Sura 24: Al-Noor (The Light) النّور
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In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.
[24:1] A sura that we have sent down, and we have decreed as law. We have revealed in it clear revelations, that you may take heed.
سُورَةٌsūratunA suraأَنزَلْنَـٰهَاanzalnāhāwe sent it downوَفَرَضْنَـٰهَاwafaraḍnāhāand we obligated / decreed it (as law),وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāand we revealedفِيهَآfīhāin itءَايَـٰتٍۭāyātinrevelationsبَيِّنَـٰتٍbayyinātinclear,لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna[you all] take heed. ﴿١﴾
Adultery
[24:2] The adulteress and the adulterer you shall whip each of them a hundred lashes. Do not be swayed by pity from carrying out GOD's law, if you truly believe in GOD and the Last Day. And let a group of believers witness their penalty.*
ٱلزَّانِيَةُal-zāniyatuThe fornicatress / adulteressوَٱلزَّانِىwal-zānīand the fornicator / adulterer,فَٱجْلِدُوا۟fa-ij'lidūthen whip [you all]كُلَّkullaeachوَٰحِدٍwāḥidinoneمِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof the twoمِا۟ئَةَmi-ataa hundredجَلْدَةٍjaldatinlashesوَلَاwalāAnd (let) notتَأْخُذْكُمtakhudh'kumit take upon you [all]بِهِمَاbihimāon both of themرَأْفَةٌrafatunpityفِىfīconcerningدِينِdīni(the) religion / lawٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] [happen]تُؤْمِنُونَtu'minūna[you all] believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last.وَلْيَشْهَدْwalyashhadAnd let [him] witnessعَذَابَهُمَاʿadhābahumāboth their punishment / penaltyطَآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna groupمِّنَminaofٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers. ﴿٢﴾
*24:2 Social pressure, i.e., public witnessing of the penalty, is the basic punishment (see also 5:38). The lashes shall be symbolic, not severe.
[24:3] The adulterer will end up marrying an adulteress or an idol worshiper, and the adulteress will end up marrying an adulterer or an idol worshiper. This is prohibited for the believers.
ٱلزَّانِىal-zānīThe fornicator / adultererلَاlānotيَنكِحُyankiḥu[he] marriesإِلَّاillāexceptزَانِيَةًzāniyatana fornicatress / adulteress,أَوْaworمُشْرِكَةًmush'rikatana polytheist / idol worshiper woman,وَٱلزَّانِيَةُwal-zāniyatuand the fornicatress / adulteressلَاlānotيَنكِحُهَآyankiḥuhā[he] marries herإِلَّاillāexceptزَانٍzānina fornicator / adultererأَوْaworمُشْرِكٌmush'rikuna polytheist / idol worshiper man.وَحُرِّمَwaḥurrimaAnd it was unlawful / forbidden / prohibitedذَٰلِكَdhālikathatعَلَىʿalāforٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers. ﴿٣﴾
[24:4] Those who accuse married women of adultery, then fail to produce four witnesses, you shall whip them eighty lashes, and do not accept any testimony from them; they are wicked.
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيَرْمُونَyarmūnathey accuseٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِl-muḥ'ṣanātithe chaste / married women,ثُمَّthummathenلَمْlamnotيَأْتُوا۟yatūthey bringبِأَرْبَعَةِbi-arbaʿatiof fourشُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnesses,فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْfa-ij'lidūhumthen whip them [you all] ثَمَـٰنِينَthamānīna(with) eightyجَلْدَةًjaldatanlashesوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَقْبَلُوا۟taqbalū[you all] acceptلَهُمْlahumfrom themشَهَـٰدَةًshahādatana testimonyأَبَدًاabadanever.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those,هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūnathe defiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿٤﴾
[24:5] If they repent afterwards and reform, then GOD is Forgiver, Merciful.
إِلَّاillāExceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoتَابُوا۟tābūthey repentedمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathatوَأَصْلَحُوا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand [they] reformed.فَإِنَّfa-innaThen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٥﴾
[24:6] As for those who accuse their own spouses, without any other witnesses, then the testimony may be accepted if he swears by GOD four times that he is telling the truth.
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيَرْمُونَyarmūnathey accuseأَزْوَٰجَهُمْazwājahumtheir spousesوَلَمْwalamand notيَكُنyakunthere beلَّهُمْlahumfor themشُهَدَآءُshuhadāuwitnessesإِلَّآillāexceptأَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumthemselves,فَشَهَـٰدَةُfashahādatuthen a testimony (from)أَحَدِهِمْaḥadihimone of them (is)أَرْبَعُarbaʿufourشَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭshahādātintestimoniesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby God,إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed he (is)لَمِنَlaminasurely ofٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful [ones]. ﴿٦﴾
[24:7] The fifth oath shall be to incur GOD's condemnation upon him, if he was lying.
وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةُwal-khāmisatuAnd the fifthأَنَّannathatلَعْنَتَlaʿnata(the) curseٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْهِʿalayhi(be) upon himإِنinifكَانَkānahe wasمِنَminaofٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars. ﴿٧﴾
[24:8] She shall be considered innocent if she swears by GOD four times that he is a liar.
وَيَدْرَؤُا۟wayadra-uBut [it] will avertعَنْهَاʿanhāfrom herٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishmentأَنanthatتَشْهَدَtashhadashe bears witnessأَرْبَعَarbaʿafourشَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭshahādātintestimoniesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Godإِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed he (is)لَمِنَlaminasurely ofٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars. ﴿٨﴾
[24:9] The fifth oath shall incur GOD's wrath upon her if he was telling the truth.
وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةَwal-khāmisataAnd the fifth (testimony),أَنَّannathatغَضَبَghaḍaba(the) wrathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْهَآʿalayhā(be) upon herإِنinifكَانَkānahe wasمِنَminaofٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful [ones]. ﴿٩﴾
[24:10] This is GOD's grace and mercy towards you. GOD is Redeemer, Most Wise.
وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not (for)فَضْلُfaḍlu(the) graceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His mercyوَأَنَّwa-annaand that,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)تَوَّابٌtawwābunRedeemer,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿١٠﴾
How to Deal With Rumors and Unproven Accusations
[24:11] A gang among you produced a big lie.* Do not think that it was bad for you; instead, it was good for you. Meanwhile, each one of them has earned his share of the guilt. As for the one who initiated the whole incident, he has incurred a terrible retribution.
إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoجَآءُوjāūthey broughtبِٱلْإِفْكِbil-if'kiwith the lie (are)عُصْبَةٌʿuṣ'batuna group / gangمِّنكُمْminkumamong you [all].لَاlā(Do) notتَحْسَبُوهُtaḥsabūhuyou [all] think it (was)شَرًّاsharranbadلَّكُمlakumfor you [all];بَلْbalnay,هُوَhuwait (was)خَيْرٌkhayrungoodلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].لِكُلِّlikulliFor everyٱمْرِئٍim'ri-inpersonمِّنْهُمmin'humamong them (is)مَّاmāwhatٱكْتَسَبَik'tasabahe earnedمِنَminaofٱلْإِثْمِl-ith'mithe sin,وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīand the one whoتَوَلَّىٰtawallāhe undertookكِبْرَهُۥkib'rahuits greater share / main partمِنْهُمْmin'humamong themلَهُۥlahufor him (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١١﴾
*24:11 This refers to a historical incident where the Prophet's wife Aysha was left in the desert by mistake, and later found by a young man who helped her catch up with the Prophet's caravan. This triggered the famous 'Big Lie' against Aysha.
