And if you obey
him, you will be [rightly] guided. And the Messenger’s duty is only to convey
[the Message] clearly’.
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي
الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ
دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّن بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ
أَمْنًا ۚ يَعْبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا ۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ
بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
Pronunciation
WaAAada
Allahu allatheena amanoominkum waAAamiloo assalihatilayastakhlifannahum fee
al-ardi kama istakhlafaallatheena min qablihim walayumakkinanna lahum
deenahumuallathee irtada lahum walayubaddilannahum minbaAAdi khawfihim amnan
yaAAbudoonanee la yushrikoona beeshay-an waman kafara baAAda thalika faola-ika
humualfasiqoon
Translation
Allah
has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He
will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He
granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them
[therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will
surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me,
not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then
those are the defiantly disobedient.
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God
has promised those of you who believe and perform righteous deeds that He will
surely make them successors in the earth, in place of the disbelievers, just as
He made those, Children of Israel, who were before them successors, in place of
the [ruling] tyrants ([the verb may be] read as active istakhlafa, ‘He made
[them] successors’, or as passive istukhlifa, ‘were made successors’) and He
will surely establish for them their religion which He has approved for them,
namely, [the religion of] Islam, by making it prevail over all religions and
enrich them throughout the land, so that they become masters thereof, and that
He will give them in exchange (read wa-la-yubdilannahum or
wa-la-yubaddilannahum) after their fear, of disbelievers, security. And God
fulfilled His promise to them in the way mentioned, and He praises them with
His words: ‘They worship Me, without associating anything with Me’ (ya‘budūnanī
lā yushrikūna bī shay’an is an [independent] new sentence, standing as a
justification [for His promise]). And whoever is ungrateful after that,
bestowal of grace, from among them, [whoever is ungrateful] for it, those, they
are the immoral. The first to show ingratitude for that [grace of God] were the
murderers of ‘Uthmān [b. ‘Affān], may God be pleased with him, and they began
to kill one another [henceforth] after having been brothers.
وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ
وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
Pronunciation
Waaqeemoo
assalata waatooazzakata waateeAAoo arrasoolalaAAallakum turhamoon
Translation
And
establish prayer and give zakah and obey the Messenger - that you may receive
mercy.
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And
establish prayer and pay the alms, and obey the Messenger, that perhaps you may
find mercy, that is to say, [do so] hoping for mercy.
لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ
الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مُعْجِزِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَأْوَاهُمُ
النَّارُ ۖ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ
Pronunciation
La
tahsabanna allatheenakafaroo muAAjizeena fee al-ardi wama/wahumu
annaruwalabi/sa almaseer
Translation
Never
think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to Allah] upon the earth.
Their refuge will be the Fire - and how wretched the destination.
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And
do not suppose (read tahsabanna or yahsabanna, the subject of the verb being
the Messenger) that those who disbelieve can escape, Us, in the land, by eluding
us. For their abode will be, their return will be [to], the Fire, and it is
surely an evil destination, it is an [evil] place of return.
يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِيَسْتَأْذِنكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ
وَالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحُلُمَ مِنكُمْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ۚ مِّن قَبْلِ
صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَحِينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُم مِّنَ الظَّهِيرَةِ وَمِن بَعْدِ
صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ ۚ ثَلَاثُ عَوْرَاتٍ لَّكُمْ ۚ لَيْسَ
عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ جُنَاحٌ بَعْدَهُنَّ ۚ طَوَّافُونَ
عَلَيْكُم بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ
يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Ya
ayyuha allatheena amanooliyasta/thinkumu allatheena malakat
aymanukumwallatheena lam yablughoo alhuluma minkumthalatha marratin min qabli
salatialfajri waheena tadaAAoona thiyabakum mina aththaheeratiwamin baAAdi
salati alAAisha-i thalathuAAawratin lakum laysa AAalaykum wala AAalayhim
junahunbaAAdahunna tawwafoona AAalaykum baAAdukumAAala baAAdin kathalika
yubayyinu Allahulakumu al-ayati wallahu AAaleemun hakeem
Translation
O
you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess and those who
have not [yet] reached puberty among you ask permission of you [before
entering] at three times: before the dawn prayer and when you put aside your
clothing [for rest] at noon and after the night prayer. [These are] three times
of privacy for you. There is no blame upon you nor upon them beyond these
[periods], for they continually circulate among you - some of you, among
others. Thus does Allah make clear to you the verses; and Allah is Knowing and
Wise.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
O
you who believe, let those whom your right hands own, of male slaves and female
slaves, and those of you who have not reached puberty, from among the free men,
and who have not become [sexually] aware of women, ask leave of you three
times: at three times [of the day]: before the dawn prayer, and when you put
off your garments at noon, and after the night prayer. [These are] three periods
of privacy for you (read thalāthu [‘awrātin lakum] with nominative inflection
as the predicate of an implied subject followed by a genitive annexation, with
the annexed term standing in place thereof [of the predicate], in other words
[the implied predicate followed by the annexation is] hiya awqāt, ‘these are
times of …’; or read thalātha [‘awrātin lakum] in the accusative, the
implication being that awqāta is itself in the accusative as a substitute for
the [syntactical] status of what precedes it, in place of which stands the
annexed term). It is because clothes are taken off that private parts are
revealed during such [periods]. Neither you nor they, namely, slaves and young
boys, would be at fault, in entering upon you without asking leave, at other
times, that is, after the three times of day [specified]; they frequent you, to
provide service, [as] some of you [do] with others (this sentence corroborates
the preceding one). So, just as He has clarified what has been mentioned, God
clarifies for you the signs, the rulings; and God is Knower, of the affairs of
His creatures, Wise, in what He has ordained for them. It is said that the
‘permission’ verse (āyat al-isti’idhān) was abrogated; but it is also said that
it was not [abrogated], but that people thought little of neglecting to seek
permission [in such situations].
