CHAPTER 24.  THE LIGHT                                                              SECTION 1.  PART  XVIII    

IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  THIS IS A CHAPTER WHICH WE HAVE SENT DOWN BY INSPIRATION                                                                                                     
 WHICH WE HAVE MADE OBLIGATORY OF OUR REVELATIONS
AND IN IT WE HAVE SENT DOWN TO YOU CLEAR LESSONS
IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE ADMONITION

2  THE WOMAN OR MAN WHO IS GUILTY OF ADULTERY OR FORNICATION 
FLOG THEM WITH A HUNDRED STRIPES AND LET NOT COMPASSION 
DETAIN YOU FROM OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S INSTRUCTIONS
IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD AND THE RESURRECTION
AND LET THE BELIEVERS WITNESS THEIR PENALIZATION
  
3  THE ADULTERER CAN ONLY MARRY AN ADULTERESS 
OR AN IDOLATRESS, AND THE ADULTERESS 

NONE CAN MARRY HER
BUT AN ADULTERER OR AN IDOLATER 
AND IT IS FORBIDDEN TO THE BELIEVERS

4  AND FOR THOSE OF YOU LAUNCH A CHARGE AGAINST CHASTE WOMEN 
AND PRODUCE NOT FOUR WITNESSES TO SUPPORT THEIR ALLEGATIONS 
FLOG THEM WITH EIGHTY STRIPES AND THE EVIDENCE OF SUCH ONES 
REJECT IT EVEN AFTER, FOR THEY ARE IN TRANSGRESSION

5  UNLESS THEY REPENT AND MEND THEIR ACTIVITY
FOR GOD IS FULL OF FORGIVENESS AND MERCY

6  FOR THOSE WHO LAUNCH A CHARGE AGAINST THEIR SPOUSES 
AND WHO HAVE ONLY THEIR EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THEIR CHARGES  

IT CAN BE RECEIVED IF THEY BEAR WITNESS FOUR TIMES CONSECUTIVELY 
WITH AN OATH BY GOD THAT THEY ARE ACTING TRUTHFULLY

7  AND THE FIFTH OATH SHOULD BE THAT THEY SOLEMNLY 
INVOKE GOD'S CURSE ON THEMSELVES IF THEY ACT FALSELY

8  IT WILL AVERT THE PENALTY FROM HER IF SHE TESTIFIES 
FOUR TIMES THAT HER HUSBAND IS TELLING A LIE

9  AND THE FIFTH OATH SHOULD BE THAT SHE SOLEMNLY SWEARS
TO INVOKE THE WRATH OF GOD ON HERSELF IF HER ACCUSER 
IS INDEED TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HER

10  IF IT WERE NOT FOR GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY ON YOU
AND THAT GOD IS FULL OF WISDOM, HE WOULD DESTROY YOU 

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11  THOSE WHO CONCOCTED THE LIE ARE A BODY AMONG YOU 
THINK NOT THAT IT SHOULD BE AN EVIL TO YOU 
ON THE CONTRARY IT IS GOOD FOR YOU 

TO EVERY MAN AMONG THEM WILL COME TO HIM THE PENALTY 
OF THE SIN THAT HE EARNED AND HE WHO TOOK ON THE LEAD 
FOR HIM WILL BE A GRIEVOUS PENALTY INDEED

12  WHY DID NOT THE BELIEVERS
MEN AND WOMEN WHEN YOU HEARD OF THE AFFAIR 
THINK GOOD OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE AND DECLARE
THAT THIS CHARGE IS AN OBVIOUS LIE FOR SURE? 

