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and He leads astray by it only the oversteppers, those who break the pact of God after the solemn engagement that binds it, cut off what God ordered to be joined, and sow corruption on the earth.

and the Discernment, perhaps you would let yourselves be guided.

and only the oversteppers disown them.

And God holds the immense favor.

There are surely, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, in the alternation of night and day, in the vessel that sails at sea laden with what benefits mankind, in the water that God sends down from the sky and by which He brings the earth back to life after its death, spreading in it every kind of living being, in the diversity of the winds, and in the cloud subjected between the sky and the earth — signs for a people who reason.

He orders you only evil and indecency, and to say about God what you do not know.

The month of refreshment, that in which this Recitation was sent down, a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of guidance and the Discernment.

And eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinguishable to you from the black thread of dawn,

the trial is more severe than killing.

God does not love corruption.

and the trial is graver than killing.

And do not forget the favor between you.

The Diverter promises you poverty, and orders you indecency,

and if you hide them and give them to the poor, that is better for you, and We will cover a part of your evil deeds.

and He sent down, before, the Tawrah and the Injil, a guidance for mankind, and He sent down the Discernment.

As for those in whose cores is a deviation, they follow what, in the Scripture, lends itself to resemblance, in pursuit of the trial and in pursuit of its interpretation;

The love of passions has been embellished for men: women, sons, heaped quintals of gold and silver, marked horses, cattle, and tilth.

Say: "Favor is in the hand of God,

And God holds the immense favor.

Whoever turns his back after that — those are the oversteppers.

but most of them are oversteppers.

And that is the immense triumph.

And those of your women who commit indecency, take against them the testimony of four among you;

And no blame upon you for what you agree upon by mutual satisfaction, once the obligation is fixed.

That is the favor from God,

You will find others who want to be secure with you and secure with their own people; every time they are brought back to the trial, they plunge back into it.

so separate us from the people of the oversteppers."

So do not lament for the people of the oversteppers."

And those who do not judge according to what God has sent down — those are the oversteppers.

it may then be that God brings the opening, or a command from Himself, and they find themselves, for what they kept secret within themselves, full of regret.

And God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.

That is the immense triumph.

and that is the manifest triumph.

and He is the best of those who separate."

Which of the two fractions, then, is more worthy of security, if you know?"

and do not approach indecencies, uncovered or hidden;

Say: "God indeed does not order indecency.

Say: "My Guardian has prohibited only indecencies, uncovered or hidden, transgression, iniquity without right, that you associate with God that for which He has sent down no authority, and that you say about God what you do not know."

They denied him; We saved him, and those with him in the vessel,

And Lut, when he said to his people: "Do you commit the indecency in which none, among all beings, has raced ahead of you?

You are the best of those who open."

I will show you the abode of the oversteppers.

If you sought the opening, the opening has already come to you;

And God holds the immense favor.

And know that, of everything you take as spoils, a fifth belongs to God, to the messenger, to relatives, to orphans, to the destitute, and to the passing traveler — if you believe in God and in what We sent down upon Our obedient one, on the day of the Discernment, the day the two forces met.

but when the two battalions saw one another, he stepped back on his heels, and said: "I am indeed quit of you; I see what you do not see; I fear God."

and those are the triumphant.

And God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.

And those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend it in the way of God — announce to them a painful punishment,

Had they gone out among you, they would only have increased your confusion, and would have rushed about among you, seeking to put you to the trial — and among you are some who listen to them.

They had already sought the trial before, and had turned matters over for you in every direction, until the truth came and God's command stood uncovered, though they were averse.

Is it not into the trial itself that they have already tumbled?

The hypocrites are indeed the oversteppers.

That is the immense triumph.

And God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.

so remain seated with those who stay behind."

They were satisfied to be with those who stay behind,

That is the immense triumph.

They were satisfied to be with those who stay behind,

They take oaths to you, so that you may be satisfied with them; but even if you were satisfied with them, God would indeed not be satisfied with the people of the oversteppers.

That is the immense triumph.

and that is the immense triumph.

until, when you are in the vessel and it sails with them by a wholesome wind, and they rejoice in it, a violent wind comes upon it, the swell comes at them from every side, and they presume they are encompassed — then they call upon God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him: "If You save us from this, we will surely be among the grateful."

That is the immense triumph.

