Surah An-Nur

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 24:1 ▶

   سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهَا وَفَرَضْنَـٰهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَـٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَـٰتٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿١﴾

   sūratun 'anzalnāhā wafaraḍnāhā wa'anzalnā fīhā 'āyātim bayyinātil laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

   [This is] a sūrah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember.

2. 24:2 ▶

   ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِى فَٱجْلِدُوا۟ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِا۟ئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ ۖ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۖ وَلْيَشْهَدْ عَذَابَهُمَا طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢﴾

   az-zāniyatu waz-zānī fajlidū kulla wāḥidim minhumā mi'ata jaldah | walā ta'khudhkum bihimā ra'fatun fī dīni llāhi 'in kuntum tu'minūna billāhi wal-yawmi l-ākhir | walyashhad ʿadhābahumā ṭā'ifatum mina l-mu'minīn

   The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion [i.e., law] of Allāh, if you should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.

   Either by voluntary confession of the offender or the testimony of four male witnesses to having actually seen the act take place. Otherwise, there can be no conviction.

   The ruling in this verse is applicable to unmarried fornicators. Execution by stoning is confirmed in the sunnah for convicted adulterers.

   i.e., Do not let sympathy for a guilty person move you to alter anything ordained by Allāh, for in His law is protection of society as a whole.

3. 24:3 ▶

   ٱلزَّانِى لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ ۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٣﴾

   az-zānī lā yankiḥu 'illā zāniyatan 'aw mushrikataw waz-zāniyatu lā yankiḥuhā 'illā zānin 'aw mushrik | waḥurrima dhālika ʿala l-mu'minīn

   The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that [i.e., marriage to such persons] has been made unlawful to the believers.

   Included in this ruling is the adulterer as well. Such persons cannot be married to believers unless they have repented and reformed.

4. 24:4 ▶

   وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَـٰنِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَـٰدَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ ﴿٤﴾

   walladhīna yarmūna l-muḥṣanāti thumma lam ya'tū bi'arbaʿati shuhadā'a fajlidūhum thamānīna jaldataw walā taqbalū lahum shahādatan 'abadā | wa'ulā'ika humu l-fāsiqūn

   And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient,

5. 24:5 ▶

   إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٥﴾

   illa lladhīna tābū mim baʿdi dhālika wa'aṣlaḥū fa'inna llāha ghafūrur raḥīm

   Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

6. 24:6 ▶

   وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَآءُ إِلَّآ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَـٰدَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٦﴾

   walladhīna yarmūna 'azwājahum walam yakul lahum shuhadā'u 'illā 'anfusuhum fashahādatu 'aḥadihim 'arbaʿu shahādātim billāhi 'innahū lamina ṣ-ṣādiqīn

   And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the truthful.

   The husbands who have been betrayed.

7. 24:7 ▶

   وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ ﴿٧﴾

   wal-khāmisatu 'anna laʿnata llāhi ʿalayhi 'in kāna mina l-kādhibīn

   And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allāh be upon him if he should be of the liars.

8. 24:8 ▶

   وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ عَنْهَا ٱلْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ ﴿٨﴾

   wayadra'u ʿanha l-ʿadhāba 'an tashhada 'arbaʿa shahādātim billāhi 'innahū lamina l-kādhibīn

   But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the liars.

9. 24:9 ▶

   وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٩﴾

   wal-khāmisata 'anna ghaḍaba llāhi ʿalayhā 'in kāna mina ṣ-ṣādiqīn

   And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allāh be upon her if he was of the truthful.

10. 24:10 ▶

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿١٠﴾

    walawlā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhū wa'anna llāha tawwābun ḥakīm

    And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy... and because Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Wise.

    The phrase omitted is estimated to be "...you would have surely been punished, destroyed or scandalized," or "...you would have suffered many difficult situations."

11. 24:11 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو بِٱلْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِّنكُمْ ۚ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَرًّا لَّكُم ۖ بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُم مَّا ٱكْتَسَبَ مِنَ ٱلْإِثْمِ ۚ وَٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ كِبْرَهُۥ مِنْهُمْ لَهُۥ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿١١﴾

    inna lladhīna jā'ū bil-ifki ʿuṣbatum minkum | lā taḥsabūhu sharral lakum | bal huwa khayrul lakum | likulli mri'im minhum ma ktasaba mina l-ithm | walladhī tawallā kibrahū minhum lahū ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm

    Indeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather, it is good for you. For every person among them is what [punishment] he has earned from the sin, and he who took upon himself the greater portion thereof - for him is a great punishment [i.e., Hellfire].