13  TO PROVE IT WHY DID THEY NOT BRING FOUR WITNESSES? 
AND WHEN THEY HAVE NOT BROUGHT THE WITNESSES 
SUCH MEN STAND BEFORE GOD AS FALSE WITNESSES

14  AND WERE IT NOT FOR YOUR LORD'S GRACE AND MERCY ON YOU 
IN THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER A PENALTY WOULD SEIZE YOU
ON ACCOUNT OF THE TALK THAT WAS INDULGED IN BY YOU

15  FOR YOU RECEIVED IT ON YOUR TONGUES AND YOU UTTERED 
THINGS OF WHICH YOU HAD NO KNOWLEDGE WHATSOEVER
AND YOU THOUGHT OF IT TO BE JUST A LIGHT MATTER 
WHILE IN GOD'S SIGHT IT WAS A SERIOUS MATTER

16  AND WHY DID YOU NOT WHEN YOU HEARD THIS
SAY,  IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR US TO SPEAK OF THIS 
GLORY TO GOD A GREAT CALUMNY IS THIS

17  GOD DOES ADMONISH YOU THAT YOU MAY NEVER
REPEAT SUCH CONDUCT IF YOU ARE BELIEVERS

18  AND GOD GIVES THE MESSAGES TO YOU PLAINLY 
FOR FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM IS HE

19  THOSE WHO LOVE TO SEE SCANDAL PUBLISHED PUBLICLY
AMONG THE BELIEVERS WILL HAVE A GRIEVOUS PENALTY 

IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE HEREAFTER TOO
FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT IS NOT KNOWN TO YOU 

20  AND WERE IT NOT FOR GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY 
AND THAT GOD IS FULL OF KINDNESS AND MERCY 
YOU WOULD BE RUINED MOST ASSUREDLY

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21  FOLLOW NOT THE FOOTSTEPS OF SATAN  
IF ANY WILL FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF SATAN
HE WILL COMMAND YOU TO ACT WITH CORRUPTION
AND WERE IT NOT FOR GOD'S GRACE AND COMPASSION 
NOT ONE OF YOU WOULD HAVE RECEIVE SANCTIFICATION 
BUT TO WHOM HE PLEASES GOD GIVES SANCTIFICATION
GOD IS THE ALL HEARING AND ALL KNOWING ONE

22  LET NOT THOSE AMONG YOU WHO ARE ENDUED 
WITH GRACE AND MEANS OF AMPLITUDE 
RESOLVE AGAINST HELPING THOSE OF YOU WHO 
ARE THE KINSMEN OR ARE INDIGENT AND THOSE WHO 
HAVE LEFT THEIR HOMES IN THE CAUSE OF TRUTH 
THEREFORE FORGIVE THEM, FOR DO NOT YOU 
WISH THAT GOD SHOULD FORGIVE YOU?  
FOR MOST FORGIVING IS GOD TO YOU

23  THOSE WHO SLANDER CHASTE WOMEN UNAWARE
ARE CURSED IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE HEREAFTER 

24  ON THE DAY WHEN THEIR HANDS, FEET AND TONGUES 
WILL BEAR WITNESS AGAINST THEM AS TO THEIR ACTIONS 

25  ON THAT DAY GOD WILL PAY THEM THEIR DUES JUSTLY
AND THEY WILL REALIZE THAT GOD IS THE REALITY
THAT MAKES ALL THINGS MANIFEST CLEARLY

26  WOMEN IMPURE ARE FOR MEN IMPURE 
AND MEN IMPURE ARE FOR WOMEN IMPURE 

AND WOMEN OF PURITY ARE FOR MEN OF PURITY 
AND MEN OF PURITY ARE FOR WOMEN OF PURITY 

THESE ARE NOT AFFECTED BY WHAT PEOPLE SAY OF THEM 
THERE IS FORGIVENESS AND HONOR FOR THEM

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CHAPTER 24.  THE LIGHT                                                              SECTION 4.  PART  XVIII 

27  AND THOSE WHO ARE BELIEVERS AMONG YOU
ENTER NOT HOUSES THAT BELONG NOT TO YOU 
UNTIL PERMISSION IS GIVEN TO YOU
AND UNTIL THOSE IN THEM HAVE BEEN SALUTED BY YOU   
SO IN ORDER THAT WHAT IS SEEMLY MAY BE HEEDED BY YOU 

28  IF YOU FIND NO ONE IN THE HOUSE ENTER NOT UNTIL YOU 
HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION AND IF YOU
ARE TOLD TO GO BACK TO GO BACK IS BETTER FOR YOU
AND GOD KNOWS WELL ALL THAT YOU DO

