(1) 1. O people! Be careful of (your duty to Allah) your (True) Lord, Who created you from a single being (Adam) and from it He created its mate (Eve) and spread from them many men and women; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, by Whom you demand one of another (your rights), and (fear breaking) the ties of kinship; surely Allah ever watches over you.
(2) 2. And give to the orphans their wealth, and do not substitute worthless (things) for (their) good (ones), and do not devour their wealth (as an addition) to your own wealth; this is surely a major crime.
(3) 3. And if you fear that you cannot act justly towards orphan-girls, then marry (other) women as seem good to you (i.e., who are righteous), two or three or four; but if you fear that you shall not do justice (between them), then (marry) only one or what your right hands possess; this is more appropriate, that you may not incline (to injustice).
(4) 4. And give women their dowries as a free gift, but if they of themselves are pleased to give up a portion of it to you, then take it and enjoy it with pleasure and a clear conscience.
(5) 5. And do not give away your wealth which Allah has made for you a (means of) support to the weak of understanding, but maintain them out of (the profits of) it, and clothe them, and speak to them kind words.
(6) 6. And test the orphans until they attain puberty; then if you find in them maturity of intellect, hand over to them their wealth, and do not consume it by wasteful spending and in haste, lest they attain full age; and whoever is rich, let him abstain altogether, and whoever is poor, let him eat reasonably; then when you hand over to them their wealth, call witnesses in their presence. And Allah is Sufficient as a Reckoner.
(7) 7. Men shall inherit a portion of what parents and near relatives leave behind, and women shall inherit a portion of what parents and near relatives leave behind (of inheritance), whether it is little or much; a legal share.
(8) 8. And when (other) relatives, orphans and the needy are present at (the time) of division (the inheritance), give them (something) out of it, and speak to them kind words.
(9) 9. And let those (executors and guardians) have the same fear in their minds, as they would have for their own, if they had left weak offspring behind, so let them be careful of (their duty to) Allah, and let them speak right words.
(10) 10. (As for) those who devour the wealth of the orphans unjustly, surely they only swallow fire into their bellies, and they will be burned in a blazing Fire.
(11) 11. Allah instructs you concerning your children: The male shall inherit an equal portion to two females; and if they are more than two females, they shall inherit two-thirds of what the deceased has left, and if there is one, she shall inherit half; and as for his parents, each of them shall inherit a sixth of what he has left if he has a child; but if he has no child and (only) his two parents inherit from him, then his mother shall inherit a third; but if he has brothers, then his mother shall inherit a sixth after (the fulfillment of) any bequest he may have made or a debt. Your parents and your children, you know not which of them is nearer to you in usefulness; this is a Decree from Allah: Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(12) 12. And you shall inherit half of what your wives leave if they have no child, but if they have a child, then you shall inherit a fourth of what they leave after (the fulfillment of) any bequest they may have made or a debt; and they shall inherit a fourth of what you leave if you have no child, but if you have a child then they shall inherit an eighth of what you leave after (fulfillment of) a bequest you may have made or a debt; and if a man or a woman leaves wealth to be inherited by neither parents nor offspring, and he (or she) has a brother or a sister (from their mother’s side), then each one of them shall inherit a sixth, but if they are more than that they (all) shall be sharers in the third (equally) after (the fulfillment of) any bequest that may have been made or a debt, not harming (the heirs by willing away more than a third of the heritage); this is an Ordinance from Allah, and Allah is All- Knowing, Most Forbearing.
(13) 13. These are Allah’s set Limits, and whoever obeys Allah (God) and His messenger (Muhammad), He will enter him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever; and this is the Great Achievement.
(14) 14. And whoever disobeys Allah and His messenger (Muhammad) and goes beyond His (Allah’s) set Limits, He will cause him to enter the Hellfire to abide therein forever, and he shall have a humiliating Torment.
(15) 15. And as for those who are guilty of immoral conduct (i.e., adultery) of your women, call to witness against them four (witnesses) from among you; then if they bear witness, confine them (I.e., the guilty women) to the houses until death takes them away, or Allah ordains a different rule for them (i.e., the penalty later revealed in Surah 24:2).
(16) 16. And as for the two of you who are guilty of indecency (i.e., fornication), punish them both, but if they repent and amend (keeping their conduct good) turn aside from them; surely Allah is Oft-Returning (to Mercy), Most Merciful.
(17) 17. Repentance with Allah (God) is only for those who do evil out of ignorance, then turn (to Allah) soon after (having comitted the evil deed), so these it is to whom Allah will turn to (in Forgiveness), and Allah is ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(18) 18. And repentance is not for those who insist to commit evil deeds, until when death comes to one of them, he says: Surely now I repent; nor (for) those who die while they are denying the Truth, for them We have prepared a painful Torment.
