An-Nisa

In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
















1. O people! Fear your Lord, who created

you from a single soul, and created from it
its mate, and propagated from them many
men and women. And revere God whom
you ask about, and the parents. Surely,
God is Watchful over you.
2. And give orphans their properties, and
do not substitute the bad for the good.
And do not consume their properties by
combining them with yours, for that
would be a serious sin.
3. If you fear you cannot act fairly towards
the orphans—then marry the women you
like—two, or three, or four. But if you fear
you will not be fair, then one, or what you
already have. That makes it more likely
that you avoid bias.
4. Give women their dowries graciously.
But if they willingly forego some of it, then
consume it with enjoyment and pleasure.
5. Do not give the immature your money
which God has assigned to you for support.
But provide for them from it, and
clothe them, and speak to them with kind
words.
6. Test the orphans until they reach the age
of marriage. If you find them to be mature
enough, hand over their properties to
them. And do not consume it extravagantly
or hastily before they grow up. The rich
shall not charge any wage, but the poor
may charge fairly. When you hand over
their properties to them, have it witnessed
for them. God suffices as a Reckoner.
7. Men receive a share of what their parents
and relatives leave, and women receive
a share of what their parents and
relatives leave, be it little or much—a legal
share.
8. If the distribution is attended by the
relatives, and the orphans, and the needy,
give them something out of it, and speak
to them kindly.
9. Those who are concerned about the fate
of their weak children, in case they leave
them behind, should fear God, and speak
appropriate words.
10. Those who consume the wealth of orphans
illicitly consume only fire into their
bellies; and they will roast in a Blaze.
11. God instructs you regarding your children:
The male receives the equivalent of
the share of two females. If they are
daughters, more than two, they get twothirds
of what he leaves. If there is only
one, she gets one-half. As for the parents,
each gets one-sixth of what he leaves, if he
had children. If he had no children, and
his parents inherit from him, his mother
gets one-third. If he has siblings, his
mother gets one-sixth. After fulfilling any
bequest and paying off debts. Your parents
and your children—you do not know
which are closer to you in welfare. This is
God's Law. God is Knowing and Judicious.
12. You get one-half of what your wives
leave behind, if they had no children. If
they had children, you get one-fourth of
what they leave. After fulfilling any bequest
and paying off debts. They get onefourth
of what you leave behind, if you
have no children. If you have children,
they get one-eighth of what you leave. After
fulfilling any bequest and paying off
debts. If a man or woman leaves neither
parents nor children, but has a brother or
sister, each of them gets one-sixth. If there
are more siblings, they share one-third.
After fulfilling any bequest and paying off
debts, without any prejudice. This is a will
from God. God is Knowing and Clement.
13. These are the bounds set by God. Whoever
obeys God and His Messenger, He
will admit him into Gardens beneath
which rivers flow, to abide therein forever.
That is the great attainment.
14. But whoever disobeys God and His
Messenger, and oversteps His bounds, He
will admit him into a Fire, wherein he
abides forever, and he will have a shameful
punishment.
15. Those of your women who commit
lewdness, you must have four witnesses
against them, from among you. If they
testify, confine them to the homes until
death claims them, or God makes a way
for them.
16. If two men among you commit it, punish
them both. But if they repent and reform,
leave them alone. God is Redeemer,
Full of Mercy.
17. Repentance is available from God for
those who commit evil out of ignorance,
and then repent soon after. These—God
will relent towards them. God is Knowing
and Wise.
18. But repentance is not available for
those who commit evils, until when death
approaches one of them, he says, “Now I
repent,” nor for those who die as disbelievers.
These—We have prepared for
them a painful torment.
19. O you who believe! It is not permitted
for you to inherit women against their
will. And do not coerce them in order to
take away some of what you had given
them, unless they commit a proven adultery.
And live with them in kindness. If
you dislike them, it may be that you dislike
something in which God has placed much
good.
20. If you wish to replace one wife with
another, and you have given one of them a
fortune, take nothing back from it. Would
you take it back fraudulently and sinfully?
21. And how can you take it back, when
you have been intimate with one another,
and they have received from you a solid
commitment?
22. Do not marry women whom your fathers
married, except what is already past.
That is improper, indecent, and a bad custom.