    Referring to the incident when the Prophet's wife ʿĀ’ishah was falsely accused by the hypocrites.

    i.e., ʿAbdullāh bin ʿUbayy, leader of the hypocrites.

12. 24:12 ▶

    لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٢﴾

    lawlā 'idh samiʿtumūhu ẓanna l-mu'minūna wal-mu'minātu bi'anfusihim khayraw waqālū hādhā 'ifkum mubīn

    Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of themselves [i.e., one another] and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?

13. 24:13 ▶

    لَّوْلَا جَآءُو عَلَيْهِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ ۚ فَإِذْ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلشُّهَدَآءِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْكَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

    lawlā jā'ū ʿalayhi bi'arbaʿati shuhadā' | fa'idh lam ya'tū bish-shuhadā'i fa'ulā'ika ʿinda llāhi humu l-kādhibūn

    Why did they [who slandered] not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allāh, who are the liars.

14. 24:14 ▶

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِى مَآ أَفَضْتُمْ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿١٤﴾

    walawlā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhū fi d-dunyā wal-ākhirati lamassakum fī mā 'afaḍtum fīhi ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm

    And if it had not been for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that [lie] in which you were involved by a great punishment

15. 24:15 ▶

    إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُۥ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُۥ هَيِّنًا وَهُوَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ ﴿١٥﴾

    idh talaqqawnahū bi'alsinatikum wataqūlūna bi'afwāhikum mā laysa lakum bihī ʿilmuw wataḥsabūnahū hayyinaw wahuwa ʿinda llāhi ʿaẓīm

    When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allāh, tremendous.

    Rather than your ears, i.e., not thinking about what you had heard but hastening to repeat it carelessly.

16. 24:16 ▶

    وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـٰذَا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ هَـٰذَا بُهْتَـٰنٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿١٦﴾

    walawlā 'idh samiʿtumūhu qultum mā yakūnu lanā 'an natakallama bihādhā subḥānaka hādhā buhtānun ʿaẓīm

    And why, when you heard it, did you not say, "It is not for us to speak of this. Exalted are You, [O Allāh]; this is a great slander"?

17. 24:17 ▶

    يَعِظُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَن تَعُودُوا۟ لِمِثْلِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

    yaʿiẓukumu llāhu 'an taʿūdū limithlihī 'abadan 'in kuntum mu'minīn

    Allāh warns you against returning to the likes of this [conduct], ever, if you should be believers.

18. 24:18 ▶

    وَيُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿١٨﴾

    wayubayyinu llāhu lakumu l-āyāt | wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm

    And Allāh makes clear to you the verses [i.e., His rulings], and Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

19. 24:19 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةُ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    inna lladhīna yuḥibbūna 'an tashīʿa l-fāḥishatu fi lladhīna 'āmanū lahum ʿadhābun 'alīmun fi d-dunyā wal-ākhirah | wallāhu yaʿlamu wa'antum lā taʿlamūn

    Indeed, those who like that immorality should be spread [or publicized] among those who have believed will have a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And Allāh knows and you do not know.

    Specifically, unlawful sexual relations.

    The hidden aspects of all things: what is beneficial and what is harmful.

20. 24:20 ▶

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٢٠﴾

    walawlā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhū wa'anna llāha ra'ūfur raḥīm

    And if it had not been for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy... and because Allāh is Kind and Merciful.

    See footnote to verse 10.

21. 24:21 ▶

    ۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَدًا وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢١﴾

    yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū lā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti sh-shayṭān | wamay yattabiʿ khuṭuwāti sh-shayṭāni fa'innahū ya'muru bil-faḥshā'i wal-munkar | walawlā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhū mā zakā minkum min 'aḥadin 'abadaw walākinna llāha yuzakkī may yashā' | wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīm

    O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allāh purifies whom He wills, and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

22. 24:22 ▶

    وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ وَٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلْيَعْفُوا۟ وَلْيَصْفَحُوٓا۟ ۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٢٢﴾

    walā ya'tali 'ulu l-faḍli minkum was-saʿati 'ay yu'tū 'uli l-qurbā wal-masākīna wal-muhājirīna fī sabīli llāh | walyaʿfū walyaṣfaḥū | alā tuḥibbūna 'ay yaghfira llāhu lakum | wallāhu ghafūrur raḥīm

