An-Nisa

O mankind! Guard yourselves toward your Guardian, who created you from a single Self, and created from it its spouse, and spread, from the two of them, many men and women.

يأيها ٱلناس ٱتقوا ربكم ٱلذي خلقكم من نفس وحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالا كثيرا ونسآء

And guard yourselves toward God, in whose name you solicit one another, and the ties of kinship.

وٱتقوا ٱلله ٱلذي تسآءلون به وٱلأرحام

And give the orphans their goods,

وءاتوا ٱليتمى أمولهم

and do not substitute the vile for the wholesome,

ولا تتبدلوا ٱلخبيث بٱلطيب

and do not devour their goods with yours:

ولا تأكلوا أمولهم إلى أمولكم

And if you fear not being equitable toward the orphans, marry then those women who find it good to marry you, two, three, or four;

وإن خفتم ألا تقسطوا في ٱليتمى فٱنكحوا ما طاب لكم من ٱلنسآء مثنى وثلث وربع

and if you fear not being just, then only one, or those to whom you are bound by oath.

فإن خفتم ألا تعدلوا فوحدة أو ما ملكت أيمنكم

And give women their dowries, as an attribution of full right.

وءاتوا ٱلنسآء صدقتهن نحلة

Then, if they find it good to release any of it to you of their own accord, consume it

فإن طبن لكم عن شىء منه نفسا فكلوه

And do not give to the foolish your goods, which God has made a support for you;

ولا تؤتوا ٱلسفهآء أمولكم ٱلتي جعل ٱلله لكم قيما

And test the orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if you then discern in them a rectitude of judgment, hand over to them their goods, and do not devour them wastefully and hastily, before they grow up.

وٱبتلوا ٱليتمى حتى إذا بلغوا ٱلنكاح فإن ءانستم منهم رشدا فٱدفعوا إليهم أمولهم ولا تأكلوهآ إسرافا وبدارا أن يكبروا

And whoever is rich, let him refrain;

ومن كان غنيا فليستعفف

and whoever is poor, let him eat from it according to what is recognized.

ومن كان فقيرا فليأكل بٱلمعروف

And when you hand over their goods to them, take witnesses regarding them.

فإذا دفعتم إليهم أمولهم فأشهدوا عليهم

To men belongs a portion of what the two parents and relatives leave, and to women belongs a portion of what the two parents and relatives leave, whether little or much —

للرجال نصيب مما ترك ٱلولدان وٱلأقربون وللنسآء نصيب مما ترك ٱلولدان وٱلأقربون مما قل منه أو كثر

And when the possessors of kinship ties, the orphans, and the destitute are present at the division, provide for them from it,

وإذا حضر ٱلقسمة أولوا ٱلقربى وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين فٱرزقوهم منه

And let those dread who, if they left behind them weak descendants, would fear for them:

وليخش ٱلذين لو تركوا من خلفهم ذرية ضعفا خافوا عليهم

Those who devour the goods of orphans wrongfully are only devouring fire in their bellies,

إن ٱلذين يأكلون أمول ٱليتمى ظلما إنما يأكلون في بطونهم نارا

God instructs you, concerning your children:

يوصيكم ٱلله في أولدكم

to the male, the equivalent of the share of two females.

للذكر مثل حظ ٱلأنثيين

But if there are more than two women, two-thirds of what is left belongs to them;

فإن كن نسآء فوق ٱثنتين فلهن ثلثا ما ترك

and if she is alone, half belongs to her.

وإن كانت وحدة فلها ٱلنصف

And to his father and mother, to each of them, a sixth of what he leaves, if he has a child;

ولأبويه لكل وحد منهما ٱلسدس مما ترك إن كان له ولد

but if he has no child, and his father and mother inherit from him, to his mother belongs a third.

فإن لم يكن له ولد وورثه أبواه فلأمه ٱلثلث

If he has siblings, to his mother belongs a sixth,

فإن كان له إخوة فلأمه ٱلسدس

after a testament he may have made, or a debt.

من بعد وصية يوصي بهآ أو دين

Your fathers and your sons — you have no idea which of them are closer to you in benefit:

ءابآؤكم وأبنآؤكم لا تدرون أيهم أقرب لكم نفعا

it is an obligation from God.

فريضة من ٱلله

And to you belongs half of what your wives leave, if they have no child;

ولكم نصف ما ترك أزوجكم إن لم يكن لهن ولد

but if they have a child, to you belongs a quarter of what they leave, after a testament they may have made, or a debt.

فإن كان لهن ولد فلكم ٱلربع مما تركن من بعد وصية يوصين بهآ أو دين

And to them belongs a quarter of what you leave, if you have no child;

ولهن ٱلربع مما تركتم إن لم يكن لكم ولد

but if you have a child, to them belongs an eighth of what you leave, after a testament you may have made, or a debt.

فإن كان لكم ولد فلهن ٱلثمن مما تركتم من بعد وصية توصون بهآ أو دين

And if a man whose inheritance passes in the absence of any ascendant or descendant, or a woman in the same case, has a brother or a sister, to each of them belongs a sixth;

وإن كان رجل يورث كللة أو ٱمرأة وله أخ أو أخت فلكل وحد منهما ٱلسدس

but if they are more numerous than that, they share in the third, after a testament that may have been made, or a debt, without harm.

فإن كانوا أكثر من ذلك فهم شركآء في ٱلثلث من بعد وصية يوصى بهآ أو دين غير مضآر

It is a recommendation from God.

وصية من ٱلله

Those are the limits of God.

تلك حدود ٱلله

And whoever defers to God and His messenger, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein he will abide eternally.