23. Forbidden for you are your mothers,
your daughters, your sisters, your paternal
aunts, your maternal aunts, your brother's
daughters, your sister's daughters, your
foster-mothers who nursed you, your sisters
through nursing, your wives' mothers,
and your stepdaughters in your guardianship—
born of wives you have gone into—
but if you have not gone into them, there
is no blame on you. And the wives of your
genetic sons; and marrying two sisters
simultaneously, except what is past. God is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
24. And all married women, except those
you rightfully possess. This is God’s decree,
binding upon you. Permitted for you
are those that lie outside these limits, provided
you seek them in legal marriage,
with gifts from your property, seeking
wedlock, not prostitution. If you wish to
enjoy them, then give them their dowry—
a legal obligation. You commit no error by
agreeing to any change to the dowry. God
is All-Knowing, Most Wise.
25. If any of you lack the means to marry
free believing women, he may marry one
of the believing maids under your control.
God is well aware of your faith. You are
from one another. Marry them with the
permission of their guardians, and give
them their recompense fairly—to be protected—
neither committing adultery, nor
taking secret lovers. When they are married,
if they commit adultery, their punishment
shall be half that of free women.
That is for those among you who fear falling
into decadence. But to practice selfrestraint
is better for you. God is Most
Forgiving, Most Merciful.
26. God intends to make things clear to
you, and to guide you in the ways of those
before you, and to redeem you. God is
Most Knowing, Most Wise.
27. God intends to redeem you, but those
who follow their desires want you to turn
away utterly.
28. God intends to lighten your burden, for
the human being was created weak.
29. O you who believe! Do not consume
each other’s wealth illicitly, but trade by
mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves,
for God is Merciful towards you.
30. Whoever does that, out of hostility and
wrongdoing, We will cast him into a Fire.
And that would be easy for God.
31. If you avoid the worst of what you are
forbidden, We will remit your sins, and
admit you by a Gate of Honor.
32. Do not covet what God has given to
some of you in preference to others. For
men is a share of what they have earned,
and for women is a share of what they
have earned. And ask God of his bounty.
God has knowledge of everything.
33. To everyone We have assigned beneficiaries
in what is left by parents and relatives.
Those with whom you have made an
agreement, give them their share. God is
Witness over all things.
34. Men are the protectors and maintainers
of women, as God has given some of them
an advantage over others, and because
they spend out of their wealth. The good
women are obedient, guarding what God
would have them guard. As for those from
whom you fear disloyalty, admonish them,
and abandon them in their beds, then
strike them. But if they obey you, do not
transgress against them. God is Sublime,
Great.
35. If you fear a breach between the two,
appoint an arbiter from his family and an
arbiter from her family. If they wish to
reconcile, God will bring them together.
God is Knowledgeable, Expert.
36. Worship God, and ascribe no partners
to Him, and be good to the parents, and
the relatives, and the orphans, and the
poor, and the neighbor next door, and the
distant neighbor, and the close associate,
and the traveler, and your servants. God
does not love the arrogant showoff.
37. Those who are stingy, and exhort people
to stinginess, and conceal what God
has given them from His bounty. We have
prepared for the disbelievers a disgraceful
punishment.
38. And those who spend their money to
be seen by people, and believe neither in
God nor in the Last Day. Whoever has
Satan as a companion—what an evil companion.
39. What would they have lost, had they
believed in God and the Last Day, and
gave out of what God has provided for
them? God knows them very well.
40. God does not commit an atom's weight
of injustice; and if there is a good deed, He
doubles it, and gives from His Presence a
sublime compensation.
41. Then how will it be, when We bring a
witness from every community, and We
bring you as a witness against these?
42. On that Day, those who disbelieved and
disobeyed the Messenger will wish that the
earth were leveled over them. They will
conceal nothing from God.
43. O you who believe! Do not approach
the prayer while you are drunk, so that
you know what you say; nor after sexual
orgasm—unless you are travelling—until
you have bathed. If you are sick, or traveling,
or one of you comes from the toilet,
or you have had intercourse with women,
and cannot find water, find clean sand and
wipe your faces and your hands with it.
God is Pardoning and Forgiving.
44. Have you not considered those who
were given a share of the Book? They buy
error, and wish you would lose the way.
45. But God knows your enemies best. God
is sufficient as a Protector, and God is sufficient
as a Supporter.
46. Among the Jews are some who take
words out of context, and say, “We hear
and we disobey”, and “Hear without listening”,
and “Observe us,” twisting with
their tongues and slandering the religion.
