An-Nur
Light upon Light
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. This is a surah which We have sent down and which We have made obligatory, and in which We have sent down clear signs, that you may remember.
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم سورة أنزلنها وفرضنها وأنزلنا فيهآ ءايت بينت لعلكم تذكرونThe fornicatress and the fornicator, inflict on each of them a hundred lashes,
ٱلزانية وٱلزاني فٱجلدوا كل وحد منهما مائة جلدةand let no kindness for them seize you in the Law of God, if you believe in God and the Last Day;
ولا تأخذكم بهما رأفة في دين ٱلله إن كنتم تؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخرand let a group of believers witness their punishment.
وليشهد عذابهما طآئفة من ٱلمؤمنينThe fornicator takes as wife only a fornicatress or an associator,
ٱلزاني لا ينكح إلا زانية أو مشركةand the fornicatress, only a fornicator or an associator takes her as wife;
وٱلزانية لا ينكحهآ إلا زان أو مشركand that is forbidden to the believers.
وحرم ذلك على ٱلمؤمنينAnd those who accuse women protected by the marital bond, then do not bring four witnesses, inflict on them eighty lashes,
وٱلذين يرمون ٱلمحصنت ثم لم يأتوا بأربعة شهدآء فٱجلدوهم ثمنين جلدةand never accept their testimony again — those are the oversteppers, except those who repented after that and reformed, for God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
ولا تقبلوا لهم شهدة أبدا وأولئك هم ٱلفسقون إلا ٱلذين تابوا من بعد ذلك وأصلحوا فإن ٱلله غفور رحيمAnd 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.
وٱلذين يرمون أزوجهم ولم يكن لهم شهدآء إلآ أنفسهم فشهدة أحدهم أربع شهدت بٱلله إنه لمن ٱلصدقين وٱلخمسة أن لعنت ٱلله عليه إن كان من ٱلكذبينAnd 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.
ويدرؤا عنها ٱلعذاب أن تشهد أربع شهدت بٱلله إنه لمن ٱلكذبين وٱلخمسة أن غضب ٱلله عليهآ إن كان من ٱلصدقينAnd were it not for the favor of God upon you, His benevolence, and that God is Accepter of repentance, Wise, [you would have been ruined].
ولولا فضل ٱلله عليكم ورحمته وأن ٱلله تواب حكيمThose who came with the calumny are a group from among you; do not think it is an evil for you,
إن ٱلذين جآءو بٱلإفك عصبة منكم لا تحسبوه شرا لكمno, it is a good for you.
بل هو خير لكمTo each man among them [will come] what he has earned of transgression,
لكل ٱمرئ منهم ما ٱكتسب من ٱلإثمand he among them who took the greatest part of it will have an immense punishment.
وٱلذي تولى كبره منهم له عذاب عظيمIf only, upon hearing it, the believing men and women had thought well of themselves, and had said: This is a manifest calumny!
لولآ إذ سمعتموه ظن ٱلمؤمنون وٱلمؤمنت بأنفسهم خيرا وقالوا هذآ إفك مبينIf only they had brought four witnesses concerning it!
لولا جآءو عليه بأربعة شهدآءSince they did not bring the witnesses, those are, in the sight of God, the liars.
فإذ لم يأتوا بٱلشهدآء فأولئك عند ٱلله هم ٱلكذبونAnd were it not for the favor of God upon you and His benevolence, in the present life and the last life, 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.
ولولا فضل ٱلله عليكم ورحمته في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة لمسكم في مآ أفضتم فيه عذاب عظيم إذ تلقونه بألسنتكم وتقولون بأفواهكم ما ليس لكم به علم وتحسبونه هينا وهو عند ٱلله عظيمAnd 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!
ولولآ إذ سمعتموه قلتم ما يكون لنآ أن نتكلم بهذا سبحنك هذا بهتن عظيمGod exhorts you never to return to the like of it, if you are believers.
يعظكم ٱلله أن تعودوا لمثله أبدا إن كنتم مؤمنينAnd God explicates the signs for you,
ويبين ٱلله لكم ٱلءايتand God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وٱلله عليم حكيمThose who love that indecency should spread among those who believe will have a painful punishment, in the present life and the last life,
إن ٱلذين يحبون أن تشيع ٱلفحشة في ٱلذين ءامنوا لهم عذاب أليم في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرةand God knows,
وٱلله يعلمand you, you do not know.