ومن يطع ٱلله ورسوله يدخله جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيها

And whoever disobeys God and His messenger, and crosses His limits, He will admit him into a fire wherein he will abide eternally,

ومن يعص ٱلله ورسوله ويتعد حدوده يدخله نارا خلدا فيها

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

وٱلتي يأتين ٱلفحشة من نسآئكم فٱستشهدوا عليهن أربعة منكم

And the two among you who commit it, trouble them both;

وٱلذان يأتينها منكم فاذوهما

but if they turn back and become sound, turn away from them:

فإن تابا وأصلحا فأعرضوا عنهمآ

The repentance accepted by God concerns only those who do evil out of ignorance, then turn back without delay:

إنما ٱلتوبة على ٱلله للذين يعملون ٱلسوء بجهلة ثم يتوبون من قريب

those are the ones toward whom God turns with clemency.

فأولئك يتوب ٱلله عليهم

And repentance is not accepted for those who commit evil deeds until, when death presents itself to one of them, he says: "I indeed turn back now" — nor for those who die while disowning:

وليست ٱلتوبة للذين يعملون ٱلسيات حتى إذا حضر أحدهم ٱلموت قال إني تبت ٱلن ولا ٱلذين يموتون وهم كفار

O you who have believed! It is not permitted for you to inherit women by force,

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا يحل لكم أن ترثوا ٱلنسآء كرها

and do not put obstacles before them so as to carry off part of what you gave them, unless they commit a manifest indecency.

ولا تعضلوهن لتذهبوا ببعض مآ ءاتيتموهن إلآ أن يأتين بفحشة مبينة

And live with them according to what is recognized.

وعاشروهن بٱلمعروف

And if you want to replace one wife with another, and you have given one of them a quintal, take nothing of it back.

وإن أردتم ٱستبدال زوج مكان زوج وءاتيتم إحدىهن قنطارا فلا تأخذوا منه شيا

And do not marry those women whom your ancestors married, except what is already bygone.

ولا تنكحوا ما نكح ءابآؤكم من ٱلنسآء إلا ما قد سلف

It was an indecency and an abomination,

إنه كان فحشة ومقتا

Prohibited to you are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts, your maternal aunts, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters,

حرمت عليكم أمهتكم وبناتكم وأخوتكم وعمتكم وخلتكم وبنات ٱلأخ وبنات ٱلأخت

your mothers who took you into their care, as well as your sisters through shared care,

وأمهتكم ٱلتي أرضعنكم وأخوتكم من ٱلرضعة

the mothers of your women, the girls brought up in your household, from women with whom you have consummated marriage —

وأمهت نسآئكم وربئبكم ٱلتي في حجوركم من نسآئكم ٱلتي دخلتم بهن

but if you have not consummated marriage with them, no blame upon you —

فإن لم تكونوا دخلتم بهن فلا جناح عليكم

the wives of your sons from your own loins,

وحلئل أبنآئكم ٱلذين من أصلبكم

and to unite two sisters, except what is already bygone.

وأن تجمعوا بين ٱلأختين إلا ما قد سلف

And the women protected by the marital bond, except those to whom you are bound by oath —

وٱلمحصنت من ٱلنسآء إلا ما ملكت أيمنكم

it is God's Code that binds you.

كتب ٱلله عليكم

And permitted to you are all beyond these categories, whom you seek with your goods, as men who commit to the marital bond, not in debauchery.

وأحل لكم ما ورآء ذلكم أن تبتغوا بأمولكم محصنين غير مسفحين

And for what you have enjoyed with them, give them their rewards, as a fixed obligation.

فما ٱستمتعتم به منهن فاتوهن أجورهن فريضة

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

ولا جناح عليكم فيما ترضيتم به من بعد ٱلفريضة

And whoever among you lacks the means to marry believing protected women, then one of your believing young women bound by oath.

ومن لم يستطع منكم طولا أن ينكح ٱلمحصنت ٱلمؤمنت فمن ما ملكت أيمنكم من فتيتكم ٱلمؤمنت

God knows best your faith;

وٱلله أعلم بإيمنكم

you are of one another.

بعضكم من بعض

Marry them, then, with the permission of their family,

فٱنكحوهن بإذن أهلهن

and give them their rewards according to what is recognized, as protected women, not in debauchery nor as takers of secret lovers.

وءاتوهن أجورهن بٱلمعروف محصنت غير مسفحت ولا متخذت أخدان

And once protected, if they commit an indecency, they incur half the punishment of women protected by the marital bond.

فإذآ أحصن فإن أتين بفحشة فعليهن نصف ما على ٱلمحصنت من ٱلعذاب

That, for whoever among you dreads being overwhelmed;

ذلك لمن خشي ٱلعنت منكم

but to be patient is better for you.

وأن تصبروا خير لكم

God wants to make things clear to you, to guide you according to the norms of those who preceded you, and to turn toward you with clemency.

يريد ٱلله ليبين لكم ويهديكم سنن ٱلذين من قبلكم ويتوب عليكم

God wants to turn toward you with clemency,

وٱلله يريد أن يتوب عليكم

God wants to lighten things for you,

يريد ٱلله أن يخفف عنكم

O you who have believed! Do not devour your goods among yourselves through falsehood,

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تأكلوا أمولكم بينكم بٱلبطل

unless it is a trade arising from mutual satisfaction among you.

إلآ أن تكون تجرة عن تراض منكم

And do not kill yourselves:

ولا تقتلوا أنفسكم

And whoever does that out of hostility and wrongdoing, We will burn him in a fire.

ومن يفعل ذلك عدونا وظلما فسوف نصليه نارا

And do not wish for that by which God has favored some of you relative to others.