Had they said, “We hear and we obey”,
and “Listen”, and “Give us your attention,”
it would have been better for them,
and more upright. But God has cursed
them for their disbelief; they do not believe
except a little.
47. O you who were given the Book! Believe
in what We sent down, confirming
what you have, before We obliterate faces
and turn them inside out, or curse them as
We cursed the Sabbath-breakers. The
command of God is always done.
48. God does not forgive association with
Him, but He forgives anything less than
that to whomever He wills. Whoever associates anything with God has devised a
monstrous sin.
49. Have you not considered those who
claim purity for themselves? Rather, God
purifies whom He wills, and they will not
be wronged a whit.
50. See how they devise lies against God.
That alone is an outright sin.
51. Have you not considered those who
were given a share of the Book? They believe
in superstition and evil powers, and
say of those who disbelieve, “These are
better guided on the way than the believers.”
52. Those are they whom God has cursed.
Whomever God curses, you will find no
savior for him.
53. Or do they own a share of the kingdom?
Then they would not give people a
speck.
54. Or do they envy the people for what
God has given them of His grace? We have
given the family of Abraham the Book and
wisdom, and We have given them a great
kingdom.
55. Among them are those who believed in
it, and among them are those who held
back from it. Hell is a sufficient Inferno.
56. Those who reject Our revelations—We
will scorch them in a Fire. Every time their
skins are cooked, We will replace them
with other skins, so they will experience
the suffering. God is Most Powerful, Most
Wise.
57. As for those who believe and do good
deeds, We will admit them into Gardens
beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein
forever. They will have purified spouses
therein, and We will admit them into a
shady shade.
58. God instructs you to give back things
entrusted to you to their owners. And
when you judge between people, judge
with justice. God’s instructions to you are
excellent. God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
59. O you who believe! Obey God and obey
the Messenger and those in authority
among you. And if you dispute over anything,
refer it to God and the Messenger, if
you believe in God and the Last Day. That
is best, and a most excellent determination.
60. Have you not observed those who claim
that they believe in what was revealed to
you, and in what was revealed before you,
yet they seek Satanic sources for legislation,
in spite of being commanded to reject
them? Satan means to mislead them
far away.
61. And when it is said to them, “Come to
what God has revealed, and to the Messenger,”
you see the hypocrites shunning
you completely.
62. How about when a disaster strikes them
because what their hands have put forward,
and then they come to you swearing
by God: “We only intended goodwill and
reconciliation”?
63. They are those whom God knows what
is in their hearts. So ignore them, and admonish them, and say to them concerning
themselves penetrating words.
64. We did not send any messenger except
to be obeyed by God’s leave. Had they,
when they wronged themselves, come to
you, and prayed for God's forgiveness, and
the Messenger had prayed for their forgiveness,
they would have found God Relenting
and Merciful.
65. But no, by your Lord, they will not believe
until they call you to arbitrate in their
disputes, and then find within themselves
no resentment regarding your decisions,
and submit themselves completely.
66. Had We decreed for them: “Kill yourselves,”
or “Leave your homes,” they
would not have done it, except for a few of
them. But had they done what they were
instructed to do, it would have been better
for them, and a firmer confirmation.
67. And We would have given them from
Our presence a rich compensation.
68. And We would have guided them on a
straight path.
69. Whoever obeys God and the Messenger—
these are among those whom God
has blessed—among the prophets, and the
sincere, and the martyrs, and the upright.
Excellent are those as companions.
70. That is the grace from God. God suffices
as Knower.
71. O you who believe! Take your precautions,
and mobilize in groups, or mobilize
altogether.
72. Among you is he who lags behind.
Then, when a calamity befalls you, he says,
“God has favored me, that I was not martyred
with them.”
73. But when some bounty from God
comes to you, he says—as if no affection
existed between you and him—“If only I
had been with them, I would have
achieved a great victory.”
74. Let those who sell the life of this world
for the Hereafter fight in the cause of God.
Whoever fights in the cause of God, and
then is killed, or achieves victory, We will
grant him a great compensation.
75. And why would you not fight in the
cause of God, and the helpless men, and
women, and children, cry out, “Our Lord,
deliver us from this town whose people
are oppressive, and appoint for us from
Your Presence a Protector, and appoint
for us from Your Presence a Victor.”
