CHAPTER 58.  THE WOMAN WHO PLEADS                           SECTION 1.  PART XXVIII

IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  GOD HAS HEARD THE PLEA OF HER
WHO PLEADS WITH YOU IN HER HUSBAND'S MATTER
AND SHE CARRIES HER COMPLAINT TO GOD IN PRAYER 
GOD HEARS BOTH ARGUMENTS FOR GOD DOES HEAR 
AND OF ALL THINGS HE IS THE SEER

2  IF ANY MEN DIVORCE THEIR MARITAL PARTNERS
BY SAYING TO THEM, YOU ARE LIKE MY MOTHER 
THEY CANNOT BE THEIR MOTHERS 
AND NONE CAN BE THEIR MOTHERS 
EXCEPT THOSE WHO GAVE THEM BIRTH
AND IN FACT THEY USE WORDS IN ERROR 
BUT GOD DOES FORGIVE TRANSGRESSORS
FOR GOD IS THE MOST MERCIFUL FORGIVER

3  THOSE WHO DIVORCE WIVES BY SAYING, YOU ARE LIKE MY MOTHER 
THEN THEY WISH TO GO BACK ON THE WORDS THEY UTTERED 
MUST FREE A SLAVE BEFORE THEY TOUCH EACH OTHER 
AND TO PERFORM THIS YOU ARE ORDERED
FOR OF ALL THINGS GOD IS THE BEST KNOWER

4  AND IF ANY HAS NOT THE ABILITY
THEN HE SHOULD FAST FOR TWO MONTHS CONSECUTIVELY 
BEFORE THEY TOUCH EACH OTHER SUBSEQUENTLY
BUT IF ANY IS UNABLE THEN SHOULD FEED SIXTY 
INDIGENT ONES SO THAT YOU MAY SHOW YOUR PIETY 
TO GOD AND HIS APOSTLE AND THIS IS GOD'S PERIPHERY  
FOR THOSE WHO REJECT HIM IS A GRIEVOUS PENALTY

5  THOSE WHO RESIST GOD AND HIS MESSENGER  
WILL BE HUMBLED TO DUST AS THOSE BEFORE THEM WERE
FOR WE HAVE SENT DOWN CLEAR SIGNS TO THE DISBELIEVERS 
THAT THEIR PUNISHMENT WILL BE SEVERE

6  ON THE DAY THAT GOD WILL RAISE THEM ALL UP AGAIN
AND SHOW THEM THE TRUTH OF THEIR ACTIONS
AND THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS RECKONED 
ALTHOUGH THEY MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN  
FOR GOD IS THE WITNESSES OVER ALL CREATION

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CHAPTER 58.  THE WOMAN WHO PLEADS                          SECTION 2.  PART XXVIII

7  GOD KNOWS ALL IN HEAVEN AND EARTH INDEED 
THERE IS NOT A SECRET CONSULTATION BETWEEN THREE
BUT HE MAKES THE FOURTH NOR BETWEEN FIVE BUT HE 
MAKES THE SIXTH NOR BETWEEN FEWER THAN THESE
OR BETWEEN MORE THAN THESE
BUT HE IS IN THEIR MIDST WHEREVER THEY MAY BE 
IN THE END ON JUDGMENT DAY HE WILL SURELY
TELL THEM WHAT THEY DID, FOR ALL KNOWLEDGE HAS HE

8  HAVE YOU NOT TURNED YOUR VISION
TOWARDS THOSE WHO WERE FORBIDDEN SECRET CONSULTATIONS
AND YET THEY REVERT TO WHAT THEY WERE FORBIDDEN? 
AND YET THEY STILL HOLD SECRET CONSULTATIONS 
AMONG THEMSELVES FOR TRANSGRESSIONS 
FOR DISOBEDIENCE TO THE APOSTLE AND REBELLION
WHEN THEY COME TO YOU THEY GIVE YOU SALUTATIONS
NOT AS GOD GIVES YOU SALUTATIONS 
BUT IN CROOKED WAYS AND TO THEMSELVES THEY MENTION 
WHY DOES NOT GOD GIVE US A PENALIZATION? 
BUT FOR THEM HELL IS A SUFFICIENT PROVISION
IN IT THEY WILL BURN AND IT IS AN EVIL DESTINATION

9  THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE SINCERELY 
WHEN YOU HOLD COUNSEL SECRETLY
DO IT NOT FOR INIQUITY 
AND DISOBEDIENCE TO THE PROPHET OR HOSTILITY
DO IT FOR GOODNESS AND OBSERVANCE OF DUTY
AND FEAR GOD TO WHOM IS YOUR FINAL DESTINY

