Sourate An-Nur (24) original (rasm)

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. This is a sourate which We have sent down and which We have made obligatory, and in which We have sent down clear signs, that you may remember.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سوره انزلنها وفرضنها وانزلنا فيها ايت بينت لعلكم تذكرون

The fornicatress and the fornicator, inflict on each of them a hundred lashes, 2

الزانيه والزاني فاجلدوا كل وحد منهما مايه جلده

and let no compassion for them seize you in the Law of God, if you believe in God and the Last Day; 2

ولا تاخذكم بهما رافه في دين الله ان كنتم تومنون بالله واليوم الاخر

and let a group of believers witness their punishment. 2

وليشهد عذابهما طايفه من المومنين

The fornicator takes as wife only a fornicatress or an associator, 3

الزاني لا ينكح الا زانيه او مشركه

and the fornicatress, only a fornicator or an associator takes her as wife; 3

والزانيه لا ينكحها الا زان او مشرك

and that is forbidden to the believers. 3

وحرم ذلك علي المومنين

And those who accuse women protected by contract, then do not bring four witnesses, inflict on them eighty lashes,i 4

والذين يرمون المحصنت ثم لم ياتوا باربعه شهدا فاجلدوهم ثمنين جلده

and never accept their testimony again — those are the oversteppers, except those who repented after that and reformed, for God is ever Forgiving, benevolent. 5

ولا تقبلوا لهم شهده ابدا واوليك هم الفسقون الا الذين تابوا من بعد ذلك واصلحوا فان الله غفور رحيم

And those who accuse their spouses, having no witnesses except themselves, the testimony of one of them shall be four oaths by God that he is indeed among the truthful, and the fifth, that the curse of God be upon him if he is among the liars. 7

والذين يرمون ازوجهم ولم يكن لهم شهدا الا انفسهم فشهده احدهم اربع شهدت بالله انه لمن الصدقين والخمسه ان لعنت الله عليه ان كان من الكذبين

And the punishment will be averted from her if she testifies four times by God that he is among the liars, and a fifth time, that the wrath of God be upon her if he is among the truthful. 9

ويدروا عنها العذاب ان تشهد اربع شهدت بالله انه لمن الكذبين والخمسه ان غضب الله عليها ان كان من الصدقين

And were it not for the favor of God upon you, His benevolence, and that God is ever Returning, Wise, [you would have been ruined]. 10

ولولا فضل الله عليكم ورحمته وان الله تواب حكيم

Those who came with the calumny are a group from among you; do not think it is an evil for you, 11

ان الذين جاو بالافك عصبه منكم لا تحسبوه شرا لكم

no, it is a good for you. 11

بل هو خير لكم

To each man among them [will come] what he has earned of transgression, 11

لكل امري منهم ما اكتسب من الاثم

and he among them who took the greatest part of it will have an immense punishment. 11

والذي تولي كبره منهم له عذاب عظيم

If only, upon hearing it, the believing men and women had thought well of themselves, and had said: This is a manifest calumny! 12

لولا اذ سمعتموه ظن المومنون والمومنت بانفسهم خيرا وقالوا هذا افك مبين

If only they had brought four witnesses concerning it! 13

لولا جاو عليه باربعه شهدا

Since they did not bring the witnesses, those are, in the sight of God, the liars. 13

فاذ لم ياتوا بالشهدا فاوليك عند الله هم الكذبون

And were it not for the favor of God upon you and His benevolence, in the present life and the hereafter, an immense punishment would have touched you for what you engaged in, when you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge, deeming it trivial while it is, in the sight of God, immense. 15

ولولا فضل الله عليكم ورحمته في الدنيا والاخره لمسكم في ما افضتم فيه عذاب عظيم اذ تلقونه بالسنتكم وتقولون بافواهكم ما ليس لكم به علم وتحسبونه هينا وهو عند الله عظيم

And if only, upon hearing it, you had said: It is not for us to speak of this — glory be to You, this is an immense calumny! 16

ولولا اذ سمعتموه قلتم ما يكون لنا ان نتكلم بهذا سبحنك هذا بهتن عظيم

God exhorts you never to return to the like of it, if you are believers. 17

يعظكم الله ان تعودوا لمثله ابدا ان كنتم مومنين

And God explicates the signs for you, 18

ويبين الله لكم الايت

and God is knowing, wise. 18

والله عليم حكيم

Those who love that indecency should spread among those who believe will have a painful punishment, in the present life and the hereafter, 19