وأنتم لا تعلمونAnd were it not for the favor of God upon you, His benevolence, and that God is full of kindness, Benevolent, [you would have been ruined].
ولولا فضل ٱلله عليكم ورحمته وأن ٱلله رءوف رحيمO you who have believed! do not follow the steps of the Diverter;
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تتبعوا خطوت ٱلشيطنand whoever follows the steps of the Diverter — he indeed commands indecency and what is disavowed.
ومن يتبع خطوت ٱلشيطن فإنه يأمر بٱلفحشآء وٱلمنكرAnd were it not for the favor of God upon you, His benevolence, not one of you would ever have been purified,
ولولا فضل ٱلله عليكم ورحمته ما زكى منكم من أحد أبداbut God purifies whom He wills,
ولكن ٱلله يزكي من يشآءand God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وٱلله سميع عليمAnd 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,
ولا يأتل أولوا ٱلفضل منكم وٱلسعة أن يؤتوا أولي ٱلقربى وٱلمسكين وٱلمهجرين في سبيل ٱللهlet them rather efface and overlook.
وليعفوا وليصفحواWould you not love for God to forgive you?
ألا تحبون أن يغفر ٱلله لكمAnd God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وٱلله غفور رحيمThose who accuse women protected by the marital bond, unwitting, believing, are cursed in the present life and the last life, 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.
إن ٱلذين يرمون ٱلمحصنت ٱلغفلت ٱلمؤمنت لعنوا في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة ولهم عذاب عظيم يوم تشهد عليهم ألسنتهم وأيديهم وأرجلهم بما كانوا يعملونThat day, God will pay them in full their just Retribution,
يومئذ يوفيهم ٱلله دينهم ٱلحقand they will know that God is the manifest Truth.
ويعلمون أن ٱلله هو ٱلحق ٱلمبينThe bad for the bad, and the bad for the bad;
ٱلخبيثت للخبيثين وٱلخبيثون للخبيثتthe good for the good, and the good for the good.
وٱلطيبت للطيبين وٱلطيبون للطيبتThose are clear of what is said [against them];
أولئك مبرءون مما يقولونthey have forgiveness and a generous provision.
لهم مغفرة ورزق كريمO you who have believed! do not enter houses other than your own until you have made yourselves known and greeted their occupants —
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تدخلوا بيوتا غير بيوتكم حتى تستأنسوا وتسلموا على أهلهاthat is better for you, that you may remember.
ذلكم خير لكم لعلكم تذكرونIf you find no one therein, do not enter until you are given permission;
فإن لم تجدوا فيهآ أحدا فلا تدخلوها حتى يؤذن لكمand if you are told: Go back, then go back — it is purer for you.
وإن قيل لكم ٱرجعوا فٱرجعوا هو أزكى لكمAnd God, of what you do, is All-Knowing.
وٱلله بما تعملون عليمThere is no fault in your entering uninhabited houses in which there is a use for you.
ليس عليكم جناح أن تدخلوا بيوتا غير مسكونة فيها متع لكمAnd God knows what you disclose and what you conceal.
وٱلله يعلم ما تبدون وما تكتمونSay to the believing men to lower their gazes and guard their private parts — that is purer for them.
قل للمؤمنين يغضوا من أبصرهم ويحفظوا فروجهم ذلك أزكى لهمGod is Informed of what they do.
إن ٱلله خبير بما يصنعونAnd say to the believing women to lower their gazes and guard their private parts,
وقل للمؤمنت يغضضن من أبصرهن ويحفظن فروجهنand not to display that which, in them, arouses desire, except what the silhouette lets show,
ولا يبدين زينتهن إلا ما ظهر منهاand let them multiply their covering cloth over the opening of their chest,
وليضربن بخمرهن على جيوبهنand 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.