    And let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give [aid] to their relatives and the needy and the emigrants for the cause of Allāh, and let them pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allāh should forgive you? And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

23. 24:23 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ٱلْغَـٰفِلَـٰتِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ لُعِنُوا۟ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

    inna lladhīna yarmūna l-muḥṣanāti l-ghāfilāti l-mu'mināti luʿinū fi d-dunyā wal-ākhirati walahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm

    Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment

24. 24:24 ▶

    يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    yawma tashhadu ʿalayhim 'alsinatuhum wa'aydīhim wa'arjuluhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

    On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.

25. 24:25 ▶

    يَوْمَئِذٍ يُوَفِّيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿٢٥﴾

    yawma'idhiy yuwaffīhimu llāhu dīnahumu l-ḥaqqa wayaʿlamūna 'anna llāha huwa l-ḥaqqu l-mubīn

    That Day, Allāh will pay them in full their true [i.e., deserved] recompense, and they will know that it is Allāh who is the manifest Truth [i.e., perfect in justice].

26. 24:26 ▶

    ٱلْخَبِيثَـٰتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَـٰتِ ۖ وَٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ ۖ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ ﴿٢٦﴾

    al-khabīthātu lil-khabīthīna wal-khabīthūna lil-khabīthāt | waṭ-ṭayyibātu liṭ-ṭayyibīna waṭ-ṭayyibūna liṭ-ṭayyibāt | ulā'ika mubarra'ūna mimmā yaqūlūn | lahum maghfiratuw warizqun karīm

    Evil words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words. Those [good people] are declared innocent of what they [i.e., slanderers] say. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.

    Another accepted interpretation is "Evil women are for evil men, and evil men are for evil women. And good women are for good men, and good men are for good women."

27. 24:27 ▶

    يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ بُيُوتِكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تَسْتَأْنِسُوا۟ وَتُسَلِّمُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū lā tadkhulū buyūtan ghayra buyūtikum ḥattā tasta'nisū watusallimū ʿalā 'ahlihā | dhālikum khayrul lakum laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

    O you who have believed, do not enter houses other than your own houses until you ascertain welcome and greet their inhabitants. That is best for you; perhaps you will be reminded [i.e., advised].

    By the words "As-salāmu ʿalaykum" ("Peace be upon you").

28. 24:28 ▶

    فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا۟ فِيهَآ أَحَدًا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِن قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱرْجِعُوا۟ فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۖ هُوَ أَزْكَىٰ لَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٨﴾

    fa'il lam tajidū fīhā 'aḥadan falā tadkhulūhā ḥattā yu'dhana lakum | wa'in qīla lakumu rjiʿū farjiʿū | huwa 'azkā lakum | wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīm

    And if you do not find anyone therein, do not enter them until permission has been given you. And if it is said to you, "Go back," then go back; it is purer for you. And Allāh is Knowing of what you do.

    Or a similar expression showing that the occupants are not prepared to receive visitors (which should be respected).

29. 24:29 ▶

    لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ فِيهَا مَتَـٰعٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun 'an tadkhulū buyūtan ghayra maskūnatin fīhā matāʿul lakum | wallāhu yaʿlamu mā tubdūna wamā taktumūn

    There is no blame upon you for entering houses not inhabited in which there is convenience for you. And Allāh knows what you reveal and what you conceal.

    Some benefit such as rest, shelter, commodities, one's personal belongings, etc.

30. 24:30 ▶

    قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا۟ مِنْ أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا۟ فُرُوجَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    qul lil-mu'minīna yaghuḍḍū min 'abṣārihim wayaḥfaẓū furūjahum | dhālika 'azkā lahum | inna llāha khabīrum bimā yaṣnaʿūn

    Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allāh is [fully] Aware of what they do.

    Looking only at what is lawful and averting their eyes from what is unlawful.

    From being seen and from unlawful acts.

