"Jherek Chamaeleo" <frogoftheworld@no-spam> wrote in message news:<DOxza.40765$1s1.573709@no-spam>...
> Surah 24. Light
> 1. A sura which We have sent down and which We have ordained in it have We
> sent down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive admonition.
>
> 2. The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each of
> them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a
> matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let
> a party of the Believers witness their punishment.
>
> 3. Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry and but a woman
> similarly guilty, or an Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man or an
> Unbeliever marry such a woman: to the Believers such a thing is forbidden.
>
> 4. And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four
> witnesses (to support their allegations),- flog them with eighty stripes;
> and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked
> transgressors;-
>
> 5. Unless they repent thereafter and mend (their conduct); for Allah is Oft-
> Forgiving, Most Merciful.
>
> 6. And for those who launch a charge against their spouses, and have (in
> support) no evidence but their own,- their solitary evidence (can be
> received) if they bear witness four times (with an oath) by Allah that they
> are solemnly telling the truth;
>
> 7. And the fifth (oath) (should be) that they solemnly invoke the curse of
> Allah on themselves if they tell a lie.
>
> 8. But it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bears witness
> four times (with an oath) By Allah, that (her husband) is telling a lie;
>
> 9. And the fifth (oath) should be that she solemnly invokes the wrath of
> Allah on herself if (her accuser) is telling the truth.
>
> 10. If it were not for Allah.s grace and mercy on you, and that Allah is
> Oft- Returning, full of Wisdom,- (Ye would be ruined indeed).
>
> 11. Those who brought forward the lie are a body among yourselves: think it
> not to be an evil to you; On the contrary it is good for you: to every man
> among them (will come the punishment) of the sin that he earned, and to him
> who took on himself the lead among them, will be a penalty grievous.
>
> 12. Why did not the believers - men and women - when ye heard of the
> affair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say, "This
> (charge) is an obvious lie" ?
>
> 13. Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it? When they have not
> brought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of Allah, (stand forth)
> themselves as liars!
>
> 14. Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, in this world and
> the Hereafter, a grievous penalty would have seized you in that ye rushed
> glibly into this affair.
>
> 15. Behold, ye received it on your tongues, and said out of your mouths
> things of which ye had no knowledge; and ye thought it to be a light matter,
> while it was most serious in the sight of Allah.
>
> 16. And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? - "It is not right of us to
> speak of this: Glory to Allah. this is a most serious slander!"
>
> 17. Allah doth admonish you, that ye may never repeat such (conduct), if ye
> are (true) Believers.
>
> 18. And Allah makes the Signs plain to you: for Allah is full of knowledge
> and wisdom.
>
> 19. Those who love (to see) scandal published broadcast among the Believers,
> will have a grievous Penalty in this life and in the Hereafter: Allah knows,
> and ye know not.
>
> 20. Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, and that Allah is
> full of kindness and mercy, (ye would be ruined indeed).
>
> 21. O ye who believe! follow not Satan's footsteps: if any will follow the
> footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful and wrong: and
> were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, not one of you would
> ever have been pure: but Allah doth purify whom He pleases: and Allah is One
> Who hears and knows (all things).
>
> 22. Let not those among you who are endued with grace and amplitude of means
> resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen, those in want, and those who
> have left their homes in Allah.s cause: let them forgive and overlook, do
> you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
> Merciful.
>
> 23. Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, are cursed in
> this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty,-
>
> 24. On the Day when their tongues, their hands, and their feet will bear
> witness against them as to their actions.
>
> 25. On that Day Allah will pay them back (all) their just dues, and they
> will realise that Allah is the (very) Truth, that makes all things manifest.
>
> 26. Women impure are for men impure, and men impure for women impure and
> women of purity are for men of purity, and men of purity are for women of
> purity: these are not affected by what people say: for them there is
> forgiveness, and a provision honourable.