ولا يبدين زينتهن إلا لبعولتهن أو ءابآئهن أو ءابآء بعولتهن أو أبنآئهن أو أبنآء بعولتهن أو إخونهن أو بني إخونهن أو بني أخوتهن أو نسآئهن أو ما ملكت أيمنهن أو ٱلتبعين غير أولي ٱلإربة من ٱلرجال أو ٱلطفل ٱلذين لم يظهروا على عورت ٱلنسآءAnd let them not multiply their steps [about the city] so as to make known what they conceal of what arouses desire in them.
ولا يضربن بأرجلهن ليعلم ما يخفين من زينتهنAnd turn all together to God, O believers, that you may succeed.
وتوبوا إلى ٱلله جميعا أيه ٱلمؤمنون لعلكم تفلحونMarry the unmarried among you, as well as the righteous among your male and female obedient ones.
وأنكحوا ٱلأيمى منكم وٱلصلحين من عبادكم وإمآئكمIf they are poor, God will enrich them from His favor.
إن يكونوا فقرآء يغنهم ٱلله من فضلهAnd God is Vast, All-Knowing.
وٱلله وسع عليمAnd let those who do not find [the means for] marriage restrain themselves, until God enriches them from His favor.
وليستعفف ٱلذين لا يجدون نكاحا حتى يغنيهم ٱلله من فضلهAnd those, among those bound by pledge, who seek [with you] the written deed [of the marriage contract, to become protected], draw up that deed with them if you know good in them,
وٱلذين يبتغون ٱلكتب مما ملكت أيمنكم فكاتبوهم إن علمتم فيهم خيراand give them from the goods of God which He has given you.
وءاتوهم من مال ٱلله ٱلذي ءاتىكمAnd do not compel your young women to prostitution, if they wish to remain chaste, seeking merely the goods of the present life.
ولا تكرهوا فتيتكم على ٱلبغآء إن أردن تحصنا لتبتغوا عرض ٱلحيوة ٱلدنياAnd whoever compels them — after their compulsion, God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent [toward them].
ومن يكرههن فإن ٱلله من بعد إكرههن غفور رحيمWe have sent down to you clear signs, an example from those who passed away before you, and an admonition for those who guard themselves.
ولقد أنزلنآ إليكم ءايت مبينت ومثلا من ٱلذين خلوا من قبلكم وموعظة للمتقينGod is the Light of the heavens and the earth.
ٱلله نور ٱلسموت وٱلأرضThe example of His Light is like a niche wherein is a lamp.
مثل نوره كمشكوة فيها مصباحThe lamp is in a glass.
ٱلمصباح في زجاجةThe 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.
ٱلزجاجة كأنها كوكب دري يوقد من شجرة مبركة زيتونة لا شرقية ولا غربية يكاد زيتها يضيء ولو لم تمسسه نارLight upon light.
نور على نورGod guides to His Light whom He wills,
يهدي ٱلله لنوره من يشآءand God multiplies examples for the people,
ويضرب ٱلله ٱلأمثل للناسand God is All-Knowing of all things.
وٱلله بكل شىء عليمIn 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,
في بيوت أذن ٱلله أن ترفع ويذكر فيها ٱسمه يسبح له فيها بٱلغدو وٱلءاصال رجال لا تلهيهم تجرة ولا بيع عن ذكر ٱلله وإقام ٱلصلوة وإيتآء ٱلزكوةfearing a day when the cores and the gazes will be overturned, [acting] so that God may recompense them according to the best of what they have done, and grant them increase from His favor.
يخافون يوما تتقلب فيه ٱلقلوب وٱلأبصر ليجزيهم ٱلله أحسن ما عملوا ويزيدهم من فضلهAnd God provides for whom He wills, without measure.
وٱلله يرزق من يشآء بغير حسابAnd those who disown, 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.
وٱلذين كفروا أعملهم كسراب بقيعة يحسبه ٱلظمان مآء حتى إذا جآءه لم يجده شيا ووجد ٱلله عنده فوفىه حسابهAnd God is swift in reckoning.
وٱلله سريع ٱلحسابOr like darkness on a deep, surging sea: a wave covers it, above which is another wave, above which is a cloud —
أو كظلمت في بحر لجي يغشىه موج من فوقه موج من فوقه سحابdarknesses, one above another:
ظلمت بعضها فوق بعضWhen he puts out his hand, he can hardly see it.
