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 messenger, 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 messenger, 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 mother'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.