Quran 4-A
This is Quran chapter 4, verses 1 to 59
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
O mankind! Fear your Lord, who created you from one soul, and from it created its mate, and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear God, in whose name you beg of one another, and the wombs; surely God watches over you.
And give unto the orphans their property, and do not give them the corrupt in exchange for the good, and do not devour their property to your own property; surely that is a great sin.
But if you fear that you cannot do justice between orphans, then marry what seems good to you of women, two or three or four; and if you fear that you cannot be equitable then one, or what your right hands possess. That keeps you nearer to not being partial.
And give women their dowries freely; and if they are pleased to remit any of it of themselves, then devour it with good digestion and appetite.
And do not give to the foolish their property which God has assigned to you to manage; but maintain them from it, and clothe them, and speak to them with a reasonable speech.
And test the orphans until when they reach a marriageable age, and if you perceive in them right management, then hand over to them their property, and do not consume it extravagantly and hastily that they will grow up. And whoever is rich, then let him abstain; but whoever is poor, then let him consume in reason, and when you hand over to them their property, then take witnesses on them; and God suffices for taking account.
To the men a portion of what parents and kindred leave, and to the women a portion of what parents and kindred leave, whether it be little or much, a determined portion.
And when the kinsfolk and the orphans and the poor are present at the division, then maintain them out of it, and speak to them a reasonable speech.
And let those fear who, if they left behind them weak seed, would be afraid on their account, and let them fear God, and speak a straightforward speech.
Indeed, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly, only devour into their bellies fire, and they shall broil in flames.
God instructs you concerning your children; to the male the like portion of two females, and if there are women above two, then for them two thirds of what he leaves; and if there is one, then to her a half; and to his parents to each one of the two the sixth of what he leaves, if he has a son; and if he has no son, and his parents inherit, then a third to his mother, and if he has brothers, then to his mother a sixth, after payment of the bequest he bequeaths or debt. Your parents and your children, you do not know which of them is nearest to you in usefulness: - an ordinance from God. Indeed, God is knowing, wise.
And for you half of what your wives leave, if they have no son; but if they have a son, then for you of what they leave a fourth, after payment of the bequests they bequeath or of their debts.
And for them a fourth of what you leave, if you have no son; but if you have a son, then for them of what you leave an eighth, after payment of the bequest you bequeath and of your debts.
If a man or a woman have no heir direct, but have a brother or a sister, then to each of the two a sixth; but if they are more numerous than that, then they share equally in a third, after payment of the bequest he bequeaths and of his debts, without prejudice, - an ordinance from God, and God is knowing, clement!
These are God's limits, and whoever obeys God and His messenger, He will make him enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow, therein dwelling forever; - and that is mighty success.
And whoever rebels against God and His messenger, and transgresses His limits, He will make him enter into fire, therein dwelling forever; and for him is shameful punishment.
Against those of your women who commit adultery, call witnesses four in number from among yourselves; and if these bear witness, then keep the women in houses until death release them, or God makes for them a way.
And the two who commit it among you, then punish them both; but if they repent and amend, leave them alone, indeed, God is easily turned, compassionate.
God is only bound to turn again towards those who do evil through ignorance, then they repent soon after. Then these it is toward whom God relents. And God is knowing, wise.
The acceptance of repentance is not for those who do evil, until, when death comes before one of them, he says, 'Indeed, now I repent;' nor for those who die in misbelief. Those - We have prepared for them a grievous punishment.
O you who believe! It is not lawful for you to inherit women against their will; nor to hinder them, that you may go off with part of what you have given them, unless they commit fornication manifestly; but associate with them in kindness, for if you are averse to them, it may be that you are averse to a thing, and God placed in it much good.
And if you wish to exchange one wife for another, and you have given one of them a great amount, then do not take from it anything. What! Would you take it for a calumny and a manifest crime? And how can you take it when one of you has gone in unto the other, and they have taken from you a strong pledge?
And do not marry women your fathers married, - except bygones, - indeed it is abominable and hateful, and an evil way.
Unlawful for you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your father's sisters and your mother's sisters, and your brother's daughters, and your sister's daughters, and your foster mothers, and your foster sisters, and your wives' mothers, and your step daughters who are under your protection, born of your women to whom you have gone in; but if you have not gone in unto them, then it is no crime in you; and the lawful spouses of your sons from your own loins, and that you should have two sisters together - except bygones, - indeed, God is ever forgiving, compassionate; and married women, except what your right hands possess, - God's Book against you! - But lawful for you is all besides this, for you to seek them with your wealth, marrying them and not fornicating; but such of them as you have enjoyed, give them their hire as a lawful due; for there is no crime in you about what you agree between you after such lawful due, indeed, God is knowing, wise.
And whoever of you is not able to afford to marry free chaste women who believe, then take of what your right hands possess, of your maids who believe; - and God knows best about your faith. You come one from the other; then marry them with the permission of their people, and give them their hire in reason, they being chaste and not fornicating, and not taking lovers. And when they are married, if they commit fornication, then inflict upon them half the penalty for the free chaste women; that is for whoever of you fears wrong; and that you should have patience is better for you, and God is forgiving, compassionate.
