O ye of Faith! Say not (to the Messenger. words of ambiguous import,
but words of respect; and hearken (to him): To those without Faith is
a grievous punishment. [2:104]
O ye who believe! seek help with patient perseverance and prayer; for
Allah is with those who patiently persevere. [2:153]
O ye who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for
you, and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him ye worship. [2:172]
O ye who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you in cases
of murder: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the woman
for the woman. But if any remission is made by the brother of the
slain, then grant any reasonable demand, and compensate him with
handsome gratitude, this is a concession and a Mercy from your Lord.
After this whoever exceeds the limits shall be in grave penalty.
[2:178]
O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed
to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,- [2:183]
O ye who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not
the footsteps of the evil one; for he is to you an avowed enemy.
[2:208]
O ye who believe! Spend out of (the bounties) We have provided for
you, before the Day comes when no bargaining (Will avail), nor
friendship nor intercession. Those who reject Faith they are the
wrong-doers. [2:254]
O ye who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your
generosity or by injury,- like those who spend their substance to be
seen of men, but believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. They
are in parable like a hard, barren rock, on which is a little soil:
on it falls heavy rain, which leaves it (Just) a bare stone. They
will be able to do nothing with aught they have earned. And Allah
guideth not those who reject faith. [2:264]
O ye who believe! Give of the good things which ye have (honourably)
earned, and of the fruits of the earth which We have produced for
you, and do not even aim at getting anything which is bad, in order
that out of it ye may give away something, when ye yourselves would
not receive it except with closed eyes. And know that Allah is Free
of all wants, and worthy of all praise. [2:267]
O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and give up what remains of your demand
for usury, if ye are indeed believers. [2:278]
O ye who believe! When ye deal with each other, in transactions
involving future obligations in a fixed period of time, reduce them
to writing Let a scribe write down faithfully as between the parties:
let not the scribe refuse to write: as Allah Has taught him, so let
him write. Let him who incurs the liability dictate, but let him fear
His Lord Allah, and not diminish aught of what he owes. If they party
liable is mentally deficient, or weak, or unable Himself to dictate,
Let his guardian dictate faithfully, and get two witnesses, out of
your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women,
such as ye choose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the
other can remind her. The witnesses should not refuse when they are
called on (For evidence). Disdain not to reduce to writing (your
contract) for a future period, whether it be small or big: it is
juster in the sight of Allah, More suitable as evidence, and more
convenient to prevent doubts among yourselves but if it be a
transaction
which ye carry out on the spot among yourselves, there is no blame on
you if ye reduce it not to writing. But take witness whenever ye make
a commercial contract; and let neither scribe nor witness suffer
harm. If ye do (such harm), it would be wickedness in you. So fear
Allah. For it is Good that teaches you. And Allah is well acquainted
with all things. If ye are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, a
pledge with possession (may serve the purpose). And if one of you
deposits a thing on trust with another, let the trustee (faithfully)
discharge his trust, and let him Fear his Lord conceal not evidence;
for whoever conceals it, - his heart is tainted with sin. And Allah
knoweth all that ye do. [2:282]
O ye who believe! If ye listen to a faction among the People of the
Book, they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye have
believed! [3:100]
O ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not
except in a state of Islam. [3:102]
O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your
ranks: They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin:
Rank hatred has already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts
conceal is far worse. We have made plain to you the Signs, if ye have
wisdom. [3:118]
O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear
Allah. that ye may (really) prosper. [3:130]
O ye who believe! If ye obey the Unbelievers, they will drive you
back on your heels, and ye will turn back (from Faith) to your own
loss. [3:149]
O ye who believe! Be not like the Unbelievers, who say of their
brethren, when they are travelling through the Earth or engaged in
fighting: "If they had stayed with us, they would not have died, or
been slain." This that Allah may make it a cause of sighs and regrets
in their hearts. It is Allah that gives Life and Death, and Allah
sees well all that ye do. [3:156]
O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such
perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah. that ye may
prosper. [3:200]
O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their
will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away
part of the dower ye have given them,-except where they have been
guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing
of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that
ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of
good. [4:19]
O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in
vanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual
good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath
been to you Most Merciful! [4:29]
O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until ye
can understand all that ye say,- nor in a state of ceremonial
impurity (Except when travelling on the road), until after washing
your whole body. If ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh
from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye
find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub
therewith your faces and hands. For Allah doth blot out sins and
forgive again and again. [4:43]
O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those
charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among
yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe in
Allah and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final
determination. [4:59]
O ye who believe! Take your precautions, and either go forth in
parties or go forth all together. [4:71]
O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of Allah,
investigate carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a
salutation: "Thou art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishable
goods of this life: with Allah are profits and spoils abundant. Even
thus were ye yourselves before, till Allah conferred on you His
favours: Therefore carefully investigate.