(19) 19. O you who believe (in Allah and His Revelations)! It is not lawful for you that you should take women as heritage against (their) will, and do not treat them with harshness in order that you may take part of what you have given them, unless they are guilty of manifest indecency (lewdness), and treat them (your wives) kindly; then if you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing which Allah might yet make a source of abundant good.
(20) 20. But if you want to replace (one) wife with another and you have given one of them a heap of gold, then take not from it anything; would you take it by slandering (her) and (doing her) manifest wrong?
(21) 21. And how can you take it back when one of you has already gone in to the other, and they have taken from you a firm covenant?
(22) 22. And do not marry those (woman) whom your fathers married, except what has happened (of that sort) in the past (before your accepting of Islam. Such occurrences are forgivable provided you rectify your conduct and terminate any such contract of marriage.) Indeed, it (marrying the legally wedded wife of the father) was an immorality and hateful (to Allah), and was an evil way.
(23) 23. Prohibited to you (for marriage) are your mothers and your daughters and your sisters and your paternal aunts and your maternal aunts and brothers’ daughters and sisters’ daughters and your mothers that have nursed (breastfed) you and your foster-sisters and the mothers of your wives and your step-daughters who are in your guardianship, (born) of your wives to whom you have gone in, but if you have not gone in to them, there is no blame on you (in marrying them), and the wives of your sons who are of your own loins and (you are prohibited) to have two sisters together (as your wives), except what has already passed (before Islam). Surely Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(24) 24. And (prohibited to you are) all married women except those whom your right hands possess (through rightful legal ways), (this is) Allah’s Ordinance to you, and lawful for you are (all women) besides those, provided that you seek (them) with your wealth, taking (them) in marriage, desiring chastity, not licentious behavior. Then as to those whom you desire to enjoy legal marriage, give them their dowries as appointed; and there is no blame on you about what you mutually agree after what is appointed; surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(25) 25. And whoever among you cannot (find) the means to marry free believing women, then (he may marry) of those whom your right hands possess from among your believing maidens; and Allah knows best your faith: you (believers) are of one another; so marry them with the permission of their masters, and give them their dowries justly, they being chaste, not (of) those who commit immorality, nor those who take (secret) lovers; but once they are taken in marriage, if they commit adultery, they shall suffer half the punishment which is (prescribed) for free (unmarried) women (in a similar case). This (permission to marry believing maidens applies) to those among you who fears falling into fornication (if they do not get married); but being patient (and abstaining from such marriages to bond-maids who are not yet well mannered and freed) is better for you, and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(26) 26. Allah wants to make clear to you (the lawful from the unlawful), and to guide you into the (good) ways of those before you, and to grant you repentance, and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(27) 27. And Allah wants to turn to you (mercifully), but those who follow (their) lusts want that you deviate (with) a major deviation.
(28) 28. Allah wants to lighten your burden, and man is created weak (in flesh and by nature).
(29) 29. O you who believe (in Allah and His Revelations)! Do not devour your wealth among yourselves falsely, except that it be trading by your mutual consent; and do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another); surely Allah is Merciful to you.
(30) 30. And whoever does this in aggression and injustice, We shall soon cast him into the Fire (of Hell); and this is easy for Allah.
(31) 31. If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We shall efface your (minor) sins, and cause you to enter an honorable place of entering (Paradise).
(32) 32. And do not covet that by which Allah has made some of you excel others; men shall have the benefit of what they earn and women shall have the benefit of what they earn (so do not envy one another); and ask Allah of His Bounty; surely Allah knows everything.
(33) 33. And to every one We have appointed heirs of what parents and near relatives leave behind; and as to those with whom you have solemn pledges (brotherhood), give them their share (by will or bequest, etc.); surely Allah is ever a Witness over all things.
(34) 34. Men are in charge (of protecting, safeguarding, maintaining, and taking full care) of women by (right) of what Allah has given one over the other, and with what they spend out of their wealth. The righteous women are therefore devoutly dutiful, guarding in (the husband’s) absence what Allah would have them guard (i.e., their chastity and their husband’s wealth and dignity). But those (wives) on whose part you fear desertion, (first) advice them (if they persist) forsake them in bed, and (should they persist) strike them (lightly without hurting, if it is useful); but if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is Most High, Most Great.
(35) 35. And if you fear a split between the two, then appoint a judge from his family and a judge from her family; if they both desire agreement, Allah will effect harmony between them, surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
(36) 36. And worship Allah alone and do not associate any thing with Him, and be good (and kind) to the parents and to relatives and the orphans and the needy and the near neighbor of (your) kin and the neighbor unrelated to you, and the companion at your side (i.e., one’s wife or husband or friend) and the traveler (in need), and those whom your right hands possess; surely Allah does not like him who is self-conceited, boastful;
(37) 37. Those who are niggardly and order people to be niggardly, and hide what Allah has given them out of His bounty; and We have prepared for the disbelievers a disgraceful Torment.
(38) 38. And those who spend their wealth (in charity) to be seen of the people, and do not believe in Allah nor in the Last Day; and as for him whose associate is Satan, what an evil associate he is!
