32. And arrange marriages for widows from among you, and for your male slaves and female slaves who are fit for marriage.
If they be poor, ALLAH will grant them means out of HIS bounty; and ALLAH is Bountiful, All-Knowing.
33. And let those who find no means of marriage keep themselves chaste, until ALLAH grants them means out of HIS bounty. And such as desire a deed of manumission in writing from among those whom your right hands possess, write it for them if you know any good in them; and give them out of the wealth of ALLAH which HE has bestowed upon you.
And force not your maids into unchaste life by keeping them unmarried if they desire to keep chaste, in order that you may seek the gain of the present life.
But if anyone forces them, then after their compulsion ALLAH will be Forgiving and Merciful to them.
34. And WE have sent down to you manifest Signs, and have related to you the example of those who have passed away before you, and an admonition to the God-fearing.
35. ALLAH is the light of the heavens and the earth.
HIS light is as if there were a lustrous niche, wherein is a lamp.
The lamp is inside a glass-globe.
The globe is, as it were, a glittering star.
The lamp is lit from the oil of a blessed tree -an olive - neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil well-nigh would shine forth even though fire touched it not.
Light upon light ! ALLAH guides to HIS light whomsoever HE pleases.
And ALLAH sets forth parables for men, and ALLAH knows all things full well.
36. This light illumines houses with regard to which ALLAH has ordained that they be exalted and that HIS name be remembered in them.
Therein do glorify HIM in the mornings and the evenings.
37. Men, whom neither merchandise nor traffic diverts from the remembrance of ALLAH and the observance of Prayer, and the giving of Zak?t.
They fear a day in which hearts and eyes will be in a state of agitation and anguish;
38. So ALLAH will give them the best reward of their deeds, and give them increase out of HIS bounty.
And ALLAH does provide for whomsoever HE pleases without measure.
39. And as to those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert.
The thirsty one imagines it to be water until, when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing.
And he finds ALLAH near him, WHO then pays him his account in full; And ALLAH is swift in reckoning.
40. Or, their deeds are like thick layers of darkness spread over a vast and deep sea, on whose surface rise waves above waves, above which are clouds - layers upon layers of darkness.
When he holds out his hands, he can hardly see it; and he whom ALLAH gives no light - for him there is no light at all.
41. Seest thou not that it is ALLAH Whose praises, all who are in the heavens and the earth celebrate, and so do the birds with their wings outspread ?
Each one knows his own mode of prayer and praise. And ALLAH knows well what they do.
42. And to ALLAH belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to ALLAH shall be the return.
43. Seest thou not that ALLAH drives the clouds slowly, then joins them together, then piles them up so that thou seest rain issue forth from the midst thereof ?
And HE sends down from the sky clouds like mountains wherein is hail, and HE smites therewith whom HE pleases, and turns it away from whom HE pleases.
The flash of its lightning may well-nigh take away the sight.
44. ALLAH alternates the night and the day. Therein, surely, is a lesson for those who have eyes.
45. And ALLAH has created every animal from water.
Of them are some that go upon their bellies, and of them are some that go upon two feet, and among them are some that go upon four.
ALLAH creates what HE pleases.
Surely, ALLAH has the power to do all that HE pleases.
46. WE have indeed sent down manifest Signs.
And ALLAH guides whom HE pleases to the right path.
47. And they say, `We believe in ALLAH and in the Messenger, and we obey;' then after that some of them turn away.
Such are not believers at all.
48. And when they are called to ALLAH and HIS Messenger that he may judge between them, lo ! a party of them turn away.
49. And if they consider the right to be on their side, they come to him running in submission.
50. Is it that there is a disease in their hearts ? Or, do they doubt, or do they fear that ALLAH and HIS Messenger will be unjust to them ? Nay, it is they themselves who are the wrongdoers.
51. All that the believers say, when they are called to ALLAH and HIS Messenger in order that he may judge between them, is that they say, `We hear and we obey.' And it is they who will prosper.
52. And whoso obeys ALLAH and HIS Messenger, and fears ALLAH, and takes HIM as a shield for protection, it is they who will be successful.
53. And they swear by ALLAH their strongest oaths that, if thou command them, they will surely go forth.
Say, `Swear not; what is required of you is obedience to what is right. Surely ALLAH is aware of what you do.'
54. Say, `Obey ALLAH, and obey the Messenger.' But if you turn away, he is responsible for what he is charged with and you are responsible for what you are charged with.
And if you obey him, you will be rightly guided.
And the Messenger is only responsible for the plain delivery of the Message.
55. ALLAH has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that HE will, surely, make them successors in the earth, as HE made Successors from among those who were before them; and that HE will, surely, establish for them their religion which HE has chosen for them; and that HE will, surely, give them in exchange security and peace after their fear; They will worship ME and they will not associate anything with ME. Then whoso disbelieves after that, they will be the rebellious.
56. And observe Prayer and give the Zakat and obey the Messenger, that you may be shown Mercy.
57. Think not that those who disbelieve can frustrate Our design in the earth; their abode is Hell; and it is indeed evil resort. 58. O ye who believe ! let those whom your right hand possess, and those of you, who have not reached puberty, ask leave of you at three times before coming into your private apartments -before the Morning Prayer, and when you lay aside your clothes at noon (in summer) and after the night Prayer.
These are the three times of privacy for you.
At other times there is no blame on you nor on them, for some of you have to attend upon others and to move about freely according to need.
Thus does ALLAH make plain to you the Signs; for ALLAH is All-Knowing, Wise.
59. And when the children among you reach puberty, they too should ask leave, even as their elders before them asked leave.
Thus does ALLAH make plain to you HIS commandments; And ALLAH is All-Knowing, Wise.
60. Such elderly women as are past the age of marriage -there is no blame on them if they lay aside their outer clothing without displaying their beauty.
But to abstain even from that is better for them.
And ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
61. There is no harm for the blind, and there is no harm for the lame, and there is no harm for the sick and none for yourselves, that you eat from your own houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses of your father's brothers, or the houses of your father's sisters, or the houses of your mother's brothers, or the houses of your mother's sisters, or the houses of which the keys are in your possession, or from the house of a friend of yours.
Nor is there any harm whether you eat together or separately.
But when you enter houses, salute your people with the greeting of peace - a greeting from your Lord, full of blessing and purity.
Thus does ALLAH expound to you the commandments, that you may understand.
62. Those alone are true believers who believe in ALLAH and HIS Messenger and who, when they are with him for the consideration of some matter of common concern which has brought them together, go not away until they have asked leave of him. Surely, those who ask leave of thee, it is they alone who truly believe in ALLAH and HIS Messenger.
So, when they ask leave of thee for some urgent affair of theirs, give leave to those of them whom thou pleasest and ask forgiveness for them of ALLAH. Surely, ALLAH is Most forgiving, Merciful.
63. Treat not the calling of the Messenger among you like the calling of one of you to another.
ALLAH indeed knows those of you who steal away covertly.
So let those who go against HIS command beware lest a trial afflict them or a grievous punishment overtake them.
64. Hearken! To ALLAH belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth.
HE knows in what condition you are.
And on the day when they will be returned unto HIM, HE will inform them of what they did.
And ALLAH knows everything full well.