[24:12] When you heard it, the believing men and the believing women should have had better thoughts about themselves, and should have said, "This is obviously a big lie."
لَّوْلَآlawlāWhy not,إِذْidhwhen [in the past]سَمِعْتُمُوهُsamiʿ'tumūhuyou [all] heard it,ظَنَّẓanna[he] thoughtٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believing menوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُwal-mu'minātuand the believing womenبِأَنفُسِهِمْbi-anfusihimin themselvesخَيْرًاkhayrangood / betterوَقَالُوا۟waqālūand [they] said,هَـٰذَآhādhā"This (is)إِفْكٌif'kuna lieمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / profound."? ﴿١٢﴾
[24:13] Only if they produced four witnesses (you may believe them). If they fail to produce the witnesses, then they are, according to GOD, liars.
لَّوْلَاlawlāWhy (have) notجَآءُوjāūthey cameعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon itبِأَرْبَعَةِbi-arbaʿatiwith fourشُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnesses?فَإِذْfa-idhThen when [in the past]لَمْlamnotيَأْتُوا۟yatūthey bringبِٱلشُّهَدَآءِbil-shuhadāiin the witnesses,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseعِندَʿindain the sight ofٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْكَـٰذِبُونَl-kādhibūnathe liars. ﴿١٣﴾
[24:14] If it were not for GOD's grace towards you, and His mercy in this world and in the Hereafter, you would have suffered a great retribution because of this incident.
وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not (for)فَضْلُfaḍlu(the) graceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His mercyفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter,لَمَسَّكُمْlamassakumsurely it would have touched you [all]فِىfīinمَآmāwhatأَفَضْتُمْafaḍtumyou [all] indulged in / spreadفِيهِfīhiconcerning itعَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١٤﴾
[24:15] You fabricated it with your own tongues, and the rest of you repeated it with your mouths without proof. You thought it was simple, when it was, according to GOD, gross.
إِذْidhwhen [in the past]تَلَقَّوْنَهُۥtalaqqawnahuyou [all] receive / accept / cast itبِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْbi-alsinatikumwith your tongues,وَتَقُولُونَwataqūlūnaand you [all] sayبِأَفْوَاهِكُمbi-afwāhikumwith your mouthsمَّاmāwhatلَيْسَlaysanotلَكُمlakumfor you [all]بِهِۦbihiof itعِلْمٌʿil'mun(any) knowledge,وَتَحْسَبُونَهُۥwataḥsabūnahuand you [all] think it (was)هَيِّنًاhayyinaninsignificant,وَهُوَwahuwawhile it (was)عِندَʿindain the sight ofٱللَّهِl-lahiGodعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١٥﴾
What to Do
[24:16] When you heard it, you should have said, "We will not repeat this. Glory be to You. This is a gross falsehood."
وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd why not,إِذْidhwhen [in the past]سَمِعْتُمُوهُsamiʿ'tumūhuyou [all] heard it,قُلْتُمqul'tumyou [all] said,مَّاmā"Notيَكُونُyakūnuit isلَنَآlanāfor usأَنanthatنَّتَكَلَّمَnatakallamawe to speakبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāof this.سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You!هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)بُهْتَـٰنٌbuh'tānuna false accusation / slanderعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat." ﴿١٦﴾
[24:17] GOD admonishes you that you shall never do it again, if you are believers.
يَعِظُكُمُyaʿiẓukumu[He] enlightens / admonishes you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنanlestتَعُودُوا۟taʿūdūyou [all] returnلِمِثْلِهِۦٓlimith'lihito the likeness of itأَبَدًاabadanever,إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿١٧﴾
[24:18] GOD thus explains the revelations for you. GOD is Omniscient, Wise.
وَيُبَيِّنُwayubayyinuAnd [He] makes clearٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمُlakumuto you [all]ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelations.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿١٨﴾
[24:19] Those who love to see immorality spread among the believers have incurred a painful retribution in this life and in the Hereafter. GOD knows, while you do not know.
إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُحِبُّونَyuḥibbūnathey loveأَنanthatتَشِيعَtashīʿa[it] spreadsٱلْفَـٰحِشَةُl-fāḥishatuthe immoralityفِىfīamongٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed,لَهُمْlahumfor them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainfulفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows,وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]لَاlā(do) notتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿١٩﴾
[24:20] GOD showers you with His grace and mercy. GOD is Most Kind towards the believers, Most Merciful.
وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not (for)فَضْلُfaḍlu(the) graceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His mercy.وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)رَءُوفٌraūfunCompassionate / Kind,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٢٠﴾
The Devil Encourages Baseless Accusations
[24:21] O you who believe, do not follow the steps of Satan. Anyone who follows the steps of Satan, should know that he advocates evil and vice. If it were not for GOD's grace towards you, and His mercy, none of you would have been purified. But GOD purifies whomever He wills. GOD is Hearer, Knower.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūyou [all] followخُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps (of)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni[the] Satan,وَمَنwamanand whoeverيَتَّبِعْyattabiʿhe followsخُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps (of)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni[the] Satan,فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, heيَأْمُرُyamuru[he] commands / advocatesبِٱلْفَحْشَآءِbil-faḥshāi[in] the vice / immoralitiesوَٱلْمُنكَرِwal-munkariand the wrong / immorality / disapproved / vice.وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not (for)فَضْلُfaḍlu(the) grace ofٱللَّهِl-lahiGodعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His mercyمَاmānotزَكَىٰzakā[he] became pureمِنكُمminkumamong you [all]مِّنْminfromأَحَدٍaḥadinanyoneأَبَدًاabadanever,وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُزَكِّىyuzakkīHe purifiesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunKnower. ﴿٢١﴾
[24:22] Those among you who are blessed with resources and wealth shall be charitable towards their relatives, the poor, and those who have immigrated for the sake of GOD. They shall treat them with kindness and tolerance; do you not love to attain GOD's forgiveness? GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
وَلَاwalāAnd (let) notيَأْتَلِyatali[he] swear / remiss / spare / abstain,أُو۟لُوا۟ulū those who possessٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli[the] bounty (resources)مِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]وَٱلسَّعَةِwal-saʿatiand the amplitude of means / wealth,أَنanthatيُؤْتُوٓا۟yu'tūthey giveأُو۟لِىulī those possessingٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe near of kin / relativesوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَwal-masākīnaand those who are poorوَٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَwal-muhājirīnaand the emigrantsفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَلْيَعْفُوا۟walyaʿfūAnd let them pardon (treat them with kindness)وَلْيَصْفَحُوٓا۟walyaṣfaḥūand let them forbear (show tolerance).أَلَاalāDo notتُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūnayou [all] like / loveأَنanthatيَغْفِرَyaghfira[He] will forgiveٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمْlakum[for] you [all]?وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٢٢﴾
Gross Sin
[24:23] Surely, those who falsely accuse married women who are pious believers have incurred condemnation in this life and in the Hereafter; they have incurred a horrendous retribution.
إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَرْمُونَyarmūnathey accuseٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِl-muḥ'ṣanātithe chaste / married women,ٱلْغَـٰفِلَـٰتِl-ghāfilātithe oblivious / naive / innocent women,ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِl-mu'minātithe believing women,لُعِنُوا۟luʿinūthey were cursed / condemnedفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter.وَلَهُمْwalahumAnd for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿٢٣﴾
[24:24] The day will come when their own tongues, hands, and feet will bear witness to everything they had done.
يَوْمَyawma(On a) Day,تَشْهَدُtashhadu[it] bears witnessعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst themأَلْسِنَتُهُمْalsinatuhumtheir tongues,وَأَيْدِيهِمْwa-aydīhimand their handsوَأَرْجُلُهُمwa-arjuluhumand their feetبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿٢٤﴾
[24:25] On that day, GOD will requite them fully for their works, and they will find out that GOD is the Truth.
يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinThat Day,يُوَفِّيهِمُyuwaffīhimu[He] will pay them in fullٱللَّهُl-lahuGodدِينَهُمُdīnahumutheir debt / requital,ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe due share,وَيَعْلَمُونَwayaʿlamūnaand they will knowأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe Truthٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuthe Manifest. ﴿٢٥﴾
[24:26] The bad women for the bad men, and the bad men for the bad women, and the good women for the good men, and the good men for the good women. The latter are innocent of such accusations. They have attained forgiveness and a generous reward.
ٱلْخَبِيثَـٰتُal-khabīthātuThe bad womenلِلْخَبِيثِينَlil'khabīthīnafor the bad men,وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَwal-khabīthūnaand the bad menلِلْخَبِيثَـٰتِlil'khabīthātifor the bad women.وَٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُwal-ṭayibātuAnd the good womenلِلطَّيِّبِينَlilṭṭayyibīnafor the good men,وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَwal-ṭayibūnaand the good menلِلطَّيِّبَـٰتِlilṭṭayyibātifor the good women.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)مُبَرَّءُونَmubarraūnaones who are innocentمِمَّاmimmāof whatيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say.لَهُمlahumFor them (is)مَّغْفِرَةٌmaghfiratunforgivenessوَرِزْقٌwariz'qunand a provisionكَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble / generous. ﴿٢٦﴾
Divine Etiquette
[24:27] O you who believe, do not enter homes other than yours without permission from their inhabitants, and without greeting them. This is better for you, that you may take heed.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūyou [all] enterبُيُوتًاbuyūtanhousesغَيْرَghayraother thanبُيُوتِكُمْbuyūtikumyour housesحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilتَسْتَأْنِسُوا۟tastanisūyou [all] ask permissionوَتُسَلِّمُوا۟watusallimūand you [all] greetعَلَىٰٓʿalā[upon]أَهْلِهَاahlihāits inhabitants.ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbest / betterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna[you all] take heed. ﴿٢٧﴾
[24:28] If you find no one in them, do not enter them until you obtain permission. If you are told, "Go back," you must go back. This is purer for you. GOD is fully aware of everything you do.
فَإِنfa-inBut ifلَّمْlamnotتَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou [all] findفِيهَآfīhāin itأَحَدًاaḥadananyone,فَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَدْخُلُوهَاtadkhulūhāyou [all] enter itحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيُؤْذَنَyu'dhanait is given permissionلَكُمْlakumto you [all].وَإِنwa-inAnd ifقِيلَqīlait was saidلَكُمُlakumuto you [all]ٱرْجِعُوا۟ir'jiʿū"Go back, [you all]"فَٱرْجِعُوا۟fa-ir'jiʿūthen go back [you all];هُوَhuwait (is)أَزْكَىٰazkāpurerلَكُمْlakumfor you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doعَلِيمٌʿalīmunKnower / Omniscient. ﴿٢٨﴾
[24:29] You commit no error by entering uninhabited homes wherein there is something that belongs to you. GOD knows everything you reveal, and everything you conceal.
لَّيْسَlaysaNotعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]جُنَاحٌjunāḥunany blameأَنanthatتَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūyou [all] enterبُيُوتًاbuyūtanhousesغَيْرَghayranotمَسْكُونَةٍmaskūnatininhabited,فِيهَاfīhāin it (is)مَتَـٰعٌmatāʿuna provisionلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatتُبْدُونَtub'dūnayou [all] disclose / revealوَمَاwamāand whatتَكْتُمُونَtaktumūnayou [all] conceal. ﴿٢٩﴾
Dress Code for Believers*
[24:30] Tell the believing men that they shall subdue their eyes (and not stare at the women), and to maintain their chastity. This is purer for them. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything they do.
قُلqulSayلِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnato the believing menيَغُضُّوا۟yaghuḍḍūthey to subdue / lowerمِنْmin[of]أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْabṣārihimtheir eyesوَيَحْفَظُوا۟wayaḥfaẓūand to guard / maintainفُرُوجَهُمْfurūjahumtheir chastity.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)أَزْكَىٰazkāpurerلَهُمْlahumfor them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrunCognizantبِمَاbimāof whatيَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnathey do. ﴿٣٠﴾
*24:30-31 Dressing modestly, therefore, is a trait of the believing men and women. The minimum requirements for a woman's dress is to lengthen her garment (33:59) and to cover her chest. Tyrannical Arab traditions have given a false impression that a woman must be covered from head to toe; such is not a Quranic or Islamic dress.