76. Those who believe fight in the cause of
God, while those who disbelieve fight in
the cause of Evil. So fight the allies of the
Devil. Surely the strategy of the Devil is
weak.
77. Have you not seen those who were told,
“Restrain your hands, and perform your
prayers, and spend in regular charity”? But
when fighting was ordained for them, a
faction of them feared the people as God is
ought to be feared, or even more. And
they said, “Our Lord, why did You ordain
fighting for us? If only You would postpone
it for us for a while.” Say, “The enjoyments
of this life are brief, but the
Hereafter is better for the righteous, and
you will not be wronged one bit.”
78. Wherever you may be, death will catch
up with you, even if you were in fortified
towers. When a good fortune comes their
way, they say, “This is from God.” But
when a misfortune befalls them, they say,
“This is from you.” Say, “All is from God.”
So what is the matter with these people,
that they hardly understand a thing?
79. Whatever good happens to you is from
God, and whatever bad happens to you is
from your own self. We sent you to humanity
as a messenger, and God is Witness
enough.
80. Whoever obeys the Messenger is obeying
God. And whoever turns away—We
did not send you as a watcher over them.
81. They profess obedience, but when they
leave your presence, some of them conspire
something contrary to what you said.
But God writes down what they conspire.
So avoid them, and put your trust in God.
God is Guardian enough.
82. Do they not ponder the Quran? Had it
been from any other than God, they would
have found in it much discrepancy.
83. When some news of security or alarm
comes their way, they broadcast it. But
had they referred it to the Messenger, and
to those in authority among them, those
who can draw conclusions from it would
have comprehended it. Were it not for
God’s blessing and mercy upon you, you
would have followed the Devil, except for
a few.
84. So fight in the cause of God; you are
responsible only for yourself. And rouse
the believers. Perhaps God will restrain
the might of those who disbelieve. God is
Stronger in Might, and More Punishing.
85. Whoever intercedes for a good cause
has a share in it, and whoever intercedes
for an evil cause shares in its burdens. God
keeps watch over everything.
86. When you are greeted with a greeting,
respond with a better greeting, or return
it. God keeps count of everything.
87. God—there is no god except He. He
will gather you to the Day of Resurrection,
in which there is no doubt. And who
speaks more truly than God?
88. What is the matter with you, divided
into two factions regarding the hypocrites,
when God Himself has overwhelmed them
on account of what they did? Do you want
to guide those whom God has led astray?
Whomever God leads astray—you will
never find for him a way.
89. They would love to see you disbelieve,
just as they disbelieve, so you would become
equal. So do not befriend any of
them, unless they emigrate in the way of
God. If they turn away, seize them and
execute them wherever you may find
them; and do not take from among them
allies or supporters.
90. Except those who join people with
whom you have a treaty, or those who
come to you reluctant to fight you or fight
their own people. Had God willed, He
would have given them power over you,
and they would have fought you. If they
withdraw from you, and do not fight you,
and offer you peace, then God assigns no
excuse for you against them.
91. You will find others who want security
from you, and security from their own
people. But whenever they are tempted
into civil discord, they plunge into it. So if
they do not withdraw from you, nor offer
you peace, nor restrain their hands, seize
them and execute them wherever you find
them. Against these, We have given you
clear authorization.
92. Never should a believer kill another
believer, unless by error. Anyone who kills
a believer by error must set free a believing
slave, and pay compensation to the victim’s
family, unless they remit it as charity.
If the victim belonged to a people who are
hostile to you, but is a believer, then the
compensation is to free a believing slave. If
he belonged to a people with whom you
have a treaty, then compensation should
be handed over to his family, and a believing
slave set free. Anyone who lacks the
means must fast for two consecutive
months, by way of repentance to God.
God is All-Knowing, Most Wise.
93. Whoever kills a believer deliberately,
the penalty for him is Hell, where he will
remain forever. And God will be angry
with him, and will curse him, and will
prepare for him a terrible punishment.
94. O you who believe! When you journey
in the way of God, investigate, and do not
say to him who offers you peace, “You are
not a believer,” aspiring for the goods of
this world. With God are abundant riches.
You yourselves were like this before, and
God bestowed favor on you; so investigate.
God is well aware of what you do.
95. Not equal are the inactive among the
believers—except the disabled—and the
strivers in the cause of God with their possessions
and their persons. God prefers the
strivers with their possessions and their
persons above the inactive, by a degree.
But God has promised goodness to both.