ان الذين يحبون ان تشيع الفحشه في الذين امنوا لهم عذاب اليم في الدنيا والاخره

and God knows, 19

والله يعلم

and you, you do not know. 19

وانتم لا تعلمون

And were it not for the favor of God upon you, His benevolence, and that God is Compassionate, benevolent, [you would have been ruined]. 20

ولولا فضل الله عليكم ورحمته وان الله روف رحيم

O you who believe, do not follow the steps of the Diverter;i 21

يايها الذين امنوا لا تتبعوا خطوت الشيطن

and whoever follows the steps of the Diverter — he indeed commands indecency and what is disavowed.i 21

ومن يتبع خطوت الشيطن فانه يامر بالفحشا والمنكر

And were it not for the favor of God upon you, His benevolence, not one of you would ever have been purified, 21

ولولا فضل الله عليكم ورحمته ما زكي منكم من احد ابدا

but God purifies whom He wills, 21

ولكن الله يزكي من يشا

and God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 21

والله سميع عليم

And let not those among you who have favor and ease swear not to give to their relatives, the destitute, and those who emigrated in the way of God, 22

ولا ياتل اولوا الفضل منكم والسعه ان يوتوا اولي القربي والمسكين والمهجرين في سبيل الله

let them rather pardon and overlook. 22

وليعفوا وليصفحوا

Would you not love for God to forgive you? 22

الا تحبون ان يغفر الله لكم

And God is ever Forgiving, benevolent. 22

والله غفور رحيم

Those who accuse women protected by contract, unwitting, believing, are cursed in the present life and the hereafter, and they will have an immense punishment, on the day when their tongues, their hands, and their feet will testify against them for what they used to do. 24

ان الذين يرمون المحصنت الغفلت المومنت لعنوا في الدنيا والاخره ولهم عذاب عظيم يوم تشهد عليهم السنتهم وايديهم وارجلهم بما كانوا يعملون

That day, God will pay them in full their just due, 25

يوميذ يوفيهم الله دينهم الحق

and they will know that God is the manifest Truth. 25

ويعلمون ان الله هو الحق المبين

The bad for the bad, and the bad for the bad; 26

الخبيثت للخبيثين والخبيثون للخبيثت

the good for the good, and the good for the good. 26

والطيبت للطيبين والطيبون للطيبت

Those are absolved of what is said [against them]; 26

اوليك مبرون مما يقولون

they have forgiveness and a generous provision. 26

لهم مغفره ورزق كريم

O you who believe, do not enter houses other than your own until you have made yourselves known and greeted their occupants — 27

يايها الذين امنوا لا تدخلوا بيوتا غير بيوتكم حتي تستانسوا وتسلموا علي اهلها

that is better for you, that you may remember. 27

ذلكم خير لكم لعلكم تذكرون

If you find no one therein, do not enter until you are given permission; 28

فان لم تجدوا فيها احدا فلا تدخلوها حتي يوذن لكم

and if you are told: Go back, then go back — it is purer for you. 28

وان قيل لكم ارجعوا فارجعوا هو ازكي لكم

And God, of what you do, is knowing. 28

والله بما تعملون عليم

There is no fault in your entering uninhabited houses in which there is a use for you. 29

ليس عليكم جناح ان تدخلوا بيوتا غير مسكونه فيها متع لكم

And God knows what you disclose and what you conceal. 29

والله يعلم ما تبدون وما تكتمون

Say to the believing men to lower their gazes and guard their private parts — that is purer for them. 30

قل للمومنين يغضوا من ابصرهم ويحفظوا فروجهم ذلك ازكي لهم

God is informed of what they do. 30

ان الله خبير بما يصنعون

And say to the believing women to lower their gazes and guard their private parts, 31

وقل للمومنت يغضضن من ابصرهن ويحفظن فروجهن

and not to display that which, in them, arouses desire, except what the silhouette lets show,i 31

ولا يبدين زينتهن الا ما ظهر منها

and let them multiply their covering cloth over the opening of their chest,i 31

وليضربن بخمرهن علي جيوبهن

and let them not display what, in them, arouses desire, except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husbands' fathers, or their sons, or their husbands' sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women [of their circle], or those bound by pledge, or male attendants devoid of desire, or children who have no awareness yet of women's private matters. 31

ولا يبدين زينتهن الا لبعولتهن او ابايهن او ابا بعولتهن او ابنايهن او ابنا بعولتهن او اخونهن او بني اخونهن او بني اخوتهن او نسايهن او ما ملكت ايمنهن او التبعين غير اولي الاربه من الرجال او الطفل الذين لم يظهروا علي عورت النسا