>
> 27. O ye who believe! enter not houses other than your own, until ye have
> asked permission and saluted those in them: that is best for you, in order
> that ye may heed (what is seemly).
>
> 28. If ye find no one in the house, enter not until permission is given to
> you: if ye are asked to go back, go back: that makes for greater purity for
> yourselves: and Allah knows well all that ye do.
>
> 29. It is no fault on your part to enter houses not used for living in,
> which serve some (other) use for you: And Allah has knowledge of what ye
> reveal and what ye conceal.
>
> 30. Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard
> their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well
> acquainted with all that they do.
>
> 31. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and
> guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments
> except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their
> veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their
> husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their
> husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters'
> sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male
> servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the
> shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw
> attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all
> together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.
>
> 32. Marry those among you who are single, or the virtuous ones among
> yourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah will give them
> means out of His grace: for Allah encompasseth all, and he knoweth all
> things.
>
> 33. Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves
> chaste, until Allah gives them means out of His grace. And if any of your
> slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their freedom for a
> certain sum), give them such a deed if ye know any good in them: yea, give
> them something yourselves out of the means which Allah has given to you. But
> force not your maids to prostitution when they desire chastity, in order
> that ye may make a gain in the goods of this life. But if anyone compels
> them, yet, after such compulsion, is Allah, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to
> them),
>
> 34. We have already sent down to you verses making things clear, an
> illustration from (the story of) people who passed away before you, and an
> admonition for those who fear ((Allah)).
>
> 35. Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His
> Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in
> Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an
> Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous,
> though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah doth guide whom He
> will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth
> know all things.
>
> 36. (Lit is such a Light) in houses, which Allah hath permitted to be raised
> to honour; for the celebration, in them, of His name: In them is He
> glorified in the mornings and in the evenings, (again and again),-
>
> 37. By men whom neither traffic nor merchandise can divert from the
> Remembrance of Allah, nor from regular Prayer, nor from the practice of
> regular Charity: Their (only) fear is for the Day when hearts and eyes will
> be transformed (in a world wholly new),-
>
> 38. That Allah may reward them according to the best of their deeds, and add
> even more for them out of His Grace: for Allah doth provide for those whom
> He will, without measure.
>
> 39. But the Unbelievers,- their deeds are like a mirage in sandy deserts,
> which the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until when he comes up
> to it, he finds it to be nothing: But he finds Allah (ever) with him, and
> Allah will pay him his account: and Allah is swift in taking account.
>
> 40. Or (the Unbelievers' state) is like the depths of darkness in a vast
> deep ocean, overwhelmed with billow topped by billow, topped by (dark)
> clouds: depths of darkness, one above another: if a man stretches out his
> hands, he can hardly see it! for any to whom Allah giveth not light, there
> is no light!
>
> 41. Seest thou not that it is Allah Whose praises all beings in the heavens
> and on earth do celebrate, and the birds (of the air) with wings outspread?
> Each one knows its own (mode of) prayer and praise. And Allah knows well all
> that they do.
>
> 42. Yea, to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; and to
> Allah is the final goal (of all).
>
> 43. Seest thou not that Allah makes the clouds move gently, then joins them
> together, then makes them into a heap? - then wilt thou see rain issue forth
> from their midst. And He sends down from the sky mountain masses (of clouds)
> wherein is hail: He strikes therewith whom He pleases and He turns it away
> from whom He pleases, the vivid flash of His lightning well-nigh blinds the
> sight.
>
> 44. It is Allah Who alternates the Night and the Day: verily in these things
> is an instructive example for those who have vision!
>
> 45. And Allah has created every animal from water: of them there are some
> that creep on their bellies; some that walk on two legs; and some that walk
> on four. Allah creates what He wills for verily Allah has power over all
> things.
>
> 46. We have indeed sent down signs that make things manifest: and Allah
> guides whom He wills to a way that is straight.
>
> 47. They say, "We believe in Allah and in the apostle, and we obey": but
> even after that, some of them turn away: they are not (really) Believers.
