<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 18[/INST]Allah bears witness that none is worthy of worship apart from Him; and the angels and those who possess knowledge also bear testimony to it (as well as the fact) that He designs and executes every plan with justice None is worthy of worship but He He is Almighty, All-Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 19[/INST]Truly, Islam is the only Din (Religion) in Allah’s sight And the people of the Book disagreed, after knowledge had come to them, only on account of their mutual jealousy and contention And he who denies Allah’s revelations, then surely Allah hastens in calling to account.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 20[/INST](O Beloved!) If they, even then, have a row with you, say to them: ‘I have bowed my humble face in absolute submissiveness before the Presence of Allah and so have done those who follow me.’ And say to the people of the Book as well as the illiterate ones: ‘Do you also bow before Allah (i.e do you accept Islam)?’ Then if they embrace submission then they have truly achieved guidance But if they turn away, your responsibility is only to deliver the command And Allah is Watchful of His servants.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 21[/INST]Certainly those who deny Revelations of Allah and kill the Prophets unjustly, and also kill those of the people who enjoin equity and justice, so announce to them the news of a grievous torment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 22[/INST]They are the ones whose works have become void both in this world and in the Hereafter And they shall have no helpers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 23[/INST]Have you not seen those who were given a portion of (the knowledge of) the Book? They are invited towards the Book of Allah, so that it (the Book) gives judgment (on disputes) among them Then, a party of them turn away and it is they who deviate.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 24[/INST] This (courage to deviate) is because they say: ‘The Fire of Hell will not touch us except for a few numbered days.’ And the lies that they invent (about Allah) have deluded them with regard to their Din (Religion).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 25[/INST] So, what will be their plight when We shall assemble all of them together on the Day in (the happening of) which there is no doubt and everyone will be paid back in full for whatever (deeds) he has earned, and no injustice will be done to them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 26[/INST] (O My Beloved!) Submit (like this): ‘O Allah, Lord of Sovereignty! You bestow sovereignty on whom You will and You take away sovereignty from whom You will You confer honour on whom You will and You dishonour whom You will All good is in Your Mighty Hand and surely You have Absolute Authority and Control over everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 27[/INST] You make the night enter into the day and You make the day enter into the night and You bring the living out of the dead and You bring the dead out of the living and You bless (with Your Bounties) without measure whom You wish.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 28[/INST] The Muslims should not make friends with disbelievers instead of Muslims And whoever does so will have nothing of (the alliance with) Allah except that you seek protection (from their mischief) And Allah warns you to fear (the wrath) of His Divine Essence and to Allah is the return.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 29[/INST] Say: ‘Whether you hide what is in your breasts or make it known, Allah knows it and He thoroughly knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth And Allah has Mighty Control over everything.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 30[/INST] On the Day when every soul shall find present (before him) every good that he accomplished and every evil that he perpetrated, he will wish there were a great distance between him and that evil (or that Day) Allah warns you to fear (the wrath) of His Divine Essence and Allah is Most Compassionate towards His servants.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 31[/INST] (O Beloved!) Say: ‘If you love Allah, follow me Allah will then take you as (His) beloved and forgive your sins for you, and Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 32[/INST] Say: ‘Obey Allah and the Messenger (blessing and peace be upon him).’ But if they turn away then Allah does not like the disbelievers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 33[/INST] Verily, Allah chose Adam, and Nuh (Noah), and the family of Ibrahim (Abraham) and the family of ‘Imran (in dignity) above all the people of the world.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 34[/INST] They are all one race, descendants of one another And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 35[/INST] And (recall) when the wife of ‘Imran said: ‘O my Lord, I vow purely to You what is in my womb, freeing him (from other obligations) So, accept (this offering) from me You are indeed All-Hearing, All-Knowing.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 36[/INST] So when she delivered a baby girl, she submitted: ‘Lord, I have given birth but to a female child.’ But Allah knew best what she had given birth to (She said:) ‘And the boy (that I prayed for) could never (be) like the girl (that Allah has blessed me with); and I have named her Maryam (Mary, the worshipper); and surely I commit her and her children to Your protection against (the mischief of) Satan, the outcast.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 37[/INST] So, her Lord graciously accepted her (Maryam [Mary]) with excellent acceptance and brought her up immaculately and entrusted her guardianship to Zakariyya (Zacharias) Every time Zakariyya (Zacharias) entered her chamber of worship he found with her (novel and uncommon) food items He inquired: ‘O Maryam, wherefrom have these things come for you?’ She replied: ‘This (sustenance) comes from Allah Verily, Allah provides sustenance without measure to whom He desires.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 38[/INST] At the same place Zakariyya (Zacharias) supplicated his Lord He submitted: ‘O my Lord, bless me, out of Your Grace, with a virtuous and pure offspring Surely You alone hear the supplication.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 39[/INST] While he was still standing in the chamber offering the Prayer (or supplicating), the angels called out to him: ‘Indeed, Allah gives you the good news of (a son) Yahya (John), who shall confirm the Word from Allah (i.e ‘Isa [Jesus]) and he will be a leader, well-protected against (temptation for) women and a Prophet from among (Our) exceptionally pious servants.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 40[/INST] (Zakariyya) submitted: ‘O my Lord, how shall I have a son when old age has already overtaken me and my wife is (also) barren?’ He said: ‘The same way as Allah does whatever He wills.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 41[/INST] Zakariyya submitted: ‘O my Lord, fix a sign for me.’ Allah said: ‘The sign for you is that for three days you will not be able to communicate to the people except by gestures And remember your Lord excessively and glorify Him persistently evening and morning.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 42[/INST] And when the angels said: ‘O Maryam (Mary), surely Allah has chosen you and has blessed you with purity and has exalted you today over all the women of the world.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 43[/INST] O Maryam (Mary)! Obey your Lord consistently with utmost humbleness, prostrate yourself and bow down in worship along with those who bow down.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 44[/INST] (O Beloved!) These are news of the Unseen which We reveal to you But (at that time) you were not present with them when they were casting their pens (by way of a draw to determine) which of them should take care of Maryam (Mary) Nor were you with them when they were disputing with one another.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 45[/INST] When the angels said: ‘O Maryam (Mary), surely, Allah gives you glad tidings of a (particular) Word from Him named the Messiah, ‘Isa son of Maryam (Jesus son of Mary), who would be eminent and exalted (both) in this world and in the Hereafter and would be of those who are exceptionally intimate servants of Allah blessed with His nearness.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 46[/INST] And he will talk to the people (alike) both in the cradle and in ripe years, and he will be one of the pious servants (of Allah).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 47[/INST] Maryam (Mary) submitted: ‘O my Lord, how shall I have a son when no man has ever touched me?’ He said: ‘Just as Allah creates what He pleases.’ When He decides (to do) some work, He just gives it the Command ‘Be,’ and it becomes.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 48[/INST] And Allah will teach him the Book and the Wisdom, the Torah and the Injil ([the Gospel] everything).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 49[/INST] And he will be a Messenger to the Children of Israel, (saying to them:) ‘I have undoubtedly brought to you a Sign from your Lord: I design for you from clay (a figure) like the shape of a bird; then I breathe into it; and at once it becomes a flying bird by Allah’s Command And I restore to health the born blind, and the lepers, and raise the dead to life by the Command of Allah And I inform you of (all) what you have eaten and what you have hoarded in your houses Truly, there is a Sign in it for you if you believe.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 50[/INST] And I validate the (Book) Torah sent down before me, and that is because I may declare certain things lawful for you which were forbidden to you as unlawful And I have come to you from your Lord with a Sign So, fear Allah and obey me.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 51[/INST] Verily, Allah is my Lord and your Lord too So worship Him alone This is the straight path.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 52[/INST] Later, when ‘Isa (Jesus) sensed their disbelief, he said: ‘Who are my helpers in the way of Allah?’ His sincere companions submitted: ‘We are the helpers of (Din [the religion] of) Allah We have believed in Allah and bear witness that we are surely Muslims.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 53[/INST] O our Lord! We have believed in the Book which You have sent down and we have become the followers of this Messenger So register us among those who bear witness (to the Truth).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 54[/INST] Then, the disbelieving (Jews) conspired secretly (to execute ‘Isa [Jesus]) but Allah covertly designed His plan (to safeguard ‘Isa [Jesus]) And Allah is the Best of secret planners.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 55[/INST] When Allah said: ‘O ‘Isa (Jesus), I will surely bring your term of life to completion; and I am about to lift you towards Myself (in the heavens), and deliver you from the disbelievers, and exalt your followers above (these) disbelievers till the Day of Resurrection Then to Me you all have to return So I shall judge between you in the matters about which you used to dispute.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 56[/INST] As for those who disbelieved, I shall give them severe punishment (both) in this world and in the Hereafter, and they shall have no helpers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 57[/INST] And those who believed and did pious deeds, (Allah) shall reward them in full And Allah does not like the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 58[/INST] These which We read out to you are Signs and the wisdom-laden advice.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 59[/INST] Surely the example of ‘Isa (Jesus) in the sight of Allah is the same as that of Adam whom He formed from clay, then said (to him): ‘Be.’ He became.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 60[/INST] (Ordained to forewarn the Umma [the Community]:) ‘This is the Truth from your Lord, so be not of those who doubt.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 61[/INST] So, if someone contends with you about ‘Isa (Jesus) after knowledge has come to you, say: ‘Come, let us (jointly) call our sons and your sons, our women and your women and ourselves and yourselves (at the same place) Then we supplicate fervently (i.e most submissively) and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 62[/INST] Most certainly, this is the true narrative and there is none worthy of worship except Allah And verily Allah it is Who is All-Mighty, All-Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 63[/INST] But if they turn away, then surely Allah knows the miscreants full well.