(39) 39. And what (harm) would it have done them if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spent (in charity) of what Allah had given them? And Allah is ever Aware of them (and all that they do).
(40) 40. Surely Allah does not do injustice, (even) as much as an atom’s weight; while if there is a good deed He multiplies it, and gives from Himself a Great Reward.
(41) 41. How will it be, then, when We bring from every people a witness, and bring you (O Prophet Muhammad) as a witness against them?
(42) 42. On that Day those who disbelieved (in the Truth) and disobeyed the Messenger (Prophet Muhammad) will wish that the earth could cover them, and they will not hide from Allah a (single) statement.
(43) 43. O you who believe (in Allah and His messenger Muhammad)! Approach not the prayer when you are in a state of drunkenness until you know (well) what you say, nor when you are in a state requiring total ablution - unless (you are) traveling on the road (without enough water or just passing through a mosque) until you wash your whole body; and if you are sick, or on a journey, or one of you comes from the place of relieving yourself, or you have touched women (i.e., had sexual intercourse), and you cannot find water, take yourselves to pure soil, then wipe your faces and your hands therewith; surely Allah is All-Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving. (See Q 5:90 regarding the later total prohibition of drinking alcohol.)
(44) 44. Have you not considered those (Jews) to whom a portion of the Scripture has been given? They exchange it for misguidance and desire that you should go astray from the (right) Way.
(45) 45. And Allah knows best your enemies; and Allah suffices as a Protector (Guardian, Savior), and Allah suffices as a Helper.
(46) 46. Of those who are Judaised (there are those who) alter the words from their places and say: ‘We hear and disobey,’ and ‘hear but be not heard,’ and ‘Raina,’ distorting (the word) with their tongues and defaming the religion; and if they had said (instead): ‘We hear and we obey,’ and ‘heed,’ and ‘look at us,’ it would have been better for them and more upright; but Allah has cursed them because of their faithlessness, so they do not believe except a little.
(47) 47. O you who have been given the Scripture (Jews and Nazarenes)! Believe in that which We have revealed confirming what you have before We change faces then turn them on their backs, or curse them as We cursed the violators of the Sabbath, and the Command of Allah is always executed.
(48) 48. Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with Him, but He forgives what is less than that to whom He wills; and whoever associates anything with Allah, he has indeed fabricated a major sin.
(49) 49. Have you not considered those who attribute purity to themselves? Rather, Allah purifies whom He wills; and injustice is not done to them - (even) as much as the thread of a date stone.
(50) 50. See how they invent a lie against Allah, and that is sufficient as a manifest sin.
(51) 51. Have you not seen those (Jews) to whom a portion of the Scripture has been given? They believe in superstition and false objects of worship, and say about those who disbelieve (of the pagans): These are better guided in the path than those who believe (of the Muslims).
(52) 52. Those (Jews) are the ones whom Allah has cursed, and whomever Allah curses you shall not find any helper for him.
(53) 53. Or have they a share in (Allah’s) Dominion? But then they would not give to the people even (as much as) the speck of a date stone.
(54) 54. Or do they envy the people (the Prophet Muhammad and his followers) for what Allah has given them of His bounty? But indeed We have given to Abraham’s house the Scripture and the Wisdom, and We gave them a grand kingdom (under David and Solomon).
(55) 55. Of them (the Jews and the Christians) is he who believes in him (the Prophet Muhammad), and of them is he who turns away from him, and Hell is sufficient for burning (them).
(56) 56. (As for) those who disbelieve in Our Revelations, We shall make them enter the Hellfire; every time their skins are thoroughly burned, We shall replace them for other skins, that they may taste the Torment;surely Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
(57) 57. And (as for) those who believe and do righteous deeds, We shall make them enter Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever; they shall have therein pure wives, and We shall make them enter a deep shade (Paradise).
(58) 58. Surely Allah commands that you render back the trusts to those to whom they are due, and that when you judge between people you judge with justice; surely excellent is what Allah instructs you with; surely Allah is All-Seeing, All-Hearing.
(59) 59. O you who believe (in Allah, and His messenger Muhammad)! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger (Muhammad) and those in authority from among you; then if you duspute about anything, refer it back to Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad), if you believe in Allah and the Last Day; this is better and more suitable for a final determination.
(60) 60. Have you not seen those (hypocrites) who pretend that they believe in what has been revealed to you, and what was revealed before you? They desire to summon one another to the judgment of Satan, though they were commanded to reject him, and Satan desires to lead them far astray.
(61) 61. And when it is said to them: Come to (the Judgment of) what Allah has revealed (of the Qur’an) and to the Messenger (Muhammad), you will see the hypocrites turning away from you with (utter) aversion.
(62) 62. But how will it be when calamity befalls them because of what their hands have sent forth? Then they will come to you swearing by Allah: We did not desire (anything) but good and conciliation.