But they denied him; We saved him, and those with him in the vessel, and We made them successors,

The example of the two fractions is like the blind and the deaf, and the seeing and the hearing:

And craft the vessel, under Our eyes and by Our revelation,

And he was crafting the vessel; and every time a court of his people passed by him, it scoffed at him.

And I do not want to contradict you by doing myself what I forbid you:

Were there not, among the generations before you, possessors of a remnant who forbade corruption on earth, except a few among those We saved?

thus it was, so that We might turn away from him evil and indecency:

God is the One who created the heavens and the earth, and who sent down from the sky a water, by which He brought forth fruits as provision for you, and He subjected for you the vessel, so that it might sail upon the sea by His command,

and you see the vessels cleaving through it, so that you may seek of His favor, and perhaps you will be grateful.

and He forbids indecency, what is disavowed, and iniquity:

hearing, sight, and the Conscience — each of them will be questioned.

Your Guardian is the One who makes the vessel glide for you on the sea, so that you may seek His favor.

Maintain the Contact from the sun's decline until the darkness of night, and the Recitation of dawn:

the Recitation of dawn is witnessed.

When the young people resorted to the Cave and said: "Our Guardian, grant us, from Yourself, a benevolence, and shape for us, in our affair, a path of rectitude."

Those who have believed and done sound deeds will indeed have, as a lodging, the Gardens of the Firdaws, wherein they will abide eternally, not seeking to be shifted from it.

And when Our clear signs are recited to them, those who disown say to those who believe: "Which of the two fractions has the better standing and the more beautiful circle?"

We certainly gave Moussa and Harun the Discernment, a brightness, and a remembrance for those who guard themselves, who dread their Guardian even though He escapes their senses, and are apprehensive of the Hour.

The greatest fright will not grieve them,

So eat of it and feed the distressed, the poor.

Have you not seen that God has subjected to you whatever is on the earth, and the vessel which sails through the sea by His command?

and those who carefully preserve their Contacts — those are the inheritors, who will inherit the Firdaws,

and you have in them many benefits, and you eat from them, and upon them as well as upon vessels you are carried.

We then revealed to him: "Craft the vessel under Our eyes and by Our revelation.

And when you have established yourself, you and those with you, in the vessel, say: 'Praise be to God who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'

I have indeed this day recompensed them for their patience: it is they who are the triumphant.

and never accept their testimony again — those are the oversteppers, except those who turned back after that and became sound, for God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.

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

and whoever follows the footsteps of the Diverter — he indeed commands indecency and what is disavowed.

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

And whoever defers to God and His messenger, dreads God and guards himself toward Him — those are the triumphant.

And whoever disowns after that — those are the oversteppers.

O you who have believed! Let those bound by oath and those among you who have not yet reached the age of composure ask your permission at three times: before the Contact of dawn, when you lay aside your clothes at midday, and after the Contact of evening —

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

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Blessed is He who sent down the Discernment upon His obedient one, that he may be a warner to all beings,

So We saved him and those with him, in the laden vessel.

this is surely the explicit favor."

And Lut, when he said to his people: "Do you commit indecency while you see clearly?

His people then said to him: "Do not revel; God does not love those who revel;

and do not seek corruption in the land;

And Lut, when he said to his people: "You surely commit indecency in which no one among all beings has raced ahead of you; do you really come to men, cut off the road, and commit, in your circles, what is disavowed?"

the Contact forbids indecency and what is disavowed;

When they board the vessel, they call upon God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him;

Corruption has uncovered itself on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned, so that He may let them taste some of what they have done, perhaps they will return.

And among His signs is that He sends the winds as bearers of good tidings, so as to let you taste of His benevolence, and so that the vessels may sail by His command, and so that you may seek His favor, and perhaps you will be grateful.

Have you not seen that the vessels sail on the sea by the blessing of God, that He may show you some of His signs?

And they say, "When is this opening, if you are veracious?"

Say, "On the day of the opening, faith will no longer benefit those who disowned, nor will they be granted a delay."

And if it had been entered upon them from all its sides, and they had then been asked for the trial, they would have lent themselves to it, and would have delayed but a little.

Say, "Flight will not benefit you if you flee from death or killing,

and He is the Opener, the All-Knowing."

and you see the vessels cleaving through it, so that you may seek of His favor, and perhaps you will be grateful.

O mankind, it is you who are the poor before God,

That is the great favor.

And a sign for them: We carried their descendants in the laden vessel, and We created for them, similar to it, what they ride.