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 64[/INST] Say: ‘O People of the Book, come to that matter which is common between us and you (namely that): we shall worship none other than Allah, and we shall not associate any partner with Him Nor shall anyone of us take one another as Lords apart from Allah Then if they turn away, say: ‘Bear witness that we are but Allah’s obedient servants (Muslims).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 65[/INST] O People of the Book! Why do you dispute about Ibrahim ([Abraham] i.e why do you regard him as a Jew or a Christian])? The truth is that the Torah and the Injil ([the Gospel] on which both your religions are based) were sent down after his time Have you not even (this much) sense?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 66[/INST] Listen! You are the people who have also been disputing about matters of which you had (but some) knowledge But why do you dispute about things of which you have no knowledge (at all)? And Allah knows but you do not know.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 67[/INST] Ibrahim(Abraham) was neither a Jew nor a Christian; he was a (true) Muslim, far detached from all heresy and falsehood Nor was he one of the polytheists.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 68[/INST] Certainly the nearest of the people to Ibrahim, (and the most deserving) are those who have followed him (in his Din [Religion]) And (they) are no other than this Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and those who have believed (in him) And Allah is the Helper of the believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 69[/INST] (O Muslims!) A section of the People of the Book (intensely) desire to, somehow, lead you astray but they have led astray only themselves while they have no sense (of it).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 70[/INST] O People of the Book! Why are you denying Allah’s Revelations while you bear witness yourselves (i.e you have read everything in your Books)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 71[/INST] O People of the Book! Why do you confound the Truth with falsehood and why do you hide the Truth whereas you know?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 72[/INST] And a section of the People of the Book say (to the people): ‘Believe in the Book (Qur’an) which is sent down to Muslims at dawn (in the morning) and deny it in the evening, so that, (imitating you,) they may also desert and turn about.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 73[/INST] And do not believe anyone but him who follows (only) your Din (Religion).’ Say: ‘Surely, the guidance is but the guidance of Allah (alone).’ (And they further say to their people never to believe even this) that: ‘The like of the Book (or Din) given to you may also be given to anyone else or that someone may give a plea against you before your Lord.’ Say: ‘Bounty is in the Hand of Allah He bestows on whom He pleases and Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 74[/INST] He specifies to His Mercy whom He desires and Allah is the Lord of Infinite Bounty.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 75[/INST] And among the People of the Book there are a type that if you trust him with a heap of wealth, he will return it to you And some among them are such that if you trust him with one dinar (a gold coin), he will not return it to you unless you keep standing over him That is because they say: ‘There is no blame on us in the matter of the illiterate.’ And they fabricate a lie against Allah and they know it themselves (as well)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 76[/INST] Yes, he who fulfils his promise and adopts God-fearingness (will indeed face no accountability); so Allah surely loves the pious</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 77[/INST] Certainly those who sell the promise of Allah and their own oaths for a small price, it is they who will not have any share in the Hereafter And on the Day of Resurrection Allah will neither speak to nor look at them and nor will He purify them, and for them will be painful punishment</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 78[/INST] And there is indeed another section of them who, while reciting the Book, twist their tongues so that you may take their inverted expressions as (part of) the Book whereas it is not from the Book And they say: ‘It is (all) from Allah,’ while it is not (at all) from Allah They invent a lie against Allah and they know (it) themselves as well</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 79[/INST] No human being whom Allah blesses with the Book and Wisdom and Prophethood has the right to say to the people: ‘Be my servants instead of Allah’s.’ (He would rather say:) ‘Be the devotees of Allah because you teach the Book and because you study it yourselves as well.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 80[/INST] And nor would that Messenger ever command you to take the angels and the Prophets as Lords Would he command you (now) to disbelieve after you have become Muslims</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 81[/INST] And, ( O Beloved, recall the time) when Allah took a firm covenant from the Prophets: ‘When I give you the Book and Wisdom and then there comes to you the Messenger (who is exalted in glory above all and) who shall validate the Books you will have with you, you shall then, most certainly, believe in him and most surely help him.’ Allah said: ‘Do you affirm, and on this (condition) hold fast to My heavy Covenant?’ All submitted: ‘We affirm.’ Allah said: ‘Bear witness then and I am also with you among the witnesses.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 82[/INST] (Now admonished all mankind:) ‘Then he who turns away after this (affirmation), it is they who will be the disobedient.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 83[/INST] Do they seek some Din (Religion) other than Allah’s? And whoever is in the heavens and the earth has embraced His obedience (whether) by choice or by constraint, and to Him shall they all be returned</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 84[/INST] Say: ‘We believe in Allah and in that which has been sent down to us and in that which has been revealed to Ibrahim (Abraham), Isma‘il (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac) and Ya‘qub (Jacob) and their descendants and that which has been given to Musa (Moses), ‘Isa (Jesus) and all other Messengers by their Lord (we believe in all) We do not make distinction in our faith in anyone of them and to Him we submit ourselves.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 85[/INST] And whoever seeks a Din (Religion) other than Islam that shall not at all be accepted from him, and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 86[/INST] How shall Allah guide those who disbelieved after embracing faith while they had borne witness that this Messenger is true, and clear Signs too had come to them? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoers</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 87[/INST] The punishment of such people is that they are continually plagued by the curse of Allah, of the angels and of all mankind</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 88[/INST] They shall remain (imprisoned) under this curse forever And neither will this torment be lessened nor shall they be given respite</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 89[/INST] Except those who repent and mend (their) ways Allah is, indeed, Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 90[/INST] Assuredly, the people who disbelieve after accepting belief and then advance in disbelief, their repentance will not be accepted at all, and it is they who have lost the right path.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 91[/INST] Surely those who disbelieved and died while they were disbelievers, if anyone of them offers an earthful of gold as ransom (for his salvation) that shall not at all be accepted from him It is they for whom there is painful torment And no helper will be possible for them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 92[/INST] You can never attain to piety unless you spend (in the cause of Allah) out of that which you like the most; and Allah surely knows well whatever you give away.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 93[/INST] Before the revelation of the Torah, everything edible was lawful for the Children of Israel except those (things) which Ya‘qub (Jacob) had declared forbidden for himself Say: ‘Bring the Torah and read it out if you are truthful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 94[/INST] So, whoever fabricates a lie against Allah even after this, then it is they who are the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 95[/INST] Say: ‘Allah has proclaimed the Truth, so follow the Din (Religion) of Ibrahim (Abraham) who, rejecting every evil, devoted himself wholly to Allah And he was not one of the polytheists.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 96[/INST] The first House ever constructed for mankind (to worship) is indeed the one in Makka teeming with blessings and (the centre of) guidance for the whole world.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 97[/INST]  There are manifest Signs in it, (one of which is) the station of Ibrahim (Abraham) Whoever enters it attains safety and protection; and the Pilgrimage to this House is prescribed for the people for the sake of Allah whoever may afford its journey; and whoever denies (it) then indeed, Allah is Self-Sufficient, Beyond Need of all the worlds.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 98[/INST] Say: ‘O People of the Book, why do you deny the Revelations of Allah? And Allah is observing your actions.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 99[/INST] Say: ‘O People of the Book, why do you hinder him from Allah’s path who has embraced faith? You want to make their path crooked too while you are yourselves a witness (that it is straight) And Allah is not unaware of your doings.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 100[/INST] O Believers! If you obey any section of the People of the Book, they will turn you back to disbelief after you have (embraced) faith.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 101[/INST] And how will you disbelieve (now) while you are (fortunate) ones to whom the Verses of Allah are recited, and the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him) is (himself) present among you? And whoever holds fast to (the Embrace of) Allah is most surely guided to the straight path.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 102[/INST] O Believers! Fear Allah as it is due to fear Him And death should approach you only in a state when you are Muslim.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 103[/INST] And hold fast to the rope of Allah all of you together and do not generate dissension and factions But call to mind the blessing of Allah upon you when you were enemies (one to another) Then He created the bond of love among your hearts, and by His blessing you became brothers And you (had reached) the brink of a pit of Fire (of Hell) but He rescued you from it That is how Allah elaborates His Signs to you so that you may take guidance to the right path.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 104[/INST] And from amongst you there must be a community comprising the people who would invite mankind towards piety, bid righteousness and forbid evil And they are the successful people.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 105[/INST] And become not like those who split into sects and dissented even after manifest Signs had reached them And it is they who would suffer grievous torment,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 106[/INST] On the Day when many faces will be bright and many others will be dark The ones with dark faces (will be asked): ‘Did you reject faith after you had believed? So taste the torment for the disbelief you had been committing.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 107[/INST] But those with (glittering) white faces will be in Allah’s Mercy Therein will they live forever.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 108[/INST] These are the Revelations of Allah which We recite to you with Truth And Allah intends no injustice to mankind.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 109[/INST] And whatever exists in the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah alone And to Allah will all matters be returned.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 110[/INST] You are the best community brought forth for (the guidance of) mankind: you command righteousness, forbid evil and believe in Allah Had the People of the Book also embraced faith that would certainly have been in their favour There are some among them who believe, while the majority of them are disobedient.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 111[/INST] They cannot do you any harm beyond offending; and if they fight you they will turn their backs upon you; then they will not be helped (as well).