[24:31] And tell the believing women to subdue their eyes, and maintain their chastity. They shall not reveal any parts of their bodies, except that which is necessary. They shall cover their chests, and shall not relax this code in the presence of other than their husbands, their fathers, the fathers of their husbands, their sons, the sons of their husbands, their brothers, the sons of their brothers, the sons of their sisters, other women, the male servants or employees whose sexual drive has been nullified, or the children who have not reached puberty. They shall not strike their feet when they walk in order to shake and reveal certain details of their bodies. All of you shall repent to GOD, O you believers, that you may succeed.*
وَقُلwaqulAnd sayلِّلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِlil'mu'minātito the believing womenيَغْضُضْنَyaghḍuḍ'nathey to subdue / lowerمِنْmin[of]أَبْصَـٰرِهِنَّabṣārihinnatheir eyesوَيَحْفَظْنَwayaḥfaẓnaand they (shall) guard / maintainفُرُوجَهُنَّfurūjahunnatheir chastity,وَلَاwalāand notيُبْدِينَyub'dīnathey to flaunt / disclose / revealزِينَتَهُنَّzīnatahunnatheir beauty / adornmentsإِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatظَهَرَẓaharait was apparent / obvious / necessaryمِنْهَاmin'hāof it.وَلْيَضْرِبْنَwalyaḍrib'naAnd let them set forth / putبِخُمُرِهِنَّbikhumurihinnawith their coverعَلَىٰʿalāoverجُيُوبِهِنَّjuyūbihinnatheir breasts / cleavage,وَلَاwalāand notيُبْدِينَyub'dīnathey (shall) flaunt / disclose / revealزِينَتَهُنَّzīnatahunnatheir beauty / adornmentsإِلَّاillāexceptلِبُعُولَتِهِنَّlibuʿūlatihinnato their husbands,أَوْaworءَابَآئِهِنَّābāihinnatheir fathersأَوْaworءَابَآءِābāifathers (of)بُعُولَتِهِنَّbuʿūlatihinnatheir husbandsأَوْaworأَبْنَآئِهِنَّabnāihinnatheir sonsأَوْaworأَبْنَآءِabnāisons (of)بُعُولَتِهِنَّbuʿūlatihinnatheir husbandsأَوْaworإِخْوَٰنِهِنَّikh'wānihinnatheir brothersأَوْaworبَنِىٓbanīsons (of)إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّikh'wānihinnatheir brothersأَوْaworبَنِىٓbanīsons (of)أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّakhawātihinnatheir sisters,أَوْaworنِسَآئِهِنَّnisāihinnatheir womenأَوْaworمَاmāwhatمَلَكَتْmalakat[it] possessed / owned / controlled*أَيْمَـٰنُهُنَّaymānuhunnatheir right hands / oaths (*their servants)أَوِawiorٱلتَّـٰبِعِينَl-tābiʿīnathe attendants / servants / employeesغَيْرِghayriwithoutأُو۟لِىulīpossessors ofٱلْإِرْبَةِl-ir'batithe sexual desire مِنَminaamongٱلرِّجَالِl-rijāli[the] menأَوِawiorٱلطِّفْلِl-ṭif'li[the] childrenٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who*لَمْlam(are) not*يَظْهَرُوا۟yaẓharū[they] aware*عَلَىٰʿalāof*عَوْرَٰتِʿawrātiprivate aspects (of)*ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women (*children who have not reached puberty).وَلَاwalāAnd notيَضْرِبْنَyaḍrib'nathey to strikeبِأَرْجُلِهِنَّbi-arjulihinnawith their feetلِيُعْلَمَliyuʿ'lamathat it may draw attention / make known مَاmāwhatيُخْفِينَyukh'fīnathey concealمِنminofزِينَتِهِنَّzīnatihinnatheir beauty / adornments.وَتُوبُوٓا۟watūbūAnd repent [you all]إِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGodجَمِيعًاjamīʿanaltogetherأَيُّهَayyuhaO ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūna[the] believers!لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna[you all] succeed. ﴿٣١﴾
Encourage Marriage to Discourage Immorality
[24:32] You shall encourage those of you who are single to get married. They may marry the righteous among your male and female servants, if they are poor. GOD will enrich them from His grace. GOD is Bounteous, Knower.
وَأَنكِحُوا۟wa-ankiḥūAnd marry [you all]ٱلْأَيَـٰمَىٰl-ayāmāthe single / unmarriedمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]وَٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَwal-ṣāliḥīnaand the righteous [ones]مِنْminamongعِبَادِكُمْʿibādikumyour male servants,وَإِمَآئِكُمْwa-imāikumand your female servants.إِنinIfيَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey areفُقَرَآءَfuqarāapoor,يُغْنِهِمُyugh'nihimu[He] will enrich themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminfromفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bounty / grace.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿunAll-Encompassing / Bounteous,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunKnower. ﴿٣٢﴾
[24:33] Those who cannot afford to get married shall maintain morality until GOD provides for them from His grace. Those among your servants who wish to be freed in order to marry, you shall grant them their wish, once you realize that they are honest. And give them from GOD's money that He has bestowed upon you. You shall not force your girls to commit prostitution, seeking the materials of this world, if they wish to be chaste. If anyone forces them, then GOD, seeing that they are forced, is Forgiver, Merciful.
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِwalyastaʿfifiAnd let him seek to abstain / maintain chastityٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlā(do) notيَجِدُونَyajidūna[they] findنِكَاحًاnikāḥan(means) to marryحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيُغْنِيَهُمُyugh'niyahumu[He] enriches themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminfromفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bounty / grace.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūnathey seekingٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe writing (*permission to obtain their freedom)مِمَّاmimmāfrom (those) whomمَلَكَتْmalakat[it] possessed / owned / controlled*أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands / oaths (*servants),فَكَاتِبُوهُمْfakātibūhumthen give them writing (*permission to obtain their freedom) [you all]إِنْinifعَلِمْتُمْʿalim'tumyou [all] knowفِيهِمْfīhimin themخَيْرًاkhayranany goodوَءَاتُوهُمwaātūhumand give them [you all]مِّنminfromمَّالِmāli(the) wealth ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) GodٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhichءَاتَىٰكُمْātākumHe gave you [all].وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُكْرِهُوا۟tuk'rihū[you all] compel / forceفَتَيَـٰتِكُمْfatayātikumyour full grown young women عَلَىʿalātoٱلْبِغَآءِl-bighāi[the] oppression / forced marriage / prostitution,إِنْinifأَرَدْنَaradnathey intend / desireتَحَصُّنًاtaḥaṣṣunanto be inaccessible / chasteلِّتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you [all] may seekعَرَضَʿaraḍatemporary goods (of)ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُكْرِههُّنَّyuk'rihhunnahe compels / forces them,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterإِكْرَٰهِهِنَّik'rāhihinnatheir compulsionغَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٣٣﴾
[24:34] We have revealed to you clarifying revelations, and examples from the past generations, and an enlightenment for the righteous.
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily,أَنزَلْنَآanzalnāwe sent downإِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you [all]ءَايَـٰتٍāyātinverses / revelationsمُّبَيِّنَـٰتٍmubayyinātinclarifying,وَمَثَلًاwamathalanand an exampleمِّنَminaofٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoخَلَوْا۟khalawthey passed awayمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all],وَمَوْعِظَةًwamawʿiẓatanand an admonition / enlightenmentلِّلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous [ones]. ﴿٣٤﴾
God
[24:35] GOD is the light of the heavens and the earth. The allegory of His light is that of a concave mirror behind a lamp that is placed inside a glass container. The glass container is like a bright, pearl-like star. The fuel thereof is supplied from a blessed oil-producing tree, that is neither eastern, nor western. Its oil is almost self-radiating; needs no fire to ignite it. Light upon light. GOD guides to His light whomever He wills. GOD thus cites the parables for the people. GOD is fully aware of all things.