"This is the Day of Separation, which you used to deny."

This is surely the immense triumph!

And Younes was surely among the envoys, when he fled to the laden vessel; he took part in the drawing of lots, and was among those who were dismissed; then the fish engulfed him while he was censurable.

Or should We treat those who guard themselves like the depraved?

and that is the immense triumph."

And Fir'awn said: "Leave me to kill Moussa, and let him call upon his Guardian! I fear he may change your Law and uncover corruption in the land."

and upon them as well as upon vessels you are carried.

And were it not for the word of the Separation, it would have been decided between them;

that is the great favor.

and for those who avoid major transgressions and indecencies, and who, when angered, forgive;

and who created all the pairs, and made for you, among vessels and cattle, that which you ride, that you may establish yourselves upon their backs, then remember the blessing of your Guardian once established upon them, and say: "Glory be to the One who has subjected this to us, for we were not capable of it by ourselves; and to our Guardian we shall surely turn."

The Day of Separation is indeed the appointed time for them all — a day when no guarantor will be of any use to a guarantor, and they will not be helped, except the one on whom God has benevolence.

That is the immense triumph.

God is the One who subjected the sea for you, so that vessels may sail upon it by His command, and so that you may seek of His favor, and perhaps you will be grateful.

that is the manifest triumph.

So will any be annihilated except the people of the oversteppers?

while you are the poor.

But God has made you love faith and embellished it in your cores, and has made you detest the disowning, overstepping, and disobedience.

What a wretched attribute is overstepping, after faith!

The Conscience did not lie about what he saw.

Those who avoid the major transgressions and indecencies, except slight lapses.

He created the human being from resonant clay like pottery, and He created the Occulted from a pure flame of fire.

Not equal among you is the one who spent and fought before the opening:

That is the immense triumph.

And God holds the immense favor.

And God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent — so that the People of the Scripture may know that they have no power over anything of the favor of God, and that the favor is in the hand of God, which He gives to whom He wills.

And God holds the immense favor.

Whatever act of kindness you interrupted, or left standing on its foundations, it is with God's permission, and so as to disgrace the oversteppers.

Those are the oversteppers.

The companions of the Garden are the triumphant.

And God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.

That is the immense triumph.

And God holds the immense favor.

God indeed does not guide the people of the oversteppers.

That is the immense triumph.

By no means! When it reaches the collarbones, and it is said, "Who will raise up?" and he presumes that it is the parting, and the leg is intertwined with the leg — to your Guardian, that Day, will be the drive.

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. By those sent forth in succession, and those scattering violently, and those deploying far and wide, and those separating distinctly, and those addressing a reminder, as justification or as warning: indeed, what you are promised will surely befall.

So when the stars are obliterated, and when the sky is cracked open, and when the mountains are blasted away, and when the messengers' time is set — for what Day were they adjourned? For the Day of Separation.

And what will give you an idea of what the Day of Separation is?

This is the Day of Separation; We have brought together you and the former peoples. So if you have a scheme, then scheme against Me!

Indeed, the Day of Separation is an appointed time — the Day the Horn is blown, and you come in crowds, and the sky is opened and becomes gates, and the mountains are set moving and become a mirage.

Those are the disowners, the depraved.

And surely, the depraved will be in a Blaze; they will burn in it on the Day of the Due, and they will not be absent from it.

By no means! Surely, the record of the depraved is in Sijjin.

That is the great triumph.

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. By the dawn! By ten nights! By the even, and the odd! By the night when it ebbs away! Is there in that a swearing for one who has restraint?

Have you not seen how your Guardian dealt with the Aad, Iram of the pillars, the like of which had never been created in the lands? And with the Thamud, who hewed through the rock in the valley? And with Fir'awn, holder of the stakes? Those who exceeded all measure in the lands and made corruption abound therein — so your Guardian poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

It is peace, until the emergence of dawn.

The Day when men will be like scattered moths, and the mountains will be like carded wool.

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Have you not seen how your Guardian dealt with the companions of unreason?

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. When the help of God comes, and the opening, and you see mankind entering the Law of God in crowds, so glorify, with praise, your Guardian, and seek His forgiveness,

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Say: "I take refuge in the Guardian of the Breakthrough, from the ill of what He has created, and from the ill of a darkness when it penetrates, and from the ill of those who blow and blow again into the knots, and from the ill of an envier when he envies."