In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ O Prophet:¹ be thou in prudent fear² of God, and obey thou not the false claimers of guidance³ and the waverers.⁴ God is knowing and wise.

² And follow thou what has been revealed¹ to thee from thy Lord, — God is aware of what you do —

³ And place thou thy trust in God; and God is sufficient as disposer of affairs.

⁴ God has not made for a man two hearts within him;¹ and He has not made your wives, among whom you assist, your mothers.² And He has not made your adopted sons your sons.³ That is your saying by your mouths; but God speaks the truth,⁴ and He guides to the path:

⁵ Call them by their fathers; it is more equitable in the sight of God. But if you know not their fathers, then are they your brethren in doctrine¹ and your allies. And you do no wrong² in what you offended³ therein; but what your hearts intended[...].⁴ And God is forgiving and merciful.

⁶ The Prophet is closer to the believers¹ than they themselves,² and his wives are their mothers.³ But those of kinship are closer to one another in the Writ⁴ of God⁵ than are the believers⁶ and the émigrés,⁷ save that you do what is fitting⁸ to your allies; this is in the Writ⁹ inscribed.¹⁰

⁷ And when¹ We took from the prophets their agreement, and from thee, and from Noah and Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus,² son of Mary³ — and We took from them a stern agreement —

⁸ That He might question the truthful about their truthfulness; and He has prepared for the false claimers of guidance¹ a painful punishment.

⁹ O you who heed warning:¹ remember the favour of God upon you when there came to you forces, and We sent upon them a wind and forces you did not see; and God sees what you do.

¹⁰ When they came to you from above you, and from beneath you, and when your eyes¹ swerved and your hearts² reached your throats,³ and you thought thoughts about God,

¹¹ Thereupon the believers¹ were tested and shaken with severe shaking.

¹² And when the waverers¹ and those in whose hearts is disease said: “God and His messenger promised us only delusion,”

¹³ And when a number of them¹ said: “O people of Yathrib:² there is no position³ for you, so go back,” and a faction among them sought leave of the Prophet, saying: “Our houses are exposed,” when they were not exposed; they sought only to flee.

¹⁴ And had entry been made against them from its¹ regions,² then they had been asked for the means of denial,³ they would have given it,⁴ and would have tarried therein only a little.

¹⁵ And they had made a covenant with God before, that they would not turn their backs;¹ and the covenant with God² is to be answered for.

¹⁶ Say thou: “Fleeing will not benefit you, if you flee from death or killing; and then would you not be given enjoyment save a little.”

¹⁷ Say thou: “Who is it that can protect you from God if He intends harm for you or intends for you mercy?” And they will not find for them, besides¹ God, ally or helper.

¹⁸ God knows those among you who cause hindrance, and those who say to their brethren: “Come to us,” and they¹ come not to the battle save a little,

¹⁹ Begrudging you. Then when fear comes, thou seest them looking at thee, their eyes rolling like one overshadowed by death. But when the fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, begrudging good. Those have not believed, so God has made vain their deeds; and that is easy for God.¹

²⁰ They think the parties have not left; and if the parties come, they will wish they were desert-dwellers among the desert Arabs¹ asking for reports of you. And were they among you, they would fight only a little.

²¹ You have had in the messenger of God a good model¹ for him who looks to God and the Last Day and remembers God much.²

²² And when the believers¹ saw the parties, they said: “This is what God and His messenger promised us, and God and His messenger spoke the truth!”² And it only increased them in faith and surrender.

²³ Among the believers¹ are men who are true to what they made in covenant with God, — among them is he who has fulfilled his vow,² and among them is he who is waiting³ — and they have not changed in the least,⁴

²⁴ That God might reward the truthful for their truthfulness, and punish the waverers,¹ if He wills, or relent towards them; God is forgiving and merciful.

²⁵ And God repelled those who ignored warning¹ in their wrath — they have not attained to good; and God sufficed the believers² in the fight; and God is strong and exalted in might.