31. 24:31 ▶

    وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَـٰرِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّـٰبِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُو۟لِى ٱلْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ أَوِ ٱلطِّفْلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰ عَوْرَٰتِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ وَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

    waqul lil-mu'mināti yaghḍuḍna min 'abṣārihinna wayaḥfaẓna furūjahunna walā yubdīna zīnatahunna 'illā mā ẓahara minhā | walyaḍribna bikhumurihinna ʿalā juyūbihinn | walā yubdīna zīnatahunna 'illā libuʿūlatihinna 'aw 'ābā'ihinna 'aw 'ābā'i buʿūlatihinna 'aw 'abnā'ihinna 'aw 'abnā'i buʿūlatihinna 'aw 'ikhwānihinna 'aw banī 'ikhwānihinna 'aw banī 'akhawātihinna 'aw nisā'ihinna 'aw mā malakat 'aymānuhunna 'awi t-tābiʿīna ghayri 'uli l-irbati mina r-rijāli 'awi ṭ-ṭifli lladhīna lam yaẓharū ʿalā ʿawrāti n-nisā' | walā yaḍribna bi'arjulihinna liyuʿlama mā yukhfīna min zīnatihinn | watūbū 'ila llāhi jamīʿan 'ayyuha l-mu'minūna laʿallakum tufliḥūn

    And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment [i.e., beauty] except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess [i.e., slaves], or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allāh in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.

    Looking only at what is lawful and averting their eyes from what is unlawful.

    Both natural beauty, such as hair or body shape, and that with which a woman beautifies herself of clothing, jewelry, etc.

    i.e., the outer garments or whatever might appear out of necessity, such as a part of the face or the hands.

    Referring to an abnormal condition in which a man is devoid of sexual feeling.

32. 24:32 ▶

    وَأَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْأَيَـٰمَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَآئِكُمْ ۚ إِن يَكُونُوا۟ فُقَرَآءَ يُغْنِهِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٣٢﴾

    wa'ankiḥu l-ayāmā minkum waṣ-ṣāliḥīna min ʿibādikum wa'imā'ikum | iy yakūnū fuqarā'a yughnihimu llāhu min faḍlih | wallāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīm

    And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allāh will enrich them from His bounty, and Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

33. 24:33 ▶

    وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا ۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مِّن مَّالِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚ وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا۟ فَتَيَـٰتِكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْبِغَآءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًا لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ عَرَضَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَمَن يُكْرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٣٣﴾

    walyastaʿfifi lladhīna lā yajidūna nikāḥan ḥattā yughniyahumu llāhu min faḍlih | walladhīna yabtaghūna l-kitāba mimmā malakat 'aymānukum fakātibūhum 'in ʿalimtum fīhim khayrā | wa'ātūhum mim māli llāhi lladhī 'ātākum | walā tukrihū fatayātikum ʿala l-bighā'i 'in 'aradna taḥaṣṣunal litabtaghū ʿaraḍa l-ḥayāti d-dunyā | wamay yukrihhunna fa'inna llāha mim baʿdi 'ikrāhihinna ghafūrur raḥīm

    But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allāh enriches them from His bounty. And those who seek a contract [for eventual emancipation] from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them if you know there is within them goodness and give them from the wealth of Allāh which He has given you. And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire chastity, to seek [thereby] the temporary interests of worldly life. And if someone should compel them, then indeed, Allāh is [to them], after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful.

    i.e., those slaves who desire to purchase their freedom from their owners for a price agreed upon by both.

34. 24:34 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتٍ مُّبَيِّنَـٰتٍ وَمَثَلًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    walaqad 'anzalnā 'ilaykum 'āyātim mubayyinātiw wamathalam mina lladhīna khalaw min qablikum wamawʿiẓatal lil-muttaqīn

    And We have certainly sent down to you distinct verses and examples from those who passed on before you and an admonition for those who fear Allāh.

    i.e., rulings and ordinances, in particular those in this sūrah.

35. 24:35 ▶

    ۞ ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشْكَوٰةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ ٱلْمِصْبَاحُ فِى زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّىٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِىٓءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ ۗ يَهْدِى ٱللَّهُ لِنُورِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٣٥﴾

    allāhu nūru s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | mathalu nūrihī kamishkātin fīhā miṣbāḥ | al-miṣbāḥu fī zujājah | az-zujājatu ka'annahā kawkabun durriyyuy yūqadu min shajaratim mubārakatin zaytūnatil lā sharqiyyatiw walā gharbiyyatiy yakādu zaytuhā yuḍī'u walaw lam tamsas-hu nār | nūrun ʿalā nūr | yahdi llāhu linūrihī may yashā' | wayaḍribu llāhu l-amthāla lin-nās | wallāhu bikulli shay'in ʿalīm

    Allāh is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp; the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allāh guides to His light whom He wills. And Allāh presents examples for the people, and Allāh is Knowing of all things.

    i.e., the source and bestower of light and enlightenment.