God wishes to explain to you and to guide you into the ordinances of those who were before you, and to turn towards you, and God is knowing, wise.
God wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts wish that you should swerve with a mighty swerving!
God wishes to make it light for you, for man was created weak.
O you who believe! Do not consume your property amongst yourselves vainly, unless it be a trade by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves; indeed, God is ever compassionate unto you. And whoever does that maliciously and unjustly, then soon, We will broil him with fire; for that is easy with God.
If you avoid great sins from which you are forbidden, We will cover your offenses and make you enter with a noble entrance.
And do not covet that by which God has preferred one of you over another. To the men a share of what they have earned, and to the women a share of what they have earned; and ask God for His grace, indeed, God knows everything.
To everyone We have appointed heirs of that which parents and relatives leave, and those with whom your right hands have made a covenant. So give them their share; indeed, God is witness over everything.
Men are in charge of women, because God has preferred some of them over others, and because they spend of their wealth: So righteous women are obedient, guarding in secret that which God has guarded. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish them and remove them into bedrooms and beat them; then if they submit to you, then do not seek a way against them; indeed, God is high, great.
And if you fear a breach between the two, then send a judge from his people and a judge from her people. If they wish for reconciliation, God will arrange between them; indeed, God is knowing, aware.
And serve God, and do not associate anything with Him; and to parents show kindness, and to relatives, and orphans, and the poor, and the neighbour who is of kin, and the neighbour who is a stranger, and the companion who is strange, and the traveller, and what your right hands possess, indeed, God does not love him who is proud, boastful; who are miserly and bid men be miserly, and hide what God has given them of His grace; - And We have prepared for the misbelievers a shameful punishment.
And those who spend their wealth for appearance sake before men, and who believe not in God nor in the Last day; - and whoever has Satan for his companion, then an evil companion has he.
What harm would it do them if they believed in God and the Last day, and spent of what God has provided them? And God knows about them.
Indeed, God would not wrong by the weight of an atom; and if it's a good work, He will double it and give from Himself a great reward.
How then when We bring from every nation a witness, and bring you as a witness against these. On that day those who misbelieve and rebel against the messenger would wish that the earth were levelled with them; and they cannot hide the news from God.
O you who believe! Do not approach prayer while you are drunk, until you know what you say; nor after a seminal emission, - unless you are passing by the way, - until you have washed yourselves. And if you are sick, or on a journey, or one of you come from the toilet, or if you have touched a woman, and you cannot find water, then use good surface sand and wipe your faces and your hands; indeed, God is pardoning, forgiving.
Do you not see those who have been given a portion of the Book? They buy error, and they wish that you may err from the way!
And God knows best your enemies, and God suffices as a patron, and God suffices as a helper.
Some of those who are Jews change words from their context and they say: 'We have heard and we disobey' and 'Listen without hearing' and 'Observe us,' distorting with their tongues and slandering religion. If they had said: 'We have heard and obey' and 'Hear' and 'Regard us,' surely it would have been better for them, and more upright; but God has cursed them for their misbelief, so they believe not, except a few.
O you who have been given the Book! Believe in what we have revealed, confirming what is with you; before We deface faces and turn them on their backs, or curse them as we cursed the fellows of the Sabbath, and God's command is done.
Indeed, God does not pardon associating anything with Him, but He pardons anything short of that to whomsoever He pleases; and whoever associates anything with God, then surely he has devised a mighty sin.
Do you not see those who purify themselves? Nay, God purifies whom He will, and they shall not be wronged the hair upon a date-stone.
Behold, how they devise against God a lie, and that is manifest sin enough.
Do you not see those to whom a portion of the Book has been given? They believe in idols and false deities, and they say for those who misbelieve, 'These are better guided in the way than those who believe.'
These are the ones whom God has cursed, and whoever God has cursed, you will not find for him any helper.
Or have they a share in the kingdom? Why even then they would not give mankind the dent on a date-stone.
Or do they envy mankind for what God has given them of His grace? But surely We have given to Abraham's people the Book and the wisdom, and We have given them a great kingdom. And of them are some who believe in it, and of them are some who turn from it, And Hell suffices for a blaze!
Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our signs, soon We will broil them with fire; whenever their skins are well done, We will change them for other skins, that they may taste the punishment. Indeed, God is mighty, wise.
And those who believe and do good works, We will make them enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, therein dwelling forever, for them therein are pure spouses, and We will make them enter into a shady shade.
Indeed, God commands you pay your trusts to their owners, and when you judge between mankind to judge with justice. Indeed, God, excellent is what He admonishes you with; indeed God is hearing, seeing.
O you who believe! Obey God, and obey the messenger and those in authority amongst you; and if you quarrel about anything, refer it to God and the messenger, if you believe in God and the Last day; that is better and fairer as a settlement.