ولا تتمنوا ما فضل ٱلله به بعضكم على بعض

To men a portion of what they have earned,

للرجال نصيب مما ٱكتسبوا

and to women a portion of what they have earned.

وللنسآء نصيب مما ٱكتسبن

And ask God for His favor.

وسلوا ٱلله من فضله

And to each, We have assigned heirs for what is left

ولكل جعلنا مولي مما ترك

by the two parents and the relatives.

ٱلولدان وٱلأقربون

And those with whom your oaths have bound you, give them their portion.

وٱلذين عقدت أيمنكم فاتوهم نصيبهم

Men bear the executive, protective, and financial charge of the household toward women, by reason of that by which God has favored some relative to others, and of what they spend from their goods.

ٱلرجال قومون على ٱلنسآء بما فضل ٱلله بعضهم على بعض وبمآ أنفقوا من أمولهم

Sound women are devoted, preservers of what escapes the senses, by reason of what God has preserved.

فٱلصلحت قنتت حفظت للغيب بما حفظ ٱلله

And those whose unilateral breach you fear, admonish them, keep away from them in the beds, then multiply them;

وٱلتي تخافون نشوزهن فعظوهن وٱهجروهن في ٱلمضاجع وٱضربوهن

then, if they defer to you, seek no further way against them.

فإن أطعنكم فلا تبغوا عليهن سبيلا

And if you fear a rupture between the two, raise up then an arbiter from his family, and an arbiter from her family; if they both want reconciliation, God will bring them into accord.

وإن خفتم شقاق بينهما فٱبعثوا حكما من أهله وحكما من أهلهآ إن يريدآ إصلحا يوفق ٱلله بينهمآ

And obey God,

وٱعبدوا ٱلله

and associate nothing with Him,

ولا تشركوا به شيا

and beneficence toward the two parents, relatives, orphans, the destitute, the near neighbor, the foreign neighbor, the companion at your side, the stranded traveler, and those to whom you are bound by oath.

وبٱلولدين إحسنا وبذي ٱلقربى وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين وٱلجار ذي ٱلقربى وٱلجار ٱلجنب وٱلصاحب بٱلجنب وٱبن ٱلسبيل وما ملكت أيمنكم

Those who are stingy, enjoin stinginess upon men, and withhold what God has given them of His favor —

ٱلذين يبخلون ويأمرون ٱلناس بٱلبخل ويكتمون مآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضله

And those who spend their goods for show before men, and believe neither in God nor in the Last Day —

وٱلذين ينفقون أمولهم رئآء ٱلناس ولا يؤمنون بٱلله ولا بٱليوم ٱلءاخر

And what would it cost them, if they believed in God and the Last Day, and spent from what God provided them?

وماذا عليهم لو ءامنوا بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر وأنفقوا مما رزقهم ٱلله

God does no wrong, even the weight of a grain.

إن ٱلله لا يظلم مثقال ذرة

O you who have believed! Do not approach the Contact while intoxicated, until you know what you are saying, nor soiled — except when passing along a way — until you have washed yourselves.

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تقربوا ٱلصلوة وأنتم سكرى حتى تعلموا ما تقولون ولا جنبا إلا عابري سبيل حتى تغتسلوا

And if you are sick, or on a journey, or one of you has come from relieving himself, or you have known a woman in intimacy, and you find no water, then aim at a wholesome outcrop, and wipe your faces and your hands with it.

وإن كنتم مرضى أو على سفر أو جآء أحد منكم من ٱلغآئط أو لمستم ٱلنسآء فلم تجدوا مآء فتيمموا صعيدا طيبا فٱمسحوا بوجوهكم وأيديكم

God knows best your enemies.

وٱلله أعلم بأعدآئكم

Among the Reoriented, there are some who displace words from their context, and say: "We have heard and disobeyed", and: "Listen, without being made to hear", and: "Disdain us", twisting their tongues and attacking the Law.

من ٱلذين هادوا يحرفون ٱلكلم عن مواضعه ويقولون سمعنا وعصينا وٱسمع غير مسمع ورعنا ليا بألسنتهم وطعنا في ٱلدين

And had they said: "We have heard and deferred", and: "Listen", and: "Look at us", it would have been better for them, and more upright;

ولو أنهم قالوا سمعنا وأطعنا وٱسمع وٱنظرنا لكان خيرا لهم وأقوم

O you to whom the Scripture was given! Believe in what We have sent down, confirming what is with you, before We obliterate faces, to bring them back rearward, or curse them as We cursed the companions of the Rest.

يأيها ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب ءامنوا بما نزلنا مصدقا لما معكم من قبل أن نطمس وجوها فنردها على أدبارهآ أو نلعنهم كما لعنآ أصحب ٱلسبت

God indeed does not forgive that anything be associated with Him,

إن ٱلله لا يغفر أن يشرك به

but He forgives what is short of that to whom He wills.

ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشآء

Have you not seen those who declare themselves pure?

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين يزكون أنفسهم

God, rather, purifies whom He wills,

بل ٱلله يزكي من يشآء

Those are the ones God has cursed;

أولئك ٱلذين لعنهم ٱلله

Or do they envy men for what God has given them of His favor?

أم يحسدون ٱلناس على مآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضله

Among them, there are some who believed in it, and some who held back from it.

فمنهم من ءامن به ومنهم من صد عنه

Those who disowned Our signs, We will indeed burn them in a fire.

إن ٱلذين كفروا بايتنا سوف نصليهم نارا

Every time their skins are consumed, We will replace them with other skins, so that they may taste the punishment.