For Allah is well aware of all that ye do. [4:94]
O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to
Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and
whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect
both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if
ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-
acquainted with all that ye do. [4:135]
O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and the
scripture which He hath sent to His Messenger and the scripture which
He sent to those before (him). Any who denieth Allah, His angels, His
Books, His Messenger., and the Day of Judgment, hath gone far, far
astray. [4:136]
O ye who believe! Take not for friends unbelievers rather than
believers: Do ye wish to offer Allah an open proof against
yourselves? [4:144]
O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations. Lawful unto you (for
food) are all four-footed animals, with the exceptions named: But
animals of the chase are forbidden while ye are in the sacred
precincts or in pilgrim garb: for Allah doth command according to His
will and plan. [5:1]
O ye who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the symbols of Allah,
nor of the sacred month, nor of the animals brought for sacrifice,
nor the garlands that mark out such animals, nor the people resorting
to the sacred house, seeking of the bounty and good pleasure of their
Lord. But when ye are clear of the sacred precincts and of pilgrim
garb, ye may hunt and let not the hatred of some people in (once)
shutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you to transgression (and
hostility on your part). Help ye one another in righteousness and
piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah.
for Allah is strict in punishment. [5:2]
O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and
your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and
(wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial
impurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey,
or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in
contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves
clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah
doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean,
and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful. 5:6]
O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair
dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to
wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and
fear Allah. For Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do. [5:8]
O ye who believe! Call in remembrance the favour of Allah unto you
when certain men formed the design to stretch out their hands against
you, but ((Allah)) held back their hands from you: so fear Allah. And
on Allah let believers put (all) their trust. [5:11]
O ye who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means of approach
unto Him, and strive with might and main in his cause: that ye may
prosper. [5:35]
O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your
friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each
other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of
them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust. [5:51]
O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his Faith,
soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love
Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters,
fighting in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of
such as find fault. That is the grace of Allah, which He will bestow
on whom He pleaseth. And Allah encompasseth all, and He knoweth all
things. [5:54]
O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who take
your religion for a mockery or sport,- whether among those who
received the Scripture before you, or among those who reject Faith;
but fear ye Allah, if ye have faith (indeed). [5:57]
O ye who believe! make not unlawful the good things which Allah hath
made lawful for you, but commit no excess: for Allah loveth not those
given to excess. [5:87]
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones,
and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan's handwork:
eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper. [5:90]
O ye who believe! Allah doth but make a trial of you in a little
matter of game well within reach of your hands and your lances, that
He may test who feareth him unseen: any who transgress thereafter,
will have a grievous penalty. [5:94]
O ye who believe! Kill not game while in the sacred precincts or in
pilgrim garb. If any of you doth so intentionally, the compensation
is an offering, brought to the Ka'ba, of a domestic animal equivalent
to the one he killed, as adjudged by two just men among you; or by
way of atonement, the feeding of the indigent; or its equivalent in
fasts: that he may taste of the penalty of his deed. Allah forgives
what is past: for repetition Allah will exact from him the penalty.
