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Surah 24. Light
Surah An-Nur
- A sura which We have sent down and which We have
ordained in it have We sent down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive
admonition.
- The woman and the man guilty of adultery or
fornication,— flog each of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move
you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and
the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.
- Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry
and but a woman similarly guilty, or an Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man
or an Unbeliever marry such a woman: to the Believers such a thing is forbidden.
- And those who launch a charge against chaste women,
and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations),— flog them with
eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked
transgressors;—
- Unless they repent thereafter and mend (their
conduct); for Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
- And for those who launch a charge against their
spouses, and have (in support) no evidence but their own,— their solitary
evidence (can be received) if they bear witness four times (with an oath) by
Allah that they are solemnly telling the truth;
- And the fifth (oath) (should be) that they solemnly
invoke the curse of Allah on themselves if they tell a lie.
- But it would avert the punishment from the wife, if
she bears witness four times (with an oath) By Allah, that (her husband) is
telling a lie;
- And the fifth (oath) should be that she solemnly
invokes the wrath of Allah on herself if (her accuser) is telling the truth.
- If it were not for Allah's grace and mercy on you,
and that Allah is Oft- Returning, full of Wisdom,— (Ye would be ruined indeed).
- Those who brought forward the lie are a body among
yourselves: think it not to be an evil to you; On the contrary it is good for
you: to every man among them (will come the punishment) of the sin that he
earned, and to him who took on himself the lead among them, will be a penalty
grievous.
- Why did not the believers — men and women — when ye
heard of the affair,— put the best construction on it in their own minds and
say, "This (charge) is an obvious lie" ?
- Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it?
When they have not brought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of Allah,
(stand forth) themselves as liars!
- Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on
you, in this world and the Hereafter, a grievous penalty would have seized you
in that ye rushed glibly into this affair.
- Behold, ye received it on your tongues, and said
out of your mouths things of which ye had no knowledge; and ye thought it to be
a light matter, while it was most serious in the sight of Allah.
- And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? — "It is
not right of us to speak of this: Glory to Allah. this is a most serious
slander!"
- Allah doth admonish you, that ye may never repeat
such (conduct), if ye are (true) Believers.
- And Allah makes the Signs plain to you: for Allah
is full of knowledge and wisdom.
- Those who love (to see) scandal published broadcast
among the Believers, will have a grievous Penalty in this life and in the
Hereafter: Allah knows, and ye know not.
- Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on
you, and that Allah is full of kindness and mercy, (ye would be ruined indeed).
- O ye who believe! follow not Satan's footsteps: if
any will follow the footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful
and wrong: and were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, not one of
you would ever have been pure: but Allah doth purify whom He pleases: and Allah
is One Who hears and knows (all things).
- Let not those among you who are endued with grace
and amplitude of means resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen, those in
want, and those who have left their homes in Allah's cause: let them forgive and
overlook, do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
- Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but
believing, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous
Penalty,—
- On the Day when their tongues, their hands, and
their feet will bear witness against them as to their actions.
- On that Day Allah will pay them back (all) their
just dues, and they will realise that Allah is the (very) Truth, that makes all
things manifest.
- Women impure are for men impure, and men impure for
women impure and women of purity are for men of purity, and men of purity are
for women of purity: these are not affected by what people say: for them there
is forgiveness, and a provision honourable.
- O ye who believe! enter not houses other than your
own, until ye have asked permission and saluted those in them: that is best for
you, in order that ye may heed (what is seemly).
- If ye find no one in the house, enter not until
permission is given to you: if ye are asked to go back, go back: that makes for
greater purity for yourselves: and Allah knows well all that ye do.
- It is no fault on your part to enter houses not
used for living in, which serve some (other) use for you: And Allah has
knowledge of what ye reveal and what ye conceal.
- Say to the believing men that they should lower
their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them:
And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.
- And say to the believing women that they should
lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their
beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they
should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to
their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their
husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons,
or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants
free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex;
and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their
hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that
ye may attain Bliss.
- Marry those among you who are single, or the
virtuous ones among yourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah
will give them means out of His grace: for Allah encompasseth all, and he
knoweth all things.
- Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage
keep themselves chaste, until Allah gives them means out of His grace. And if
any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their
freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed if ye know any good in them:
yea, give them something yourselves out of the means which Allah has given to
you. But force not your maids to prostitution when they desire chastity, in
order that ye may make a gain in the goods of this life. But if anyone compels
them, yet, after such compulsion, is Allah, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to
them),
- We have already sent down to you verses making
things clear, an illustration from (the story of) people who passed away before
you, and an admonition for those who fear ((Allah)).
- Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.
The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the
Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a
blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is
well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah doth
guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and
Allah doth know all things.
- (Lit is such a Light) in houses, which Allah hath
permitted to be raised to honour; for the celebration, in them, of His name: In
them is He glorified in the mornings and in the evenings, (again and again),—
- By men whom neither traffic nor merchandise can
divert from the Remembrance of Allah, nor from regular Prayer, nor from the
practice of regular Charity: Their (only) fear is for the Day when hearts and
eyes will be transformed (in a world wholly new),—
- That Allah may reward them according to the best of
their deeds, and add even more for them out of His Grace: for Allah doth provide
for those whom He will, without measure.