كلما نضجت جلودهم بدلنهم جلودا غيرها ليذوقوا ٱلعذاب

And those who have believed and done sound deeds, We will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.

وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت سندخلهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهآ أبدا

They will have therein purified spouses,

لهم فيهآ أزوج مطهرة

God orders you to restore trusts to their rightful owners, and, when you judge between men, to judge with justice.

إن ٱلله يأمركم أن تؤدوا ٱلأمنت إلى أهلها وإذا حكمتم بين ٱلناس أن تحكموا بٱلعدل

How excellent is that to which God exhorts you!

إن ٱلله نعما يعظكم به

O you who have believed! Defer to God, defer to the messenger, and to those among you who hold command.

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا أطيعوا ٱلله وأطيعوا ٱلرسول وأولي ٱلأمر منكم

And if you dispute among yourselves over something, refer it to God and to the messenger, if you believe in God and the Last Day.

فإن تنزعتم في شىء فردوه إلى ٱلله وٱلرسول إن كنتم تؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر

Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what has been sent down to you and in what was sent down before you, and who want to bring their dispute before the Overreacher, though they have been ordered to disown it?

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين يزعمون أنهم ءامنوا بمآ أنزل إليك ومآ أنزل من قبلك يريدون أن يتحاكموا إلى ٱلطغوت وقد أمروا أن يكفروا به

And We sent no messenger except that he be deferred to, with God's permission.

ومآ أرسلنا من رسول إلا ليطاع بإذن ٱلله

And had We prescribed for them: "Kill one another", or: "Leave your abodes", they would not have done it, except a small number of them.

ولو أنا كتبنا عليهم أن ٱقتلوا أنفسكم أو ٱخرجوا من ديركم ما فعلوه إلا قليل منهم

And whoever defers to God and the messenger, those will be with those God has blessed, among the informants, the veracious, the witnesses, and those who are sound.

ومن يطع ٱلله وٱلرسول فأولئك مع ٱلذين أنعم ٱلله عليهم من ٱلنبين وٱلصديقين وٱلشهدآء وٱلصلحين

That is the favor from God,

ذلك ٱلفضل من ٱلله

And there is surely among you one who deliberately lags behind;

وإن منكم لمن ليبطئن

So let those fight in the way of God who sell the present life for the last life.

فليقتل في سبيل ٱلله ٱلذين يشرون ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا بٱلءاخرة

Those who have believed fight in the way of God,

ٱلذين ءامنوا يقتلون في سبيل ٱلله

and those who disown fight in the way of the Overreacher.

وٱلذين كفروا يقتلون في سبيل ٱلطغوت

So fight the allies of the Diverter:

فقتلوا أوليآء ٱلشيطن

Have you not seen those to whom it was said: "Hold back your hands, maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality"?

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين قيل لهم كفوا أيديكم وأقيموا ٱلصلوة وءاتوا ٱلزكوة

Then, when combat was prescribed for them, behold, a fraction among them dreads men as one dreads God, or with an even more intense dread,

فلما كتب عليهم ٱلقتال إذا فريق منهم يخشون ٱلناس كخشية ٱلله أو أشد خشية

and they say: "Our Guardian, why have You prescribed combat for us? Why did You not adjourn us until a near term!"

وقالوا ربنا لم كتبت علينا ٱلقتال لولآ أخرتنآ إلى أجل قريب

Say: "The enjoyment of the present life is little,

قل متع ٱلدنيا قليل

and the last life is better for whoever guards himself,

وٱلءاخرة خير لمن ٱتقى

Wherever you are, death will overtake you, even were you in impregnable towers.

أينما تكونوا يدرككم ٱلموت ولو كنتم في بروج مشيدة

And if good betides them, they say: "This is from God";

وإن تصبهم حسنة يقولوا هذه من عند ٱلله

and if evil strikes them, they say: "This is from you."

وإن تصبهم سيئة يقولوا هذه من عندك

Say: "All comes from God."

قل كل من عند ٱلله

What betides you of good comes from God,

مآ أصابك من حسنة فمن ٱلله

and what strikes you of evil comes from yourself.

ومآ أصابك من سيئة فمن نفسك

And We sent you to mankind as a messenger.

وأرسلنك للناس رسولا

Whoever defers to the messenger indeed defers to God,

من يطع ٱلرسول فقد أطاع ٱلله

And they say: "Deference",

ويقولون طاعة

but when they leave you, a group among them schemes by night something quite different from what they say.

فإذا برزوا من عندك بيت طآئفة منهم غير ٱلذي تقول

God records what they scheme by night.

وٱلله يكتب ما يبيتون

Turn away from them, then, and entrust yourself to God.

فأعرض عنهم وتوكل على ٱلله

Do they not then ponder the Recitation?

أفلا يتدبرون ٱلقرءان

And when news reaches them, reassuring or alarming, they broadcast it;

وإذا جآءهم أمر من ٱلأمن أو ٱلخوف أذاعوا به

but had they referred it to the messenger and to those among them who hold command, those among them who seek to draw out its substance would have known it.

ولو ردوه إلى ٱلرسول وإلى أولي ٱلأمر منهم لعلمه ٱلذين يستنبطونه منهم

So fight in the way of God:

فقتل في سبيل ٱلله

you are charged only with yourself.

لا تكلف إلا نفسك

And incite the believers.

وحرض ٱلمؤمنين

It may be that God will restrain the violence of those who disown.

عسى ٱلله أن يكف بأس ٱلذين كفروا

Whoever intercedes with a good intercession will have a portion of it;

من يشفع شفعة حسنة يكن له نصيب منها

and whoever intercedes with an evil intercession will bear a share of responsibility for it.

