Juz 18, Half

٢٤ - ٱلنُّور

24 - An-Nour

وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللہِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُہٗ وَاَنَّ اللہَ رَءُوْفٌ رَّحِيْمٌ۝۲۰ۧ
Walawla fadlu Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhu waanna Allaha raoofun raheemun

English

Ahmed Ali

But for the grace of God and His mercy (much harm would have been done); yet God is compassionate and kind.

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يٰۗاَيُّہَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَتَّبِعُوْا خُطُوٰتِ الشَّيْطٰنِ۝۰ۭ وَمَنْ يَّتَّبِـعْ خُطُوٰتِ الشَّيْطٰنِ فَاِنَّہٗ يَاْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاۗءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ۝۰ۭ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللہِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُہٗ مَا زَكٰي مِنْكُمْ مِّنْ اَحَدٍ اَبَدًا۝۰ۙ وَّلٰكِنَّ اللہَ يُزَكِّيْ مَنْ يَّشَاۗءُ۝۰ۭ وَاللہُ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ۝۲۱
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tattabiAAoo khutuwati alshshaytani waman yattabiAA khutuwati alshshaytani fainnahu yamuru bialfahshai waalmunkari walawla fadlu Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhu ma zaka minkum min ahadin abadan walakinna Allaha yuzakkee man yashao waAllahu sameeAAun AAaleemun

English

Ahmed Ali

O you who believe, do not follow in the footsteps of Satan, for he who follows in the footsteps of Satan will be induced by him to what is shameful and forbidden. But for the grace of God and His mercy upon you none of you would have escaped undefiled; but God makes whosoever He will grow in goodness, for God is all-hearing and all-knowing.

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وَلَا يَاْتَلِ اُولُوا الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَالسَّعَۃِ اَنْ يُّؤْتُوْۗا اُولِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْمَسٰكِيْنَ وَالْمُہٰجِرِيْنَ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللہِ ۝۰۠ۖ وَلْيَعْفُوْا وَلْيَصْفَحُوْا۝۰ۭ اَلَا تُحِبُّوْنَ اَنْ يَّغْفِرَ اللہُ لَكُمْ۝۰ۭ وَاللہُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ۝۲۲
Wala yatali oloo alfadli minkum waalssaAAati an yutoo olee alqurba waalmasakeena waalmuhajireena fee sabeeli Allahi walyaAAfoo walyasfahoo ala tuhibboona an yaghfira Allahu lakum waAllahu ghafoorun raheemun

English

Ahmed Ali

Let not those who are men of plenty and means among you swear that they will not give to their relatives and the poor and those who leave their homes in the service of God. They should forgive and overlook (their failings). Would you not like God to forgive you? And God is forgiving and kind.

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اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يَرْمُوْنَ الْمُحْصَنٰتِ الْغٰفِلٰتِ الْمُؤْمِنٰتِ لُعِنُوْا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَۃِ۝۰۠ وَلَہُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيْمٌ۝۲۳ۙ
Inna allatheena yarmoona almuhsanati alghafilati almuminati luAAinoo fee alddunya waalakhirati walahum AAathabun AAatheemun

English

Ahmed Ali

Verily those who blaspheme unsuspecting chaste believing women will be cursed in this world and the next; and for them there will be severe punishment.

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يَّوْمَ تَشْہَدُ عَلَيْہِمْ اَلْسِنَتُہُمْ وَاَيْدِيْہِمْ وَاَرْجُلُہُمْ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ۝۲۴
Yawma tashhadu AAalayhim alsinatuhum waaydeehim waarjuluhum bima kanoo yaAAmaloona

English

Ahmed Ali

The day their tongues and hands and feet bear witness to what they had done,

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يَوْمَىِٕذٍ يُّوَفِّيْہِمُ اللہُ دِيْنَہُمُ الْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُوْنَ اَنَّ اللہَ ہُوَالْحَقُّ الْمُبِيْنُ۝۲۵
Yawmaithin yuwaffeehimu Allahu deenahumu alhaqqa wayaAAlamoona anna Allaha huwa alhaqqu almubeenu

English

Ahmed Ali

God will pay them on that day their just due in full, and they will come to know that God is the tangible Reality.

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اَلْخَبِيْثٰتُ لِلْخَبِيْثِيْنَ وَالْخَبِيْثُوْنَ لِلْخَبِيْثٰتِ۝۰ۚ وَالطَّيِّبٰتُ لِلطَّيِّبِيْنَ وَالطَّيِّبُوْنَ لِلطَّيِّبٰتِ۝۰ۚ اُولٰۗىِٕكَ مُبَرَّءُوْنَ مِمَّا يَقُوْلُوْنَ۝۰ۭ لَہُمْ مَّغْفِرَۃٌ وَّرِزْقٌ كَرِيْمٌ۝۲۶ۧ
Alkhabeethatu lilkhabeetheena waalkhabeethoona lilkhabeethati waalttayyibatu lilttayyibeena waalttayyiboona lilttayyibati olaika mubarraoona mimma yaqooloona lahum maghfiratun warizqun kareemun

English

Ahmed Ali

Bad women deserve bad men, and bad men are for bad women; but good women are for good men, and good men for good women, for they are innocent of what people say. There is forgiveness for them and a gracious provision.

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يٰۗاَيُّہَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَاتَدْخُلُوْا بُيُوْتًا غَيْرَ بُيُوْتِكُمْ حَتّٰى تَسْتَاْنِسُوْا وَتُسَلِّمُوْا عَلٰۗي اَہْلِہَا۝۰ۭ ذٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُوْنَ۝۲۷
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tadkhuloo buyootan ghayra buyootikum hatta tastanisoo watusallimoo AAala ahliha thalikum khayrun lakum laAAallakum tathakkaroona

English

Ahmed Ali

O you who believe, do not enter other houses except yours without first asking permission and saluting the inmates. This is better for you: You may haply take heed.

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فَاِنْ لَّمْ تَجِدُوْا فِيْہَاۗ اَحَدًا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوْہَا حَتّٰى يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ۝۰ۚ وَاِنْ قِيْلَ لَكُمُ ارْجِعُوْا فَارْجِعُوْا ہُوَاَزْكٰى لَكُمْ۝۰ۭ وَاللہُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ عَلِيْمٌ۝۲۸
Fain lam tajidoo feeha ahadan fala tadkhulooha hatta yuthana lakum wain qeela lakumu irjiAAoo fairjiAAoo huwa azka lakum waAllahu bima taAAmaloona AAaleemun

English

Ahmed Ali

If you find that no one is in, then do not enter unless you have received permission. If you are asked to go away, turn back. That is proper for you. God is aware of what you do.

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لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ اَنْ تَدْخُلُوْا بُيُوْتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُوْنَۃٍ فِيْہَا مَتَاعٌ لَّكُمْ۝۰ۭ وَاللہُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُوْنَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُوْنَ۝۲۹
Laysa AAalaykum junahun an tadkhuloo buyootan ghayra maskoonatin feeha mataAAun lakum waAllahu yaAAlamu ma tubdoona wama taktumoona

English

Ahmed Ali

There is no harm in going into uninhabited houses where there is some convenience for you, as God has knowledge of what you hide and what you disclose.

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