²⁶ And He brought down those who assisted them among the doctors of the Law¹ from their strongholds, and hurled terror into their hearts; a faction you killed, and you took captive a faction.

²⁷ And He caused you to inherit their land, and their houses, and their wealth, and a land you had not trodden; and God is over all things powerful.

²⁸ O Prophet: say thou to thy wives:¹ “If you desire the life of this world and its adornment, come: I will give you provision, and release you with a comely release.

²⁹ “But if you desire God and His messenger and the abode of the Hereafter, then God has prepared for the doers of good among you a great reward.”

³⁰ O wives of the Prophet: whoso among you commits manifest sexual immorality,¹ for her the punishment is doubled;² and that is easy for God.³

³¹ And whoso among you is humbly obedient to God and His messenger, and works righteousness, We will give her her reward twice over; and We have prepared for her a noble¹ provision.

³² O wives of the Prophet: you are not like any among women. If you are in prudent fear,¹ then be not soft in speech lest he in whose heart is disease should desire; but speak² a fitting³ word,⁴

³³ And stay within your houses;¹ and display not yourselves with the display of the former time of ignorance; and uphold the duty² and render the purity,³ and obey God and His messenger.⁴ God but intends to remove abomination from you — people of the house⁵ — and to purify you completely.⁶

³⁴ And remember what is recited within your houses of the proofs¹ of God and of wisdom;² God is subtle and aware.

³⁵ The submitting men,¹ and the submitting women,² and the believing men,³ and the believing women,⁴ and the humbly obedient men, and the humbly obedient women, and the truthful men, and the truthful women, and the patient men,⁵ and the patient women,⁶ and the humble⁷ men, and the humble⁸ women, and the men who give charity, and the women who give charity, and the men who fast, and the women who fast, and the men who preserve their chastity,⁹ and the women who preserve, and the men who remember God much, and the women who remember — God has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward.

³⁶ And it is not for a believing man¹ or a believing woman,² when God and His messenger have decided on a matter, that there be for them a choice³ about their affair;⁴ and whoso disobeys God and His messenger:⁵ he has gone astray into manifest error.⁶

³⁷ And when thou saidst to him whom God has favoured, and whom thou hast favoured: “Hold thou thy wife to thee, and be thou in prudent fear¹ of God,” and wast concealing in thyself what God reveals[...].² And thou fearedst men, when God has more right³ that thou fear Him. Then when Zayd had concluded any need of her,⁴ We gave her to thee in marriage, that there be not blame upon the believers⁵ concerning the wives of their adopted sons, when they have concluded any need of them. And the command of God is carried out.

³⁹ Those who conveyed the messages of God and feared Him, and feared not anyone save God[...];¹ and sufficient is God as reckoner.

⁴⁰ Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men,¹ but the messenger of God, and the seal² of the prophets; and God is knowing of all things.

⁴¹ O you who heed warning:¹ remember God with much remembrance,²

⁴² And give glory¹ to Him morning and evening.

⁴³ He it is that performs the duty¹ for² you, as do³ His angels, that He might bring you out of darkness⁴ into the light; and He is merciful to the believers.⁵

⁴⁴ Their greeting the day they meet Him will be: “Peace!” And He has prepared for them a noble¹ reward.

⁴⁵ O Prophet: we have sent thee as a witness, and a bringer of glad tidings, and a warner,

⁴⁶ And one calling to God by His leave, and an illuminating torch.

⁴⁷ And give thou glad tidings to the believers,¹ that they have from God great bounty.

⁴⁸ And obey thou not the false claimers of guidance¹ and the waverers;² and disregard thou their hindrances,³ and place thou thy trust in God; and God is sufficient as disposer of affairs.

⁴⁹ O you who heed warning:¹ when you marry believing women² then divorce them before you have touched them:³ there is no number⁴ for you that you should count concerning them; but give them provision,⁵ and release them with a comely release.