And let them not multiply their steps [about the city] so as to make known what they conceal of what arouses desire in them.i 31

ولا يضربن بارجلهن ليعلم ما يخفين من زينتهن

And turn all together to God, O believers, that you may succeed. 31

وتوبوا الي الله جميعا ايه المومنون لعلكم تفلحون

Marry the unmarried among you, as well as the righteous among your male and female obedient ones. 32

وانكحوا الايمي منكم والصلحين من عبادكم وامايكم

If they are poor, God will enrich them from His favor. 32

ان يكونوا فقرا يغنهم الله من فضله

And God is vast [in generosity], knowing. 32

والله وسع عليم

And let those who do not find [the means for] marriage restrain themselves, until God enriches them from His favor. 33

وليستعفف الذين لا يجدون نكاحا حتي يغنيهم الله من فضله

And those, among those bound by pledge, who seek [with you] a written contract [of marriage, to become protected], draw up that contract with them if you know good in them,i 33

والذين يبتغون الكتب مما ملكت ايمنكم فكاتبوهم ان علمتم فيهم خيرا

and give them from the wealth of God which He has given you. 33

واتوهم من مال الله الذي اتيكم

And do not compel your young women to prostitution, if they wish to remain chaste, seeking merely the goods of the present life.i 33

ولا تكرهوا فتيتكم علي البغا ان اردن تحصنا لتبتغوا عرض الحيوه الدنيا

And whoever compels them — after their compulsion, God is ever Forgiving, benevolent [toward them]. 33

ومن يكرههن فان الله من بعد اكرههن غفور رحيم

We have sent down to you clear signs, an example from those who passed away before you, and an admonition for those who guard themselves. 34

ولقد انزلنا اليكم ايت مبينت ومثلا من الذين خلوا من قبلكم وموعظه للمتقين

God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. 35

الله نور السموت والارض

The example of His Light is like a niche wherein is a lamp. 35

مثل نوره كمشكوه فيها مصباح

The lamp is in a glass. 35

المصباح في زجاجه

The glass is like a brilliant star, kindled from a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow forth even without fire touching it.i 35

الزجاجه كانها كوكب دري يوقد من شجره مبركه زيتونه لا شرقيه ولا غربيه يكاد زيتها يضي ولو لم تمسسه نار

Light upon light. 35

نور علي نور

God guides to His Light whom He wills, 35

يهدي الله لنوره من يشا

and God multiplies examples for the people, 35

ويضرب الله الامثل للناس

and God, of everything, is knowing. 35

والله بكل شي عليم

In houses which God has permitted to be raised, and in which His name is remembered — He is glorified therein, morning and evening, by men whom neither trade nor commerce diverts from the remembrance of God, the maintaining of the Contact, and the giving of the purifying alms, 37

في بيوت اذن الله ان ترفع ويذكر فيها اسمه يسبح له فيها بالغدو والاصال رجال لا تلهيهم تجره ولا بيع عن ذكر الله واقام الصلوه وايتا الزكوه

fearing a day when the cores and the gazes will be overturned, [acting] so that God may reward them according to the best of what they have done, and grant them increase from His favor. 38

يخافون يوما تتقلب فيه القلوب والابصر ليجزيهم الله احسن ما عملوا ويزيدهم من فضله

And God provides for whom He wills, without measure. 38

والله يرزق من يشا بغير حساب

And those who deny, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert plain, which the thirsty one takes for water, until, when he reaches it, he finds nothing, but he finds God there, who settles his account in full. 39

والذين كفروا اعملهم كسراب بقيعه يحسبه الظمان ما حتي اذا جاه لم يجده شيا ووجد الله عنده فوفيه حسابه

And God is swift in settling accounts. 39

والله سريع الحساب

Or like darkness on a deep, surging sea: a wave covers it, above which is another wave, above which is a cloud — 40

او كظلمت في بحر لجي يغشيه موج من فوقه موج من فوقه سحاب

darknesses, one above another: 40

ظلمت بعضها فوق بعض

When he puts out his hand, he can hardly see it. 40

اذا اخرج يده لم يكد يريها

And he to whom God grants no light has no light. 40

ومن لم يجعل الله له نورا فما له من نور

Have you not seen that God — He is glorified by those in the heavens and on the earth, and the birds with wings outspread? 41