For Allah is Exalted, and Lord of Retribution. [5:95]
O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain
to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the
Qur'an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, Allah will
forgive those: for Allah is Oft- forgiving, Most Forbearing. [5:101]
O ye who believe! Guard your own souls: If ye follow (right)
guidance, no hurt can come to you from those who stray. the goal of
you all is to Allah. it is He that will show you the truth of all
that ye do. [5:105]
O ye who believe! When death approaches any of you, (take) witnesses
among yourselves when making bequests,- two just men of your own
(brotherhood) or others from outside if ye are journeying through the
earth, and the chance of death befalls you (thus). If ye doubt (their
truth), detain them both after prayer, and let them both swear by
Allah. "We wish not in this for any worldly gain, even though the
(beneficiary) be our near relation: we shall hide not the evidence
before Allah. if we do, then behold! the sin be upon us!" [5:106]
O ye who believe! when ye meet the Unbelievers in hostile array,
never turn your backs to them. [8:15]
O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn not away
from him when ye hear (him speak). [8:20]
O ye who believe! give your response to Allah and His Messenger, when
He calleth you to that which will give you life; and know that Allah
cometh in between a man and his heart, and that it is He to Whom ye
shall (all) be gathered. [8:24]
O ye that believe! betray not the trust of Allah and the Messenger,
nor misappropriate knowingly things entrusted to you. [8:27]
O ye who believe! if ye fear Allah, He will grant you a criterion (to
judge between right and wrong), remove from you (all) evil (that may
afflict) you, and forgive you: for Allah is the Lord of grace
unbounded. [8:29]
O ye who believe! When ye meet a force, be firm, and call Allah in
remembrance much (and often); that ye may prosper: [8:45]
O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your
brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so,
they do wrong. [9:23]
O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not,
after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. And if ye fear
poverty, soon will Allah enrich you, if He wills, out of His bounty,
for Allah is All-knowing, All-wise. [9:28]
O ye who believe! there are indeed many among the priests and
anchorites, who in Falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder
(them) from the way of Allah. And there are those who bury gold and
silver and spend it not in the way of Allah. announce unto them a
most grievous penalty-[9:34]
O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye are
asked to go forth in the cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the
earth? Do ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But
little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter.
[9:38]
O ye who believe! Fear Allah and be with those who are true (in word
and deed). [9:119]
O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let
them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear
Him. [9:123]
O ye who believe! bow down, prostrate yourselves, and adore your
Lord; and do good; that ye may prosper. [22:77]
O ye who believe! follow not Satan's footsteps: if any will follow
the footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful and
wrong: and were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, not
one of you would ever have been pure: but Allah doth purify whom He
pleases: and Allah is One Who hears and knows (all things). [24:21]
O ye who believe! enter not houses other than your own, until ye have
asked permission and saluted those in them: that is best for you, in
order that ye may heed (what is seemly). [24:27]
O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands possess, and the
(children) among you who have not come of age ask your permission
(before they come to your presence), on three occasions: before
morning prayer; the while ye doff your clothes for the noonday heat;
and after the late-night prayer: these are your three times of
undress: outside those times it is not wrong for you or for them to
move about attending to each other: Thus does Allah make clear the
Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. [24:58]
O ye who believe! Remember the Grace of Allah, (bestowed) on you,
when there came down on you hosts (to overwhelm you): But We sent
against them a hurricane and forces that ye saw not: but Allah sees
(clearly) all that ye do. [33:9]
O ye who believe! Celebrate the praises of Allah, and do this often;
[33:41]
O ye who believe! When ye marry believing women, and then divorce
them before ye have touched them, no period of 'Iddat have ye to
count in respect of them: so give them a present. And set them free
in a handsome manner. [33:49]
O ye who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses,- until leave is
given you,- for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its
preparation: but when ye are invited, enter; and when ye have taken
your meal, disperse, without seeking familiar talk. Such (behaviour)
annoys the Prophet: he is ashamed to dismiss you, but Allah is not
ashamed (to tell you) the truth. And when ye ask (his ladies) for
anything ye want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for
greater purity for your hearts and for theirs. Nor is it right for
you that ye should annoy Allah's Messenger, or that ye should marry
his widows after him at any time. Truly such a thing is in Allah's
sight an enormity. [33:53]
Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that
believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.
[33:56]
O ye who believe! Be ye not like those who vexed and insulted Moses,
but Allah cleared him of the (calumnies) they had uttered; and he was
honourable in Allah's sight. [33:69]
O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and (always) say a word directed to the
Right: [33:70]
O ye who believe! If ye will aid (the cause of) Allah, He will aid
you, and plant your feet firmly. [47:7]
O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the apostle, and make not vain
your deeds! [47:33]
O Ye who believe! Put not yourselves forward before Allah and His
Messenger. but fear Allah. for Allah is He Who hears and knows all
things. [49:1]
O ye who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the
Prophet, nor speak aloud to him in talk, as ye may speak aloud to one
another, lest your deeds become vain and ye perceive not[49:2].