Yet God favors the strivers, over the inactive,
with a great reward.
96. Degrees from Him, and forgiveness,
and mercy. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
97. While the angels are removing the souls
of those who have wronged themselves,
they will say, “What was the matter with
you?” They will say, “We were oppressed
in the land.” They will say, “Was God’s
earth not vast enough for you to emigrate
in it?” These—their refuge is Hell. What a
wretched retreat!
98. Except for the weak among men, and
women, and children who have no means
to act, and no means to find a way out.
99. These—God may well pardon them.
God is Pardoning and Forgiving.
100. Anyone who emigrates for the sake of
God will find on earth many places of refuge,
and plentitude. Anyone who leaves
his home, emigrating to God and His
Messenger, and then is overtaken by
death, his compensation falls on God. God
is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
101. When you travel in the land, there is
no blame on you for shortening the prayers,
if you fear that the disbelievers may
harm you. The disbelievers are your manifest
enemies.
102. When you are among them, and you
stand to lead them in prayer, let a group of
them stand with you, and let them hold
their weapons. Then, when they have done
their prostrations, let them withdraw to
the rear, and let another group, that have
not prayed yet, come forward and pray
with you; and let them take their precautions
and their weapons. Those who disbelieve
would like you to neglect your weapons
and your equipment, so they can attack
you in a single assault. You commit
no error, if you are hampered by rain or
are sick, by putting down your weapons;
but take precautions. Indeed, God has
prepared for the disbelievers a demeaning
punishment.
103. When you have completed the prayer,
remember God, standing, or sitting, or on
your sides. And when you feel secure, perform
the prayer. The prayer is obligatory
for believers at specific times.
104. And do not falter in the pursuit of the
enemy. If you are aching, they are aching
as you are aching, but you expect from
God what they cannot expect. God is
Knowledgeable and Wise.
105. We have revealed to you the Scripture,
with the truth, so that you judge between
people in accordance with what God has
shown you. And do not be an advocate for
the traitors.
106. And ask God for forgiveness. God is
Forgiver and Merciful.
107. And do not argue on behalf of those
who deceive themselves. God does not
love any treacherous and immoral.
108. They hide from the people, but they
cannot hide from God. He is with them, as
they plot by night with words He does not
approve. God comprehends what they do.
109. There you are, arguing on their behalf
in the present life, but who will argue with
God on their behalf on the Day of Resurrection?
Or who will be their representative?
110. Whoever commits evil, or wrongs his
soul, then implores God for forgiveness,
will find God Forgiving and Merciful.
111. And Whoever earns a sin, earns it
against himself. God is Aware and Wise.
112. And whoever commits a mistake, or a
sin, and then blames it on an innocent
person, has taken a slander and a clear sin.
113. Were it not for God’s grace towards
you, and His mercy, a faction of them
would have managed to mislead you. But
they only mislead themselves, and they
cannot harm you in any way. God has revealed
to you the Scripture and wisdom,
and has taught you what you did not
know. God’s goodness towards you is
great.
114. There is no good in much of their private
counsels, except for him who advocates
charity, or kindness, or reconciliation
between people. Whoever does that,
seeking God’s approval, We will give him
a great compensation.
115. Whoever makes a breach with the
Messenger, after the guidance has become
clear to him, and follows other than the
path of the believers, We will direct him in
the direction he has chosen, and commit
him to Hell—what a terrible destination!
116. God will not forgive that partners be
associated with Him, but will forgive anything
less than that, to whomever He wills.
Anyone who ascribes partners to God has
strayed into far error.
117. They invoke in His stead only females.
In fact, they invoke none but a rebellious
devil.
118. God has cursed him. And he said, “I
will take to myself my due share of Your
servants.”
119. “And I will mislead them, and I will
entice them, and I will prompt them to slit
the ears of cattle, and I will prompt them
to alter the creation of God.” Whoever
takes Satan as a lord, instead of God, has
surely suffered a profound loss.
120. He promises them, and raises their
expectations, but Satan promises them
nothing but delusions.
121. These—their place is Hell, and they
will find no escape from it.
122. But as for those who believe and do
righteous deeds, We will admit them into
gardens beneath which rivers flow, where
they will abide forever. The promise of
God is true—and who is more truthful in
speech than God?
123. It is not in accordance with your wishes,
nor in accordance with the wishes of
the People of the Scripture. Whoever
works evil will pay for it, and will not find
for himself, besides God, any protector or
savior.