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 112[/INST] They are shut in humiliation wherever they may be found, except that they are (provided with shelter) under some promise with Allah or some bond with people And they have earned Allah’s wrath, and have been subjected to indigence consequent on their rejection of Allah’s Revelations and killing the Prophets unjustly, because they turned into rebels and exceeded all limits (in rebelliousness and defiance).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 113[/INST] They are not all alike Some of the People of the Book are (also) firmly committed to the Truth They recite the Verses of Allah during the hours of night and remain in the state of prostration before their Lord.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 114[/INST] They believe in Allah and the Last Day and command righteousness, and forbid evil, and advance fast in righteous works And it is they who are among the pious.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 115[/INST] And whatever pious acts they do will not be disregarded; and Allah is well aware of those who guard against evil.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 116[/INST] Certainly those who have disbelieved, neither their riches nor their children will provide them any protection against (the torment of) Allah And they are the ones who are the inmates of Hell and will live there forever.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 117[/INST] (Whatever) wealth (these people) spend in the life of this world is like the frost-laden wind which strikes and destroys the harvest of a people who wrong their own souls And Allah has not done them any wrong but they themselves manage their own wreck.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 118[/INST] O Believers! Do not confide in those who are not from amongst you They will never miss (any) chance to cause you mischief They wish you severe torture As for their malice, that has become evident from their utterances, and (the hostility) that they have concealed in their hearts is (even) greater We have made the Signs manifest to you, if you would use your intellect.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 119[/INST] Beware! You are the ones who love them but they do not (even) like you although you believe in all the Books When they meet you, they say: ‘We have accepted faith,’ but when alone, they bite their fingers in rage against you Say: ‘Perish in your pent-up rage.’ Certainly Allah knows well the secrets of hearts.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 120[/INST] If something goes in your favour, it grieves them; but if some pain afflicts you, that pleases them However, if you keep patience and guard yourselves against evil persistently, their deceitfulness would do you no harm And Allah indeed has encompassed all that they are doing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 121[/INST] And (recall the time) when early morning you left your blessed abode (on the eve of the battle of Uhud) and were positioning the Muslims at their posts for the battle And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 122[/INST] When two groups from amongst you (Banu Salma Khazraj and Banu Haritha Aws) intended to go coward although Allah was their Ally And the believers must have trust in Allah alone.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 123[/INST] And Allah provided you help in the battle of Badr, whereas you had little resources (at that time) Therefore, fear Allah so that you may become grateful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 124[/INST] When you were saying to the believers: ‘Is it not enough for you that your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand sent-down angels?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 125[/INST] Yes, if you remain steadfast and persist in God-wariness and these (unbelievers) suddenly launch the blitz against you with (full) force, then your Lord would come to your aid with distinctly marked five thousand angels.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 126[/INST] And Allah has made this (reinforcement) just a glad tidings for you so that it may content your hearts And support comes only from Allah Who is Almighty, Most Wise,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 127[/INST] (Also) because (Allah) may exterminate a section of the unbelievers or abase them so that they go back defeated.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 128[/INST] (O Beloved! Now) this matter is not your concern whether Allah enables them to repent or torments them, because they are the transgressors.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 129[/INST] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth belongs to Allah alone He forgives whom He wills and He punishes whom He wills and Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 130[/INST] O Believers! Do not live on usury doubled and redoubled and keep fearing Allah so that you may prosper.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 131[/INST] And fear that Fire which has been prepared for those who reject faith.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 132[/INST] And persist in obedience to Allah and the Messenger (blessing and peace be upon him) so that you may be blessed with Mercy.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 133[/INST] And advance fast towards forgiveness from your Lord and Paradise whose vastness encompasses the heavens and the earth (and) which has been prepared for the pious.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 134[/INST] They are the ones who spend in the cause of Allah whether they are affluent or indigent (in both the conditions), sublimate their anger and tolerate (the faults of the) people; and Allah loves those who are benevolent.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 135[/INST] And (they) are such people that if they commit some immoral act or wrong themselves, they remember Allah, then seek forgiveness for their sins And who forgives sins except Allah? And they do not deliberately persist in the sinful acts which they committed.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 136[/INST] It is they whose reward is forgiveness from their Lord and Gardens beneath which rivers flow They will reside therein permanently What an excellent reward there is for those who execute righteous acts!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 137[/INST] Before you many codes (of Divine Law) have passed (for the preceding nations) So travel in the earth and observe what was the end of those who belied!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 138[/INST] This Qur’an is an exposition for mankind and guidance and counsel for those who fear Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 139[/INST] And do not lose heart nor feel grieved; and it is you who will be victorious, provided you maintain (perfect) faith.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 140[/INST] If you have received a blow (now, then remember that) they too have received a similar blow already These are the days which We rotate among people And these (ups and downs) occur so that Allah may distinguish the identity of true believers and bestow upon some of you the status of martyr And Allah does not like the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 141[/INST] And this is (also) with the intention that Allah may bring (more) refinement to the believers (i.e cleanse and purify them) and annihilate the disbelievers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 142[/INST] Do you assume that you will enter Paradise (without any good) whereas Allah has not yet tested those of you who combat for His cause, nor has He judged the steadfast?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 143[/INST] And you used to long for death (of a martyr) before you faced it So now you have seen it in front of your own eyes.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 144[/INST] And Muhammad ([too] Allah bless him and give him peace) is but only a Messenger (and not God) Many a Messenger has passed away (from this world) before him as well (bearing adversities and turmoils) So, if he passes away or is martyred, will you then turn on your heels (back to your former religion i.e will you consider his death or martyrdom- God forbid - based on either falsehood of Din [religion] of Islam or his untrue Messengership)? And whoever turns back on his heels shall not harm Allah the least And Allah will soon reward those who give thanks (by remaining steadfast in hardship).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 145[/INST] And no one can die without Allah’s Command (His) term has been fixed in writing And whoever desires the reward of this world, We give him of that; and whoever longs for the reward of the Hereafter, We give him of that; and soon shall We pay reward (affluently) to those who pay thanks.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 146[/INST] And how many a Prophet has there been who fought in the cause of Allah! A large number of devotees of Allah (Awliya) also joined them They did not lose heart due to hardships which afflicted them in the way of Allah They neither showed weakness nor gave in And Allah loves those who remain steadfast.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 147[/INST] And they said nothing except this supplication: ‘O our Lord, forgive our sins and overlook the excesses that we committed in our work, and keep us firm-footed (on Your path) and bestow upon us victory over the disbelievers.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 148[/INST] So, Allah paid them the reward of this world and also an excellent recompense in the Hereafter And Allah loves (those) righteous people (who are in love with Him alone).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 149[/INST] O Believers! If you obey the disbelievers, they will turn you back on your heels (to disbelief) You will then turn back as losers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 150[/INST] Nay, Allah is your Maula (Helper and Guardian) and He is the best of helpers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 151[/INST] Soon shall We plant (your) awe into the hearts of disbelievers because they have associated that partner with Allah for which He has not sent down any authority And Hell is their abode and extremely horrible is (that) abode of the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 152[/INST] Surely, Allah fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them by His command until you showed cowardice and you started disputing about the command (of the Messenger, [blessings and peace be upon him]) and later disobeyed (him) whereas Allah had brought that victory in your sight which you coveted Among you were some who desired gains of this world and some others who sought reward in the Hereafter Then He turned you back from them (dominated) so that He tests you (Later, however,) He pardoned you and Allah is Most Gracious to the believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 153[/INST] When you were running away (in panic) and did not look back at anyone and the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) was calling you out (standing) among the party that were (steadfast) in your rear Then He inflicted upon you sorrows one after the other (for admonition and training) so that you might not grieve over what you had lost and the calamity that had befallen you And Allah is Aware of your works.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 154[/INST] Then after grief He sent down on you calm (and peace for relief) in the form of a slumber that overtook a party of you, while another party (comprising hypocrites that) was worried only about their own souls indulged in false assumptions about Allah which were (just) the assumptions of ignorance They say: ‘Do we too have anything (i.e authority) in this matter?’ Say: ‘The whole matter is in the Hand of Allah.’ They have concealed in their hearts things which they let not be disclosed to you They say: ‘Had we any say in this matter we would not have been slain here.’ Say: ‘Had you been (even) in your homes, those for whom killing was decreed would have come over to their slaughter places And that has been (done) so that Allah may test what is in your breasts and purge exhaustively the (apprehensions) pent up in your hearts And Allah has thorough knowledge of the secrets of breasts.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 155[/INST] Certainly, those of you who fled on that day when the two armies engaged in fierce fighting were only caused by Satan to slip, owing to some act they had perpetrated Allah pardoned them indeed He is, of course, Most Forgiving, Most Forbearing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 156[/INST] O Believers! Be not like the infidels who say of those of their brothers who go (somewhere) on a journey or go to fight (and die there): ‘Had they stayed with us they would neither have died nor been slain,’ so that Allah may make this (assumption) a regret in their hearts It is Allah Who keeps alive and causes death And Allah keeps a strict eye on what you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 157[/INST] And if you get slain in the cause of Allah or die, Allah’s Forgiveness and Mercy is far better than that (wealth) which you accumulate.