(63) 63. These are the ones of whom Allah knows what is in their hearts; therefore turn away from them, and admonish them, and speak to them effective words concerning themselves.
(64) 64. And We did not send any Messenger except that he should be obeyed by Allah’s Permission; and if they, when they have sinned against themselves, had come to you and asked Allah’s Forgiveness; and the Messenger had (also) asked Forgiveness for them - they would have found Allah Oft-Returning (to Mercy), Most Merciful.
(65) 65. But no! By your Lord (Allah)! They will not believe (truly) until they make you (O Prophet Muhammad) a judge concerning that which they dispute among themselves, and then do not find any resistance in their hearts as to what you command, and submit with entire submission.
(66) 66. And if We had ordained for them (saying): ‘Slay (the guilty among) your folk or ‘Leave your homes’ (for the sake of your religion as we ordained for the children of Israel), they would not have done it except a few of them; but if they had done what they were admonished with, it would have certainly be better for them and best in strengthening (them in Faith);
(67) 67. And then We would have certainly given them from Ourselves a great Reward.
(68) 68. And We would have certainly guided them to the right Path.
(69) 69. And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad), these will be with those upon whom Allah has bestowed Favors from among the Prophets and the truthful and the martyrs and the righteous, and how excellent are they as companions!
(70) 70. This is the Bounty from Allah, and sufficient is Allah as the All-Knowing.
(71) 71. O you who believe (in Allah and His Last Messenger Muhammad)! Take your precaution, and go forth in detachments or go forth all together.
(72) 72. And surely among you is he who would certainly hang back (from fighting in Allah’s Way)! If then a calamity befalls you, he says: Surely Allah bestowed His favor on me that I was not present with them.
(73) 73. But if bounty from Allah comes to you, he would certainly say, as if there had not been any ties of affection between you and him: Would that I had been with them, then I should have attained a great good fortune
(74) 74. Therefore let those (believers) who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter fight in the Way of Allah; and whoever fights in the Way of Allah, then if he is killed or if he is victorious, We shall grant him a great Reward.
(75) 75. And what reason have you that you fight not in the Way of Allah and (for) the oppressed among men and women and the children who say: (O Allah) Our Lord! Take us out from this village (Makkah), whose people are oppressors, and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper.
(76) 76. Those who believe (in Allah and His Last Messenger Muhammad) fight in the Way of Allah, and those who disbelieve (in the Truth) fight in the way of Satan. So fight the allies of Satan; surely the plot of Satan is weak.
(77) 77. Have you not seen those (Muslims) to whom it was said: Withhold your hands (from fighting), and perform the prayer perfectly and pay the poor-rate; but when fighting (against the enemies of Truth, Justice, and Peace) was ordained for them, at once a party of them (whose faith was weak) feared men as their fear of Allah, or (even) with a greater fear, and said: (O Allah) our Lord! Why have You ordained fighting (against the forces of evil) for us? Would that you had granted us respite for a short period? Say: The provision of this world is short, and the Hereafter is better for him who guards against evil; and injustice will not be done to you, even (as much as) the thread of a date stone.
(78) 78. Wherever you may be, death will seize you, even if you are in lofty towers, but if some good comes to them, they say: This is from Allah (God); and if harm befalls them, they say: This is from you. Say: All is from Allah, but what is the matter with these people that they can hardly understand any statement?
(79) 79. Whatever good comes to you it is from Allah (God), and whatever harm befalls you, it is from yourself (as a result of your sins), and We have sent you (O Prophet Muhammad) to mankind as a Messenger; and Allah is Sufficient as a Witness.
(80) 80. Whoever obeys the Messenger (Prophet Muhammad), has indeed obeyed Allah (God), and whoever turns away, then We have not sent you as a keeper over them.
(81) 81. And they say: ‘We obey.’ But when they go out from your presence a party of them decide by night upon doing otherwise than what you say; and Allah writes down what they scheme by night, therefore turn away from them and rely on Allah, and Allah is Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.
(82) 82. Do they not then reflect on the Qur’an? And if it were from any other than Allah (God), they would have found in it many discrepancies.
(83) 83. And when there comes to them news about (public) security or fear, they spread it around; but if they had referred it to the Messenger and to those in authority among them, those among them whose task it is to investigate the matter would have known it, and were it not for the Favor of Allah upon you and His Mercy, you would have certainly followed Satan except a few.
(84) 84. Fight then in Allah’s Way; you are only responsible for your own self, and encourage the believers (to fight along with you), it may be that Allah will restrain the evil might of the deniers of Truth (opposers of Peace). And Allah is Stronger in Might and Stronger to give an exemplary Punishment.
(85) 85. Whoever intercedes for a good cause shall have a share of it, and whoever intercedes for an evil cause shall have the responsibility of it, and Allah controls all things.
(86) 86. And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better (greeting) than it or (at least) return it (in a like manner); surely Allah is the Reckoner of all things.