إذآ أخرج يده لم يكد يرىهاAnd he to whom God grants no light has no light.
ومن لم يجعل ٱلله له نورا فما له من نورHave you not seen that God — He is glorified by those in the heavens and on the earth, and the birds with wings outspread?
ألم تر أن ٱلله يسبح له من في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وٱلطير صفتEach one knows its Contact and its glorification,
كل قد علم صلاته وتسبيحهand God is All-Knowing of what they do.
وٱلله عليم بما يفعلونTo God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth,
ولله ملك ٱلسموت وٱلأرضand to God is the destination.
وإلى ٱلله ٱلمصيرHave 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?
ألم تر أن ٱلله يزجي سحابا ثم يؤلف بينه ثم يجعله ركاما فترى ٱلودق يخرج من خللهAnd 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;
وينزل من ٱلسمآء من جبال فيها من برد فيصيب به من يشآء ويصرفه عن من يشآءthe flash of its lightning almost takes away the sight.
يكاد سنا برقه يذهب بٱلأبصرGod alternates the night and the day.
يقلب ٱلله ٱليل وٱلنهارThere is indeed in that a lesson for the possessors of sight.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لأولي ٱلأبصرAnd God created every living being from water.
وٱلله خلق كل دآبة من مآءAmong them is one that walks on its belly,
فمنهم من يمشي على بطنهand among them is one that walks on two feet,
ومنهم من يمشي على رجلينand among them is one that walks on four.
ومنهم من يمشي على أربعGod creates what He wills,
يخلق ٱلله ما يشآءGod is capable of all things.
إن ٱلله على كل شىء قديرWe have sent down clear signs,
لقد أنزلنآ ءايت مبينتand God guides whom He wills to a straight path.
وٱلله يهدي من يشآء إلى صرط مستقيمAnd they say: We believe in God and in the messenger, and we obey — then a group among them turns away after that;
ويقولون ءامنا بٱلله وبٱلرسول وأطعنا ثم يتولى فريق منهم من بعد ذلكand those are not believers.
ومآ أولئك بٱلمؤمنينAnd 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.
وإذا دعوا إلى ٱلله ورسوله ليحكم بينهم إذا فريق منهم معرضونBut if the right is on their side, they come to him in full submission.
وإن يكن لهم ٱلحق يأتوا إليه مذعنينIs there a sickness in their cores, or do they doubt, or do they fear that God and His messenger will deal with them unjustly?
أفي قلوبهم مرض أم ٱرتابوا أم يخافون أن يحيف ٱلله عليهم ورسولهNo, it is they who are the unjust.
بل أولئك هم ٱلظلمونThe 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.
إنما كان قول ٱلمؤمنين إذا دعوا إلى ٱلله ورسوله ليحكم بينهم أن يقولوا سمعنا وأطعناAnd those are the ones who succeed.
وأولئك هم ٱلمفلحونAnd whoever obeys God and His messenger, fears God and guards himself toward Him — those are the triumphant.
ومن يطع ٱلله ورسوله ويخش ٱلله ويتقه فأولئك هم ٱلفآئزونAnd they swore by God, with their most solemn oaths, that if you ordered them, they would surely go forth.
وأقسموا بٱلله جهد أيمنهم لئن أمرتهم ليخرجنSay: Do not swear;
قل لا تقسمواa recognized obedience [suffices].
طاعة معروفةGod is Informed of what you do.
إن ٱلله خبير بما تعملونSay: Obey God and obey the messenger;
قل أطيعوا ٱلله وأطيعوا ٱلرسولbut 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.
فإن تولوا فإنما عليه ما حمل وعليكم ما حملتمAnd if you obey him, you will be guided.
وإن تطيعوه تهتدواAnd upon the messenger rests only the clear transmission.
وما على ٱلرسول إلا ٱلبلغ ٱلمبينGod 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.
وعد ٱلله ٱلذين ءامنوا منكم وعملوا ٱلصلحت ليستخلفنهم في ٱلأرض كما ٱستخلف ٱلذين من قبلهم وليمكنن لهم دينهم ٱلذي ٱرتضى لهم وليبدلنهم من بعد خوفهم أمناThey obey Me without associating anything with Me.