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 158[/INST] And if you die or be slain, you (all) will be brought together before Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 159[/INST] (O My Adorable Beloved!) What a Mercy of Allah that you are lenient with them! Had you been stern and hard-hearted, people would have deserted, scattering away from around you So pardon them, and pray for their forgiveness, and consult them in (important) matters But once you make up your mind, then place your trust in Allah Surely Allah loves those who trust Him.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 160[/INST] If Allah helps you, none can overpower you; but if He abandons you taking away all support, then who is it that can help you after Him? And the believers should rely on Allah alone.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 161[/INST] It is just not conceivable about any Prophet that he would conceal anything And whoever hides away (another’s right) will have to bring forth on the Day of Resurrection whatever he had held back Then everyone will be paid in full for his deeds, and they will not be wronged.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 162[/INST] How can a person who has subjected himself to the will of Allah be like the one who has earned Allah’s wrath? And Hell is his abode and that is an extremely evil dwelling.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 163[/INST] They have varying grades in the sight of Allah and Allah thoroughly observes their acts.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 164[/INST] Indeed Allah conferred a great favour on the believers that He raised among them (the most eminent) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) from among themselves who recites to them His Revelations, purifies them and educates them on the Book and Wisdom though, before that, they were in manifest error.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 165[/INST] Is it not that when disaster seized you, while you had inflicted twice as much (on your enemy), you said: ‘Whence has it befallen?’ Say: ‘It is from your own selves.’ Indeed, Allah has Absolute Control over everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 166[/INST] And the agony that hurt you on the day when the two armies clashed with each other came about (only) by Allah’s Command And (this happened) so that Allah establishes the identity of the believers,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 167[/INST] And (He) also distinguishes the identity of those who are hypocrites And when it was said to them: ‘Come and fight in the cause of Allah or defend (against the enemy invasion),’ they said: ‘If we knew that there would be a war (actually of some kind or had we considered it a war in the cause of Allah) we would certainly follow you.’ That day they were closer to an evident disbelief as compared to (the pretended) belief They utter that from their mouths which is not in their hearts And Allah knows well (the matters) which they hide.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 168[/INST] (They) are the ones who said about their brothers while they themselves stayed back (home): ‘Had they accepted our counsel, they would not have been slain.’ Say: ‘Protect yourselves from death if you are truthful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 169[/INST] And do not (ever) think that those who are slain in the way of Allah are dead They are rather alive in the Presence of their Lord They are served with sustenance (comprising bounties of Paradise).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 170[/INST] They rejoice in these (blessings of eternal life) which Allah has conferred on them of His Bounty and also feel pleased (on finding) their successors (on the path of faith and obedience), who have not (yet) joined them, for they shall also have neither any fear nor any grief.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 171[/INST] They are filled with joy owing to the blessing (of divine disclosures of the nearness) of Allah and His Bounty (of pleasures of Union with Him) and (also) because Allah does not waste the reward of the believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 172[/INST] Those who submitted to the Command of Allah and His Messenger even after sustaining injuries — for those of them who possess spiritual excellence and are God-fearing, there is immense reward.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 173[/INST] They are the ones whom people said: ‘The adversaries have gathered (in great number) against you, so fear them.’ But this (information) further enhanced their faith and they proclaimed: ‘Allah is Sufficient for us and what an excellent Guardian He is!’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 174[/INST] Then they (the Muslims) returned with the bounties and blessings of Allah, untouched by any suffering They followed the will of Allah, and Allah is the Lord of Great Bounty.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 175[/INST] Surely this (informer) is Satan alone who threatens (you) through his friends Therefore, do not fear them and fear Me alone if you are the believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 176[/INST] (O Sympathizer of the whole mankind!) Those who hasten in (reinforcing) disbelief should not aggrieve you They cannot do any damage to (the Din [Religion] of) Allah and Allah intends that there is no share for them in the Hereafter And for them there is severe torment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 177[/INST] Indeed those who buy disbelief at the cost of belief cannot harm Allah the least, and for them there is grievous torment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 178[/INST] And the disbelievers must never assume that the respite We are providing them is of any good for their souls We are granting them (this) respite for the reason that they may grow further in sins And (ultimately) there is for them a humiliating torment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 179[/INST] And Allah will never leave the Muslims in the status quo you are caught in (now) until He distinguishes the impure from the pure And it is not Allah’s Glory that, (O common people,) he reveals to you the Unseen However, Allah chooses from among His Messengers whom He wills (for the knowledge of the unseen) Therefore, put faith in Allah and His Messengers And if you embrace faith and become God-fearing, there is a tremendous reward for you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 180[/INST] And those who are niggardly in giving away (from the wealth) which Allah has bestowed upon them out of His bounty must never consider this miserliness of any benefit for themselves; it is rather injurious to them Soon on the Day of Resurrection this wealth, which they are niggardly about, will be put around (their necks) like a neck-fetter To Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth (i.e He will remain the Owner of the universe after your death in the same way as He owns it today) And Allah is Well Aware of all your deeds.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 181[/INST] Allah has, surely, heard the remarks of those who say: ‘Allah is indigent and we are rich.’ We shall keep a written record of all that they say and their unjust killing of Messengers (as well) And (on the Day of Resurrection) We shall say: ‘(Now you) taste the incinerating torment.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 182[/INST] This is the recompense of your deeds that your hands have forwarded ahead and Allah, indeed, does not do injustice to servants.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 183[/INST] The people (Jews) who say (as a justification): ‘Allah sent to us the Command not to put faith in any Messenger unless he brings us an offering (to prove his Messengership) whom fire will (break out to) devour.’ Say (to them): ‘Certainly many Messengers with evident Signs preceded me and also (came) with the Sign which you speak of Then (despite that) why did you martyr them if you are (so) truthful?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 184[/INST] If, even then, they belie you, (My Beloved, do not be aggrieved) So many Messengers were belied before you who brought clear Signs (miracles), Scriptures and the Enlightening Book.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 185[/INST] Every soul is going to taste death And your full recompense shall be paid back only on the Day of Resurrection So, whoever will be saved from Hell and admitted to Paradise will be truly successful And the worldly life is nothing but illusory wealth.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 186[/INST] (O Believers!) You shall most certainly be tested in your possessions and your selves And of course you shall have also to hear many torturing (taunts) from those who were given the Book before you and who are polytheists But if you remain patient and stick to self-protection, that is one of the works demanding high resolve.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 187[/INST] And when Allah took a firm promise from those who were given the Book: ‘You shall communicate it clearly and plainly to the people and shall not hide (whatever is described in it),’ they cast this promise behind their backs and sold it for a paltry price This is an extremely evil transaction on their part.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 188[/INST] Never regard those (as the emancipated ones) who rejoice over their crooked works and want to be praised for the deeds that they have never done (Proclaimed for emphasis:) never think that they are delivered from punishment; and for them is an awful torment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 189[/INST] The Sovereignty of all the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah alone and Allah has Perfect Control over everything (So focus your attention on and trust in Him alone.)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 190[/INST] Indeed in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day there are Signs (of Allah’s Absolute Authority) for those who possess constructive wisdom.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 191[/INST] These are the people who, remembering Allah, remain standing (as the epitome of submissiveness), sitting (as reverence incarnate) and (also keep) changing sides (in discomfort of love) and meditate on (manifest lustre of His Eminence and Beauty at work in) the creation of the heavens and the earth (Then acquainted with the pleasure of His gnosis, they call out spontaneously:) ‘O our Lord, You have not created (all) this without any rationale and strategy You are impeccably Pure (of all shortcomings and obligations) So protect us from the torment of Hell.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 192[/INST] O our Lord! Indeed whomever You admit to Hell, You have surely humiliated him and the wrongdoers do not have any supporters.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 193[/INST] O our Lord! (We were oblivious of You,) then we heard a Caller, calling towards faith: (O people,) believe in your Lord So we embraced faith O our Lord, now forgive our sins and erase our blunders (from the record of our works) and make us die in the company of the pious.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 194[/INST] O our Lord! Grant us all that You have promised us through Your Messengers and do not humiliate us on the Day of Resurrection Surely, You do not go against Your promise.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 195[/INST] Then their Lord accorded approval to their supplication (and said:) ‘Certainly I do not waste wages of any labourer whether man or woman; you all are from one another So those who have emigrated (for the cause of Allah) and have been driven out of their dwellings (for Him alone) and have been offended in My way, and fought for My sake and were slain, I shall verily erase their sins from their record of works and admit them to the Gardens beneath which rivers flow This is the reward from Allah and (even) better reward (than this) lies with Allah alone.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 196[/INST] (O servant of Allah!) The roaming about of the disbelievers in the cities (with luxurious riches) should not cause you any illusion.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 197[/INST] This is an insignificant possession (for a brief period) Then their abode will be Hell and that is a very evil abode.