>
> 48. When they are summoned to Allah and His apostle, in order that He may
> judge between them, behold some of them decline (to come).
>
> 49. But if the right is on their side, they come to him with all submission.
>
> 50. Is it that there is a disease in their hearts? or do they doubt, or are
> they in fear, that Allah and His Messenger will deal unjustly with them?
> Nay, it is they themselves who do wrong.
>
> 51. The answer of the Believers, when summoned to Allah and His Messenger,
> in order that He may judge between them, is no other than this: they say,
> "We hear and we obey": it is such as these that will attain felicity.
>
> 52. It is such as obey Allah and His Messenger, and fear Allah and do right,
> that will win (in the end),
>
> 53. They swear their strongest oaths by Allah that, if only thou wouldst
> command them, they would leave (their homes). Say: "Swear ye not; Obedience
> is (more) reasonable; verily, Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do."
>
> 54. Say: "Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger. but if ye turn away, he is
> only responsible for the duty placed on him and ye for that placed on you.
> If ye obey him, ye shall be on right guidance. The Messenger.s duty is only
> to preach the clear (Message).
>
> 55. Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous
> deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of
> power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in
> authority their religion - the one which He has chosen for them; and that He
> will change (their state), after the fear in which they (lived), to one of
> security and peace: 'They will worship Me (alone) and not associate aught
> with Me. 'If any do reject Faith after this, they are rebellious and wicked.
>
> 56. So establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and obey the
> Messenger. that ye may receive mercy.
>
> 57. Never think thou that the Unbelievers are going to frustrate ((Allah)'s
> Plan) on earth: their abode is the Fire,- and it is indeed an evil refuge!
>
> 58. O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands possess, and the
> (children) among you who have not come of age ask your permission (before
> they come to your presence), on three occasions: before morning prayer; the
> while ye doff your clothes for the noonday heat; and after the late-night
> prayer: these are your three times of undress: outside those times it is not
> wrong for you or for them to move about attending to each other: Thus does
> Allah make clear the Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and
> wisdom.
>
> 59. But when the children among you come of age, let them (also) ask for
> permission, as do those senior to them (in age): Thus does Allah make clear
> His Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
>
> 60. Such elderly women as are past the prospect of marriage,- there is no
> blame on them if they lay aside their (outer) garments, provided they make
> not a wanton display of their beauty: but it is best for them to be modest:
> and Allah is One Who sees and knows all things.
>
> 61. It is no fault in the blind nor in one born lame, nor in one afflicted
> with illness, nor in yourselves, that ye should eat in your own houses, or
> those of your fathers, or your mothers, or your brothers, or your sisters,
> or your father's brothers or your father's sisters, or your mohter's
> brothers, or your mother's sisters, or in houses of which the keys are in
> your possession, or in the house of a sincere friend of yours: there is no
> blame on you, whether ye eat in company or separately. But if ye enter
> houses, salute each other - a greeting of blessing and purity as from Allah.
> Thus does Allah make clear the signs to you: that ye may understand.
>
> 62. Only those are believers, who believe in Allah and His Messenger. when
> they are with him on a matter requiring collective action, they do not
> depart until they have asked for his leave; those who ask for thy leave are
> those who believe in Allah and His Messenger. so when they ask for thy
> leave, for some business of theirs, give leave to those of them whom thou
> wilt, and ask Allah for their forgiveness: for Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most
> Merciful.
>
> 63. Deem not the summons of the Messenger among yourselves like the summons
> of one of you to another: Allah doth know those of you who slip away under
> shelter of some excuse: then let those beware who withstand the Messenger.s
> order, lest some trial befall them, or a grievous penalty be inflicted on
> them.
>
> 64. Be quite sure that to Allah doth belong whatever is in the heavens and
> on earth. Well doth He know what ye are intent upon: and one day they will
> be brought back to Him, and He will tell them the truth of what they did:
> for Allah doth know all things.
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