(87) 87. Allah, there is no God (worthy of worship) except Him, he will most certainly gather you together on the Day of Resurrection, there is no doubt about it; and who is more true in word than Allah?
(88) 88. What is the matter with you, then, that you have become two parties about the hypocrites (who retreated from the battle of Uhud, some saying, ‘let us slay them’, while others said, ‘no!’), while Allah has made them return (to disbelief) for what they have earned (of sins)? Do you wish to guide him whom Allah (God) has caused to go astray (because of his arrogance and persistency in sin). And whom Allah leaves astray, never will you find for him a way (of guidance).
(89) 89. They wish that you should disbelieve (in Allah and His messenger Muhammad) as they have disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike; therefore do not take them for your (confidants and) allies until they move (from disbelief to belief and emigrate) for the Sake of Allah; but if they turn back (to open enmity), then seize them and kill them wherever you may find them, and do not take any of them as an ally or helper.
(90) 90. Except those who seek refuge with a people between yourselves and whom there is a treaty, or those who come to you, their hearts strained (at the proposal of) fighting you (being on the side of their people), or fighting their own people (siding with you); and if Allah had willed, He would have given them power over you, so that they should have certainly fought you (along with your enemies, but Allah did not will it and turned them away from you). So if they stay away from you and do not fight against you and offer you peace (and full submission), then Allah has not given you a way against them.
(91) 91. You will find others (among these hypocrites) who would like to be safe from you (by manifesting belief before you) as well as safe from their own people (through unbelief) who whenever they are tempted back to idolatry, fall into it. So, if they do not stay away from you, and (do not) offer you peace (and full submission), and restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them; and against these We have given you a clear authority.
(92) 92. And it is not for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake, and whoever kills a believer by mistake, he should free a believing slave, and blood-money should be paid to his family, unless they remit it as charity; but if he is from a people hostile to you and he is a believer, the freeing of a believing soul (suffices), and if he is from a people between you and whom there is a covenant, the blood-money should be paid to his family along with the freeing of a believing soul; but he who cannot find (a person to free) should fast for two months successively: An atonement from Allah, and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(93) 93. And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell; he will abide therein, and the Wrath of Allah is upon him and His Curse and He has prepared for him a grievous Torment.
(94) 94. O you who believe (in Allah and His Last Messenger Muhammad)! When you go to war in Allah’s Way, then make proper investigation (before you label anyone as a disbeliever), and do not say to any one who offers you greetings of peace: “You are not a believer,” seeking the goods of this world’s life, for with Allah there are abundant gains; you too were such before, then Allah conferred His Favor (Guidance) on you; therefore make investigation; surely Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
(95) 95. Not equal are those of the believers who remain (at home) except the disabled, and those who strive hard in Allah’s Way with their wealth and their lives. Allah has made those who strive hard and fight with their wealth and their lives to excel those who remain (at home) a (high) degree, and to each Allah has promised good; and Allah has preferred those who strive and fight above those who remain (at home) with a great Reward:
(96) 96. (High) degrees (i.e., stations one higher than the other in honour) from Him and Forgiveness and Mercy, and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(97) 97. Surely (as for) those whom the angels cause to die while they are unjust to their own selves (as they stayed among the disbelievers while unable to practice their religion), they (the angels) will ask: In what condition were you? They will reply: We were oppressed in the earth. They will say: Was not Allah’s earth spacious, for you to emigrate therein? So these it is whose home is Hell, and it is an evil refuge.
(98) 98. Except the weak among the men and women, and the children who have not in their power the means nor can they find a way (to emigrate);
(99) 99. For these, it may be that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is Ever-Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.
(100) 100. And whoever emigrates in Allah’s Way, he will find in the earth many a place of refuge and abundant resources, and whoever goes forth from his house as an emigrant to Allah and His messenger, and then death overtakes him, his reward is indeed with Allah, for Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(101) 101. And when you travel in the earth, there is no blame on you if you shorten the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieve (in Allah and His Last Messenger Muhammad) may attack you, surely the disbelievers are an open enemy to you.
(102) 102. And when you are among them (the Muslims in the battle-field) and lead them in prayer, let a party of them stand up with you, and let them take their arms; then when they have prostrated themselves let them go to your rear, and let another party who have not prayed come forward and pray with you, and let them take their precautions and their arms; (for) those who disbelieve (in Allah and His Last Messenger Muhammad) desire that you may be careless of your arms and your belongings, so that they may then turn upon you with a sudden united attack, but there is no blame on you, if you are bothered with rain or if you are sick, that you lay down your arms, and take your precautions; surely Allah has prepared a disgraceful Torment for the deniers of the Truth (opposers of Peace).
(103) 103. Then when you have finished the prayer, praise Allah (God) standing and sitting and reclining; but when you are secure (from danger) perform the prayer perfectly (in the normal prescriped form and at their proper times); surely the prayer is enjoined on the believers at fixed times.