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 198[/INST] But those who persist in fearing their Lord, for them there are Gardens beneath which rivers flow There will they reside forever This is hospitaility (for them) from Allah And (His chamber of Proximity, lustre of His Beauty and the Blessing of Union with Him, in sum,) whatever there is with Allah is excellent for the pious.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 199[/INST] And indeed some People of the Book are such that they believe in Allah and also (have faith in) the Book that has been revealed to you and the one which was sent down to them Their hearts remain subdued before Allah And they do not receive paltry price for the Revelations of Allah They are the ones whose reward lies with their Lord Indeed Allah is Swift at reckoning.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 3 verse 200[/INST]O Believers! Be steadfast and in perseverance (and tenacity) toil (even harder than the enemy) and be alert and vigilant (for struggle against violation of peace and human rights), and (always) persist in fearing Allah so that you may achieve success.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4[/INST]The Women</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 1[/INST]O Mankind! Fear your Lord Who (initiated) your creation from a single soul, then from it created its mate, and from these two spread (the creation of) countless men and womenSo, fear Allah for Whose sake you solicit needs from one anotherAnd (become God-fearing) towards your own kith and kin (as well)Allah is indeed Ever-Watchful over you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 2[/INST]And deliver to the orphans their belongings; and do not exchange the bad for the good; nor consume their wealth by mixing it with your ownIndeed this is a great sin.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 3[/INST]And if you have the apprehension that you will not be able to treat the orphan girls justly then marry the women you like and who are lawful for you, two or three or four (but this sanction is conditional on justice)Then if you fear that you will not be able to treat (more than one wife) justly then (marry) only one woman or the maids who have come under your possession (in accordance with the Islamic law)This makes it more likely that you restrain you from committing injustice.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 4[/INST]And pay the women their dower with a pleased heartThen if they forgo for you some (of the dower) out of their own pleasure, you may consume it as pleasant and favourable (for you).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 5[/INST]And do not entrust to the mentally deficient your (or their) assets which Allah has made a means of stability for your economyHowever, feed them out of it and clothe them, and say to them good and nice words.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 6[/INST]And evaluate and test the orphans (for the sake of their training) till they attain to (the age of) marriageThen if you discern in them ingenuity (and the knack of planning), hand over their assets to themAnd devour not their wealth spending it wastefully and in haste (fearing that after) they grow mature (they will take it back)The one who is affluent must absolutely abstain (from the orphan’s property) but he who is indigent (himself) should consume but a fair portion of it (only)And when you return to them their assets, take witnesses over themAnd Sufficient is Allah at reckoning</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 7[/INST]Men have a share in (the assets) that their parents and nearest kin leave behind and women (also) have a share in the inheritance of their parents and the nearest kinBe it small or large, the share has been fixed (by Allah).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 8[/INST]If the relatives (other than heirs) and the orphans and the indigent are present on the occasion of division (of inheritance), give them also something out of it and say to them good and nice words.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 9[/INST]And the people (who execute matters of orphans) should fear that (while dying) if they were to leave tender offspring behind, (how) frightened (and worried) would they be over the plight of their children! They should, therefore, keep fearing Allah (in the matter of orphans) and should say the things straight.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 10[/INST]Indeed those who eat up the property of orphans unjustly fill their bellies but with fire, and soon will they fall into a Blazing Fire.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 11[/INST]Allah commands you concerning (inheritance of) your children: The share of a son is equal to that of two daughters; then if there are only daughters (two or) more, they are entitled to two-thirds of the inheritance; if there is only one daughter, her share will be one half; the mother and the father of the deceased will get one-sixth of the inheritance each, if the deceased leaves children behind; but in case the deceased has no children and the heirs are only his mother and his father, the mother’s share is one-third (and the rest is the father’s); then, if he has brothers and sisters, the mother will have a sixth portionThis distribution will be (executed) after (the fulfilment of) the will he may have made or after (the payment of) the debtYou know not which of them, whether your parents or your sons, are closer to you in bringing you benefitThis (distribution) is a duty assigned (i.efixed) by AllahSurely, Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 12[/INST]And for you, the share in the property your wives leave is one half, provided they have no childrenIn case they have offspring then for you there is one-fourth of inheritance, (that too) after (the fulfilment of) the will that may have been made or after (the payment of) debtAnd the share of your wives in the assets you leave is one-forth, provided you have no childrenBut if you have children then their share in your inheritance is one-eighth, after (the fulfilment of) the will made pertaining to (the inheritance) or the payment of (your) debtIn the case of a man or a woman who leaves neither parents nor children, but who has a brother or a sister (on the mother’s side i.ea uterine brother or a sister), there is a one-sixth share for each of the twoBut if they are more than that, they all will be sharers in one-third(This division shall also be accomplished) after the will which is made without any prejudice towards the heirs or after the (payment) of debtThis is a Command from Allah and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 13[/INST]These are the limits set by AllahAnd the one who obeys Allah and His Messenger (blessing and peace be upon him), He (Allah) will admit him to the Gardens beneath which rivers flowThey shall reside therein forever, and this is a great achievement.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 14[/INST]But whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and exceeds His limits, He will admit him to Hell wherein shall he live forever; and there is a humiliating torment for him.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 15[/INST]And those of your women who commit adultery, call in from your men four witnesses against themThen if they produce evidence, confine those women to their houses till death completes their term of life or Allah ordains a way (i.ea new injunction) for them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 16[/INST]And the two persons from among you who commit adultery, afflict them bothThen, if they repent and mend (their) ways, refrain from punishing themIndeed Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 17[/INST]Allah has promised to accept the repentance of only those who commit evil deeds due to ignorance, then repent soon afterSo Allah will return to such people with His Mercy and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 18[/INST]But repentance is not (accepted) of the people who persist in sinful acts until death overtakes one of them, (then) he says: ‘Now I repent.’ Nor is repentance (of any avail) for those who die as disbelieversWe have prepared grievous torment for them</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 19[/INST]O Believers! It is not lawful for you to become heirs to women by forceAnd do not hold them back in order to take (back) from them a portion of that which you gave them, unless they commit open indecencyAnd treat them honourablyThen if you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and Allah places in it abundant good.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 20[/INST]And if you seek to take a wife in place of another and you have (by now) given to her heaps of wealth, yet do not take back any part of itDo you want to take that wealth (back) by means of unjust accusation and manifest sin?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 21[/INST]And how can you take it back while you have had marital relations with each other and they have (also) taken a firm promise from you?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 22[/INST]And do not marry women whom your fathers and forefathers marriedBut that which has passed (before this command is forgiven)It is indeed highly indecent, infuriating and an evil custom.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 23[/INST]Forbidden to you are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father’s sisters and your mother’s sisters and your brother’s daughters and sister’s daughters and your mothers (who) have suckled you, your foster sisters and mothers of your wivesAnd (similarly) your stepdaughters brought up under your parentage born of your women with whom you have had marital relations (are also forbidden to you.) If you have not had martial relations, then there is no harm (in marrying their daughters)Forbidden are also wives of your real sons who are of your loins and having (in marriage) two sisters together, except that which has passed in the days of ignoranceAllah indeed is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 24[/INST]And (forbidden to you are also) women having husbands except those (prisoners of war) who come into your legal possessionAllah has prescribed for you (these Commands of forbiddance)And (all women) other than these are made lawful for you, so that you may wish them for marriage by means of your money (dower), maintaining chastity and not in pursuit of satisfying lustThen those of them from whom you have received benefit in exchange for that (money), pay them their fixed dowersAnd there is no sin on you pertaining to the money on which you mutually agree after fixing the dowerSurely Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 25[/INST]And whoever of you cannot afford to marry free believing women may marry those believing slave girls who are in your possession (under Islamic Law)And Allah knows best (the state of) your beliefYou (all) are one from anotherSo, marry these (slave girls) with the permission of their masters, and pay them their dowers according to custom, provided they are wedlocked (being chaste), neither committing illegal sex nor taking secret loversIf they commit fornication after they have entered into wedlock, their punishment will be the half of that (appointed) for free (unmarried) womenThis permission is for him among you who fears (indulging in) sin and if you practise self-restraint that is better for youAnd Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 26[/INST]Allah intends to explain to you (His Commands) and guide you to the ways of those (pious) people who have passed before you and return to you in MercyAnd Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 27[/INST]And Allah intends to bestow upon you His Favour, but those who pursue the lusts (of the ill-commanding selves) wish you to turn far away from the right path.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 28[/INST]Allah intends to lighten your burdenAnd man has been created weak (and infirm).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 29[/INST]O Believers! Do not devour one another’s wealth unlawfully among yourselves unless it is a trade by your mutual agreement and do not kill yourselvesSurely, Allah is Kind to you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 30[/INST]But whoever will do that through transgression and injustice, We shall soon throw him into the Fire (of Hell) and that is very easy for Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 31[/INST]If you keep abstaining from major sins that you are forbidden to do We shall remove from you your minor sins and shall admit you to a place of honour.