10  SECRET COUNSELS ARE INSPIRED BY THE DEVIL  
SO HE MAY CAUSE GRIEF TO BELIEVING PEOPLE
 
BUT HE CANNOT HARM THEM EXCEPT AS GOD ORDERS  
AND IN GOD LET BE THE TRUST OF THE BELIEVERS 

11  OH YOU WHO BELIEVE 
WHEN YOU ARE TOLD TO MAKE ROOM IN THE ASSEMBLIES 
MAKE ROOM AND GOD WILL PROVIDE ROOM FOR YOU AMPLY
AND WHEN YOU ARE TOLD TO RISE UP, GOD WILL SURELY
RAISE YOU UP IN RANKS AND DEGREES
THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE AMONG YOU WHO BELIEVE 
AND SURELY GOD KNOWS ALL OF YOUR DEEDS 

12  OH YOU WHO BELIEVE 
WHEN YOU CONSULT THE APOSTLE PRIVATELY  
SPEND SOMETHING IN CHARITY 
BEFORE YOU CONSULT WITH HIM PRIVATELY  
THAT WILL BE MOST CONDUCIVE TO PURITY 
BUT IF YOU FIND NOT THE MEANS IMMEDIATELY
GOD IS FULL OF FORGIVENESS AND MERCY

13  IS IT THAT YOU ARE AFRAID OF SPENDING SUMS IN CHARITY 
BEFORE CONSULTING WITH HIM PRIVATELY? 
IF THEN YOU DO NOT SO AND GOD GIVES YOU MERCY 
THEN AT LEAST ESTABLISH PRAYER REGULARLY
AND PRACTICE REGULAR CHARITY 
AND OBEY GOD AND THE APOSTLE SINCERELY
AND GOD KNOWS ALL OF YOUR DEEDS SURELY

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CHAPTER 58.  THE WOMAN WHO PLEADS                          SECTION 3.  PART XXVIII

14  HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THOSE WHO TAKE FOR PARTNERS
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE WRATH OF THE CREATOR?
THEY ARE NOT OF YOU NOR ARE YOU OF THEM EITHER
AND THEY SWEAR KNOWING THEY ARE IN ERROR

15  GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THEM A SEVERE PENALTY
AND EVIL INDEED ARE THEIR DEEDS

16  AND THEY HAVE MADE THEIR OATHS TO BE A SHIELD
SO THEY OBSTRUCT MEN FROM DOING GOD'S WILL
AND THEY WILL HAVE A PENALTY OF EVIL

17  OF NO PROFIT TO THEM AGAINST THE CREATOR
WILL BE THEIR RICHES NOR THEIR SONS EITHER
THEIR DWELLING PLACE WILL BE THE FIRE

18  GOD WILL RAISE THEM ALL UP ONE DAY
THEY WILL SWEAR TO YOU AS TO HIM WILL THEY 
AND THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY 
NO INDEED, BUT LIARS ARE THEY

19  THEY HAVE BEEN MASTERED BY THE DEVIL 
SO HE HAS MADE THEM FORGET DOING GOD'S WILL
AND THEY ARE NOW THE PARTY OF THE DEVIL
AND THE PARTY OF THE DEVIL WILL PERISH IN HELL

20  THOSE WHO RESIST GOD AND HIS APOSTLE 
WILL BE AMONG THOSE WHO WILL BE HUMBLED

21  GOD HAS DECREED
I AND MY APOSTLES WILL SUCCEED
FOR GOD IS STRONG AND ALL MIGHTY INDEED

22  YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY PEOPLE WHO ARE BELIEVERS 
LOVING ANY WHO RESIST GOD AND HIS MESSENGER 
EVEN IF THEY ARE THEIR SONS OR THEIR FATHERS
OR THEIR KINDRED OR THEIR BROTHERS 

FOR HE HAS PUT FAITH IN THE HEARTS OF THEM
AND WITH HIS SPIRIT HAS STRENGTHENED THEM
AND HE WILL SURELY ADMIT THEM 
TO GARDENS WITH RIVERS FLOWING BENEATH THEM
AND THEY WILL FOREVER DWELL IN THEM  
THEY WILL BE PLEASED WITH GOD AND HE WITH THEM
AND THEY ARE GOD'S PARTY AND SUCCESS IS ASSURED THEM

 

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