    His guidance in the heart of a believing servant.

    Literally, "a burning wick," which is the essence of a lamp.

36. 24:36 ▶

    فِى بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ ٱللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُۥ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ ﴿٣٦﴾

    fī buyūtin 'adhina llāhu 'an turfaʿa wayudhkara fīha smuhū yusabbiḥu lahū fīhā bil-ghuduwwi wal-āṣāl

    [Such niches are] in houses [i.e., mosques] which Allāh has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned [i.e., praised] therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings

    The term used here can refer to either afternoon or evening.

37. 24:37 ▶

    رِجَالٌ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَـٰرَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءِ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۙ يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ ﴿٣٧﴾

    rijālul lā tulhīhim tijāratuw walā bayʿun ʿan dhikri llāhi wa'iqāmi ṣ-ṣalāti wa'ītā'i z-zakāti yakhāfūna yawman tataqallabu fīhi l-qulūbu wal-abṣār

    [Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allāh and performance of prayer and giving of zakāh. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will [fearfully] turn about -

38. 24:38 ▶

    لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

    liyajziyahumu llāhu 'aḥsana mā ʿamilū wayazīdahum min faḍlih | wallāhu yarzuqu may yashā'u bighayri ḥisāb

    That Allāh may reward them [according to] the best of what they did and increase them from His bounty. And Allāh gives provision to whom He wills without account [i.e., limit].

39. 24:39 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿٣٩﴾

    walladhīna kafarū 'aʿmāluhum kasarābim biqīʿatiy yaḥsabuhu ẓ-ẓam'ānu mā'an ḥattā 'idhā jā'ahū lam yajid-hu shay'aw wawajada llāha ʿindahū fawaffāhu ḥisābah | wallāhu sarīʿu l-ḥisāb

    But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allāh before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allāh is swift in account.

40. 24:40 ▶

    أَوْ كَظُلُمَـٰتٍ فِى بَحْرٍ لُّجِّىٍّ يَغْشَىٰهُ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِۦ سَحَابٌ ۚ ظُلُمَـٰتٌۢ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذَآ أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَىٰهَا ۗ وَمَن لَّمْ يَجْعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورًا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ ﴿٤٠﴾

    aw kaẓulumātin fī baḥril lujjiyyiy yaghshāhu mawjum min fawqihī mawjum min fawqihī saḥāb | ẓulumātum baʿḍuhā fawqa baʿḍin 'idhā 'akhraja yadahū lam yakad yarāhā | wamal lam yajʿali llāhu lahū nūran famā lahū min nūr

    Or [they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses, some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allāh has not granted light - for him there is no light.

41. 24:41 ▶

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلطَّيْرُ صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍ ۖ كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُۥ وَتَسْبِيحَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

    alam tara 'anna llāha yusabbiḥu lahū man fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍi waṭ-ṭayru ṣāffāt | kullun qad ʿalima ṣalātahū watasbīḥah | wallāhu ʿalīmum bimā yafʿalūn

    Do you not see that Allāh is exalted by whomever is within the heavens and the earth and [by] the birds with wings spread [in flight]? Each [of them] has known his [means of] prayer and exalting [Him], and Allāh is Knowing of what they do.

42. 24:42 ▶

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿٤٢﴾

    walillāhi mulku s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | wa'ila llāhi l-maṣīr

    And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and to Allāh is the destination.

43. 24:43 ▶

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزْجِى سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى ٱلْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَـٰلِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِنۢ بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُۥ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِۦ يَذْهَبُ بِٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ ﴿٤٣﴾

    alam tara 'anna llāha yuzjī saḥāban thumma yu'allifu baynahū thumma yajʿaluhū rukāman fatara l-wadqa yakhruju min khilālihī wayunazzilu mina s-samā'i min jibālin fīhā mim baradin fayuṣību bihī may yashā'u wayaṣrifuhū ʿam may yashā' | yakādu sanā barqihī yadhhabu bil-abṣār

    Do you not see that Allāh drives clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightning almost takes away the eyesight.