ٱللَّهُal-lahuGod (is)نُورُnūru(the) light (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.مَثَلُmathalu(The) example / allegory ofنُورِهِۦnūrihiHis light (is)كَمِشْكَوٰةٍkamish'katinlike a niche where a lamp is placed that reflects light / concave mirrorفِيهَاfīhāin it (is)مِصْبَاحٌmiṣ'bāḥuna lamp;ٱلْمِصْبَاحُl-miṣ'bāḥuthe lampفِىfī(is) inزُجَاجَةٍzujājatina glass,ٱلزُّجَاجَةُl-zujājatuthe glassكَأَنَّهَاka-annahāas if it (were)كَوْكَبٌkawkabuna starدُرِّىٌّdurriyyunshining / brilliant / bright.يُوقَدُyūqaduIt is lit / its fuelمِنminfromشَجَرَةٍshajaratina treeمُّبَـٰرَكَةٍmubārakatina blessed oneزَيْتُونَةٍzaytūnatin(its) oilلَّاlā(is) notشَرْقِيَّةٍsharqiyyatin(of the) eastوَلَاwalāand notغَرْبِيَّةٍgharbiyyatin(of the) west,يَكَادُyakādu[it] almostزَيْتُهَاzaytuhāits oilيُضِىٓءُyuḍīuit glows,وَلَوْwalaweven ifلَمْlamnotتَمْسَسْهُtamsashu[it] touched itنَارٌnārunfire.نُّورٌnūrunLightعَلَىٰʿalāuponنُورٍnūrinlight.يَهْدِىyahdī[He] guidesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِنُورِهِۦlinūrihito His lightمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَيَضْرِبُwayaḍribuAnd [He] sets forthٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَl-amthālathe examplesلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بِكُلِّbikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthingعَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knower. ﴿٣٥﴾
[24:36] (GOD's guidance is found) in houses exalted by GOD, for His name is commemorated therein. Glorifying Him therein, day and night -
فِىfīInبُيُوتٍbuyūtinhousesأَذِنَadhina[He] allowed / permittedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنanthatتُرْفَعَtur'faʿait exaltedوَيُذْكَرَwayudh'karaand He is remembered / mentioned / commemoratedفِيهَاfīhāin themٱسْمُهُۥus'muhuHis name.يُسَبِّحُyusabbiḥuHe glorifiesلَهُۥlahu[to] Himفِيهَاfīhāin themبِٱلْغُدُوِّbil-ghuduwiin the mornings (day)وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِwal-āṣāliand (in) the evenings / nights. ﴿٣٦﴾
Those Who Frequent the Masjid
[24:37] People who are not distracted by business or trade from commemorating GOD; they observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and they are conscious of the day when the minds and the eyes will be horrified.
رِجَالٌrijālunMen (People)لَّاlānotتُلْهِيهِمْtul'hīhim[it] distracts themتِجَـٰرَةٌtijāratunbusinessوَلَاwalāand notبَيْعٌbayʿuntradeعَنʿanfromذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) commemorationٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَإِقَامِwa-iqāmiand (from) establishing / observingٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَإِيتَآءِwaītāiand givingٱلزَّكَوٰةِl-zakatithe obligatory charity (Zakat)يَخَافُونَyakhāfūnaThey fearيَوْمًاyawmana Dayتَتَقَلَّبُtataqallabu[it] will turn aboutفِيهِfīhithereinٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe heartsوَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُwal-abṣāruand the eyes. ﴿٣٧﴾
[24:38] GOD will certainly reward them for their good works, and will shower them with His grace. GOD provides for whomever He wills without limits.
لِيَجْزِيَهُمُliyajziyahumuThat [He] may reward themٱللَّهُl-lahuGod (with)أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) goodمَاmā(of) whatعَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did,وَيَزِيدَهُمwayazīdahumand He increase themمِّنminfromفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis grace.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيَرْزُقُyarzuqu[He] providesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutحِسَابٍḥisābinan account / a tab / a limit. ﴿٣٨﴾
Chasing A Mirage
[24:39] As for those who disbelieve, their works are like a mirage in the desert. A thirsty person thinks that it is water. But when he reaches it, he finds that it is nothing, and he finds GOD there instead, to requite him fully for his works. GOD is the most efficient reckoner.
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir deeds (are)كَسَرَابٍۭkasarābinlike a mirageبِقِيعَةٍbiqīʿatinin a desert,يَحْسَبُهُyaḥsabuhu[he] thinks itٱلظَّمْـَٔانُl-ẓamānuthe thirsty oneمَآءًmāan(to be) water,حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَاidhāwhenجَآءَهُۥjāahuhe came / arrived to it,لَمْlamnotيَجِدْهُyajid'huhe finds itشَيْـًٔاshayan(to be) anything,وَوَجَدَwawajadabut he findsٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعِندَهُۥʿindahubefore him.فَوَفَّىٰهُfawaffāhuThen He will pay him in fullحِسَابَهُۥḥisābahuhis due / account.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)سَرِيعُsarīʿuswift / efficient (in)ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābithe reckoning. ﴿٣٩﴾
Exile From God: Total Darkness
[24:40] Another allegory is that of being in total darkness in the midst of a violent ocean, with waves upon waves, in addition to thick fog. Darkness upon darkness - if he looked at his own hand, he could barely see it. Whomever GOD deprives of light, will have no light.
أَوْawOr (it is) كَظُلُمَـٰتٍkaẓulumātinlike (the) darknessفِىfīinبَحْرٍbaḥrinan ocean (of)لُّجِّىٍّlujjiyyintremendous depth,يَغْشَىٰهُyaghshāhu[it] covers itمَوْجٌmawjuna wave,مِّنminfromفَوْقِهِۦfawqihiover / above / upon itمَوْجٌmawjuna wave,مِّنminfromفَوْقِهِۦfawqihiover / above / upon itسَحَابٌsaḥābuna cloud / fog,ظُلُمَـٰتٌۢẓulumātundarknessبَعْضُهَاbaʿḍuhāsome of itفَوْقَfawqaover / above / upon بَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others.إِذَآidhāWhenأَخْرَجَakhrajahe stretched forthيَدَهُۥyadahuhis handلَمْlamnotيَكَدْyakadhe almost / nearlyيَرَىٰهَاyarāhāhe (can) see it.وَمَنwamanAnd (for) whomلَّمْlamnotيَجْعَلِyajʿali[He] makesٱللَّهُl-lahuGod لَهُۥlahufor himنُورًاnūrana light,فَمَاfamāthen notلَهُۥlahufor him (is)مِنminanyنُّورٍnūrinlight. ﴿٤٠﴾
[24:41] Do you not realize that everyone in the heavens and the earth glorifies GOD, even the birds as they fly in a column? Each knows its prayer and its glorification. GOD is fully aware of everything they do.
