¹⁰⁰ And whoso emigrates in the cause of God will find in the earth much refuge and abundance; and whoso leaves his house as an émigré to God and His messenger, then death overtakes him: his reward is upon¹ God; and God is forgiving and merciful.

¹⁰¹ And when you are travelling in the earth, you do no wrong¹ to cut short some of the duty² if you fear³ that those who ignore warning⁴ will subject you to means of denial⁵ — the false claimers of guidance⁶ are an open enemy to you⁷ —

¹⁰² And when¹ thou art among them,² uphold thou the duty³ for them;⁴ then let there stand a number of them⁵ with thee, and let them take their arms; then when they⁶ have submitted,⁷ let them⁸ be behind you⁹ and let another number come that has not performed the duty,¹⁰ and let them perform the duty¹¹ with thee; and let them¹² take their precautions and their arms. (Those who ignore warning¹³ wish that you would neglect your arms and your equipment, so they might assault you in a single assault; but you do no wrong¹⁴ if there is a hindrance¹⁵ to you from rain or you are sick, that you lay aside your arms; but take your precautions: God has prepared for the false claimers of guidance¹⁶ a humiliating punishment.)

¹⁰³ And when you have concluded¹ the duty,² remember God standing, and sitting, and upon your sides,³ and when you are at ease; but uphold the duty⁴ — the duty⁵ is upon the believers⁶ a time-limited⁷ Writ⁸ —

¹⁰⁴ And faint not in seeking the people;¹ if you are suffering, then are they suffering even as you are suffering; but you hope from God for that for which they hope not; and God is knowing and wise.

¹⁰⁵ We have sent down to thee the Writ¹ with the truth,² that thou mightest judge between men by what God has shown thee; and be thou not an advocate³ for the treacherous;

¹⁰⁶ And ask thou forgiveness of God; God is forgiving and merciful.

¹⁰⁷ And argue thou not on behalf of those who deceive themselves; God loves not him who is treacherous and sinful.

¹⁰⁸ They conceal from men, but they conceal not from God; and He is with them¹ when they plan by night what is displeasing to Him of speech;² and God encompasses what they do.

¹⁰⁹ Here you are, those who have argued on their behalf in the life of this world; but who will argue with God on their behalf on the Day of Resurrection, or who will be their guardian?

¹¹⁰ And whoso does evil or wrongs his soul then seeks forgiveness of God, he will find God forgiving and merciful.

¹¹¹ And whoso commits¹ a sin² only commits it against himself; and God is knowing and wise.

¹¹² And whoso commits an offence¹ or any sin² then casts it upon an innocent, he has laid upon himself calumny and obvious sin.³

¹¹³ And were it not for the bounty of God and His mercy upon thee, a number of them had purposed to lead thee astray; and they lead astray only themselves, and they harm thee not at all. And God sent down upon thee the Writ¹ and wisdom;² and He has taught thee what thou knewest not. And the bounty of God towards thee is tremendous.

¹¹⁴ There is no good in much of their private conversation ­— save whoso enjoins charity or what is fitting,¹ or right ordering among men; and whoso does that, seeking the good pleasure of God, We will bestow upon him a great reward.

¹¹⁵ And whoso makes a breach with the Messenger after the guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the path of the believers:¹ We will turn him to that to which he turns,² and burn him in Gehenna; and evil is it as a journey’s end.

¹¹⁶ God forgives not that a partnership be ascribed to Him;¹ but He forgives other than that whom He wills. And whoso ascribes a partnership² to God, he has strayed far away.

¹¹⁷ They call besides¹ to Him save to females;² and they call save to a rebellious satan³

¹¹⁸ Whom God cursed; and he¹ said: “I will take of Thy servants an appointed portion”;

¹¹⁹ And: “I will lead them astray”; and: “I will arouse desires in them”; and: “I will command them and they will slit the ears of cattle”;¹ and: “I will command them and they will change the creation of God.”² And whoso takes the satan³ for ally instead of⁴ God, he has suffered clear loss.

¹²⁰ He promises them, and arouses desires in them; and the satan¹ promises them only delusion.

¹²¹ Those: their shelter is Gehenna; and they will find therefrom no place of refuge.

¹²² But those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds: We will make them enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, they abiding eternally therein forever. The promise of God is true;² and who is more truthful than God in speech?

¹²³ It¹ is not according to your vain desires,² nor the vain desires of the doctors of the Law;³ whoso does evil has the recompense thereof and will not find, besides⁴ God, ally or helper.