44. 24:44 ▶

    يُقَلِّبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ ﴿٤٤﴾

    yuqallibu llāhu llayla wan-nahār | inna fī dhālika laʿibratal li'uli l-abṣār

    Allāh alternates the night and the day. Indeed in that is a lesson for those who have vision.

45. 24:45 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَآبَّةٍ مِّن مَّآءٍ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰٓ أَرْبَعٍ ۚ يَخْلُقُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٤٥﴾

    wallāhu khalaqa kulla dābbatim mim mā' | faminhum may yamshī ʿalā baṭnihī waminhum may yamshī ʿalā rijlayni waminhum may yamshī ʿalā 'arbaʿ | yakhluqu llāhu mā yashā' | inna llāha ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

    Allāh has created every [living] creature from water. And of them are those that move on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them are those that walk on four. Allāh creates what He wills. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

46. 24:46 ▶

    لَّقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ ءَايَـٰتٍ مُّبَيِّنَـٰتٍ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٤٦﴾

    laqad 'anzalnā 'āyātim mubayyināt | wallāhu yahdī may yashā'u 'ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm

    We have certainly sent down distinct verses. And Allāh guides whom He wills to a straight path.

47. 24:47 ▶

    وَيَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    wayaqūlūna 'āmannā billāhi wabir-rasūli wa'aṭaʿnā thumma yatawallā farīqum minhum mim baʿdi dhālik | wamā 'ulā'ika bil-mu'minīn

    But they [i.e., the hypocrites] say, "We have believed in Allāh and in the Messenger, and we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers.

48. 24:48 ▶

    وَإِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    wa'idhā duʿū 'ila llāhi warasūlihī liyaḥkuma baynahum 'idhā farīqum minhum muʿriḍūn

    And when they are called to [the words of] Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal].

49. 24:49 ▶

    وَإِن يَكُن لَّهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ يَأْتُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    wa'iy yakul lahumu l-ḥaqqu ya'tū 'ilayhi mudhʿinīn

    But if the right is theirs, they come to him in prompt obedience.

50. 24:50 ▶

    أَفِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ٱرْتَابُوٓا۟ أَمْ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيفَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚ بَلْ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

    afī qulūbihim maraḍun 'ami rtābū 'am yakhāfūna 'ay yaḥīfa llāhu ʿalayhim warasūluh | bal 'ulā'ika humu ẓ-ẓālimūn

    Is there disease in their hearts? Or have they doubted? Or do they fear that Allāh will be unjust to them, or His Messenger? Rather, it is they who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].

51. 24:51 ▶

    إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

    innamā kāna qawla l-mu'minīna 'idhā duʿū 'ila llāhi warasūlihī liyaḥkuma baynahum 'ay yaqūlū samiʿnā wa'aṭaʿnā | wa'ulā'ika humu l-mufliḥūn

    The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we obey." And those are the successful.

52. 24:52 ▶

    وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَخْشَ ٱللَّهَ وَيَتَّقْهِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾

    wamay yuṭiʿi llāha warasūlahū wayakhsha llāha wayattaqhi fa'ulā'ika humu l-fā'izūn

    And whoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger and fears Allāh and is conscious of Him - it is those who are the attainers.

53. 24:53 ▶

    ۞ وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ لَئِنْ أَمَرْتَهُمْ لَيَخْرُجُنَّ ۖ قُل لَّا تُقْسِمُوا۟ ۖ طَاعَةٌ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

    wa'aqsamū billāhi jahda 'aymānihim la'in 'amartahum layakhrujunn | qul lā tuqsimū | ṭāʿatum maʿrūfah | inna llāha khabīrum bimā taʿmalūn

    And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths that if you ordered them, they would go forth [in Allāh's cause]. Say, "Do not swear. [Such] obedience is known. Indeed, Allāh is [fully] Aware of that which you do."

    i.e., the hypocrites' pretense of obedience is known to be a lie.

54. 24:54 ▶

    قُلْ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُم مَّا حُمِّلْتُمْ ۖ وَإِن تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۚ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿٥٤﴾

    qul 'aṭīʿu llāha wa'aṭīʿu r-rasūl | fa'in tawallaw fa'innamā ʿalayhi mā ḥummila waʿalaykum mā ḥummiltum | wa'in tuṭīʿūhu tahtadū | wamā ʿala r-rasūli 'illa l-balāghu l-mubīn

    Say, "Obey Allāh and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification."