الم تر ان الله يسبح له من في السموت والارض والطير صفت

Each one knows its Contact and its glorification, 41

كل قد علم صلاته وتسبيحه

and God is knowing of what they do. 41

والله عليم بما يفعلون

To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, 42

ولله ملك السموت والارض

and to God is the destination. 42

والي الله المصير

Have you not seen that God drives the clouds, then joins them together, then makes them into a mass, and you see the rain come out from within it? 43

الم تر ان الله يزجي سحابا ثم يولف بينه ثم يجعله ركاما فتري الودق يخرج من خلله

And He sends down from the sky, from mountains [of clouds] therein, hail, which He strikes whom He wills with, and turns away from whom He wills; 43

وينزل من السما من جبال فيها من برد فيصيب به من يشا ويصرفه عن من يشا

the flash of its lightning almost takes away the sight. 43

يكاد سنا برقه يذهب بالابصر

God alternates the night and the day. 44

يقلب الله اليل والنهار

There is indeed in that a lesson for those who have eyes [to see]. 44

ان في ذلك لعبره لاولي الابصر

And God created every living being from water. 45

والله خلق كل دابه من ما

Among them is one that walks on its belly, 45

فمنهم من يمشي علي بطنه

and among them is one that walks on two feet, 45

ومنهم من يمشي علي رجلين

and among them is one that walks on four. 45

ومنهم من يمشي علي اربع

God creates what He wills, 45

يخلق الله ما يشا

God is capable of all things. 45

ان الله علي كل شي قدير

We have sent down clear signs, 46

لقد انزلنا ايت مبينت

and God guides whom He wills to a straight path. 46

والله يهدي من يشا الي صرط مستقيم

And they say: We believe in God and in the messenger, and we obey — then a group among them turns away after that; 47

ويقولون امنا بالله وبالرسول واطعنا ثم يتولي فريق منهم من بعد ذلك

and those are not believers. 47

وما اوليك بالمومنين

And when they are called to God and His messenger so that he may judge between them, there is a group among them that turns away. 48

واذا دعوا الي الله ورسوله ليحكم بينهم اذا فريق منهم معرضون

But if the right is on their side, they come to him in full submission. 49

وان يكن لهم الحق ياتوا اليه مذعنين

Is there a sickness in their cores, or do they doubt, or do they fear that God and His messenger will deal with them unjustly? 50

افي قلوبهم مرض ام ارتابوا ام يخافون ان يحيف الله عليهم ورسوله

No, it is they who are the unjust. 50

بل اوليك هم الظلمون

The only word of the believers, when they are called to God and His messenger so that he may judge between them, is to say: We have heard and we obey. 51

انما كان قول المومنين اذا دعوا الي الله ورسوله ليحكم بينهم ان يقولوا سمعنا واطعنا

And those are the ones who succeed. 51

واوليك هم المفلحون

And whoever obeys God and His messenger, fears God and guards himself toward Him — those are the triumphant. 52

ومن يطع الله ورسوله ويخش الله ويتقه فاوليك هم الفايزون

And they swore by God, with their most solemn oaths, that if you ordered them, they would surely go forth. 53

واقسموا بالله جهد ايمنهم لين امرتهم ليخرجن

Say: Do not swear; 53

قل لا تقسموا

a recognized obedience [suffices]. 53

طاعه معروفه

God is informed of what you do. 53

ان الله خبير بما تعملون

Say: Obey God and obey the messenger; 54

قل اطيعوا الله واطيعوا الرسول

but if you turn away, upon him rests only what he has been charged with, and upon you rests only what you have been charged with. 54

فان تولوا فانما عليه ما حمل وعليكم ما حملتم

And if you obey him, you will be guided. 54

وان تطيعوه تهتدوا

And upon the messenger rests only the clear transmission. 54

وما علي الرسول الا البلغ المبين

God has promised those among you who believe and do righteous deeds that He will surely establish them as successors on the earth, as He established as successors those before them, that He will surely establish firmly for them their Law which He has approved for them, and that He will surely change their state, after their fear, into security. 55

وعد الله الذين امنوا منكم وعملوا الصلحت ليستخلفنهم في الارض كما استخلف الذين من قبلهم وليمكنن لهم دينهم الذي ارتضي لهم وليبدلنهم من بعد خوفهم امنا

They obey Me without associating anything with Me. 55

يعبدونني لا يشركون بي شيا

And whoever denies after that — those are the oversteppers. 55

ومن كفر بعد ذلك فاوليك هم الفسقون

And maintain the Contact, and fulfill the purifying alms, 56

واقيموا الصلوه واتوا الزكوه

and obey the messenger, that benevolence may be shown to you. 56

واطيعوا الرسول لعلكم ترحمون

Do not ever think that those who deny can render [God] powerless on the earth; 57

