Establish Salah from the decline of the sun till the darkness ofthe night (Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha) and read at Fajr (dawn);for the reading at Fajr is witnessed (by the angels).

Their hearts are preoccupied with worldly affairs; thesewrongdoers say to each other in private: "Is this man (Muhammad)not a human being like yourselves? Would you follow witchcraftwith your eyes open?"

Today when Our clear revelations are recited to them, they say:"This man only wants to turn you away from those gods to whomyour forefathers have been worshipping." Others say: "This Qur'anis nothing but an invented falsehood." While yet others, who denythe truth when it comes to them, say: "This is nothing but plainmagic."

In fact, neither had We given them books to study, nor had Wesent to them any Warner before you.

Those who have gone before them also denied - these Arabs havenot received one tenth of what We had granted them - yet whenthey denied My Rasools, see how terrible was My scourge.

Proclaim the greatness of your Rabb,

And let those who do not find means to marry keep themselveschaste until Allah enriches them out of His bounty. As for thoseof your slaves who wish to buy out their liberty, execute thedeed of liberty with them if you find them deserving, and givethem some of the wealth which Allah has given you. Do not forceyour slave-girls into prostitution for your own worldly gains, ifthey wish to preserve their chastity; and if anyone forces theminto it, then surely after such a compulsion Allah will beforgiving and merciful to them.

It is not for the mushrikin to maintain the mosques of Allahwhile they bear witness against themselves about their unbelief.It is they whose deeds are in vain and in the hellfire shall theylive forever.

Those of you who die and leave widows should bequeath for them ayear's maintenance without causing them to leave their homes; butif they leave the residence on their own there is no blame on youfor what they chose for themselves in a fair way. Allah isMighty, Wise.

To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. Hecreates whatever He pleases. He gives daughters to whom Hepleases and gives sons to whom He pleases.

To some He gives both sons and daughters, and makes barren whomHe will; surely He is All-knowledgeable, All-Powerful.

Neither yield to any mean oath-monger,

mischief making slanderer,

opponent of good, transgressor,

wicked oppressor, and above all, ignoble by birth,

though he be possessing wealth and children.

When Our revelations are recited to him , he says: "They arenothing but the tales of the ancient."

Soon We shall brand him on the snout.

There are some people among them who molest the Prophet saying:"He is one who believes everything that he hears." Say: "It isgood for you that he listens to what is best for you; he believesin Allah, has faith in the believers, and is a blessing for thoseof you who are true believers." As for those who molest theRasool, will have a painful punishment.

We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine,with loss of property, life and produce. Give good news to thosewho endure with patience;

You shall certainly be tested with by means of your wealth andwith your persons; and you will certainly hear much that ishurtful from those who were given the Book before you, and fromthe mushrikin. But if you endure with patience and have fear ofAllah, this will surely be a proof of your firm determination.

We shall put you to test until We know the valiant and theresolute among you, and test all that is said about you.

O mankind! Have fear of your Rabb, the One who created you from asingle soul, from that soul He created its mate, and through themHe spread countless men and women. Fear Allah, the One in whosename you demand your rights from one another and the ties ofrelationship; surely Allah is watching you very closely.

Your Rabb has decreed to you that: You shall worship none butHim, and you shall be kind to your parents; if one or both ofthem live to their old age in your lifetime, you shall not say tothem any word of contempt nor repel them and you shall addressthem in kind words.

We have enjoined man to show kindness to his parents; but if they(your parents) force you to commit shirk with Me, of which youhave no knowledge, do not obey them. To Me is your return and Iwill inform you of what you have done.

O believers, give what is due to your relatives, the needy andthe traveller in need. That is best for those who seek thepleasure of Allah and it is they who will attain felicity.

O mankind! Have fear of your Rabb and fear that Day when nofather shall avail his son nor a son his father. Surely thepromise of Allah is true. Let not the life of this world deceiveyou, nor let the Deceiver (Shaitan) deceive you concerning Allah.

We have enjoined man to treat his parents with kindness. Withmuch trouble his mother bore him, and much pain did she give himbirth. His bearing and his weaning took thirty months. When hereaches the age of full strength and becomes forty years old, hesays: "My Rabb! Grant me the grace that I may thank you for thefavors which You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and thatI may do good deeds that will please You, and grant me goodchildren. Surely I turn to You in repentance and surely I am ofthose who are Muslims."

with the exception of those who offer the Salah (prayer),

He is the One Who has created you from clay, then decreed a fixedterm of life and set a deadline for you Himself; yet you go ondoubting!

We created man from sounding clay, black mud moulded into shape;

He is the One Who takes your souls at night (makes you go tosleep) and knows what you do during the day, then next day raisesyou up again to complete your allotted span of life. To Him youshall all return, then He will notify you of all that you havedone."