(104) 104. And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy; if you suffer pain, then surely they (too) suffer pain as you suffer, and you hope from Allah (God) what they do not; and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(105) 105. Surely We have revealed the Scripture (Qur’an) to you (O Prophet Muhammad) in truth that you may judge between the people by means of that which Allah has taught you; and be not an advocate on behalf of the treacherous.
(106) 106. And seek the Forgiveness of Allah -surely Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(107) 107. And do not plead on behalf of those who act unfaithfully to their selves; surely Allah does not like him who is treacherous, sinful.
(108) 108. They conceal (their evil deeds) from the people and do not conceal (them, and cannot do so) from Allah, and He is with them (i.e., He knows well) when they plot by night in words which displease Him, and Allah encompasses what they do.
(109) 109. Here you are - those who (may) plead for them in this world’s life, but who will plead for them with Allah on the Day of Resurrection, or who shall be their protector?
(110) 110. And whoever does a wrong (to others) or sins against himself, and then seeks Allah’s Forgiveness, he will find Allah Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(111) 111. And whoever commits a sin, he only commits it against himself; and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(112) 112. And whoever commits a mistake or a sin, then blames it on an innocent, he indeed takes upon himself the burden of falsehood and a manifest sin.
(113) 113. And were it not for Allah’s Favor upon you and His Mercy; Some of those (who were untrue to themselves) had certainly resolved to mislead you, but they mislead none but their own selves, and they shall not harm you in any way, and Allah has revealed to you (O Prophet Muhammad) the Scripture (the Qur’an) and the Wisdom, and He has taught you what you did not know, and the Grace of Allah on you is ever great.
(114) 114. There is no good in most of their secret counsels except who enjoins charity or goodness or reconciliation between people; and whoever does this seeking Allah’s Pleasure, We (Allah) shall give him a great Reward.
(115) 115. And whoever opposes the Messenger (Muhammad) after the Guidance has become clear to him, and follows other than the Way of the believers, We shall keep him in that path which he has chosen, and enter him into Hell - and what an evil destination.
(116) 116. Surely Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, and He forgives what is lesser than that to whom He wills; and whoever associates anything with Allah - he indeed has strayed far away.
(117) 117. They do not call on besides Him anything but idols, and they do not call on anything but a rebellious Satan.
(118) 118. Allah has cursed him; and he (Satan) said: Most certainly I shall take of your slaves (of mankind and jinn) an appointed portion:
(119) 119. And most certainly I shall lead them astray and excite in them vain desires, and command them so that they will slit the ears of the cattle, and most certainly I shall command them so that they will alter Allah’s creation; and whoever takes Satan for a guardian rather than Allah he indeed will suffer a manifest loss.
(120) 120. He (Satan) gives them promises and excites in them vain desires; and Satan does not promise them except delusion.
(121) 121. These are the ones whose home is Hell, and they will not find any refuge from it.
(122) 122. And (as for) those who believe (in the Truth) and do righteous deeds, We shall make them enter into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever; (it is) a Promise of Allah, true (indeed), and who is truer in word than Allah?
(123) 123. (This) will not be in accordance with your vain desires nor in accordance with the vain desires of the followers of the (earlier) Scripture (Jews and Christians); whoever does evil (major sins such as associating anything in worship with Allah, murder, sexual immorality, theft, taking and giving interest (usury), drinking alcohol, or disobeying the Prophet Muhammad in religious commandments, etc.), he will be requited for it, and besides Allah he will find for himself neither a protector nor a helper.
(124) 124. But whoever does righteous deeds whether male or female and is a believer - these will enter Paradise and they will not be dealt with unjustly as much as the speck on a date stone.
(125) 125. And who has a better religion than he (the Muslim) who submits himself entirely to Allah (God)? And he is a doer of good and follows (Islam) the Faith of Abraham, the upright one, and Allah exalted Abraham with His Love (because of Abraham’s true and complete love and submission to Him).
(126) 126. And to Allah (alone) belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth; and ever is Allah, of all things, encompassing.
(127) 127. And they request from you (O Prophet Muhammad), a (legal) ruling concerning women. Say: Allah gives you a ruling about them, and that which is recited to you in the Scripture about female orphans whom you do not give what is appointed for them while you desire to marry them, and concerning the weak among children, and that you should deal towards orphans with justice; and whatever good you do - Allah surely knows it.
(128) 128. And if a woman fears ill usage or desertion on the part of her husband, there is no blame on them, if they effect a reconciliation between them, and reconciliation is better, and greed is ever present in human souls; and if you do good and guard against evil, then surely Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
(129) 129. Yet you shall never be able to do complete and pure justice (in emotional feeling) between wives, even though you may wish, but be not disinclined (from one) with total disinclination, so that you leave her hanging; but if you effect a reconciliation and guard against evil, then surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(130) 130. And if they separate, Allah will render them both free from want out of His abundance, for Allah is Ample-Giving, All- Wise.