29  IT IS NO FAULT ON YOUR PART IF HOUSES YOU ENTER
ARE NOT USED FOR LIVING WHICH SERVE USES OTHER   
AND GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU COVER AND UNCOVER

30  SAY TO THE BELIEVING MEN THAT THEY SHOULD HUMBLY 
LOWER THEIR GAZE AND SHOULD GUARD THEIR MODESTY 
FOR THEM THAT WILL MAKE FOR GREATER PURITY 
AND GOD IS AWARE OF ALL THEY DO SURELY

31  SAY TO THE BELIEVING WOMEN THAT THEY SHOULD HUMBLY 
LOWER THEIR GAZE AND GUARD THEIR MODESTY 
AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT DISPLAY THEIR BEAUTY 
AND ORNAMENTS EXCEPT WHAT MUST APPEAR ORDINARILY 
AND THAT THEY SHOULD DRAW THEIR VEILS DISCREETLY
OVER THEIR BOSOMS AND NOT DISPLAY THEIR BEAUTY 

EXCEPT TO THEIR HUSBANDS OR THEIR FATHERS 
OR TO THEIR SONS OR THEIR HUSBAND'S FATHERS 
OR TO THEIR HUSBAND'S SONS OR THEIR BROTHERS
OR THEIR BROTHER'S SONS OR THEIR SONS OR THEIR SISTERS

OR THEIR WOMEN OR THEIR SLAVES  
OR MALE SERVANTS FREE OF PHYSICAL CRAVES

OR SMALL CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT 
THE SENSE OF SEX AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT 

STRIKE THEIR FEET IN ORDER TO DRAW ATTENTION 
TO THEIR ORNAMENTS THAT ARE HIDDEN

AND OH YOU BELIEVERS 
TURN TOWARDS GOD ALL TOGETHER 
THAT YOU MAY ATTAIN BLISS AND PROSPER

32  MARRY THOSE WHO ARE SINGLE AMONG YOU  
OF THE VIRTUOUS SLAVES MALE OR FEMALE AMONG YOU

IF THEY ARE IN POVERTY 
GOD WILL GIVE THEM MEANS OUT OF HIS BOUNTY
FOR GOD ENCOMPASSES ALL ASSUREDLY

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33  LET THOSE WHO HAVE NOT MEANS FOR MARRIAGE KEEP CHASTE 
UNTIL GOD BLESSES THEM OUT OF HIS GRACE

AND IF ANY OF YOUR SLAVES ASK FOR A DEED 
TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THE RIGHT TO BE FREED
THEN FOR A CERTAIN SUM GIVE TO THEM SUCH A DEED 

IF YOU KNOW ANY GOOD IN THEM AND GIVE THEM TOO
SOMETHING OUT OF THE MEANS WHICH GOD HAS GIVEN YOU 

BUT FORCE NOT YOUR MAIDS INTO PROSTITUTION 
WHEN THEY DESIRE CHASTITY FOR YOUR OWN AGGREGATION

BUT IF ANYONE YET AFTER COMPELS THEM 
GOD IS FORGIVING AND MERCIFUL TO THEM

34  WE HAVE ALREADY SENT DOWN TO YOU 
VERSES THAT ARE CLEARLY ILLUSTRATING TO YOU 
FROM THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY BEFORE YOU 
AND AN ADMONITION FOR THOSE WHO FEAR THEIR LORD AMONG YOU

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CHAPTER 24.  THE LIGHT                                                              SECTION 5.  PART  XVIII 

35 OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, GOD IS THE LIGHT 
AND THE PARABLE OF HIS LIGHT 

IS AS IF THERE WERE A NICHE AND A LAMP WITHIN IT 
THE LAMP ENCLOSED IN GLASS, THE GLASS AS IF IT 
WERE A BRILLIANT STAR THAT IS LIT 