ومن يشفع شفعة سيئة يكن له كفل منها

And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better greeting, or give it back.

وإذا حييتم بتحية فحيوا بأحسن منهآ أو ردوهآ

God, there is no deity but Him.

ٱلله لآ إله إلا هو

He will certainly bring you together on the Day of Appearance, about which there is no doubt.

ليجمعنكم إلى يوم ٱلقيمة لا ريب فيه

What is with you, then, concerning the hypocrites, that you form two battalions, when God has cast them back for what they have earned?

فما لكم في ٱلمنفقين فئتين وٱلله أركسهم بما كسبوا

Do you want to guide him whom God has led astray?

أتريدون أن تهدوا من أضل ٱلله

They would like you to disown as they disowned, so that you might be equal;

ودوا لو تكفرون كما كفروا فتكونون سوآء

If they turn their backs, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take, among them, neither ally nor helper — except those who join a people between whom and you there is a solemn engagement, or who come to you

فإن تولوا فخذوهم وٱقتلوهم حيث وجدتموهم ولا تتخذوا منهم وليا ولا نصيرا إلا ٱلذين يصلون إلى قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثق أو جآءوكم

with their chests constrained at the thought of fighting you, or fighting their own people.

حصرت صدورهم أن يقتلوكم أو يقتلوا قومهم

And had God willed, He would have given them power over you, and they would have fought you.

ولو شآء ٱلله لسلطهم عليكم فلقتلوكم

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.

ستجدون ءاخرين يريدون أن يأمنوكم ويأمنوا قومهم كل ما ردوا إلى ٱلفتنة أركسوا فيها

If they do not keep away from you, do not offer you peace, and do not restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you surprise them.

فإن لم يعتزلوكم ويلقوا إليكم ٱلسلم ويكفوا أيديهم فخذوهم وٱقتلوهم حيث ثقفتموهم

And it is not for a believer to kill a believer,

وما كان لمؤمن أن يقتل مؤمنا

except by mistake.

إلا خطا

And whoever kills a believer by mistake must restore the independence of a believing person bound by a debt, as well as a compensation delivered to his family, unless they forgo it as charity.

ومن قتل مؤمنا خطا فتحرير رقبة مؤمنة ودية مسلمة إلى أهله إلآ أن يصدقوا

And if the slain belonged to a people hostile to you, while being a believer, then restoring the independence of a believing person bound by a debt.

فإن كان من قوم عدو لكم وهو مؤمن فتحرير رقبة مؤمنة

And if he belonged to a people between whom and you there is a solemn engagement, then a compensation delivered to his family, and restoring the independence of a believing person bound by a debt.

وإن كان من قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثق فدية مسلمة إلى أهله وتحرير رقبة مؤمنة

And whoever does not find the means, then an abstention of two consecutive months, as a return coming from God.

فمن لم يجد فصيام شهرين متتابعين توبة من ٱلله

O you who have believed! When you travel in the way of God, distinguish clearly,

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إذا ضربتم في سبيل ٱلله فتبينوا

and do not say to one who offers you peace: "You are not a believer", seeking the fleeting goods of the present life; but, with God, there are abundant spoils.

ولا تقولوا لمن ألقى إليكم ٱلسلم لست مؤمنا تبتغون عرض ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا فعند ٱلله مغانم كثيرة

Thus were you before, and God graced you.

كذلك كنتم من قبل فمن ٱلله عليكم

So distinguish clearly.

فتبينوا

Not equal are those of the believers who remain seated, apart from those with disabilities, and those who strive in the way of God with their goods and their Selves.

لا يستوي ٱلقعدون من ٱلمؤمنين غير أولي ٱلضرر وٱلمجهدون في سبيل ٱلله بأمولهم وأنفسهم

God has favored by one degree those who strive with their goods and their Selves above those who remain seated.

فضل ٱلله ٱلمجهدين بأمولهم وأنفسهم على ٱلقعدين درجة

and God has favored those who strive, above those who remain seated, with an immense reward — degrees from Him, and forgiveness, and benevolence;

وفضل ٱلله ٱلمجهدين على ٱلقعدين أجرا عظيما درجت منه ومغفرة ورحمة

Indeed, those whom the Agents keep faithfully while they are wronging themselves — they say: "In what situation were you?"

إن ٱلذين توفىهم ٱلملئكة ظالمي أنفسهم قالوا فيم كنتم

They say: "We were reduced to weakness on the earth."

قالوا كنا مستضعفين في ٱلأرض

As for those, it may be that God will overlook it for them.

فأولئك عسى ٱلله أن يعفو عنهم

And whoever emigrates in the way of God will find, on the earth, an abundant refuge and ampleness.

ومن يهاجر في سبيل ٱلله يجد في ٱلأرض مرغما كثيرا وسعة

And whoever leaves his house, emigrating toward God and His messenger, and is then overtaken by death, his reward is henceforth incumbent upon God.

ومن يخرج من بيته مهاجرا إلى ٱلله ورسوله ثم يدركه ٱلموت فقد وقع أجره على ٱلله

And when you travel through the land, no blame upon you for shortening the Contact, if you fear that those who disown may try you.

وإذا ضربتم في ٱلأرض فليس عليكم جناح أن تقصروا من ٱلصلوة إن خفتم أن يفتنكم ٱلذين كفروا

And when you are among them, and you lead the Contact for them, let a group of them stand with you, and let them take their arms.