وَإِذَا بَلَغَ
الْأَطْفَالُ مِنكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا اسْتَأْذَنَ الَّذِينَ
مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Wa-itha
balagha al-atfaluminkumu alhuluma falyasta/thinoo kama ista/thanaallatheena min
qablihim kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakum ayatihi wallahu AAaleemun hakeem
Translation
And
when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission [at all
times] as those before them have done. Thus does Allah make clear to you His
verses; and Allah is Knowing and Wise.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
when the children among you, O free men, reach puberty, let them seek
permission, at all times, just as those, [now] older free men, sought
permission before them. So God clarifies His signs for you, and God is Knower,
Wise.
وَالْقَوَاعِدُ
مِنَ النِّسَاءِ اللَّاتِي لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ
أَن يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَاتٍ بِزِينَةٍ ۖ وَأَن
يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ وَاللَّهُ
سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Pronunciation
WalqawaAAidu
mina annisa-iallatee la yarjoona nikahan falaysaAAalayhinna junahun an yadaAAna
thiyabahunnaghayra mutabarrijatin bizeenatin waan yastaAAfifna khayrunlahunna
wallahu sameeAAun AAaleem
Translation
And
women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage - there is no blame
upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying
adornment. But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them. And Allah is
Hearing and Knowing.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And
as for menopausal women, who have ceased to menstruate or to bear children
because of old age, who do not expect to marry, for that reason, they would not
be at fault if they put off their clothes, such a robe, a cloak, or the facial
mask over a head veil, in such a way as not to display adornment, that is
hidden, such as a necklace, a bracelet or an anklet; but to refrain [from doing
so], by not putting them off, is better for them; and God is Hearer, of what
you say, Knower, of what is in your hearts.
لَّيْسَ عَلَى
الْأَعْمَىٰ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْأَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْمَرِيضِ حَرَجٌ
وَلَا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَن تَأْكُلُوا مِن بُيُوتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ آبَائِكُمْ
أَوْ بُيُوتِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ إِخْوَانِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ
أَخَوَاتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَعْمَامِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ عَمَّاتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ
أَخْوَالِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ خَالَاتِكُمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكْتُم مَّفَاتِحَهُ أَوْ
صَدِيقِكُمْ ۚ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَأْكُلُوا
جَمِيعًا أَوْ أَشْتَاتًا ۚ فَإِذَا
دَخَلْتُم بُيُوتًا فَسَلِّمُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِكُمْ تَحِيَّةً مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ
مُبَارَكَةً طَيِّبَةً ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ
يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Pronunciation
Laysa
AAala al-aAAma harajunwala AAala al-aAAraji harajun walaAAala almareedi harajun
wala AAalaanfusikum an ta/kuloo min buyootikum aw buyooti aba-ikumaw buyooti
ommahatikum aw buyooti ikhwanikum awbuyooti akhawatikum aw buyooti aAAmamikum
awbuyooti AAammatikum aw buyooti akhwalikum awbuyooti khalatikum aw ma malaktum
mafatihahuaw sadeeqikum laysa AAalaykum junahun an ta/kuloojameeAAan aw
ashtatan fa-itha dakhaltum buyootanfasallimoo AAala anfusikum tahiyyatan min
AAindiAllahi mubarakatan tayyibatan kathalikayubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayati
laAAallakumtaAAqiloon
Translation
There
is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon
the ill constraint nor upon yourselves when you eat from your [own] houses or
the houses of your fathers or 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 [from houses] whose keys you possess
or [from the house] of your friend. There is no blame upon you whether you eat
together or separately. But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace upon
each other - a greeting from Allah , blessed and good. Thus does Allah make
clear to you the verses [of ordinance] that you may understand.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
There
is no blame upon the blind, nor any blame upon the lame, nor any blame upon the
sick, that they be one’s table companions, nor, any blame, upon yourselves if
you eat from your own houses, that is, [from] the houses of your offspring, or
your fathers’ houses, or your mothers’ houses, or your brothers’ houses, or
your sisters’ houses, or the houses of your paternal uncles or the houses of
your paternal aunts, or the houses of your maternal uncles or the houses of
your maternal aunts, or [from] that whereof you hold the keys, [from] that
which you safeguard on behalf of others, or [from] those of your [faithful]
friends (sadīq is [so called] because he is ‘faithful’ (sadaqa) to you in his
affection). In other words: one is permitted to eat from the houses of those
mentioned, even if they are not present, provided that they consent to it. You
would not be at fault whether you eat together, in a group, or separately,
individually (ashtāt is the plural of shatt). This was revealed concerning
those who felt inhibited about eating alone and [who] when they could not find
a table companion they would refrain from eating. But when you enter houses,
that are yours, [houses] wherein there is no one, bid peace to yourselves, say,
‘Peace be upon us and upon God’s righteous servants’, for the angels will
return your greeting; and if there is family therein bid peace to them, with a
salutation (tahiyyatan is the verbal noun from hayyā, ‘he saluted’) from God,
blessed and good, and for which one is rewarded. So God clarifies the signs for
you, that is to say, He sets out for you in detail the [ritual] ceremonies of
your religion, that perhaps you might comprehend, in order for you to
understand this.