On that Day when He will gather them all together, it will appearto them as if they had not stayed in this world but an hour of aday to get to know each other. At that time they will realizethat: in fact the losers are those who denied the meeting withAllah and were not rightly guided.

This is the command of Allah which He has sent down to you. Hethat fears Allah, will have his sins removed and his rewardenlarged.

He is the One Who has made you the inheritors of the earth andraised some of you in ranks over others so that He may test youin what He has given you. Surely your Rabb is swift inretribution; yet He is also very Forgiving, Merciful."

O children of Adam! Let not Shaitan seduce you in the same manneras he seduced your parents out of paradise through stripping themof their clothing in order to expose their nakedness. He and histribe watch you from where you cannot see them. We have permittedthe shaitans to be the guardians over the unbelievers.

He is the one who created you from a single being and from thatbeing He created his mate, so that he might find comfort withher. When he covers her, she conceives a light burden and walksaround with it. When it grows heavy they both pray to Allah theirRabb saying: "If You will grant us a healthy child, we will betruly thankful."

when I complete his moulding and breath into him of My spirit,kneel down and prostrate before him."

No matter how eager you may be for their guidance, you shouldknow that Allah does not guide those whom He let go astray andsuch people will have no helpers.

Yet man prays for evil as fervently as he ought to pray for good,and mankind is ever hasty.

Just imagine the scene of that Day when We shall call everycommunity with their respective Imams (leaders): then those whowill be given their 'book of deeds' in their right hand will readit with pleasure and they will not be wronged in the least.

Such people should not forget that Day when their own tongues,their own hands and their own feet will testify against theirmisdeeds.

Allah has not put two hearts in a person's body: nor does Heregard your wives whom you divorce through Zihar (divorcing awife saying; from now on you are as my mother, depriving herconjugal rights yet keeping her like a slave nor letting hermarry anyone else) as your mothers: nor does He regard youradopted sons as your sons. These are mere words which you utterwith your mouths; but Allah declares the Truth and guides you tothe Right Way.

It is He Who has created you from dust, then from a sperm, thenfrom a leechlike mass, then He delivers you from the womb of yourmother as a child, then He makes you grow to reach the age offull strength, then He makes you grow to reach an old age -though some of you die earlier - so that you may complete yourappointed term and grow in wisdom.

His companion will say: "Here is my testimony ready with me."

O believers! Surely among your wives and your children there aresome who are your enemies: so beware of them. But if you pardon,overlook and forgive their faults, then know that Allah isForgiving, Merciful.

Indeed, man has been created impatient,

Indeed, man shall bear witness against himself,

These unbelievers love the transitory life of this world andneglect the heavy Day that is coming ahead.

That will be the Day of your accountability, O mankind! Surelyyou must strive towards your Rabb, a hard striving, then youshall meet Him.

Nay! But you did not show kindness to the orphan,

Have We not given him two eyes to observe?

We have indeed created man in the best stature;

That will be the Day of your accountability, O mankind! Surelyyou must strive towards your Rabb, a hard striving, then youshall meet Him.

Does he think that none has power over him?

It is He Who has created you; yet some of you are unbelievers andsome are believers. Allah is observant of all your actions.

O mankind, is your creation harder than the heaven that He built?

On the Day when He will assemble them all together, ( Allah willaddress the Jinns): "O assembly of Jinns! You seduced mankind ingreat number." And their votaries from among mankind will say:"Our Rabb, we have both enjoyed each other's fellowship but alas!Now we have reached the end of our term which You had decreed forus." Then Allah will say: "Now hellfire is your dwelling-place;you will live therein forever unless Allah ordains otherwise."Surely your Rabb is Wise, Knowledgeable.

We have indeed created man in the best stature;

He created man from a drop of semen, yet he is an open contender.

Does not man see that We have created him from a sperm? Yet hestands up as an open adversary.

He starts making comparisons for Us and forgets his own creation.He says: "Who will give life to bones that have been decomposed?"

Ask them: "What is more difficult - their creation or the rest ofOur creation? - Them We have created out of a sticky clay.

Let man consider from what he is created!

He is created from an emitted fluid

that is produced from between the loins and the ribs.

Surely He, the Creator, has the power to bring him back to life,

on the Day when the hidden secrets will be brought to scrutiny,

and a few from the later generations.

He created man from sounding clay similar to pottery,

They shall have the jewelled couches,

And created jinns from smokeless fire.

reclining on them facing each other,

So, O jinns and men, which of your Rabb’s favors will both of you deny?

Indeed, We have created man from the sperm drop containing bothsexes, so that We may test him. Therefore, We gave him thefaculties of hearing and sight.