(131) 131. And to Allah (alone) belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and certainly We enjoined those who were given the Scripture before you and (We enjoin) you (too) that you should be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and if you disbelieve (in Allah and His Last Messenger Muhammad), then surely to Allah (alone) belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and Allah is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.
(132) 132. And to Allah (alone) belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and Allah is Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.
(133) 133. If He wills, He can make you pass away, O people, and bring others (in your place); for Allah has Power to do this.
(134) 134. Whoever desires the reward of this world, then with Allah is the reward of this world and the Hereafter; and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
(135) 135. O you who believe (in Allah and His messenger Muhammad)! Be maintainers of justice, bearers of witness for Allah’s Sake, though it may be against your own selves or (your) parents or near relatives; whether one is rich or poor, for Allah is more worthy of both; therefore do not follow (personal) inclination, lest you deviate; and if you distort your witness or refuse to give it, then surely Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
(136) 136. O you who believe! Believe (with perseverance) in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) and the Scripture (the Qur’an) which He has sent down to His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before; and whoever disbelieves in Allah and His angels and His Scriptures and His Messengers and the Last Day (and Pre-destination - the Divine Decree), he indeed has gone far astray.
(137) 137. Surely (as for) those who believe then disbelieve, then believe and again disbelieve, then increase in disbelief, never will Allah forgive them nor guide them to the (right) Path (of Islam).
(138) 138. Announce to the hypocrites that they shall have a painful Torment:
(139) 139. Those who take the disbelievers for their allies (and confidants) rather than the believers. Do they seek honor from them? Then surely all honor is for Allah.
(140) 140. And indeed He has revealed to you in the Scripture (the Qur’an) that when you hear Allah’s Verses disbelieved in and mocked at, do not sit with them until they enter into some other discourse; surely then you would be like them; surely Allah will gather the hypocrites and the disbelievers all together in Hell.
(141) 141. Those who wait for (some calamity to befall) you, then if you have a victory from Allah (God) they say: Were we not with you? And if there is a chance (of victory) for the disbelievers, they say: "Did we not help you win, and protect you from the believers"? So Allah will Judge between (all of) you on the Day of Resurrection, and never will Allah give the disbelievers a way (of spiritual supremacy as opposed to temporal supremacy) against the believers.
(142) 142. Surely the hypocrites seek to deceive Allah, and He will recompense their deceit to them, and when they stand up for the prayer they stand up with laziness; they do it only to be seen of people and do not remember Allah (God) except a little.
(143) 143. Wavering between that (and this, belonging) neither to these (the believers) nor to those (the disbelievers); and he whom Allah leaves astray (because of his arrogance and persistence in sin), never will you find for him a Way (of Guidance).
(144) 144. O you who believe (in Allah and His messenger Muhammad)! Do not take the disbelievers (who are at war with you or demean people of Faith) for your allies (and confidants) rather than the believers; do you desire that you should give to Allah a manifest proof against yourselves?
(145) 145. Surely the hypocrites will be in the lowest depth of the Hellfire, and you shall never find for them a helper (intercessor).
(146) 146. Except those who repent and live righteously and hold fast to Allah and are sincere in their deeds to Allah, for those are with the believers, and Allah will grant the believers a great Reward.
(147) 147. Why should Allah punish you (for your past sins) if you are grateful (to Him, repent) and believe? And Allah is Appreciative, All-Knowing.
(148) 148. Allah does not like the speaking bad (of people) in public (or private) unless (it be) by one to whom wrong has been done (such a person is allowed to speak out against a wrongdoer), and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
(149) 149. If you do good openly or do it in secret or pardon a wrong (done to yourselves), then surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Powerful.
(150) 150. Surely those (Jews and Christians) who disbelieve in Allah or His messengers and desire to make a distinction between Allah and His messengers (by believing in Allâh and disbelieving in His messengers) or say: We believe in some (Prophets such as Moses and Jesus)and disbelieve in some of them (such as Prophet Muhammad) and desire to take a path (of misguidance to follow) in between.
(151) 151. These are the disbelievers in truth, and We have prepared for the disbelievers a disgraceful Torment.
(152) 152. And those who believe in Allah and His messengers (whose last is the Prophet Muhammad), and do not make a distinction between any of them - Allah will grant them their rewards; and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(153) 153. The followers of the (earlier) Scripture (Jews and Nazarenes) ask you to bring down to them a Writing (on a paper) from the heaven (in proof of your Prophethood); so indeed they demanded of Moses a greater thing than that; for they said: Show us Allah manifestly; so a thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the golden calf (for a god), after clear Signs had come to them, but We pardoned this; and We gave to Moses a clear Authority.
(154) 154. And We raised the mountain (Sinai) over them for (their refusal of the Covenant) and We said to them: Enter the gate bowing humbly; and We said to them: Do not transgress on the Sabbath, and We took from them a solemn Covenant.
(155) 155. Therefore, for their breaking their Covenant, and their (persisting in) disbelief in the Revelations of Allah, and their killing the Prophets unjustly and their saying our hearts are covered. Rather, Allah set a seal upon them due to their disbelief, so they will not believe except a few.