124. But whoever works righteousness,
whether male or female, and is a believer—
those will enter Paradise, and will not
be wronged a whit.
125. And who is better in religion than he
who submits himself wholly to God, and is
a doer of good, and follows the faith of
Abraham the Monotheist? God has chosen
Abraham for a friend.
126. To God belongs what is in the heavens
and what is on earth, and God encompasses
everything.
127. They ask you for a ruling about women.
Say, “God gives you a ruling about
them, and so does what is stated to you in
the Book about widowed women from
whom you withhold what is decreed for
them, yet you desire to marry them, and
about helpless children: that you should
treat them fairly.” Whatever good you do,
God knows it.
128. If a woman fears maltreatment or desertion
from her husband, there is no fault
in them if they reconcile their differences,
for reconciliation is best. Souls are prone
to avarice, yet if you do what is good, and
practice piety—God is Cognizant of what
you do.
129. You will not be able to treat women
with equal fairness, no matter how much
you desire it. But do not be so biased as to
leave another suspended. If you make
amends, and act righteously—God is Forgiving
and Merciful.
130. And if they separate, God will enrich
each from His abundance. God is Bounteous
and Wise.
131. To God belongs everything in the
heavens and everything on earth. We have
instructed those who were given the Book
before you, and you, to be conscious of
God. But if you refuse—to God belongs
everything in the heavens and everything
on earth. God is in no need, Praiseworthy.
132. To God belongs everything in the
heavens and everything on earth. God
suffices as Manager.
133. If He wills, He can do away with you,
O people, and bring others. God is Able to
do that.
134. Whoever desires the reward of this
world—with God is the reward of this
world and the next. God is All-Hearing,
All-Seeing.
135. O you who believe! Stand firmly for
justice, as witnesses to God, even if against
yourselves, or your parents, or your relatives.
Whether one is rich or poor, God
takes care of both. So do not follow your
desires, lest you swerve. If you deviate, or
turn away—then God is Aware of what
you do.
136. O you who believe! Believe in God and
His messenger, and the Book He sent
down to His messenger, and the Book He
sent down before. Whoever rejects God,
His angels, His Books, His messengers,
and the Last Day, has strayed far in error.
137. Those who believe, then disbelieve,
then believe, then disbelieve, then increase
in disbelief, God will not forgive them, nor
will He guide them to a way.
138. Inform the hypocrites that they will
have a painful punishment.
139. Those who ally themselves with the
disbelievers instead of the believers. Do
they seek glory in them? All glory belongs
to God.
140. He has revealed to you in the Book
that when you hear God’s revelations being
rejected, or ridiculed, do not sit with
them until they engage in some other subject.
Otherwise, you would be like them.
God will gather the hypocrites and the
disbelievers, into Hell, altogether.
141. Those who lie in wait for you: if you
attain victory from God, they say, “Were
we not with you?” But if the disbelievers
get a turn, they say, “Did we not side with
you, and defend you from the believers?”
God will judge between you on the Day of
Resurrection; and God will give the disbelievers
no means of overcoming the believers.
142. The hypocrites try to deceive God, but
He is deceiving them. And when they
stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing
off in front of people, and remembering
God only a little.
143. Wavering in between, neither with
these, nor with those. Whomever God
sends astray, you will never find for him a
way.
144. O you who believe! Do not befriend
disbelievers rather than believers. Do you
want to give God a clear case against you?
145. The hypocrites will be in the lowest
level of the Fire, and you will find no helper
for them.
146. Except those who repent, and reform,
and hold fast to God, and dedicate their
religion to God alone. These are with the
believers; and God will give the believers a
great reward.
147. What would God accomplish by your
punishment, if you have given thanks, and
have believed? God is Appreciative and
Cognizant.
148. God does not like the public uttering
of bad language, unless someone was
wronged. God is Hearing and Knowing.
149. If you let a good deed be shown, or
conceal it, or pardon an offense—God is
Pardoning and Capable.
150. Those who disbelieve in God and His
messengers, and want to separate between
God and His messengers, and say, “We
believe in some, and reject some,” and
wish to take a path in between.
151. These are the unbelievers, truly. We
have prepared for the unbelievers a
shameful punishment.
152. As for those who believe in God and
His messengers, and make no distinction
between any of them, He will give them
their reward. God is Forgiver and Merciful.