FROM A BLESSED OLIVE TREE
NEITHER OF THE WEST NOR THE EAST 

WHOSE OIL GIVES LIGHT
THOUGH SCARCELY TOUCHED BY FIRE, LIGHT UPON LIGHT 
GOD DOES GUIDE WHOM HE WILLS TO HIS LIGHT 

GOD DOES SET FORTH FOR MEN AN ALLEGORY
AND ALL KNOWING OF ALL THINGS IS HE

36  LIT IS SUCH A LIGHT IN HOUSES WHICH GOD HAS PERMITTED  
TO BE RAISED TO HONOR FOR HIS NAME TO BE CELEBRATED 
AND IN MORNINGS AND EVENINGS HE IS COMMEMORATED  

37  BY MEN WHOM NEITHER SELLING NOR INDUSTRY
DIVERTS FROM PRAYER OR CHARITY 
AND THEIR ONE FEAR IS ONLY 
FOR THE DAY WHEN HEARTS AND EYES WILL BE
TRANSFORMED INTO A NEW WORLD COMPLETELY

38  THAT GOD MAY REWARD THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS 
AND ADD EVEN MORE FOR THEM OUT OF HIS BOUNTY
FOR GOD IS SURELY THE PROVIDER AMPLY
FOR THOSE WHOM HE WILLS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

39  BUT THE DISBELIEVERS 
THEIR DEEDS ARE LIKE A MIRAGE IN A SANDY DESERT 
WHICH THE MAN PARCHED WITH THIRST MISTAKES FOR WATER 

UNTIL WHEN HE COMES UP TO IT HE FINDS IT TO BE NOTHING 
BUT HE FINDS GOD WITH HIM AND GOD WILL PAY HIS ACCOUNTING 
AND GOD IS INDEED SWIFT IN ACCOUNTING

40  OR LIKE THE DEPTHS OF VAST DARKNESS 
IN A VAST DEEP OCEAN WITH WAVES OF DARKNESS
TOPPED BY DARK CLOUDS, DEPTHS OF DARKNESS 
SO IF HIS HAND OUT BEFORE HIM A MAN STRETCHES 

HE CAN HARDLY COMPASS IT IN HIS SIGHT
AND WHOM GOD GIVES NO LIGHT HAS NO LIGHT

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41  SEE YOU NOT THAT IT IS GOD WHOSE PRAISES ALL BEINGS 
IN THE HEAVENS AND ON EARTH ARE CELEBRATING?
THE BIRDS OF THE AIR WITH OUTSPREAD WINGS
AND EACH ONE KNOWS ITS MODE OF PRAYING 
AND GOD IS ALL KNOWING OF ALL THINGS

42  TO GOD BELONGS THE DOMINION 
OF ALL OF THE EARTH AND ALL OF THE HEAVENS 
AND TO GOD IS THE FINAL GOAL OF ALL IN THE END

43  SEE THE CLOUDS, HOW GENTLY GOD MOVES THEM 
AND INTO A HEAP TOGETHER HE JOINS THEM 
AND YOU SEE RAIN ISSUE FORTH FROM WITHIN THEM 
AND HE SENDS DOWN MASSES OF CLOUDS WITH HAIL IN THEM 

AND HE STRIKES WITH IT WHOM HE PLEASES 
AND HE TURNS IT AWAY FROM WHOM HE PLEASES 

THE VIVID FLASH OF HIS LIGHT 
ALMOST BLINDS THE SIGHT

44  IT IS GOD WHO ALTERNATES THE DAY AND THE NIGHT

IN THESE THINGS IS AN INSTRUCTION
FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE VISION

45  GOD HAS CREATED EVERY ANIMAL FROM WATER
SOME WALK ON TWO LEGS AND OTHERS 
WALK ON FOUR LEGS, FOR GOD IS THE CREATOR 
OF ALL THINGS AND OVER ALL THINGS HAS POWER 

46  WE HAVE SENT DOWN SIGNS THAT MAKE THINGS MANIFEST 
AND GOD GUIDES WHOM HE WILLS TO A WAY THAT IS BEST

47  THEY SAY, WE BELIEVE IN GOD AND THE MESSENGER AND WE OBEY 
BUT EVEN AFTER THAT SOME OF THEM TURN AWAY 
FOR NOT REAL BELIEVERS ARE THEY