أَلَمْalamDo notتَرَtarayou seeأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُسَبِّحُyusabbiḥu[it] glorifiesلَهُۥlahu[to] Himمَنmanwhoeverفِىfī(is) inٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthوَٱلطَّيْرُwal-ṭayruand the birdsصَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍṣāffātinwings spread / arranged in rows or linesكُلٌّkullunEach (one)قَدْqadverilyعَلِمَʿalimait knewصَلَاتَهُۥṣalātahuits prayerوَتَسْبِيحَهُۥwatasbīḥahuand its glorification.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunAll-Knowerبِمَاbimāof whatيَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnathey do. ﴿٤١﴾
[24:42] To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and to GOD is the final destiny.
وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd to God (is)مُلْكُmul'kudominion / sovereignty (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd toٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / destiny. ﴿٤٢﴾
[24:43] Do you not realize that GOD drives the clouds, then gathers them together, then piles them on each other, then you see the rain coming out of them? He sends down from the sky loads of snow to cover whomever He wills, while diverting it from whomever He wills. The brightness of the snow almost blinds the eyes.
أَلَمْalamDo notتَرَtarayou seeأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُزْجِىyuz'jī[He] drivesسَحَابًاsaḥābancloudsثُمَّthummathenيُؤَلِّفُyu-allifuHe joinsبَيْنَهُۥbaynahubetween themثُمَّthummathenيَجْعَلُهُۥyajʿaluhuHe makes themرُكَامًاrukāmanpiled up,فَتَرَىfatarāthen you seeٱلْوَدْقَl-wadqathe rainيَخْرُجُyakhrujuit comes outمِنْminfromخِلَـٰلِهِۦkhilālihitheir inside / midst?وَيُنَزِّلُwayunazziluAnd He sends downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky,مِنmin[from]جِبَالٍjibālinmountains / loadsفِيهَاfīhāwithin it (is)مِنۢmin[of]بَرَدٍbaradinsnowفَيُصِيبُfayuṣībuthen it will befallبِهِۦbihiwith itمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsوَيَصْرِفُهُۥwayaṣrifuhuand He diverts itعَنʿanfromمَّنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.يَكَادُyakādu[It] nearly / almostسَنَاsanā(the) flash / brightness (of)بَرْقِهِۦbarqihiits glistening / light / shineيَذْهَبُyadhhabuit takes awayبِٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِbil-abṣāriin the sight / eyes. ﴿٤٣﴾
[24:44] GOD controls the night and day. This should be a lesson for those who possess eyes.
يُقَلِّبُyuqallibu[He] alternates / sets the cycle ofٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightوَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَعِبْرَةًlaʿib'ratansurely a lessonلِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīfor possessors ofٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِl-abṣārithe eyes. ﴿٤٤﴾
[24:45] And GOD created every living creature from water. Some of them walk on their bellies, some walk on two legs, and some walk on four. GOD creates whatever He wills. GOD is Omnipotent.
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdكُلَّkullaeveryدَآبَّةٍdābbatinmoving creatureمِّنminfromمَّآءٍmāinwater.فَمِنْهُمfamin'humAnd some of themمَّنmanwhoيَمْشِىyamshīit walksعَلَىٰʿalāonبَطْنِهِۦbaṭnihiits belly,وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand some of themمَّنmanwhoيَمْشِىyamshīit walksعَلَىٰʿalāonرِجْلَيْنِrij'laynitwo feet (legs),وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand some of themمَّنmanwhoيَمْشِىyamshīit walksعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأَرْبَعٍarbaʿinfour.يَخْلُقُyakhluqu[He] createsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَاmāwhatيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٤٥﴾
[24:46] We have sent down to you clarifying revelations, then GOD guides whoever wills in a straight path.
لَّقَدْlaqadVerily,أَنزَلْنَآanzalnāwe sent down / revealedءَايَـٰتٍāyātinverses / revelationsمُّبَيِّنَـٰتٍmubayyinātinclarifying.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsإِلَىٰilātoصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭina pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight. ﴿٤٦﴾
God Sends Instructions Through His Messenger
[24:47] They say, "We believe in GOD and in the messenger, and we obey," but then some of them slide back afterwards. These are not believers.
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَبِٱلرَّسُولِwabil-rasūliand in the messengerوَأَطَعْنَاwa-aṭaʿnāand we obeyed."ثُمَّthummaThenيَتَوَلَّىٰyatawallā[it] turns awayفَرِيقٌfarīquna group / someمِّنْهُمmin'humof themمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathat.وَمَآwamāAnd notأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose (are)بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَbil-mu'minīnaof the believers. ﴿٤٧﴾
[24:48] When they are invited to GOD and His messenger to judge among them, some of them get upset.
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenدُعُوٓا۟duʿūthey were invitedإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messenger,لِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkumathat he may judgeبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them,إِذَاidhābehold,فَرِيقٌfarīquna group / someمِّنْهُمmin'humof themمُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna[those who] are turning away / averse / upset. ﴿٤٨﴾
[24:49] However, if the judgment is in their favor, they readily accept it!
وَإِنwa-inBut ifيَكُنyakun[it] isلَّهُمُlahumuwith themٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth,يَأْتُوٓا۟yatūthey comeإِلَيْهِilayhito himمُذْعِنِينَmudh'ʿinīna[ones] readily obedient. ﴿٤٩﴾
[24:50] Is there a disease in their hearts? Are they doubtful? Are they afraid that GOD and His messenger may treat them unfairly? In fact, it is they who are unjust.
أَفِىafīIs there inقُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir heartsمَّرَضٌmaraḍuna diseaseأَمِamior haveٱرْتَابُوٓا۟ir'tābūthey doubtedأَمْamor doيَخَافُونَyakhāfūnathey fearأَنanthatيَحِيفَyaḥīfa[He] will deal unjustlyٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto themوَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His messenger?بَلْbalNay,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathoseهُمُhumu[they] (are)ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers / unjust [ones]. ﴿٥٠﴾
Believers Unhesitatingly Obey God and His Messenger
[24:51] The only utterance of the believers, whenever invited to GOD and His messenger to judge in their affairs, is to say, "We hear and we obey." These are the winners.
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyكَانَkāna[it] wasقَوْلَqawla(the) statement / utterance (of)ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersإِذَاidhāwhenدُعُوٓا۟duʿūthey were invitedإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messengerلِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkumathat He may judgeبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them (is)أَنanthatيَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say,سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā"We heardوَأَطَعْنَاwa-aṭaʿnāand we obeyed."وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd thoseهُمُhumu[they] (are)ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūnathe successful ones / winners. ﴿٥١﴾
[24:52] Those who obey GOD and His messenger, and reverence GOD and observe Him, these are the triumphant ones.
وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُطِعِyuṭiʿi[he] obeysٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His messengerوَيَخْشَwayakhshaand he fearsٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَيَتَّقْهِwayattaqhiand he reverences Him,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumu[they] (are)ٱلْفَآئِزُونَl-fāizūnathe successful / triumphant ones. ﴿٥٢﴾
[24:53] They swear by GOD, solemnly, that if you commanded them to mobilize, they would mobilize. Say, "Do not swear. Obedience is an obligation. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do."