153. The People of the Scripture challenge
you to bring down to them a book from
the sky. They had asked Moses for something
even greater. They said, “Show us
God plainly.” The thunderbolt struck
them for their wickedness. Then they took
the calf for worship, even after the clear
proofs had come to them. Yet We pardoned
that, and We gave Moses a clear
authority.
154. And We raised the Mount above them
in accordance with their covenant, and
We said to them, “Enter the gate humbly”,
and We said to them, “Do not violate the
Sabbath”, and We received from them a
solemn pledge.
155. But for their violation of their covenant,
and their denial of God’s revelations,
and their killing of the prophets unjustly,
and their saying, “Our minds are closed.”
In fact, God has sealed them for their disbelief,
so they do not believe, except for a
few.
156. And for their faithlessness, and their
saying against Mary a monstrous slander.
157. And for their saying, “We have killed
the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the
Messenger of God.” In fact, they did not
kill him, nor did they crucify him, but it
appeared to them as if they did. Indeed,
those who differ about him are in doubt
about it. They have no knowledge of it,
except the following of assumptions. Certainly,
they did not kill him.
158. Rather, God raised him up to Himself.
God is Mighty and Wise.
159. There is none from the People of the
Scripture but will believe in him before his
death, and on the Day of Resurrection he
will be a witness against them.
160. Due to wrongdoing on the part of the
Jews, We forbade them good things that
used to be lawful for them; and for deterring
many from God’s path.
161. And for their taking usury, although
they were forbidden it, and for their consuming
people's wealth dishonestly. We
have prepared for the faithless among
them a painful torment.
162. But those among them firmly rooted
in knowledge, and the believers, believe in
what was revealed to you, and in what was
revealed before you; and the observers of
prayers, and the givers of charity, and the
believers in God and the Last Day—upon
these We will bestow an immense reward.
163. We have inspired you, as We had inspired
Noah and the prophets after him.
And We inspired Abraham, and Ishmael,
and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs,
and Jesus, and Job, and Jonah, and Aaron,
and Solomon. And We gave David the
Psalms.
164. Some Messengers We have already
told you about, while some messengers
We have not told you about. And God
spoke to Moses directly.
165. Messengers delivering good news, and
bringing warnings, so that people may
have no excuse before God after the coming
of the messengers. God is Powerful
and Wise.
166. But God bears witness to what He revealed
to you. He revealed it with His
knowledge. And the angels bear witness.
Though God is a sufficient witness.
167. Those who disbelieve and repel from
God’s path have gone far astray.
168. Those who disbelieve and transgress,
God is not about to forgive them, nor
guide them to any path.
169. Except to the path of Hell, where they
will dwell forever. And that is easy for
God.
170. O people! The Messenger has come to
you with the truth from your Lord, so believe—
that is best for you. But if you disbelieve,
to God belongs everything in the
heavens and the earth. God is Omniscient
and Wise.
171. O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate
in your religion, and do not say
about God except the truth. The Messiah,
Jesus, the son of Mary, is the Messenger of
God, and His Word that He conveyed to
Mary, and a Spirit from Him. So believe in
God and His messengers, and do not say,
“Three.” Refrain—it is better for you. God is only one God. Glory be to Him—that
He should have a son. To Him belongs
everything in the heavens and the earth,
and God is a sufficient Protector.
172. The Messiah does not disdain to be a
servant of God, nor do the favored angels.
Whoever disdains His worship, and is too
arrogant—He will round them up to Himself
altogether.
173. But as for those who believe and do
good works, He will pay them their wages
in full, and will increase His grace for
them. But as for those who disdain and are
too proud, He will punish them with an
agonizing punishment. And they will find
for themselves, apart from God, no lord
and no savior.
174. O people! a proof has come to you
from your Lord, and We sent down to you
a clear light.
175. As for those who believe in God, and
hold fast to Him, He will admit them into
mercy from Him, and grace, and He will
guide them to Himself in a straight path.
176. They ask you for a ruling. Say, “God
gives you a ruling concerning the person
who has neither parents nor children.” If a
man dies, and leaves no children, and he
had a sister, she receives one-half of what
he leaves. And he inherits from her if she
leaves no children. But if there are two
sisters, they receive two-thirds of what he
leaves. If the siblings are men and women,
the male receives the share of two females.”
God makes things clear for you,
lest you err. God is Aware of everything.