O ye who believe! If a wicked person comes to you with any news,
ascertain the truth, lest ye harm people unwittingly, and afterwards
become full of repentance for what ye have done. [49:6]
O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may
be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women
laugh at others: It may be that the (latter are better than the
(former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call each
other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting
wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who
do not desist are (indeed) doing wrong. [49:11]
O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for
suspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind
their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead
brother? Nay, ye would abhor it...But fear Allah. For Allah is Oft-
Returning, Most Merciful. [49:12]
O ye that believe! Fear Allah, and believe in His Messenger, and He
will bestow on you a double portion of His Mercy: He will provide for
you a Light by which ye shall walk (straight in your path), and He
will forgive you (your past): for Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most
Merciful. [57:28]
O ye who believe! When ye hold secret counsel, do it not for iniquity
and hostility, and disobedience to the Prophet; but do it for
righteousness and self- restraint; and fear Allah, to Whom ye shall
be brought back. [58:9]
O ye who believe! When ye are told to make room in the assemblies,
(spread out and) make room: (ample) room will Allah provide for you.
And when ye are told to rise up, rise up Allah will rise up, to
(suitable) ranks (and degrees), those of you who believe and who have
been granted (mystic) Knowledge. And Allah is well- acquainted with
all ye do. [58:11]
O ye who believe! When ye consult the Messenger in private, spend
something in charity before your private consultation. That will be
best for you, and most conducive to purity (of conduct). But if ye
find not (the wherewithal), Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
[58:12]
O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and let every soul look to what
(provision) He has sent forth for the morrow. Yea, fear Allah. for
Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do. [59:18]
O ye who believe! Take not my enemies and yours as friends (or
protectors),- offering them (your) love, even though they have
rejected the Truth that has come to you, and have (on the contrary)
driven out the Prophet and yourselves (from your homes), (simply)
because ye believe in Allah your Lord! If ye have come out to strive
in My Way and to seek My Good Pleasure, (take them not as friends),
holding secret converse of love (and friendship) with them: for I
know full well all that ye conceal and all that ye reveal. And any of
you that does this has strayed from the Straight Path. [60:1]
O ye who believe! When there come to you believing women refugees,
examine (and test) them: Allah knows best as to their Faith: if ye
ascertain that they are Believers, then send them not back to the
Unbelievers. They are not lawful (wives) for the Unbelievers, nor are
the (Unbelievers) lawful (husbands) for them. But pay the Unbelievers
what they have spent (on their dower), and there will be no blame on
you if ye marry them on payment of their dower to them. But hold not
to the guardianship of unbelieving women: ask for what ye have spent
on their dowers, and let the (Unbelievers) ask for what they have
spent (on the dowers of women who come over to you). Such is the
command of Allah. He judges (with justice) between you. And Allah is
Full of Knowledge and Wisdom. [60:10]
O ye who believe! Turn not (for friendship) to people on whom is the
Wrath of Allah, of the Hereafter they are already in despair, just as
the Unbelievers are in despair about those (buried) in graves. [60:13]
O ye who believe! Why say ye that which ye do not? [61:2]
O ye who believe! Shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you
from a grievous Penalty?- [61:10]
O ye who believe! Be ye helpers of Allah. As said Jesus the son of
Mary to the Disciples, "Who will be my helpers to (the work of)
Allah." Said the disciples, "We are Allah's helpers!" then a portion
of the Children of Israel believed, and a portion disbelieved. But We
gave power to those who believed, against their enemies, and they
became the ones that prevailed. [61:14]
O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday
(the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah,
and leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but
knew! [62:9]
O ye who believe! Let not your riches or your children divert you
from the remembrance of Allah. If any act thus, the loss is their
own. [63:9]
O ye who believe! Truly, among your wives and your children are (some
that are) enemies to yourselves: so beware of them! But if ye forgive
and overlook, and cover up (their faults), verily Allah is Oft-
Forgiving, Most Merciful.
O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose
fuel is Men and Stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and)
severe, who flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive
from Allah, but do (precisely) what they are commanded. [64:14]
O ye who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance: In the hope
that your Lord will remove from you your ills and admit you to
Gardens beneath which Rivers flow,- the Day that Allah will not
permit to be humiliated the Prophet and those who believe with him.
Their Light will run forward before them and by their right hands,
while they say, "Our Lord! Perfect our Light for us, and grant us
Forgiveness: for Thou hast power over all things." [66:8]