48  WHEN THEY ARE SUMMONED TO GOD AND HIS MESSENGER 
SO THAT HE MAY JUDGE BETWEEN THEM IN MATTERS
SOME OF THEM TURN AWAY AS REJECTORS

49  BUT IF THE RIGHT IS ON THEIR SIDE THEY HASTEN AS SUBMITTERS

50  IS THERE IS A DISEASE IN THEIR HEARTS OR DO THEY FEAR 
THAT THEY WILL BE DEALT WITH IN AN UNJUST MANNER
BY THEIR LORD AND BY THE MESSENGER?
IT IS THEY WHO ARE WRONG DOERS 

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CHAPTER 24.  THE LIGHT                                                              SECTION 7.  PART  XVIII 

51  THE ANSWER OF THE BELIEVERS 
WHEN SUMMONED TO GOD AND HIS MESSENGER
IN ORDER THAT HE MAY JUDGE BETWEEN THEM IS NO OTHER 
THAN THAT THEY SAY, WE HEAR AND WE OBEY YOUR ORDERS 
IT IS SUCH AS THESE THAT WILL SURELY PROSPER

52  IT IS THOSE THAT OBEY GOD AND HIS MESSENGER 
AND FEAR GOD AND ARE RIGHTEOUS DOERS
THAT IN THE END WILL BE THE WINNERS

53  THEY SWEAR THEIR OATHS BY GOD THAT IF YOU WOULD  
ONLY COMMAND THEM TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES THAT THEY WOULD 

SAY, SWEAR NOT, OBEDIENCE IS MORE  REASONABLE FOR YOU
GOD IS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH ALL THAT YOU DO

54  SAY, OBEY GOD AND OBEY THE APOSTLE                                                        
BUT IF YOU TURN AWAY HE IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE 

FOR THE DUTY PLACED ON HIM AND YOU 
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WHICH IS PLACED ON YOU 

AND IF YOU OBEY HIM YOU WILL BE 
ON RIGHT GUIDANCE AND THE MESSENGERS DUTY 
IS ONLY TO PREACH THE MESSAGE OF GOD CLEARLY

55  TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE GOD HAS PROMISED THEM 
THAT HE WILL SURELY GRANT TO THEM 
INHERITANCE OF POWER IN THE LAND TO THEM
AS HE GRANTED IT TO THOSE WHO WERE BEFORE THEM

AND HE WILL ESTABLISH IN AUTHORITY THEIR RELIGION
THE ONE WHICH FOR THEM HE HAS CHOSEN 
AND THAT HE WILL CHANGE THEIR CONDITION

AFTER THE FEAR IN WHICH THEY LIVED TO ONE OF SECURITY 
AND THEY WILL WORSHIP ME AND ME ONLY 
AND NOT ASSOCIATE ANYTHING IN THEIR WORSHIP OF ME 
IF ANY DO REJECT FAITH AFTER THIS THEY WILL BE
AMONG THOSE WHO ACT REBELLIOUSLY 

56  SO ESTABLISH REGULAR PRAYER AND GIVE REGULAR CHARITY 
AND OBEY THE MESSENGER THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE MERCY

57  DO NOT THINK THAT THE DISBELIEVERS ARE GOING TO EVER 
FRUSTRATE GOD'S PLAN ON EARTH, THEIR ABODE IS THE FIRE 
AND IT IS AN EVIL REFUGE FOR THE DWELLERS

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CHAPTER 24.  THE LIGHT                                                              SECTION 8.  PART  XVIII 

58  OH YOU WHO BELIEVE, LET THOSE AMONG YOU 
WHOM YOUR RIGHT HANDS POSSESS AND THE CHILDREN AMONG YOU 

WHO HAVE NOT COME OF AGE, ASK YOU FOR PERMISSION 
BEFORE THEY COME TO YOU ON THREE OCCASIONS

BEFORE MORNING PRAYER 
AND AFTER THE LATE NIGHT PRAYER 

AND AT MIDDAY WHEN YOU UNDRESS
THESE ARE YOUR THREE TIMES OF UNDRESS

OUTSIDE THOSE TIMES IT IS NOT AN ERROR
FOR YOU OR FOR THEM TO ATTEND TO EACH OTHER 
THEREFORE DOES YOUR LORD MAKE THE MESSAGES CLEAR 
FOR YOUR LORD IS FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXALTED IN POWER