وإذا كنت فيهم فأقمت لهم ٱلصلوة فلتقم طآئفة منهم معك وليأخذوا أسلحتهم

Then, when they have prostrated, let them pass behind you,

فإذا سجدوا فليكونوا من ورآئكم

and let another group, who has not yet made contact, come to make contact with you, taking their precautions and their arms.

ولتأت طآئفة أخرى لم يصلوا فليصلوا معك وليأخذوا حذرهم وأسلحتهم

Those who disown would like you to neglect your arms and your baggage, so as to swoop down upon you in a single rush.

ود ٱلذين كفروا لو تغفلون عن أسلحتكم وأمتعتكم فيميلون عليكم ميلة وحدة

And no blame upon you, if rain is a nuisance to you or you are sick, for laying down your arms;

ولا جناح عليكم إن كان بكم أذى من مطر أو كنتم مرضى أن تضعوا أسلحتكم

but take your precautions.

وخذوا حذركم

And when you have concluded the Contact, remember God, standing, sitting, or lying on your sides.

فإذا قضيتم ٱلصلوة فٱذكروا ٱلله قيما وقعودا وعلى جنوبكم

Then, once calm, maintain the Contact.

فإذا ٱطمأننتم فأقيموا ٱلصلوة

And do not slacken in seeking that people.

ولا تهنوا في ٱبتغآء ٱلقوم

If you suffer, they indeed suffer as you suffer; but you hope from God what they do not hope.

إن تكونوا تألمون فإنهم يألمون كما تألمون وترجون من ٱلله ما لا يرجون

We have sent down to you the Scripture in truth, so that you may judge between men according to what God has shown you.

إنآ أنزلنآ إليك ٱلكتب بٱلحق لتحكم بين ٱلناس بمآ أرىك ٱلله

And ask God's forgiveness.

وٱستغفر ٱلله

And do not argue in favor of those who betray themselves.

ولا تجدل عن ٱلذين يختانون أنفسهم

They hide from men, and do not hide from God, while He is with them when they scheme by night sayings He does not approve.

يستخفون من ٱلناس ولا يستخفون من ٱلله وهو معهم إذ يبيتون ما لا يرضى من ٱلقول

And whoever acquires a transgression acquires it only against his own Self.

ومن يكسب إثما فإنما يكسبه على نفسه

And without God's favor upon you and His benevolence, a group among them would have been minded to lead you astray;

ولولا فضل ٱلله عليك ورحمته لهمت طآئفة منهم أن يضلوك

but they lead astray none but themselves, and they cannot harm you at all.

وما يضلون إلآ أنفسهم وما يضرونك من شىء

God has sent down upon you the Scripture and the wisdom, and taught you what you did not know.

وأنزل ٱلله عليك ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة وعلمك ما لم تكن تعلم

There is no good in most of their secret talks, except for one who orders an act of charity, or what is recognized, or a reconciliation between men.

لا خير في كثير من نجوىهم إلا من أمر بصدقة أو معروف أو إصلح بين ٱلناس

And whoever sets himself in breach against the messenger, after guidance has become clear to him, and follows a way other than that of the believers, We will leave him to what he has turned to, and We will burn him in Jahannam.

ومن يشاقق ٱلرسول من بعد ما تبين له ٱلهدى ويتبع غير سبيل ٱلمؤمنين نوله ما تولى ونصله جهنم

God indeed does not forgive that anything be associated with Him,

إن ٱلله لا يغفر أن يشرك به

but He forgives what is short of that to whom He wills.

ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشآء

who said: "I will certainly take, among Your obedient ones, a fixed portion; I will certainly lead them astray, I will certainly give them vain hopes, I will certainly order them to slit the ears of cattle, and I will certainly order them to alter God's creation."

وقال لأتخذن من عبادك نصيبا مفروضا ولأضلنهم ولأمنينهم ولءامرنهم فليبتكن ءاذان ٱلأنعم ولءامرنهم فليغيرن خلق ٱلله

He makes them promises and gives them vain hopes,

يعدهم ويمنيهم

Those are the ones whose refuge will be Jahannam,

أولئك مأوىهم جهنم

And those who have believed and done sound deeds, We will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.

وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت سندخلهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهآ أبدا

A promise of God, in truth.

وعد ٱلله حقا

It does not depend on your wishes, nor on the wishes of the people of the Scripture.

ليس بأمانيكم ولآ أماني أهل ٱلكتب

And who has a better Law than one who has made his direction true to God alone, while doing good, and followed the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God?

ومن أحسن دينا ممن أسلم وجهه لله وهو محسن وٱتبع ملة إبرهيم حنيفا

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.

ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

And they consult you concerning women.

ويستفتونك في ٱلنسآء

Say: "God enlightens you concerning them, as well as what is recited to you in the Scripture concerning the orphan girls to whom you do not give what is prescribed for them, while yearning to marry them, and the children reduced to weakness, and to conduct yourselves with the orphans in complete equity.

قل ٱلله يفتيكم فيهن وما يتلى عليكم في ٱلكتب في يتمى ٱلنسآء ٱلتي لا تؤتونهن ما كتب لهن وترغبون أن تنكحوهن وٱلمستضعفين من ٱلولدن وأن تقوموا لليتمى بٱلقسط

And if a woman fears from her husband persistent hostility or a turning away, no blame upon them to reconcile through an agreement;

وإن ٱمرأة خافت من بعلها نشوزا أو إعراضا فلا جناح عليهمآ أن يصلحا بينهما صلحا

and reconciliation is better.

وٱلصلح خير

And greed is ever present to the Selves;

وأحضرت ٱلأنفس ٱلشح

And you will never be able to be just between women, even if you are keen on it;

ولن تستطيعوا أن تعدلوا بين ٱلنسآء ولو حرصتم

so do not lean entirely, to the point of forsaking the other as though hanging.