55. 24:55 ▶

    وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمَا ٱسْتَخْلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱرْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا ۚ يَعْبُدُونَنِى لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِى شَيْـًٔا ۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ ﴿٥٥﴾

    waʿada llāhu lladhīna 'āmanū minkum waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti layastakhlifannahum fi l-arḍi kama stakhlafa lladhīna min qablihim walayumakkinanna lahum dīnahumu lladhi rtaḍā lahum walayubaddilannahum mim baʿdi khawfihim 'amnā | yaʿbudūnanī lā yushrikūna bī shay'ā | waman kafara baʿda dhālika fa'ulā'ika humu l-fāsiqūn

    Allāh has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient.

    i.e., denies the favor of Allāh or does not live by His ordinance.

56. 24:56 ▶

    وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ﴿٥٦﴾

    wa'aqīmu ṣ-ṣalāta wa'ātu z-zakāta wa'aṭīʿu r-rasūla laʿallakum turḥamūn

    And establish prayer and give zakāh and obey the Messenger - that you may receive mercy.

57. 24:57 ▶

    لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿٥٧﴾

    lā taḥsabanna lladhīna kafarū muʿjizīna fi l-arḍ | wama'wāhumu n-nār | walabi'sa l-maṣīr

    Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. Their refuge will be the Fire - and how wretched the destination.

58. 24:58 ▶

    يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِيَسْتَـْٔذِنكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا۟ ٱلْحُلُمَ مِنكُمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مَرَّٰتٍ ۚ مِّن قَبْلِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلْفَجْرِ وَحِينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلْعِشَآءِ ۚ ثَلَـٰثُ عَوْرَٰتٍ لَّكُمْ ۚ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ جُنَاحٌۢ بَعْدَهُنَّ ۚ طَوَّٰفُونَ عَلَيْكُم بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٥٨﴾

    yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū liyasta'dhinkumu lladhīna malakat 'aymānukum walladhīna lam yablughu l-ḥuluma minkum thalātha marrāt | min qabli ṣalāti l-fajri waḥīna taḍaʿūna thiyābakum mina ẓ-ẓahīrati wamim baʿdi ṣalāti l-ʿishā' | thalāthu ʿawrātil lakum | laysa ʿalaykum walā ʿalayhim junāḥum baʿdahunn | ṭawwāfūna ʿalaykum baʿḍukum ʿalā baʿḍ | kadhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakumu l-āyāt | wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm

    O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess and those who have not [yet] reached puberty among you ask permission of you [before entering] at three times: before the dawn prayer and when you put aside your clothing [for rest] at noon and after the night prayer. [These are] three times of privacy for you. There is no blame upon you nor upon them beyond these [periods], for they continually circulate among you - some of you, among others. Thus does Allāh make clear to you the verses [i.e., His ordinances]; and Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

    Literally, "exposure" or "being uncovered."

59. 24:59 ▶

    وَإِذَا بَلَغَ ٱلْأَطْفَـٰلُ مِنكُمُ ٱلْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَـْٔذِنُوا۟ كَمَا ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٥٩﴾

    wa'idhā balagha l-aṭfālu minkumu l-ḥuluma falyasta'dhinū kama sta'dhana lladhīna min qablihim | kadhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakum 'āyātih | wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm

    And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission [at all times] as those before them have done. Thus does Allāh make clear to you His verses; and Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

60. 24:60 ▶

    وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّـٰتِى لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَن يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَـٰتٍۭ بِزِينَةٍ ۖ وَأَن يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٦٠﴾

    wal-qawāʿidu mina n-nisā'i llātī lā yarjūna nikāḥan falaysa ʿalayhinna junāḥun 'ay yaḍaʿna thiyābahunna ghayra mutabarrijātim bizīnah | wa'ay yastaʿfifna khayrul lahunn | wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīm

    And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage - there is no blame upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying adornment. But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