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟wa-aqsamūAnd they swearبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Godجَهْدَjahdasolemnlyأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْaymānihimtheir oathsلَئِنْla-in(that) surely ifأَمَرْتَهُمْamartahumyou ordered them,لَيَخْرُجُنَّlayakhrujunnasurely they will mobilize.قُلqulSay,لَّاlā"(Do) notتُقْسِمُوا۟tuq'simū[you all] swear.طَاعَةٌṭāʿatunObedience (is)مَّعْرُوفَةٌmaʿrūfatuna designation / expected / obligation.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrunCognizantبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do." ﴿٥٣﴾
[24:54] Say, "Obey GOD, and obey the messenger." If they refuse, then he is responsible for his obligations, and you are responsible for your obligations. If you obey him, you will be guided. The sole duty of the messenger is to deliver (the message).
قُلْqulSay,أَطِيعُوا۟aṭīʿū"Obey [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey [you all]ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messenger,فَإِنfa-inbut ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned awayفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon himمَاmā(is) whatحُمِّلَḥummilahe was responsible for upholding,وَعَلَيْكُمwaʿalaykumand upon you [all]مَّاmā(is) whatحُمِّلْتُمْḥummil'tumyou [all] were responsible for upholding.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُطِيعُوهُtuṭīʿūhuyou [all] obey him,تَهْتَدُوا۟tahtadūyou [all] will be guided.وَمَاwamāAnd notعَلَىʿalā(is) uponٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe messengerإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuthe deliveryٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnu[the] clear." ﴿٥٤﴾
God's Promise Kings and Queens on Earth
[24:55] GOD promises those among you who believe and lead a righteous life, that He will make them sovereigns on earth, as He did for those before them, and will establish for them the religion He has chosen for them, and will substitute peace and security for them in place of fear. All this because they worship Me alone; they never set up any idols beside Me. Those who disbelieve after this are the truly wicked.
وَعَدَwaʿada[He] promisedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds,لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْlayastakhlifannahumsurely He will grant them succession / sovereigntyفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,كَمَاkamāasٱسْتَخْلَفَis'takhlafaHe granted succession / sovereignty (of)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them,وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّwalayumakkinannaand surely He will establishلَهُمْlahumfor themدِينَهُمُdīnahumutheir religionٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichٱرْتَضَىٰir'taḍāHe approvedلَهُمْlahumfor them,وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمwalayubaddilannahumand surely He will substitute for themمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterخَوْفِهِمْkhawfihimtheir fear,أَمْنًاamnansecurity.يَعْبُدُونَنِىyaʿbudūnanīThey worship Me,لَاlānotيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associateبِىbīwith Meشَيْـًٔاshayananything.وَمَنwamanBut whoeverكَفَرَkafara[he] disbelievedبَعْدَbaʿdaafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumu[they] (are)ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūnathe defiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿٥٥﴾
Formula for Success
[24:56] You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and obey the messenger, that you may attain mercy.
وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūAnd establish / observe [you all]ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give [you all]ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey [you all]ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messenger,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūna[you all] receive mercy. ﴿٥٦﴾
[24:57] Do not think that those who disbelieve will ever get away with it. Their final abode is Hell; what a miserable destiny.
لَاlā(Do) notتَحْسَبَنَّtaḥsabannayou [all] think / assume (that)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved (are)مُعْجِزِينَmuʿ'jizīnaones who can escapeفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُwamawāhumuAnd their abode (is)ٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fire / Hellوَلَبِئْسَwalabi'saand surely wretched / miserable (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / destiny. ﴿٥٧﴾
Etiquette Two Prayers Mentioned by Name
[24:58] O you who believe, permission must be requested by your servants and the children who have not attained puberty (before entering your rooms). This is to be done in three instances - before the Dawn Prayer, at noon when you change your clothes to rest, and after the Night Prayer. These are three private times for you. At other times, it is not wrong for you or them to mingle with one another. GOD thus clarifies the revelations for you. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لِيَسْتَـْٔذِنكُمُliyastadhinkumuThat [he] may ask your permissionٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomمَلَكَتْmalakat[it] possessed / owned / controlled*أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands / oaths (*servants),وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoلَمْlam(have) notيَبْلُغُوا۟yablughūthey reachedٱلْحُلُمَl-ḥuluma[the] pubertyمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]ثَلَـٰثَthalātha(at) threeمَرَّٰتٍmarrātintimes.مِّنminFromقَبْلِqablibeforeصَلَوٰةِṣalati(the) Prayer / Salatٱلْفَجْرِl-fajrithe Dawn,وَحِينَwaḥīnaand whenتَضَعُونَtaḍaʿūnayou [all] put aside / changeثِيَابَكُمthiyābakumyour [dress] clothesمِّنَminaatٱلظَّهِيرَةِl-ẓahīrati[the] noonوَمِنۢwaminand fromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterصَلَوٰةِṣalati(the) Prayer / Salatٱلْعِشَآءِl-ʿishāithe Night.ثَلَـٰثُthalāthu(These) threeعَوْرَٰتٍʿawrātin(are) times of privacyلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].لَيْسَlaysaNotعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَلَاwalāand notعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon themجُنَاحٌۢjunāḥunany blameبَعْدَهُنَّbaʿdahunnaafter theirطَوَّٰفُونَṭawwāfūnamoving aboutعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumamong you [all]بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you [all]عَلَىٰʿalāamongبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُبَيِّنُyubayyinu[He] makes clearٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelations,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٥٨﴾
[24:59] Once the children reach puberty, they must ask permission (before entering) like those who became adults before them have asked permission (before entering). GOD thus clarifies His revelations for you. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenبَلَغَbalagha[he] reachedٱلْأَطْفَـٰلُl-aṭfāluthe childrenمِنكُمُminkumuamong you [all]ٱلْحُلُمَl-ḥulumathe sexual maturity / pubertyفَلْيَسْتَـْٔذِنُوا۟falyastadhinūthen let them ask permissionكَمَاkamāasٱسْتَـْٔذَنَis'tadhana[he] asked permissionٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُبَيِّنُyubayyinu[He] makes clearٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis verses / revelations.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٥٩﴾
You Shall Dress Modestly
[24:60] The elderly women who do not expect to get married commit nothing wrong by relaxing their dress code, provided they do not reveal too much of their bodies. To maintain modesty is better for them. GOD is Hearer, Knower.
وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُwal-qawāʿiduAnd the postmenopausal / elderlyمِنَminaamongٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe womenٱلَّـٰتِىallātīthose whomلَاlā(do) notيَرْجُونَyarjūnathey expectنِكَاحًاnikāḥanto marry,فَلَيْسَfalaysathen not (is)عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaon themجُنَاحٌjunāḥunany blameأَنanthatيَضَعْنَyaḍaʿnathey put asideثِيَابَهُنَّthiyābahunnatheir [dress] clothes,غَيْرَghayranotمُتَبَرِّجَـٰتٍۭmutabarrijātinones who are displaying / decking (themselves)بِزِينَةٍbizīnatinwith adornments.وَأَنwa-anAnd thatيَسْتَعْفِفْنَyastaʿfif'nathey shall seek to abstain / maintain modestyخَيْرٌkhayrun(is) betterلَّهُنَّlahunnafor them.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knower. ﴿٦٠﴾
Be Sure Your Meal is Lawful
[24:61] The blind is not to be blamed, the crippled is not to be blamed, nor the handicapped is to be blamed, just as you are not to be blamed for eating at your homes, or the homes of your fathers, or the homes of your mothers, or the homes of your brothers, or the homes of your sisters, or the homes of your fathers' brothers, or the homes of your fathers' sisters, or the homes of your mothers' brothers, or the homes of your mothers' sisters, or the homes that belong to you and you possess their keys, or the homes of your friends. You commit nothing wrong by eating together or as individuals. When you enter any home, you shall greet each other a greeting from GOD that is blessed and good. GOD thus explains the revelations for you, that you may understand.
لَّيْسَlaysaNot isعَلَىʿalāonٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāthe blindحَرَجٌḥarajunany blameوَلَاwalāand notعَلَىʿalāonٱلْأَعْرَجِl-aʿrajithe crippledحَرَجٌḥarajunany blameوَلَاwalāand notعَلَىʿalāonٱلْمَرِيضِl-marīḍithe sick / handicapحَرَجٌḥarajunany blameوَلَاwalāand notعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselves,أَنanthatتَأْكُلُوا۟takulūyou [all] eatمِنۢminfromبُيُوتِكُمْbuyūtikumyour housesأَوْaworبُيُوتِbuyūtihouses / homes (of)ءَابَآئِكُمْābāikumyour fathersأَوْaworبُيُوتِbuyūtihouses / homes (of)أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْummahātikumyour mothersأَوْaworبُيُوتِbuyūtihouses / homes (of)إِخْوَٰنِكُمْikh'wānikumyour brothersأَوْaworبُيُوتِbuyūtihouses / homes (of)أَخَوَٰتِكُمْakhawātikumyour sistersأَوْaworبُيُوتِbuyūtihouses / homes (of)أَعْمَـٰمِكُمْaʿmāmikumyour paternal unclesأَوْaworبُيُوتِbuyūtihouses / homes (of)عَمَّـٰتِكُمْʿammātikumyour paternal auntsأَوْaworبُيُوتِbuyūtihouses / homes (of)أَخْوَٰلِكُمْakhwālikumyour maternal unclesأَوْaworبُيُوتِbuyūtihouses / homes (of)خَـٰلَـٰتِكُمْkhālātikumyour maternal auntsأَوْaworمَاmāwhatمَلَكْتُمmalaktumyou [all] possessمَّفَاتِحَهُۥٓmafātiḥahuits keysأَوْaworصَدِيقِكُمْṣadīqikumyour friends.لَيْسَlaysaNot isعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you [all]جُنَاحٌjunāḥunany blameأَنanthatتَأْكُلُوا۟takulūyou [all] eatجَمِيعًاjamīʿantogetherأَوْaworأَشْتَاتًاashtātanseparated. فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut whenدَخَلْتُمdakhaltumyou [all] enterبُيُوتًاbuyūtanhouses / homesفَسَلِّمُوا۟fasallimūthen greet [you all]عَلَىٰٓʿalā[upon]أَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselvesتَحِيَّةًtaḥiyyatana greetingمِّنْminof (which)عِندِʿindiin the sight ofٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)مُبَـٰرَكَةًmubārakatanblessedطَيِّبَةًṭayyibatan(and) good.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُبَيِّنُyubayyinu[He] makes clearٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelations,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna[you all] understand. ﴿٦١﴾
[24:62] The true believers are those who believe in GOD and His messenger,* and when they are with him in a community meeting, they do not leave him without permission. Those who ask permission are the ones who do believe in GOD and His messenger. If they ask your permission, in order to tend to some of their affairs, you may grant permission to whomever you wish, and ask GOD to forgive them. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messenger,وَإِذَاwa-idhāand whenكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith himعَلَىٰٓʿalāforأَمْرٍamrina matterجَامِعٍjāmiʿingathering / meeting,لَّمْlamnotيَذْهَبُوا۟yadhhabūthey goحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَسْتَـْٔذِنُوهُyastadhinūhuthey ask his permission.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَسْتَـْٔذِنُونَكَyastadhinūnakathey ask you permission,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messenger.فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo whenٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَis'tadhanūka[they] asked you permissionلِبَعْضِlibaʿḍifor some (of)شَأْنِهِمْshanihimtheir affairs,فَأْذَنfadhanthen give permissionلِّمَنlimanto whomشِئْتَshi'tayou willedمِنْهُمْmin'humamong them,وَٱسْتَغْفِرْwa-is'taghfirand ask forgivenessلَهُمُlahumufor themٱللَّهَl-laha(of) God.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٦٢﴾
*24:62 This verse refers to God's Messenger of the Covenant; by adding the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505) plus the value of "Khalifa" (725), plus the verse number (62), we get 1292, a multiple of 19 (1292=19x68). See Appendix 2.
[24:63] Do not treat the messenger's requests as you treat each others' requests. GOD is fully aware of those among you who sneak away using flimsy excuses. Let them beware - those who disobey his orders - for a disaster may strike them, or a severe retribution.
لَّاlā(Do) notتَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalūyou [all] makeدُعَآءَduʿāa(the) callings (upon of)ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe messengerبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumamong you [all]كَدُعَآءِkaduʿāilike (the) callings (upon of)بَعْضِكُمbaʿḍikumsome of you [all]بَعْضًاbaʿḍan(to) some others.قَدْqadVerily,يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[He] knowsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَتَسَلَّلُونَyatasallalūna[they] sneak awayمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]لِوَاذًاliwādhanslipping away secretly / stealthily / surreptitiously.فَلْيَحْذَرِfalyaḥdhariSo let [him] bewareٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُخَالِفُونَyukhālifūnathey disobey / violateعَنْʿan[from]أَمْرِهِۦٓamrihihis order(s)أَنanlestتُصِيبَهُمْtuṣībahum[it] befalls themفِتْنَةٌfit'natuna trial / disasterأَوْaworيُصِيبَهُمْyuṣībahum[it] befalls themعَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿٦٣﴾
[24:64] Absolutely, to GOD belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. He fully knows every condition you may be in. The day you are returned to Him, He will inform them of everything they had done. GOD is fully aware of all things.
أَلَآalāNo doubt!إِنَّinnaIndeed,لِلَّهِlillahito God (belongs)مَاmāwhateverفِىfī(is) inٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.قَدْqadVerily,يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَآmāwhatأَنتُمْantumyou [all] (are)عَلَيْهِʿalayhion [it],وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Dayيُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūnathey will returnإِلَيْهِilayhito Himفَيُنَبِّئُهُمfayunabbi-uhumthen He will inform themبِمَاbimāof whatعَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)بِكُلِّbikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthingعَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunAll-Knower. ﴿٦٤﴾