59  BUT WHEN THE CHILDREN AMONG YOU COME OF AGE
LET THEM ASK PERMISSION LIKE THOSE SENIOR TO THEM IN AGE 

SO TO YOU DOES GOD MAKE HIS MESSAGES CLEAR 
FOR HE IS FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXALTED IN POWER

60  AND THOSE WOMEN WHO ARE ELDERLY 
AND ARE PAST THE PROSPECT OF MATRIMONY

THERE IS NO BLAME ON THEM IF THEY LAY
ASIDE THEIR OUTER GARMENTS PROVIDED THAT THEY 
OF THEIR BEAUTY MAKE NOT A DISPLAY 
BUT IT IS BEST FOR THEM TO ACT IN A MODEST WAY

AND GOD IS ALL SEEING 
AND KNOWING OF ALL THINGS

61  ON THE BLIND THERE IS NO BLAME
NOR IS THERE BLAME ON ONE BORN LAME

NOR ON ONE AFFLICTED WITH ILLNESS
NOR ON YOURSELVES THAT YOU SHOULD EAT IN YOUR OWN HOUSES

OR THOSE OF YOUR FATHERS OR YOUR MOTHERS 
OR YOUR BROTHERS OR YOUR SISTERS
OR YOUR FATHER'S BROTHERS OR YOUR FATHER'S SISTERS
OR YOUR MOTHER'S BROTHERS OR YOUR MOTHER'S SISTERS

OR IN HOUSES OF WHICH THE KEYS ARE IN YOUR POSSESSION
OR IN THE HOUSES OF A SINCERE COMPANION

THERE IS NO BLAME ON YOU IF YOU EAT IN COMPANY OR SEPARATELY 
BUT THE HOUSES YOU ENTER, SALUTE EACH OTHER PEACEFULLY
WITH A GREETING OF BLESSING AND PURITY  

SO DOES GOD MAKE CLEAR TO YOU THE COMMANDS 
IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY UNDERSTAND

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CHAPTER 24.  THE LIGHT                                                              SECTION 9.  PART  XVIII 

62  ONLY THOSE ARE BELIEVERS 
WHO BELIEVE IN GOD AND HIS MESSENGER
AND WHEN THEY ARE WITH HIM ON A MATTER 

THEY DO NOT DEPART UNTIL THEY HAVE ASKED FOR HIS LEAVE 
AND THOSE WHO ASK FOR YOUR LEAVE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE 
IN GOD AND HIS MESSENGER SO WHEN THEY ASK FOR YOUR LEAVE 
FOR SOME BUSINESS OF THEIRS, GIVE THEM LEAVE 

TO THOSE WHOM YOU WILL OF THEM 
AND ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS FOR THEM
FOR GOD IS FORGIVING AND MERCIFUL TO THEM

63  DEEM NOT THE SUMMONS OF THE MESSENGER
TO BE LIKE THE SUMMONS OF ONE OF YOU TO ANOTHER 
AND GOD KNOWS THOSE OF YOU WHO SLIP AWAY UNDER 
SHELTER OF SOME EXCUSE, THEN LET THOSE BEWARE 
WHO WITHSTAND THE ORDER OF THE MESSENGER
OR ELSE THERE BEFALL THEM SOME DISASTER
OR BE INFLICTED ON THEM A PENALTY THAT IS SEVERE

64  TO GOD BELONGS WHATEVER IS IN EARTH AND IN HEAVEN
AND HE KNOWS WHATEVER ARE YOUR INTENTIONS

AND ONE DAY THEY WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO HIM
AND HE WILL TELL THEM WHAT WAS DONE BY THEM
FOR GOD IS FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM

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