لا تحسبن الذين كفروا معجزين في الارض

their refuge is the fire, 57

وماويهم النار

and what an evil destination! 57

ولبيس المصير

O you who believe, let those bound by pledge and those among you who have not yet reached the age of reflection ask your permission [to enter], at three times: before the Contact of dawn, when you remove your garments at midday, and after the Contact of evening —i 58

يايها الذين امنوا ليستذنكم الذين ملكت ايمنكم والذين لم يبلغوا الحلم منكم ثلث مرت من قبل صلوه الفجر وحين تضعون ثيابكم من الظهيره ومن بعد صلوه العشا

three times of privacy for you. 58

ثلث عورت لكم

There is no fault, neither for you nor for them, outside these times, 58

ليس عليكم ولا عليهم جناح بعدهن

being visitors to one another,i 58

طوفون عليكم

one with another. 58

بعضكم علي بعض

Thus God explicates the signs for you, 58

كذلك يبين الله لكم الايت

and God is knowing, wise. 58

والله عليم حكيم

And when the children among you reach the age of reflection, let them ask permission as those before them asked permission.i 59

واذا بلغ الاطفل منكم الحلم فليستذنوا كما استذن الذين من قبلهم

Thus God explicates His signs for you, 59

كذلك يبين الله لكم ايته

and God is knowing, wise. 59

والله عليم حكيم

And the elderly women, among women, who no longer hope for marriage, are not at fault in laying aside their [outer] garments, without ostentatiously displaying what, in them, arouses desire;i 60

والقوعد من النسا التي لا يرجون نكاحا فليس عليهن جناح ان يضعن ثيابهن غير متبرجت بزينه

but that they restrain themselves is better for them. 60

وان يستعففن خير لهن

And God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 60

والله سميع عليم

There is no fault for the blind, nor fault for the lame, nor fault for the sick, nor for yourselves, in eating in your own houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses of your paternal uncles, or the houses of your paternal aunts, or the houses of your maternal uncles, or the houses of your maternal aunts, or [houses] whose keys you hold, or [the house] of your friend. 61

ليس علي الاعمي حرج ولا علي الاعرج حرج ولا علي المريض حرج ولا علي انفسكم ان تاكلوا من بيوتكم او بيوت ابايكم او بيوت امهتكم او بيوت اخونكم او بيوت اخوتكم او بيوت اعممكم او بيوت عمتكم او بيوت اخولكم او بيوت خلتكم او ما ملكتم مفاتحه او صديقكم

There is no fault in your eating together or separately. 61

ليس عليكم جناح ان تاكلوا جميعا او اشتاتا

And when you enter houses, greet one another with a greeting from God, blessed and good. 61

فاذا دخلتم بيوتا فسلموا علي انفسكم تحيه من عند الله مبركه طيبه

Thus God explicates the signs for you, that you may reason. 61

كذلك يبين الله لكم الايت لعلكم تعقلون

The believers are only those who believe in God and His messenger, and who, when they are with him for a common matter, do not leave until they have asked his permission. 62

انما المومنون الذين امنوا بالله ورسوله واذا كانوا معه علي امر جامع لم يذهبوا حتي يستذنوه

Those who ask your permission, those are the ones who believe in God and His messenger. 62

ان الذين يستذنونك اوليك الذين يومنون بالله ورسوله

And when they ask your permission for some matter concerning them, grant it to whom you will among them, and ask God's forgiveness for them. 62

فاذا استذنوك لبعض شانهم فاذن لمن شيت منهم واستغفر لهم الله

God is ever Forgiving, benevolent. 62

ان الله غفور رحيم

Do not consider the call of the messenger among yourselves as the call of one of you to another. 63

لا تجعلوا دعا الرسول بينكم كدعا بعضكم بعضا

God well knows those among you who slip away furtively. 63

قد يعلم الله الذين يتسللون منكم لواذا

Let those who oppose his order beware lest a trial strike them, or a painful punishment reach them. 63

فليحذر الذين يخالفون عن امره ان تصيبهم فتنه او يصيبهم عذاب اليم

Indeed, to God belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth. 64

الا ان لله ما في السموت والارض

He well knows the state you are in, 64

قد يعلم ما انتم عليه

and the day when they are brought back to Him, He will inform them of what they did. 64

ويوم يرجعون اليه فينبيهم بما عملوا

And God, of everything, is knowing. 64

والله بكل شي عليم