فلا تميلوا كل ٱلميل فتذروها كٱلمعلقة

And if they separate, God will enrich each of them from His abundance.

وإن يتفرقا يغن ٱلله كلا من سعته

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.

ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

And We have indeed recommended to those to whom the Scripture was given before you, and to yourselves, to guard yourselves toward God.

ولقد وصينا ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب من قبلكم وإياكم أن ٱتقوا ٱلله

And if you disown, to God indeed belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.

وإن تكفروا فإن لله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.

ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

If He wills, He makes you disappear, O mankind, and brings others.

إن يشأ يذهبكم أيها ٱلناس ويأت باخرين

Whoever wants the requital of the present life — with God is the requital of the present life and of the last life.

من كان يريد ثواب ٱلدنيا فعند ٱلله ثواب ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة

O you who have believed! Be firm supporters in equity, witnesses for God, even against yourselves, or your parents, or your relatives.

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا كونوا قومين بٱلقسط شهدآء لله ولو على أنفسكم أو ٱلولدين وٱلأقربين

Whether he be rich or poor, God is closer to them both; so do not follow emotion, to the point of no longer being just.

إن يكن غنيا أو فقيرا فٱلله أولى بهما فلا تتبعوا ٱلهوى أن تعدلوا

O you who have believed! Believe in God, in His messenger, in the Scripture He sent down upon His messenger, and in the Scripture He sent down before.

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ءامنوا بٱلله ورسوله وٱلكتب ٱلذي نزل على رسوله وٱلكتب ٱلذي أنزل من قبل

Announce to the hypocrites that they will have a painful punishment — those who take those who disown as allies, besides the believers.

بشر ٱلمنفقين بأن لهم عذابا أليما ٱلذين يتخذون ٱلكفرين أوليآء من دون ٱلمؤمنين

And He has already sent down to you, in the Scripture: when you hear the signs of God being disowned and mocked, do not remain seated with them, until they immerse themselves in another discourse;

وقد نزل عليكم في ٱلكتب أن إذا سمعتم ءايت ٱلله يكفر بها ويستهزأ بها فلا تقعدوا معهم حتى يخوضوا في حديث غيره

God will indeed bring together the hypocrites and those who disown, all together, in Jahannam — those who bide their time: if an opening comes to you from God, they say: "Were we not with you?" and if a portion falls to those who disown, they say: "Did we not take hold of you, and did we not shield you from the believers?"

إن ٱلله جامع ٱلمنفقين وٱلكفرين في جهنم جميعا ٱلذين يتربصون بكم فإن كان لكم فتح من ٱلله قالوا ألم نكن معكم وإن كان للكفرين نصيب قالوا ألم نستحوذ عليكم ونمنعكم من ٱلمؤمنين

God will judge between you, on the Day of Appearance;

فٱلله يحكم بينكم يوم ٱلقيمة

And when they rise for the Contact, they rise lazily, acting out of ostentation before men, and remember God only a little, wavering between the two, neither on one side nor the other.

وإذا قاموا إلى ٱلصلوة قاموا كسالى يرآءون ٱلناس ولا يذكرون ٱلله إلا قليلا مذبذبين بين ذلك لآ إلى هؤلآء ولآ إلى هؤلآء

O you who have believed! Do not take those who disown as allies, besides the believers.

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تتخذوا ٱلكفرين أوليآء من دون ٱلمؤمنين

except those who turn back, become sound, hold firmly to God, and devote their Law exclusively to God: those are the ones who are with the believers,

إلا ٱلذين تابوا وأصلحوا وٱعتصموا بٱلله وأخلصوا دينهم لله فأولئك مع ٱلمؤمنين

What would God do with your punishment, if you are grateful and believing?

ما يفعل ٱلله بعذابكم إن شكرتم وءامنتم

God does not love that evil be said aloud, except from one who has been wronged.

لا يحب ٱلله ٱلجهر بٱلسوء من ٱلقول إلا من ظلم

Those who disown God and His messengers, and want to separate God from His messengers, saying: "We believe in part, and we disown part", wanting to carve out a way between the two — those are the true disowners.

إن ٱلذين يكفرون بٱلله ورسله ويريدون أن يفرقوا بين ٱلله ورسله ويقولون نؤمن ببعض ونكفر ببعض ويريدون أن يتخذوا بين ذلك سبيلا أولئك هم ٱلكفرون حقا

And those who have believed in God and His messengers, and have made no distinction between any of them, to those He will soon give their rewards.

وٱلذين ءامنوا بٱلله ورسله ولم يفرقوا بين أحد منهم أولئك سوف يؤتيهم أجورهم

The people of the Scripture ask you to send down upon them a scripture from the sky.

يسلك أهل ٱلكتب أن تنزل عليهم كتبا من ٱلسمآء

They indeed asked Moussa something greater than that, saying: "Show us God openly"; the thunderbolt then seized them for their wrongdoing.