Then We guided him to the Way: Now, it is his choice either to begrateful or to be a disbeliever.

It is guarded by nineteen guards.

We have appointed none but angels as wardens of the fire; and Wehave made their number a trial for the unbelievers, so that thePeople of the Book may be convinced and the faith of the truebelievers may be increased, and that no doubts will be left forthe People of the Book and the believers, and that those in whosehearts there is a disease and the disbelievers may say: "Whatcould Allah mean by this parable?" Thus, Allah leaves to straywhom He wills and guides whom He pleases. No one knows the forcesof your Rabb except Himself, and this (Qur'an) is nothing but areminder to mankind.

Men are overseers over women because Allah has given the one morestrength than other, and because men are required to spend theirwealth for the maintenance of women. Honorable women are,therefore, devoutly obedient and guard in the husband's absencewhat Allah require them to guard their husband's property andtheir own honor. As to those women from whom you feardisobedience, first admonish them, then refuse to share your bedwith them, and then, if necessary, beat them. Then if they obeyyou, take no further actions against them and do not make excusesto punish them. Allah is Supremely Great and is aware of youractions.

Therefore, stand firm in your devotion to the upright faith - thenature made by Allah, the one on which mankind is created - andthe laws of Nature ordained by Allah cannot be changed. That isthe standard of true faith, but most among mankind do not know.

It is not vouchsafed to any human being that Allah should speakto him face to face, He speaks either through inspiration, orfrom behind a veil, or through sending a messenger (angelGabriel) authorized by Him to reveal His will; surely He is mostHigh, most Wise.

We have included the sacrificial camels among the Symbols ofAllah, for there is much good for you in them. Therefore,pronounce the name of Allah over them while standing, and whenthey fall down on their sides after slaughter, when theirmovement completely stops, then eat of their meat, feed thecontented (poor who do not ask) and the beggars (poor who ask).Thus We have subjected these animals to you so that you may begrateful.

He has subjected to your service the night and the day, the sunand the moon: and likewise the stars also serve you by Hiscommand: surely there are signs in this for people who use theircommon sense.

Give orphans the property which belongs to them when they areable to handle it themselves and do not substitute your worthlessthings for their valuable ones; and do not cheat them of theirpossession through mixing it up with your own. For this wouldindeed be a great sin.

If you fear that you shall not be able to treat the orphans withfairness, then you should not marry the women with orphanchildren; marry other women of your choice: two, three or four.But if you fear that you will not be able to maintain justicebetween your wives, then marry only one or any slave girl you mayown. That will be more suitable , so that you may not deviatefrom the Right Way.

Do not entrust your property which Allah has made a means ofsupport for your family, to feebleminded people for investment inbusiness, however, provide such people with food and clothing andspeak to them nicely and give them good advice.

Observe the orphans through testing their abilities until theyreach the age of marriage, then if you find them capable of soundjudgment, hand over to them their property; and do not consume itwastefully in haste lest they grow up to demand it. If theguardian is well-off, he should not take compensation from theorphan's property, but if he is poor let him take a just andreasonable remuneration. When you hand over their property tothem, call in some witnesses; even though Allah is sufficient intaking the accountability.

Furthermore, not to go near the property of an orphan except inthe best way (to improve it). Until he attains maturity, givefull measure and just weight - We never charge a soul with morethan it can bear. Whenever you speak, be just, even if it affectsyour own relatives, and fulfill your covenant with Allah. Theseare the things which He has enjoined on you so that you may bemindful.

Allah will do away from their account their worst deeds andreward them according to their best deeds.

Mankind was one nation having one religion. Later when peopleinvented other religions, Allah appointed Prophets as bearers ofgood news and warnings; and revealed to them the Book with theTrue Guidance to settle the matters of dispute between mankind.But the very people to whom it was given, started disputes afterthe clear arguments had come to them, because of rivalry betweenone another. Allah has guided the believers by His will to thetruth in those matters in which they had differences. Allahguides whom He pleases towards the Right Way.

Mankind was once just one nation; later on they became dividedthrough inventing different creeds. If your Rabb had not alreadygiven His word ( specified time for the life of mankind onEarth), the matters in which they differ would have certainlybeen decided.

The Day of Accountability for mankind is getting closer andcloser, yet they are heedless and are turning away from theadmonition.

He created you all from a single person, then from that person Hecreated his mate. He also created for you eight head of cattle inpairs. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers in stages, oneafter another, in three layers of darkness. This is Allah, yourRabb. To Him belongs the sovereignty. There is no god but Him.How can you then turn away from Him?

O mankind! We created you from a single pair of a male and afemale, and made you into nations and tribes that you might getto know one another. Surely the noblest of you in the sight ofAllah is he who is the most righteous. Allah isAll-Knowledgeable, All-Aware.