إِنَّمَا
الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَإِذَا كَانُوا مَعَهُ
عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ جَامِعٍ لَّمْ يَذْهَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يَسْتَأْذِنُوهُ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
يَسْتَأْذِنُونَكَ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ۚ فَإِذَا
اسْتَأْذَنُوكَ لِبَعْضِ شَأْنِهِمْ فَأْذَن لِّمَن شِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ
لَهُمُ اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Innama
almu/minoona allatheenaamanoo billahi warasoolihi wa-itha kanoomaAAahu AAala
amrin jamiAAin lam yathhaboo hattayasta/thinoohu inna allatheena
yasta/thinoonakaola-ika allatheena yu/minoona billahiwarasoolihi fa-itha
ista/thanooka libaAAdisha/nihim fa/than liman shi/ta minhum wastaghfirlahumu
Allaha inna Allaha ghafoorun raheem
Translation
The
believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and, when they
are [meeting] with him for a matter of common interest, do not depart until
they have asked his permission. Indeed, those who ask your permission, [O
Muhammad] - those are the ones who believe in Allah and His Messenger. So when
they ask your permission for something of their affairs, then give permission
to whom you will among them and ask forgiveness for them of Allah . Indeed,
Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Only
they are believers who believe in God and His Messenger and who, when they are
with him, namely, the Messenger, in a collective affair, such as [during] the
Friday sermon, do not leave, when they have an excuse, until they have asked
leave of him. Truly those who ask leave of you — it is they who believe in God
and His Messenger. So when they ask leave of you for some affair, [some]
matter, of theirs, give permission to whom you will of them, to leave, and ask
God to forgive them. Truly God is Forgiving, Merciful.
لَّا تَجْعَلُوا دُعَاءَ
الرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ كَدُعَاءِ بَعْضِكُم بَعْضًا ۚ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ
اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنكُمْ لِوَاذًا ۚ فَلْيَحْذَرِ
الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَن تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ
عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Pronunciation
La
tajAAaloo duAAaa arrasoolibaynakum kaduAAa-i baAAdikum baAAdan qadyaAAlamu
Allahu allatheena yatasallaloona minkumliwathan falyahthari allatheena
yukhalifoonaAAan amrihi an tuseebahum fitnatun aw yuseebahumAAathabun aleem
Translation
Do
not make [your] calling of the Messenger among yourselves as the call of one of
you to another. Already Allah knows those of you who slip away, concealed by
others. So let those beware who dissent from the Prophet's order, lest fitnah
strike them or a painful punishment.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Do
not, among yourselves, consider the calling of the Messenger to be like your
calling of one another, by saying, ‘O Muhammad!’ (s), but say, ‘O Prophet of
God’, or, ‘O Messenger of God!’ gently, respectfully and in a low voice. Verily
God knows those of you who slip away surreptitiously, that is, those who leave
the mosque secretly during the sermon without asking leave, hiding behind
something (qad, ‘verily’, is for confirmation). So let those who contravene His
command, that is, God’s command, or that of His Messenger, beware lest an
ordeal, a trial, befall them, or there befall them a painful chastisement, in
the Hereafter.
أَلَا إِنَّ
لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ مَا
أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَيَوْمَ يُرْجَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا ۗ وَاللَّهُ
بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Pronunciation
Ala
inna lillahi ma feeassamawati wal-ardi qadyaAAlamu ma antum AAalayhi wayawma
yurjaAAoona ilayhifayunabbi-ohum bima AAamiloo wallahubikulli shay-in AAaleem
Translation
Unquestionably,
to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth. Already He knows that
upon which you [stand] and [knows] the Day when they will be returned to Him
and He will inform them of what they have done. And Allah is Knowing of all
things.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Lo!
surely to God belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth, by way of
possession, creation and servitude. He is ever aware of how you, O you who are
obligated to [the prescriptions of] the Law, are behaving, with regard to faith
or hypocrisy, and, He knows, the day when they shall be returned to Him (there
is a shift here from the second person address [to that of the third person]),
in other words, [He knows] when this [day] will be — He will inform them,
thereupon, of what they did, of good and evil, and God is Knower of all things,
which they do and otherwise.
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