فقد سألوا موسى أكبر من ذلك فقالوا أرنا ٱلله جهرة فأخذتهم ٱلصعقة بظلمهم

Then they took the calf, after the clear proofs had come to them; but We overlooked that,

ثم ٱتخذوا ٱلعجل من بعد ما جآءتهم ٱلبينت فعفونا عن ذلك

And We elevated above them the Mount, by virtue of their solemn engagement,

ورفعنا فوقهم ٱلطور بميثقهم

and We said to them: "Enter by the gate, prostrate",

وقلنا لهم ٱدخلوا ٱلباب سجدا

and We said to them: "Do not cross the limits concerning the Rest",

وقلنا لهم لا تعدوا في ٱلسبت

It is for having broken their solemn engagement, disowned the signs of God, killed the informants without right, and said: "Our cores are wrapped up" — no, it is God who stamped their cores for their disowning, so that they believe only a little — and for their disowning, and their imputation against Maryam of an immense slander, and for having said: "We indeed killed Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, the messenger of God",

فبما نقضهم ميثقهم وكفرهم بايت ٱلله وقتلهم ٱلأنبيآء بغير حق وقولهم قلوبنا غلف بل طبع ٱلله عليها بكفرهم فلا يؤمنون إلا قليلا وبكفرهم وقولهم على مريم بهتنا عظيما وقولهم إنا قتلنا ٱلمسيح عيسى ٱبن مريم رسول ٱلله

when they did not kill him and did not crucify him, but a resemblance was given to them.

وما قتلوه وما صلبوه ولكن شبه لهم

And those who differ about it are surely in doubt concerning it.

وإن ٱلذين ٱختلفوا فيه لفي شك منه

They have no knowledge of it,

ما لهم به من علم

except following presumption.

إلا ٱتباع ٱلظن

God, rather, elevated him to Himself.

بل رفعه ٱلله إليه

It is for the wrongdoing of the Reoriented that We prohibited to them wholesome things that had been permitted to them, and for having greatly barred from the way of God, and for having practiced usury, though they had been forbidden it, and devoured the goods of men through falsehood.

فبظلم من ٱلذين هادوا حرمنا عليهم طيبت أحلت لهم وبصدهم عن سبيل ٱلله كثيرا وأخذهم ٱلربوا وقد نهوا عنه وأكلهم أمول ٱلناس بٱلبطل

But those among them who are deeply rooted in knowledge, and the believers, believe in what has been sent down to you and in what was sent down before you, as well as those who maintain the Contact,

لكن ٱلرسخون في ٱلعلم منهم وٱلمؤمنون يؤمنون بمآ أنزل إليك ومآ أنزل من قبلك وٱلمقيمين ٱلصلوة

We have indeed revealed to you, as We revealed to Nuh and the informants after him,

إنآ أوحينآ إليك كمآ أوحينآ إلى نوح وٱلنبين من بعده

and We revealed to Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Yaacoub, the bloodlines, Issa, Ayyub, Younes, Harun, and Sulayman;

وأوحينآ إلى إبرهيم وإسمعيل وإسحق ويعقوب وٱلأسباط وعيسى وأيوب ويونس وهرون وسليمن

And messengers whose account We have already related to you, and messengers whose account We have not related to you;

ورسلا قد قصصنهم عليك من قبل ورسلا لم نقصصهم عليك

Messengers, bearers of good tidings and warners, so that men might have no argument against God after the messengers.

رسلا مبشرين ومنذرين لئلا يكون للناس على ٱلله حجة بعد ٱلرسل

But God testifies to what He has sent down to you;

لكن ٱلله يشهد بمآ أنزل إليك

He sent it down with His knowledge, and the Agents bear witness to it.

أنزله بعلمه وٱلملئكة يشهدون

Indeed, those who disowned and did wrong — it is not for God to forgive them, nor to guide them to a road, except the road of Jahannam, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.

إن ٱلذين كفروا وظلموا لم يكن ٱلله ليغفر لهم ولا ليهديهم طريقا إلا طريق جهنم خلدين فيهآ أبدا

O mankind! The messenger has indeed come to you with the truth, from your Guardian; believe, then, it is better for you.

يأيها ٱلناس قد جآءكم ٱلرسول بٱلحق من ربكم فامنوا خيرا لكم

And if you disown, to God indeed belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth.

وإن تكفروا فإن لله ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

O people of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your Law, and say about God nothing but the truth.

يأهل ٱلكتب لا تغلوا في دينكم ولا تقولوا على ٱلله إلا ٱلحق

Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, is only the messenger of God, and His word,

إنما ٱلمسيح عيسى ٱبن مريم رسول ٱلله وكلمته

which He addressed to Maryam, and an Influx from Him.

ألقىهآ إلى مريم وروح منه

So believe in God and His messengers,

فامنوا بٱلله ورسله

and do not say: "Three".

ولا تقولوا ثلثة

Cease: that is better for you.

ٱنتهوا خيرا لكم

God is only one deity.

إنما ٱلله إله وحد

Glory be to Him! He is above having a child.

سبحنه أن يكون له ولد

To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.

له ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

Al-Massih will never disdain to be obedient to God, nor will the Agents brought near.

لن يستنكف ٱلمسيح أن يكون عبدا لله ولا ٱلملئكة ٱلمقربون

As for those who have believed and done sound deeds, He will faithfully repay them their rewards, and He will give them more of His favor;

فأما ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت فيوفيهم أجورهم ويزيدهم من فضله

They consult you.

يستفتونك

Say: "God enlightens you concerning the kalala.

قل ٱلله يفتيكم في ٱلكللة

If a man perishes without a child, but has a sister, to her belongs half of what he leaves;

إن ٱمرؤا هلك ليس له ولد وله أخت فلها نصف ما ترك

and he inherits from her, if she has no child.

وهو يرثهآ إن لم يكن لها ولد

But if there are two, then to them belong two-thirds of what he leaves;

فإن كانتا ٱثنتين فلهما ٱلثلثان مما ترك

and if there are several, brothers and sisters, then to the male, the equivalent of the share of two females.

وإن كانوا إخوة رجالا ونسآء فللذكر مثل حظ ٱلأنثيين

God explains this to you, so that you do not go astray;

يبين ٱلله لكم أن تضلوا