يعبدونني لا يشركون بي شياAnd whoever disowns after that — those are the oversteppers.
ومن كفر بعد ذلك فأولئك هم ٱلفسقونAnd maintain the Contact, and fulfill the purifying alms,
وأقيموا ٱلصلوة وءاتوا ٱلزكوةand obey the messenger, that benevolence may be shown to you.
وأطيعوا ٱلرسول لعلكم ترحمونDo not ever think that those who disown can render [God] powerless on the earth;
لا تحسبن ٱلذين كفروا معجزين في ٱلأرضtheir refuge is the fire,
ومأوىهم ٱلنارand what an evil destination!
ولبئس ٱلمصيرO you who have believed! 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 —
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ليستذنكم ٱلذين ملكت أيمنكم وٱلذين لم يبلغوا ٱلحلم منكم ثلث مرت من قبل صلوة ٱلفجر وحين تضعون ثيابكم من ٱلظهيرة ومن بعد صلوة ٱلعشآءthree times of privacy for you.
ثلث عورت لكمThere is no fault, neither for you nor for them, outside these times,
ليس عليكم ولا عليهم جناح بعدهنbeing visitors to one another,
طوفون عليكمone with another.
بعضكم على بعضThus God explicates the signs for you,
كذلك يبين ٱلله لكم ٱلءايتand God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وٱلله عليم حكيمAnd when the children among you reach the age of reflection, let them ask permission as those before them asked permission.
وإذا بلغ ٱلأطفل منكم ٱلحلم فليستذنوا كما ٱستذن ٱلذين من قبلهمThus God explicates His signs for you,
كذلك يبين ٱلله لكم ءايتهand God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وٱلله عليم حكيمAnd 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;
وٱلقوعد من ٱلنسآء ٱلتي لا يرجون نكاحا فليس عليهن جناح أن يضعن ثيابهن غير متبرجت بزينةbut that they restrain themselves is better for them.
وأن يستعففن خير لهنAnd God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وٱلله سميع عليمThere 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.
ليس على ٱلأعمى حرج ولا على ٱلأعرج حرج ولا على ٱلمريض حرج ولا على أنفسكم أن تأكلوا من بيوتكم أو بيوت ءابآئكم أو بيوت أمهتكم أو بيوت إخونكم أو بيوت أخوتكم أو بيوت أعممكم أو بيوت عمتكم أو بيوت أخولكم أو بيوت خلتكم أو ما ملكتم مفاتحه أو صديقكمThere is no fault in your eating together or separately.
ليس عليكم جناح أن تأكلوا جميعا أو أشتاتاAnd when you enter houses, greet one another with a greeting from God, blessed and good.
فإذا دخلتم بيوتا فسلموا على أنفسكم تحية من عند ٱلله مبركة طيبةThus God explicates the signs for you, that you may reason.
كذلك يبين ٱلله لكم ٱلءايت لعلكم تعقلونThe 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.
إنما ٱلمؤمنون ٱلذين ءامنوا بٱلله ورسوله وإذا كانوا معه على أمر جامع لم يذهبوا حتى يستذنوهThose who ask your permission, those are the ones who believe in God and His messenger.
إن ٱلذين يستذنونك أولئك ٱلذين يؤمنون بٱلله ورسولهAnd 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.
فإذا ٱستذنوك لبعض شأنهم فأذن لمن شئت منهم وٱستغفر لهم ٱللهGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إن ٱلله غفور رحيمDo not consider the call of the messenger among yourselves as the call of one of you to another.
لا تجعلوا دعآء ٱلرسول بينكم كدعآء بعضكم بعضاGod well knows those among you who slip away furtively.
قد يعلم ٱلله ٱلذين يتسللون منكم لواذاLet those who oppose his order beware lest a trial strike them, or a painful punishment reach them.
فليحذر ٱلذين يخالفون عن أمره أن تصيبهم فتنة أو يصيبهم عذاب أليمIndeed, to God belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth.
ألآ إن لله ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرضHe well knows the state you are in,
قد يعلم مآ أنتم عليهand the day when they are brought back to Him, He will inform them of what they did.
ويوم يرجعون إليه فينبئهم بما عملواAnd God is All-Knowing of all things.
وٱلله بكل شىء عليم