¹²⁴ And whoso does any righteous deeds, whether male or female, and is a believer:¹ those enter the Garden, and they are not wronged a speck on a date-stone.

¹²⁵ And who is better in doctrine¹ than he who submits his face to God, and is a doer of good, and follows the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth?² And God took Abraham as a friend.

¹²⁶ And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God encompasses all things.

¹²⁷ And they ask thee for a ruling concerning women. Say thou: “God¹ gives you the ruling concerning them,” — and² what is recited to you³ in the Writ⁴ concerning the fatherless⁵ women (to whom you give not what is prescribed for them, and yet desire to marry them) and concerning⁶ the oppressed among children; and that you stand up for⁷ equity⁸ for the fatherless.⁹ And whatever you do of good, God knows it.

¹²⁸ But if a woman fears¹ contempt or aversion from her husband, they² do no wrong³ that they do right between themselves⁴ in peace; and making right is better; and avarice is present in the souls. But if you do good and are in prudent fear,⁵ then is God aware of what you do.

¹²⁹ And you will not be able to deal equally between wives, though you be desirous; but turn not entirely away leaving one¹ as if suspended. And if you do right and are in prudent fear,² God is forgiving and merciful.

¹³⁰ But if they¹ part, God will enrich each out of His abundance; and God is encompassing and wise.

¹³¹ And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and We have enjoined those given¹ the Writ² before you, and you yourselves, that you be in prudent fear³ of God. And if you deny, then to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God is free from need and praiseworthy.

¹³² And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God is sufficient as disposer of affairs.

¹³³ If He wills, He will remove you, O mankind, and bring forth others; and God has power over that.

¹³⁴ Whoso desires the reward of the World: — then with God is the reward of the World and the Hereafter; and God is hearing and seeing.

¹³⁵ O you who heed warning:¹ stand firm with equity,² witnesses to God, though it be against yourselves, or parents, or relatives; whether he be rich or poor, God is closer to³ both.⁴ So follow not vain desire lest you be unjust; and if you distort or evade, God is aware of what you do.

¹³⁶ O you who heed warning:¹ believe in² God and His messenger and the Writ³ that He has sent down upon His messenger, and the Writ⁴ that He sent down before;⁵ and whoso denies God and His angels, and His Writs,⁶ and His messengers, and the Last Day: he has strayed far away.

¹³⁷ Those who heed warning;¹ then deny; then believe; then deny; then increase in denial: God will not forgive them, nor guide them on a path.

¹³⁸ Bear thou tidings¹ to the waverers² that they have a painful punishment;

¹³⁹ Those who take the false claimers of guidance¹ as allies rather than² the believers,³ do they seek with them power and glory?⁴ But power and glory⁵ belong to God altogether.

¹⁴⁰ (And He has sent down upon you¹ in the Writ² that when you hear the proofs³ of God denied and mocked: “Sit not with them until they discourse vainly⁴ concerning a subject⁵ other than that; then would you be like them.”) God will gather the waverers⁶ and the false claimers of guidance⁷ into Gehenna all together:

¹⁴¹ Those who watch and wait with regard to you. Then if there be a victory for you from God they say: “Were we not with you?” but if there be for the false claimers of guidance¹ a portion they say: “Did we not gain mastery over you,² but defended you against the believers?”³ And God will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection; and God makes not for the false claimers of guidance⁴ any path against the believers.⁵

¹⁴² The waverers¹ seek to deceive God, but He is deceiving them; and when they rise up for the duty,² they rise up to be seen of men, and remember not God save a little,

¹⁴³ Wavering in-between¹ — neither to these, nor to those; and he whom God causes to go astray, thou wilt not find for him a path.

¹⁴⁴ O you who heed warning:¹ take not the false claimers of guidance² as allies instead of³ the believers;⁴ would you give God over⁵ you a clear authority?

¹⁴⁵ The waverers¹ will be in the lowest depths of the Fire; and thou wilt find no helper for them

¹⁴⁶ Save those who repent, and make right, and hold fast to God, and are sincere in their doctrine¹ to God; those are with the believers,² and God will give the believers³ a great reward.

¹⁴⁷ What has God to do with your punishment if you are grateful and believe? And God is grateful and knowing.

¹⁴⁸ God likes not the public mention of evil¹ save by one wronged;² and God is hearing and knowing.

¹⁴⁹ If you reveal good, or keep it secret, or forgive evil¹ — God is pardoning and powerful.