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<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> |