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 32[/INST]And do not long for the thing in which Allah has made some of you superior to othersMen will have a share of what they earn, and women will have a share of what they earn, and keep begging Allah for His BountySurely Allah knows best everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 33[/INST]And We have appointed to everyone legatees (heirs) of the property left by parents and near relationsAnd to those with whom you have made an agreement, give them their shareAssuredly, Allah observes everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 34[/INST]Men are guardians and managers over women, because Allah has made one superior to the other and (also) because men spend their wealth (on them)So the pious wives are obedientThey guard (their chastity) in the absence of their husbands with the protection of AllahBut those women whom you fear would disobey and defy, admonish them; and (if they do not amend,) separate them (from yourselves) in beds; and (if they still do not improve,) beat them (softly to bring reform)Then if they become obedient to you, do not seek any way (to oppress) themSurely, Allah is Most High, Most Great.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 35[/INST]And if you fear a breach between the two then appoint one arbitrator from the husband’s family and the other from the wife’s familyIf both (the arbitrators) resolve to bring about settlement, Allah will create harmony between themIndeed, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 36[/INST]And worship Allah and do not set up any partners with HimAnd treat the parents with moral excellence and (do good to) relatives, orphans, the needy, close as well as unacquainted neighbours, and your fellows and the wayfarers and those whom you possessSurely Allah does not like the one who is arrogant (self-conceited) and boastful (egoist),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 37[/INST]Those who are miserly and bid others (also) to be miserly, and hide that (blessing) which Allah has granted them of His BountyAnd We have prepared a disgraceful torment for the disbelievers,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 38[/INST]And those who spend their wealth to show off to people, and believe neither in Allah nor in the Last DayAnd whoever Satan sides with as a companion, so he is an evil companion! </s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 39[/INST]And what loss would they have suffered if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spent (in His way) of what Allah had given them? And Allah is Well Aware of them (their state of affairs).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 40[/INST]Surely, Allah does not do (even) an iota of injustice and if there be a good work, He doubles it and grants from His Presence an immense reward.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 41[/INST]Then how it will be on the Day when We shall bring one witness from each Umma (Community), and, (O Beloved,) We shall bring you as a witness against them all!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 42[/INST]On that Day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) would wish that (after burying them) the earth over them were levelledAnd they will not be able to hide anything from Allah</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 43[/INST]O Believers! Do not go near Prayer in a drunken state until you are able to understand what you sayNor (should you approach Prayer) until you bathe after total ablution becomes obligatory unless you are travellingAnd if you are sick or on a journey or return from a call of nature or make sexual contact with (your) women and then fail to find water, clean yourselves by using pure soilSo wipe your faces and handsSurely, Allah is Most Pardoning, Most Forgiving</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 44[/INST]Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the (revealed) Book? They buy misguidance and want you (also) to turn away from the straight path.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 45[/INST]And Allah knows best your enemies and Allah is Sufficient (as) a Protector and Allah is Sufficient (as) a Helper.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 46[/INST]And some among the Jews pervert the words (of the Torah) from their (root) places and say: ‘We have heard but we disobey,’ and (also say): ‘Listen! (God forbid!) May you not be listened to,’ and twisting their tongues, scoffing at Din (Religion) they say: ‘Ra‘ina.’ And, (instead,) if they had said: ‘We have heard and obeyed,’ and ‘(Your Eminence! Please) give audience (to our request) and bless us with a (benevolent and kind) look,’ that would have been better for them and (this utterance) would have been right and appropriate (too) but Allah has cursed them owing to their disbeliefSo they do not believe except a few.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 47[/INST]O People of the Book! Believe in (that Book) which We have revealed (now to Our Beloved Muhammad, [blessing and peace be upon him]) which (originally) confirms the Book that is with you, before We disfigure (features of some) faces and turn them on to their rear, or cast on them a curse like the one that We cast on those (who disobeyed) in the case of SabbathAnd the Commandment of Allah is bound to be executed.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 48[/INST]Surely, Allah does not forgive setting up of partners with Him, and He forgives (any other sin) lesser in degree whom He willsAnd whoever sets up partners with Allah certainly fabricates a horrible sin</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 49[/INST]Have you not seen the people who show themselves off as pure? Nay, Allah is the One Who purifies whom He pleases and they will not be wronged even equal to a thread.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 50[/INST]Look! How they invent a lie against Allah, and this manifest sin is simply sufficient (for afflicting them with torment)! </s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 51[/INST]Have you not seen those who have been given a portion of (the revealed) Book? (In spite of that) they believe in idols and SatanAnd about the disbelievers they say: ‘These (disbelievers) are better guided than the believers.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 52[/INST]These are the people Allah has cursed, and you will not find at all any helper for the one whom Allah curses.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 53[/INST]Have they any share in the Kingdom? If so, they would not give (anything) to the people worth even a speck (because of their niggardliness).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 54[/INST]Do they (Jews) feel jealous of the people because of (the blessings) which Allah has conferred upon them of His Bounty? So, surely We have given the family of Ibrahim (Abraham) the Book and wisdom, and We also granted them a great kingdom.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 55[/INST]So, some of them believed in it and some turned away from it, and (for those who turn away) enough is the blazing Fire of Hell.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 56[/INST]Surely those who disbelieved in Our Revelations, We shall soon hurl them into the Fire (of Hell)When their skins are burnt off, We shall replace them with other skins so that they may taste the torment (ceaselessly)Surely, Allah is Almighty, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 57[/INST]Those who believe and stick to doing pious acts, We shall admit them to Gardens beneath which streams flowThey shall live there foreverTherein shall be pure spouses for themAnd We shall admit them into plenteous deep shades.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 58[/INST]Surely, Allah commands you to entrust the belongings to those who are worthy of them; and when you judge matters among people, give judgment with justiceWhat an excellent advice Allah gives you! Surely, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 59[/INST]O Believers! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and those (men of Truth) who hold command among youThen if you disagree among yourselves over any issue, refer it to Allah and the Messenger ([blessings and peace be upon him] for final judgment) if you believe in Allah and the Last DayThat is best (for you) and best for the end result</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 60[/INST]Have you not seen these (hypocrites) who claim (verbally) that they believe in this (Book i.ethe Qur’an,) which has been revealed to you and also in those (revealed Books) which were sent down before you? (But) they desire to take their disputes (for settlement) to Satan (i.ethe law based on defiance against Allah’s Commandments) although they have been ordained to reject it (openly)And Satan only desires to lead them far astray.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 61[/INST]And when they are asked to come to what Allah has revealed (the Qur’an) and to the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him), you will see that the hypocrites turn away from (coming towards) you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 62[/INST]Then what will be their plight (at that time) when some disaster befalls them on account of their own crooked works, and they will appear before you swearing by Allah, (saying): ‘We intended nothing but piety and mutual harmony’?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 63[/INST]These are the (hypocrite and vicious) people that Allah knows best every secret of their heartsSo, avoid them and admonish them persistently and establish effective communication with them about themselves.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 64[/INST]And We have not sent any Messenger but that he must be obeyed by the Command of AllahAnd, (O Beloved,) if they, having wronged their souls, had come to you imploring the forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) had also asked forgiveness for them, then (owing to this mediation and intercession) they would certainly have found Allah Most Relenting, Ever-Merciful</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 65[/INST]So, (O Beloved,) by your Lord they cannot become true believers until they make you a judge in every dispute that arises among them, and thereafter they do not feel any resentment in their hearts against the judgment that you make, and submit (to your decision) gladly, with total submission.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 66[/INST]If We had prescribed for them: ‘Kill yourselves or leave your homes and go away,’ only a few of them would have acted upon itIf they had abided by what they were advised to do, that would have been in their favour, enabling them to hold fast tenaciously (to the Faith).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 67[/INST]And then We too would have bestowed upon them a great reward from Our Presence.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 68[/INST]And We would have surely guided them to the straight path.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 69[/INST]And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him), they are the people who shall be in the company of those (spiritual dignitaries on the Last Day) whom Allah has blessed with His (special) favour: the Prophets, the Truthful, the Martyrs and the Most PiousAnd how excellent these companions are!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 70[/INST]This (exceptional) Bounty is from Allah and Allah suffices as a Knower.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 71[/INST]O Believers! Fit out for your safeguard, then set out as separate units or march off all together (to stirve hard and eliminate militancy and terrorism)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 72[/INST]And certainly there are some among you who delay (slackening intentionally)Then if (during war) some adversity befalls you, he (who tarries behind) says: ‘Indeed Allah has favoured me that I was not present with them (in the battlefield).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 73[/INST]But if some favour comes to you from Allah, (then) the same (hypocrite) shall (regretfully) say (in the manner) as if there was no friendship between you and him: ‘Would that I had been with them, then I would also have achieved massive triumph.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 74[/INST]So they (the believers) should fight in the cause of Allah (for the promotion of good and human dignity) who sell the life of this world for the HereafterAnd whoso fights in the way of Allah, whether he (himself) gets slain or wins victory, (in both cases) We shall soon bless him with great reward.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 75[/INST]What has happened to you (Muslims,) that you do not fight in the cause of Allah (for the freedom of the oppressed) whereas those helpless (oppressed and tyrannized) men, women and children who, (depressed by the oppression and tyranny,) call out (for their freedom): ‘O our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose (affluent and influential) people are oppressors and appoint for us some guardian from Your Presence and make someone our helper from Your Presence.’ </s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 76[/INST]Those who believe fight in the way of Allah (for the cause of peace and libration of the oppressed), and those who disbelieve fight in the way of Satan (for evil and mischievous objectives)So, (O Believers,) fight against Satan’s allies (the supporters of Satan’s mission)Surely Satan’s maneuvering is ineffective</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 77[/INST]Have you not observed the state of those who were instructed (in the beginning for a short period): ‘Restrain your hands (from fighting) and establish Prayer and pay Zakat (the Alms-due) regularly’? (So they were happy with it.) But when the armed struggle (against evil, tyranny and oppression) was prescribed for them, a section of them started fearing (hostile) people the way one fears Allah or even moreAnd they said: ‘O our Lord! Why have You enjoined fighting upon us (so soon)? Why have You not given us respite for another short period?’ Say (to them): ‘Worldly interest is minor (immaterial) while the Hereafter is an extremely valuable (blessing) for the one who becomes God-wary and piousThere, you shall not be treated unjustly even equal to a thread.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 78[/INST](O you who abstain from the armed struggle due to fear of death!) Death will overtake you wherever you may be, (even) if you are in unconquerable fortressesAnd (this is their mentality that) if some good fortune (benefit) comes to them, they say: ‘It is from Allah (i.eintermediation and benevolence of the Messenger has no role in it),’ and if some adversity befalls them, they say: ‘(O Messenger!) It is from you (i.ebecause of you).’ Say: ‘(In fact,) all comes from Allah.’ So, what has gone wrong with these people that they do not feel inclined to understand anything?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 79[/INST](O man! Train your self this way that) if some good fortune comes to you (consider that) it is from Allah (do not attribute it to the excellence of your strategy)And when some misfortune befalls you (believe that) it is from yourself (attribute it to the evil in your own self)And, (O Beloved,) We have sent you as a Messenger to the whole mankind and Allah is Sufficient as a witness (to your Messengership)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 80[/INST]Whoever obeys the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) obeys (but) Allah indeed, but he who turns away, then We have not sent you to watch over them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 81[/INST]And (the state of these hypocrites is such that in your presence) they say: ‘(We) have obeyed (your order).’ But when they depart from your Presence, a section of them opine at night contrary to what you have said (and indulge in intriguing consultations)And Allah is recording (all that) which they plot all nightSo, (O Beloved,) turn away your illumined face from them and trust Allah, and Sufficient is Allah as a Guardian.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 82[/INST]Do they not ponder over the Qur’an? Had this (Qur’an come) from anyone other than Allah, these people would have found in it many contradictions</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 83[/INST]When there comes to them any news of peace or fear, they spread it aroundHad they referred it to the Messenger (blessing and peace be upon him) or those of them who are in command (instead of making it public), then those among them who can draw conclusion from some matter would have found it (i.ethe truth of the news)Had there not been Allah’s Favour to you and His Mercy, certainly you would (all) have followed Satan except only a few.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 84[/INST]So, (O Beloved,) fight in the cause of AllahYou will not be held responsible (for anyone else) but your own soulAnd motivate the believers (for fighting)It will be no wonder if Allah smashes the attacking power of the disbelieversAnd Allah is Strongest in hold as well as Hardest in punishment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 85[/INST]Whoever makes a righteous intercession has a (fixed) share (in its reward), and he who makes an evil intercession has a (fixed) share (in its sin), and Allah has Full Control over everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 86[/INST]And when you are honoured with (a word of) greeting, then (in reply) greet with a better (salutation) or (at least) reciprocate (in the same words)Surely Allah takes an account of everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 87[/INST]Allah is He apart from Whom there is none worthy of worshipHe shall certainly gather you on the Day of Resurrection about which there is no doubtAnd who is more truthful in word than Allah?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 88[/INST]So what has happened to you that you are split into two groups with regard to the hypocrites, while Allah has overturned them (i.etheir reason and contemplation) owing to their misdeeds? Do you seek to guide him to the straight road whom Allah has held strayed (because of their own misdeeds)? And, (O listener,) you cannot at all find a way (of guidance) for him whom Allah holds misguided.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 89[/INST]These (the hypocrites) wish that you should also disbelieve as they have disbelieved so that you all might become alikeSo do not make friends with (any of) them until they emigrate in the Way of Allah (in order to prove their faith and truthfulness)Then, if they turn away, seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take not (any of) them either for a friend or for a helper.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 90[/INST]But (do not kill) those who have allied with a people between you and whom there is a (peace) treaty, or who (losing heart) come to you in such a state that their breasts are afflicted (with this obsession) whether they should fight you or their own peopleIf Allah had so willed, He (strengthening their hearts) would have given them supremacy over youThen they would certainly have fought youSo if they keep away from you and do not fight you and send you (a message) for peace, then (in the interest of peace) Allah has left no way open for you (to launch any aggression) against them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 91[/INST]Now you will find another category of people who desire to remain free of any threat from you (by hypocritically pretending to believe), and (also) live in peace from their own community (by siding with disbelievers secretlyBut their true state is this that) whenever they are turned to mischief (and wickedness against Muslims) they plunge (headlong) into itSo if they do not give up (fighting against you, nor) send you any (message for) peace, (nor) hold their hands off (their disruptive activities), then seize (and capture) them and kill them wherever you find themAnd it is they against whom We have granted you unrestricted authority.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 92[/INST]And it is not (lawful) for a Muslim to kill a Muslim but by mistake (i.eunintentionally)And anyone who kills a Muslim unintentionally shall (be liable to) free a Muslim slave/slave girl and (pay) blood money, to be (necessarily) handed over to the heirs of the person slain, unless they remit itIn case, he (the slain) comes from the people who are your enemies and is a believer (as well), then (only) freeing a slave/slave girl is prescribedBut if he (the slain) belongs to a people between you and whom is a (peace) treaty, then blood compensation must be delivered to his family, and freeing a Muslim slave/ slave girl is also mandatoryThen he who does not find (a slave or slave girl) is (bound) to fast for two consecutive months(This is his) repentance (prescribed) by AllahAnd Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 93[/INST]But he who kills a Muslim deliberately, his sentence will be Hell wherein will he abide for agesAllah will afflict him with His wrath and will cast His curse on himAnd He has prepared for him a dreadful torment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 94[/INST]O Believers! When you set out (to fight) in the way of Allah, carry out a careful probe and do not say to him who greets you (as a Muslim): ‘You are not a believer.’ You seek goods of worldly life (in the shape of spoils of war, after killing a Muslim declaring him a disbeliever)So, (rest assured that) Allah has gains and booties in plentyBefore this you (too) were the sameThen Allah conferred on you His Favour (and you became Muslims)So investigate and confirm the truth (about others as well)Surely, Allah is Well Aware of what you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 95[/INST]Those of the Muslims who (shirking fight) stay back (home) without any stressful condition (excuse), and those who fight in the cause of Allah with their material as well as human resources cannot be equal (in their reward and grading)Allah has exalted in rank those who fight in the cause of Allah with their material as well as human resources above those who stay back withdrawnAllah has (surely) promised good to all (the believers, yet) He has bestowed the merit of excellence with a mighty reward (and bounty) to those who strive hard over those who stay behind.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 96[/INST]There are (for them multiple) degrees of higher grades from Him and Forgiveness and MercyAnd Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 97[/INST]Indeed those whose lives angels take in such a state that (due to living in an environment of injustice, oppression and extremism) they have ruined their souls, the angels ask them: ‘What condition were you in? (You neither struggled to promote justice, tolerance and peace nor left for the land of equity and peace.)’ They (regretfully) reply: ‘We were powerless and helpless in the land.’ The angels will say: ‘Was not Allah’s earth vast enough for you to emigrate in it (somewhere)?’ So it is they whose abode is Hell, and what an evil abode that is! </s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 98[/INST]Except for those really helpless men, women and children who neither are capable to make any plan nor do they know any way (to escape from there).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 99[/INST]They are those whom Allah shall certainly spare, and Allah is Most Pardoning, Most Forgiving.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 100[/INST]And he who emigrates leaving his home in the way of Allah will find (for Hijra - emigration) many places in the earth and plentiful provision (for sustenance), and he who leaves his home, emigrating towards Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him (on the way), his reward with Allah is ensured and Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 101[/INST]And when you travel in the land, there will be no sin on you if you shorten the Prayer (i.eoffer two instead of four mandatory cycles), if you fear that the disbelievers are likely to afflict you with distressAssuredly, the disbelievers are your open enemies.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 102[/INST]And, (O Beloved,) when you are (present) among these (soldiers), form up for them (congregational) PrayerA squad of them, retaining their arms, should (first) stand by you (to follow you in Prayer); having performed their prostrations, they should, (getting aside,) take position in your rearAnd (now) another squad who has not (yet) prayed should come up and pray with you (under your leadership); they should (also) hold on to their security measures and retain their weapons (persistently)The infidels want you to become neglectful of your weapons and other means of defence that they may launch a sudden attack against youIf you face a problem due to rain or disease, there is no harm if you (remove and) set your weapons aside, and hold fast to your means of securityVerily, Allah has prepared a humiliating torment for the disbelievers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 103[/INST]So, (O Muslims,) when you have finished your Prayers, remember Allah (in all postures:) standing, sitting and (lying down) on your sidesAnd when (free of fear) you feel secure, establish Prayers (as prescribed)Verily, Prayer is obligatory for Muslims in accordance with the fixed timings.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 104[/INST]And do not slacken in pursuing the foesIf you are afflicted with pain (in this pursuit) then they also face but (similar) suffering as you are exposed toBut you have hope (of reward and bounty) from Allah which they do notAnd Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 105[/INST](O Glorious Messenger!) Surely We have revealed to you the Book based on Truth so that you may judge between the people in accordance with (the Truth) which Allah has shown to youAnd (never) become a contender on behalf of the treacherous ones.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 106[/INST]And implore Allah’s forgivenessAllah is indeed Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 107[/INST]And do not plead (in defence of) those who are deceiving their own soulsSurely, Allah does not like anyone who is a committed betrayer and sinner.