61. 24:61 ▶

    لَّيْسَ عَلَى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْمَرِيضِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَن تَأْكُلُوا۟ مِنۢ بُيُوتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ ءَابَآئِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ إِخْوَٰنِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَخَوَٰتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَعْمَـٰمِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ عَمَّـٰتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ أَخْوَٰلِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ خَـٰلَـٰتِكُمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكْتُم مَّفَاتِحَهُۥٓ أَوْ صَدِيقِكُمْ ۚ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَأْكُلُوا۟ جَمِيعًا أَوْ أَشْتَاتًا ۚ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُم بُيُوتًا فَسَلِّمُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ تَحِيَّةً مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُبَـٰرَكَةً طَيِّبَةً ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

    laysa ʿala l-aʿmā ḥarajuw walā ʿala l-aʿraji ḥarajuw walā ʿala l-marīḍi ḥarajuw walā ʿalā 'anfusikum 'an ta'kulū mim buyūtikum 'aw buyūti 'ābā'ikum 'aw buyūti 'ummahātikum 'aw buyūti 'ikhwānikum 'aw buyūti 'akhawātikum 'aw buyūti 'aʿmāmikum 'aw buyūti ʿammātikum 'aw buyūti 'akhwālikum 'aw buyūti khālātikum 'aw mā malaktum mafātiḥahū 'aw ṣadīqikum | laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun 'an ta'kulū jamīʿan 'aw 'ashtātā | fa'idhā dakhaltum buyūtan fasallimū ʿalā 'anfusikum taḥiyyatam min ʿindi llāhi mubārakatan ṭayyibah | kadhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakumu l-āyāti laʿallakum taʿqilūn

    There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint nor upon yourselves when 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 [from houses] whose keys you possess or [from the house] of your friend. There is no blame upon you whether you eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace upon each other - a greeting from Allāh, blessed and good. Thus does Allāh make clear to you the verses [of ordinance] that you may understand.

    Saying, "As-salāmu ʿalaykum" ("Peace be upon you").

62. 24:62 ▶

    إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَإِذَا كَانُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ جَامِعٍ لَّمْ يَذْهَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَسْتَـْٔذِنُوهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَـْٔذِنُونَكَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚ فَإِذَا ٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ لِبَعْضِ شَأْنِهِمْ فَأْذَن لِّمَن شِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمُ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٦٢﴾

    innama l-mu'minūna lladhīna 'āmanū billāhi warasūlihī wa'idhā kānū maʿahū ʿalā 'amrin jāmiʿil lam yadhhabū ḥattā yasta'dhinūh | inna lladhīna yasta'dhinūnaka 'ulā'ika lladhīna yu'minūna billāhi warasūlih | fa'idha sta'dhanūka libaʿḍi sha'nihim fa'dhal liman shi'ta minhum wastaghfir lahumu llāh | inna llāha ghafūrur raḥīm

    The believers are only those who believe in Allāh and His Messenger and, when they are [meeting] with him for a matter of common interest, do not depart until they have asked his permission. Indeed, those who ask your permission, [O Muḥammad] - those are the ones who believe in Allāh and His Messenger. So when they ask your permission due to something of their affairs, then give permission to whom you will among them and ask forgiveness for them of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

63. 24:63 ▶

    لَّا تَجْعَلُوا۟ دُعَآءَ ٱلرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ كَدُعَآءِ بَعْضِكُم بَعْضًا ۚ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنكُمْ لِوَاذًا ۚ فَلْيَحْذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِۦٓ أَن تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿٦٣﴾

    lā tajʿalū duʿā'a r-rasūli baynakum kaduʿā'i baʿḍikum baʿḍā | qad yaʿlamu llāhu lladhīna yatasallalūna minkum liwādhā | falyaḥdhari lladhīna yukhālifūna ʿan 'amrihī 'an tuṣībahum fitnatun 'aw yuṣībahum ʿadhābun 'alīm

    Do not make [your] calling of the Messenger among yourselves as the call of one of you to another. Already Allāh knows those of you who slip away, concealed by others. So let those beware who dissent from his [i.e., the Prophet's] order, lest fitnah strike them or a painful punishment.

    Meaning also his way or his sunnah.

    Trials, affliction, dissension, strife, etc.

64. 24:64 ▶

    أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَيَوْمَ يُرْجَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۢ ﴿٦٤﴾

    alā 'inna lillāhi mā fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | qad yaʿlamu mā 'antum ʿalayhi wayawma yurjaʿūna 'ilayhi fayunabbi'uhum bimā ʿamilū | wallāhu bikulli shay'in ʿalīm

    Unquestionably, to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth. Already He knows that upon which you [stand] and [knows] the Day when they will be returned to Him and He will inform them of what they have done. And Allāh is Knowing of all things.

    i.e., your position - the basis for your actions (whether sincere faith or hypocrisy) and the condition of your souls.

    The meaning can also be rendered "...and [let them beware of] the Day..."

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.