- But the Unbelievers,— their deeds are like a mirage
in sandy deserts, which the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until
when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing: But he finds Allah (ever)
with him, and Allah will pay him his account: and Allah is swift in taking
account.
- Or (the Unbelievers' state) is like the depths of
darkness in a vast deep ocean, overwhelmed with billow topped by billow, topped
by (dark) clouds: depths of darkness, one above another: if a man stretches out
his hands, he can hardly see it! for any to whom Allah giveth not light, there
is no light!
- Seest thou not that it is Allah Whose praises all
beings in the heavens and on earth do celebrate, and the birds (of the air) with
wings outspread? Each one knows its own (mode of) prayer and praise. And Allah
knows well all that they do.
- Yea, to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens
and the earth; and to Allah is the final goal (of all).
- Seest thou not that Allah makes the clouds move
gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a heap? — then wilt thou
see rain issue forth from their midst. And He sends down from the sky mountain
masses (of clouds) wherein is hail: He strikes therewith whom He pleases and He
turns it away from whom He pleases, the vivid flash of His lightning well-nigh
blinds the sight.
- It is Allah Who alternates the Night and the Day:
verily in these things is an instructive example for those who have vision!
- And Allah has created every animal from water: of
them there are some that creep on their bellies; some that walk on two legs; and
some that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills for verily Allah has power
over all things.
- We have indeed sent down signs that make things
manifest: and Allah guides whom He wills to a way that is straight.
- They say, "We believe in Allah and in the apostle,
and we obey": but even after that, some of them turn away: they are not (really)
Believers.
- When they are summoned to Allah and His apostle, in
order that He may judge between them, behold some of them decline (to come).
- But if the right is on their side, they come to him
with all submission.
- Is it that there is a disease in their hearts? or
do they doubt, or are they in fear, that Allah and His Messenger will deal
unjustly with them? Nay, it is they themselves who do wrong.
- The answer of the Believers, when summoned to Allah
and His Messenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no other than
this: they say, "We hear and we obey": it is such as these that will attain
felicity.
- It is such as obey Allah and His Messenger, and
fear Allah and do right, that will win (in the end),
- They swear their strongest oaths by Allah that, if
only thou wouldst command them, they would leave (their homes). Say: "Swear ye
not; Obedience is (more) reasonable; verily, Allah is well acquainted with all
that ye do."
- Say: "Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger. but if ye
turn away, he is only responsible for the duty placed on him and ye for that
placed on you. If ye obey him, ye shall be on right guidance. The Messenger.s
duty is only to preach the clear (Message).
- Allah has promised, to those among you who believe
and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land,
inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will
establish in authority their religion — the one which He has chosen for them;
and that He will change (their state), after the fear in which they (lived), to
one of security and peace: 'They will worship Me (alone) and not associate aught
with Me. 'If any do reject Faith after this, they are rebellious and wicked.
- So establish regular Prayer and give regular
Charity; and obey the Messenger. that ye may receive mercy.
- Never think thou that the Unbelievers are going to
frustrate ((Allah)'s Plan) on earth: their abode is the Fire,— and it is indeed
an evil refuge!
- O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands
possess, and the (children) among you who have not come of age ask your
permission (before they come to your presence), on three occasions: before
morning prayer; the while ye doff your clothes for the noonday heat; and after
the late-night prayer: these are your three times of undress: outside those
times it is not wrong for you or for them to move about attending to each other:
Thus does Allah make clear the Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and
wisdom.
- But when the children among you come of age, let
them (also) ask for permission, as do those senior to them (in age): Thus does
Allah make clear His Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
- Such elderly women as are past the prospect of
marriage,— there is no blame on them if they lay aside their (outer) garments,
provided they make not a wanton display of their beauty: but it is best for them
to be modest: and Allah is One Who sees and knows all things.
- It is no fault in the blind nor in one born lame,
nor in one afflicted with illness, nor in yourselves, that ye should eat in your
own houses, or those of your fathers, or your mothers, or your brothers, or your
sisters, or your father's brothers or your father's sisters, or your mohter's
brothers, or your mother's sisters, or in houses of which the keys are in your
possession, or in the house of a sincere friend of yours: there is no blame on
you, whether ye eat in company or separately. But if ye enter houses, salute
each other — a greeting of blessing and purity as from Allah. Thus does Allah
make clear the signs to you: that ye may understand.
- Only those are believers, who believe in Allah and His Messenger. when they are with him on a matter requiring collective action, they do not depart until they have asked for his leave; those who ask for thy leave are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger. so when they ask for thy leave, for some business of theirs, give leave to those of them whom thou wilt, and ask Allah for their forgiveness: for Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
- Deem not the summons of the Messenger among yourselves like the summons of one of you to another: Allah doth know those of you who slip away under shelter of some excuse: then let those beware who withstand the Messenger's order, lest some trial befall them, or a grievous penalty be inflicted on them.
- Be quite sure that to Allah doth belong whatever is in the heavens and on earth. Well doth He know what ye are intent upon: and one day they will be brought back to Him, and He will tell them the truth of what they did: for Allah doth know all things.
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