(156) 156. And for their (persisting in) disbelief and for their having uttered against Mary a grievous accusation.
(157) 157. And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah (God); and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared so to them (the resemblance of Jesus was put over the culprit who had betrayed Jesus to the Romans, and they killed that hypocrite man); and most surely those who differ therein are only in doubt about it; they have no knowledge of it, but only follow a conjecture, and they certainly did not kill him.
(158) 158. Rather, Allah took him (Jesus) up (by body and spirit in sleep) to Himself (and he - Jesus will descend into the world again, to die after that a natural death, after having called people to Islam and having followed the final Prophet Muhammad); and Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
(159) 159. And there is none of the followers of the (earlier) Scripture (Jews and Christians) but most certainly believe in him (as a Messenger of Allah and a human being) before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he - (Jesus) shall bear witness to the Turth against them.
(160) 160. For the wrongdoing of those who judaised, We made unlawful to them certain good foods which had been lawful for them, and for their hindering many (people) from Allah’s Way.
(161) 161. And for their taking usury (interest) though indeed they were forbidden from taking it and their devouring the wealth of people falsely, and We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful Torment.
(162) 162. But those firm in knowledge among them, and the believers believe in what has been revealed to you (O Prophet Muhammad) and what was revealed before you, and the performers of prayer (especially) and the givers of the poor-rate and the believers in Allah and the Last Day, these We shall give a great Reward.
(163) 163. Surely We (Allah) have revealed to you (O Prophet Muhammad) as We revealed to Noah, and the Prophets after him, and We revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and (the Prophets of his) descent, and Jesus and Job and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon and We gave to David the Zabur (the Psalms).
(164) 164. And (We sent) Messengers about whom We have related their stories to you before, and Messengers about whom We have not related their stories to you; and to Moses, Allah addressed His Word, speaking (to him) directly.
(165) 165. (We sent) Messengers as the givers of good news (of eternal Bliss for whoever believes and does righteous work) and as warners (of Chastisement for whoever associates any partner with Allah and works evil), so that people should have no plea against Allah (God) after the (coming of the) Messengers; for Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
(166) 166. But Allah bears witness by what He has revealed to you that He has revealed it with His Knowledge, and the angels bear witness; and Allah is Sufficient as a Witness.
(167) 167. Surely (as for) those who disbelieve (in Allah and His messenger Muhammad) and hinder (people) from Allah’s Way, they indeed have strayed far, far away from the (right) Path (of Islam).
(168) 168. Surely (as for) those who persist in disbelief and act unjustly (by hindering people from Allah’s Way), never will Allah forgive them nor guide them to any path;
(169) 169. Except the path of Hell, to abide therein forever, and this is easy for Allah.
(170) 170. O people! Surely the Messenger has come to you with the Truth from (Allah) your (True) Lord, therefore believe for your own good; but if you disbelieve (in Allah and His messenger Muhammad), then surely to Allah (alone) belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth; and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(171) 171. O followers of the (earlier) Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the proper limits in your deeds (such as attributing divine qualaties to certain creations of Allah or revering them excessively), and do not speak (lies) against Allah (God), but (speak) the truth (that God has no partner nor son); the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, is only a Messenger of Allah and His word which He conveyed to Mary and a soul (created by a Command) from Him (Allah alone); therefore believe in Allah and His messengers, and do not say (God is) a trinity. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is the only One true God; far be it from His Glory that He should have a son (or partner), to Him (alone) belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and Allah is Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.
(172) 172. The Messiah (Jesus Christ) would never disdain to be a servant of Allah, nor (the holy spirit and) the angels who draw near to Allah (through prayer and worship and full submission), and whosoever disdains Allah’s worship and is arrogant - He will gather them all together to Himself.
(173) 173. Then as for those who believe and do righteous deeds, Allah will pay them fully their rewards and give them more out of His Bounty; and as for those who disdain Allah’s worship and are arrogant, He will chastise them with a painful Chastisement. And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector (guardian, savior) or helper (intercessor).
(174) 174. O people! Surely there has come to you manifest Proof (the Prophet Muhammad from your (True) Lord (Allah), and We have sent to you a clear Light (the Great Qur’an).
(175) 175. Then as for those who believe in Allah and hold fast to Him, He will cause them to enter into His Mercy and Bounty and guide them to Himself on a straight Path.
(176) 176. They request from you a (legal) ruling. Say: Allah gives you a ruling concerning the person who has neither parents nor offspring; if a man dies (and) he has no child but he has a sister, she shall inherit half of what he leaves, and he shall be her heir if she has no child; but if there are two (sisters), they shall inherit two-thirds of what he leaves; and if there are siblings, males and females, then the male shall inherit the like of the portion of two females; Allah makes clear to you, lest you err; and Allah has (Perfect) Knowledge of all things.