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 108[/INST]They hide (their deceitfulness) from people (feeling ashamed), but feel no shame before Allah while He is with them when they hold consultations (secretly) at night about that matter which Allah disapprovesAnd Allah has encompassed whatever they do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 109[/INST]Beware! You are those who pleaded on their behalf in the life of this world, but who will contend with Allah on their behalf (even) on the Day of Resurrection, or who will be their advocate (on that Day too)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 110[/INST]And he who commits evil or wrongs his own soul and then seeks Allah’s forgiveness will find Allah Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 111[/INST]And whoever commits sin is only bringing (its consequent misery) to his own soul and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 112[/INST]And whoever commits some error or sin and then casts its blame on some innocent person has certainly taken (the burden of) a calumny and an open sin.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 113[/INST]And, (O Beloved,) had not Allah’s Bounty and Mercy been upon you, a party of these (treacherous) people had resolved to lead you astray whereas they are only leading themselves astray and can no way do any harm to youAnd Allah has revealed to you the Book and Wisdom and has bestowed upon you all that knowledge which you did not possessMighty indeed is Allah’s Bounty on you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 114[/INST]There is no good in most of their secret consultations except only (the counsel) of the person who enjoins charity or piety or peace-making among peopleAnd whoever does this seeking Allah’s pleasure, We shall soon bless him with a mighty reward.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 115[/INST]But whoever opposes the Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) after the path of guidance has become clear to him, and follows the path other than that of the believers, We shall keep him in the same (state of disorientation) he has (himself) turned to, and shall (eventually) cast him into Hell and that is an evil dwelling.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 116[/INST]Assuredly, Allah does not forgive (the sin of) setting up any partner with Him, but He forgives any (sin) lesser than that whom He willsAnd the one who associates anything with Allah as His partner has surely strayed far off.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 117[/INST]These (polytheists) worship merely the feminine objects apart from Allah, and they worship only Satan, the rebel,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 118[/INST](Satan) on whom Allah has laid His curse and who said: ‘I will certainly pull off (for myself) an appointed portion of Your servants.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 119[/INST]I will, for sure, lead them estray, arouse in them foul aspirations and keep directing themSo they will definitely incise the ears of cattleAnd indeed I shall command them persistentlySo they will surely alter what Allah has created.’ And whoever forsakes Allah and takes Satan for a friend suffers most certainly a perceptible loss.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 120[/INST]Satan makes to them (false) promises and stirs up in them (deceitful) hopes, and Satan makes not any promise to them except deception.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 121[/INST]They are the people whose abode is Hell and they shall not find any way to escape from it.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 122[/INST]But those who have believed and kept doing pious acts, We shall soon admit them to Gardens with rivers flowing beneathThey shall reside in them for everThis is Allah’s true promise, and who can be more truthful in Word than Allah?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 123[/INST](Allah’s promise of salvation) does not accord with what you desire, nor with what the People of the Book aspire toWhoever does an evil deed will be punished for it, and he will not find for himself any supporter or helper apart from Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 124[/INST]But anyone, whether man or woman, who does pious acts and is a believer, they are the ones who shall enter Paradise and shall not be wronged a speck.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 125[/INST]And with regard to Din (Religion), who can be better than whoever submits his whole being entirely to Allah while he also holds spiritual excellence, and persistently follows Din (Religion) of Ibrahim (Abraham) — a devotee (to Allah and) upright? And Allah had taken Ibrahim (Abraham) for a sincere and intimate friend(So, he also becomes Allah’s friend by virtue of his spiritual affiliation to Ibrahim [Abraham].)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 126[/INST]And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth and Allah has encompassed everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 127[/INST]And, (O Prophet,) people ask about your edict on matters concerning (orphan) womenSay: ‘Allah ordains you in their case and the commandment (already) being communicated to you in the holy Book (also) pertains to those orphan women whom you deny (the rights) which have been prescribed for themAnd (in order to take their assets into possession) you want to marry themIn addition to that, there is (also a decree) on affairs concerning helpless minor children, that stick to justice in matters of orphansAnd whatever good you do, Allah is indeed Well Aware of that.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 128[/INST]If a woman fears maltreatment or indifference on the part of her husband, there is no harm if both (husband and wife) reconcile on some appropriate accord, and reconciliation (in truth) is bestThe human nature has (no doubt) been made (more or less) self-seeking, but if you practise benevolence and guard yourselves against evil, Allah is indeed Well Aware of the works that you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 129[/INST]And you simply do not have the ability to do (ideal) justice amongst your (more than one) wives, however ardently you may desire to do itDo not, therefore, incline with absolute fondness (towards one, thus) leaving the other like something suspended (in the midst)But if you mend your ways and refrain (from injustice and maltreatment), Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 130[/INST]And if both (husband and wife) end up in separation, Allah will make each of them independent (of the other) out of His Own Abundance and Allah is All-Embracing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 131[/INST]And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earthAnd no doubt We enjoined those (too) who were given the Book before you and (have ordained) you (as well) to keep fearing AllahBut if you disobey, then assuredly whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth (all) belongs to Allah, and Allah is Beyond All Needs, Ever-Praiseworthy.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 132[/INST]And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and all that is in the earth; and enough is Allah to be the Guardian.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 133[/INST]O People! If He wills, He may eliminate you and bring others (in your place) and Allah is All-Powerful to do this.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 134[/INST]Whoever desires the reward of the world, then with Allah is the reward of (both) the world and the Hereafter and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 135[/INST]O Believers! Become tenaciously firm on justice, bearing witness (merely) for the sake of Allah even if (the witness) is against your own selves or (your) parents or (your) relativesWhether the person (against whom is the evidence) is rich or poor, Allah is a greater Well-Wisher of them both (than you are)So do not follow the desires of your (ill-commanding) selves lest you swerve from justiceBut if (while giving evidence) you engineer your statement or evade (the truth), then Allah is indeed Well Aware of (all the works) that you are doing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 136[/INST]O Believers! Put faith in Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and in the Book which He has revealed to His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and the Book that He revealed before (it)And he who denies Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Last Day has surely strayed far away.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 137[/INST]Indeed those who believe, then disbelieve and then believe again and reject faith once more and then advance further in denying faith, Allah will never (incline to) forgive them, nor guide them to the straight road.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 138[/INST](O Prophet!) Convey to the hypocrites the news that a grievous torment awaits them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 139[/INST](They are) those who make friends with disbelievers instead of the believersDo they seek honour in their company? So, all veneration (and glory) belongs only to Almighty Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 140[/INST]And indeed Allah has revealed to you this (Command) in the Book that when you hear Allah’s Revelations being denied and ridiculed, do not sit in their company until they engage in some other discourse (renouncing the denial and ridicule)Otherwise you too will become like themSurely Allah will assemble the hypocrites and the disbelievers together in Hell.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 141[/INST]Those (hypocrites) who pry into your (victory and setback), then if you are granted victory by Allah, they say: ‘Were we not with you?’ And if the disbelievers get a portion (of some apparent breakthrough), they say (to them): ‘Did we not get the better of you and (in spite of that) did we not save you from (ruin at the hands of) Muslims?’ So, Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection and never will Allah allow the disbelievers anyway to (overpower) the Muslims.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 142[/INST]Surly the hypocrites (self-deluding) seek to deceive Allah while He is to make them suffer for their (own) deceptionAnd when they stand up for Prayer, they do it sluggishly, (simply) for showing off to the peopleAnd they (also) remember Allah but little.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 143[/INST]Confounded between (belief and disbelief), they belong neither to (the disbelievers) nor to (the believers)And he whom Allah holds astray you shall not find for him any road (to guidance).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 144[/INST]O Believers! Make not friends with disbelievers instead of believersDo you wish to set a manifest evidence for Allah against you (through friendship with the disbelievers)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 145[/INST]The hypocrites will surely be in the lowest depth of Hell and you will never find for them any helper.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 146[/INST]But those who repent, make amends, and establish a firm bond with Allah, and make their Din (faith and devotion) sincerely for Allah will be in the company of the believersAnd Allah will soon bestow a tremendous reward upon the believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 147[/INST]Why should Allah torment you if you become grateful and believe? And Allah is Most Appreciative (of every truth), Well Aware (of every act).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 148[/INST]Allah does not like anyone’s foul words being voiced loud (publicly and openly) except by one who has been a victim of oppression; (he is allowed to expose the cruelty of the oppressor;) and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 149[/INST]Whether you make a good act known or keep it hidden or excuse some (one’s) evil act, Allah is indeed Most Forgiving, All-Powerful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 150[/INST]Surely, those who disbelieve in Allah and His Messengers and seek to discriminate between Allah and His Messengers and say: ‘We believe in some and deny the others,’ and intend to find a way in between (belief and disbelief),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 151[/INST]They are the ones who are in fact the disbelieversAnd We have prepared a humiliating torment for the disbelievers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 4 verse 152[/INST]But those who believed in Allah and (all) His Messengers and, (in embracing faith,) made no distinction between any of these (Messengers), He would soon pay them their rewardsAnd Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>