N.Starkovsky · MealMerkezi.Net

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O people! Fear your Lord, Who has created you from a single soul. From her He has created a mate of like nature, then He multiplied them and dispersed them as men and women. Fear God Whom [you invoke] when you socialize with one another, and [respect] the wombs [that have borne you]. Verily, God is watching over you.

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Return their property to orphans without replacing valuable items by worthless ones, and do not consume their property by absorbing it into your own. Verily, this is a great sin.

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If you fear to be unfair to female orphans, then marry those who appeal to you, two, three, or four, but if you fear to be unfair to them, then [marry] only one or a slave — that will be nearer to righteousness.

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Leave their dower to the women as a gift. But if they wish to return a part of it to you, use it to your satisfaction.

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Do not give to the feeble-minded the property which God has consigned to you, but use it to feed and clothe them. And speak to them with kindness.

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Examine orphans when they reach marriageable age. If you find their judgment sound, return to them their property. And do not consume it in excess and in haste before they have grown up. Let a rich one show restraint [in remuneration], and let a poor one get as much as allowed by custom. Return the property in the presence of witnesses, although God suffices for settling the account.

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There is a share for men in the inheritance left by parents and near relatives, and there is a share for women in the inheritance left by parents and near relatives. Small or large, [everyone] has a definite share in it.

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If other relatives, orphans, or the poor take part in the distribution, give them their share and treat them with kindness.

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Let [the executors] fear, as they would fear to leave after themselves an indigent posterity. Let them fear God and speak appropriate words.

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And those who wrongfully devour the property of orphans are stuffing their bellies with Fire. Soon they shall burn in the blazing Fire!

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This is what God enjoins you about your children’s [inheritance]. To a son — the share of two daughters. If there are two or more daughters, their share is two-thirds of the inheritance. If there is only one, her share is one half. For the parents it is one sixth each if [the deceased] has left children; if there are no children and the parents are the inheritors, the mother gets one third. If he has left children, the mother gets one sixth after the payment of all obligations and debts. You do not know who are closer to you in benefit, your parents or your children, as God has decreed — verily, God is all-knowing and wise!

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Half of your wives’ inheritance belongs to you if they are childless, but if they have a child, then your share is one-fourth after the payment of all obligations and debts. If you do not have a child, [your wives’] share of inheritance is one-fourth. If you have a child, their share is one-eighth after the payment of all obligations and debts. If the man or the woman who leaves an inheritance has neither parents nor children and if he [or she] has a brother or sister, then the share of each of them is one-sixth. But if there are more [of them], then they share one-third after the payment of any obligations and debts. This is to avoid causing loss to [anyone]. Such is God’s decree — indeed, God is all-knowing and full of love!

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Such are the limits of God. He will usher into the Gardens under which the rivers flow those who obey God and His Messenger to abide [there] for ever. This will be a great success!

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But those who disobey God and His Messenger and transgress His limits will be ushered into the Fire to abide [there] for ever. This will be a degrading punishment!

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If your women have committed indecency, call four witnesses from your midst. If they confirm it, confine them to houses till they die, or till God opens for them [another] way.

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If two men among you are guilty of it, punish them both, but let them go if they repent and mend their ways. Verily, God is relenting and merciful!

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God accepts the repentance of those who did evil out of ignorance and then quickly repented. God relents towards them — indeed, God is all-knowing and wise!

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Repentance is not accepted from someone who continues to commit evil and says only in the face of death: “Now, I repent,” or from someone who died in disbelief. We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

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O you who have believed! It is unlawful for you to inherit women against their will. If they are innocent of obvious indecency, do not force them to return to you even a part of what you have given to them. Treat them according to custom. If you hate them, then think that God could have put much good in something you hate.

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If you wish to replace one wife by another one, do not take back even a bit of what you have given [to the first one], even if it is a qintar [of gold]. Would you like to take it back by lying and doing a manifest wrong?

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How can you take it back after you came into each other, and gave a solemn pledge?

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Do not marry women your fathers have been married to. But what has passed, has passed. Verily, it is indecent and repulsive — evil is that way!

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Forbidden to you are your mothers, daughters, sisters; your paternal and maternal aunts; your brothers’ and sisters’ daughters; your suckling nurses, your sisters in suckling; the mothers of your wives; the stepdaughters under your guardianship from the wives you have been intimate with; and if you have not been intimate with them, then, you are not to be blamed. Forbidden to you are the wives of your natural sons and two sisters at the same time. But what has passed, has passed. Verily, God is forgiving and merciful!

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[Are also forbidden] married women, except your slaves. Such is God’s decree! [Other women] are allowed to you on condition that you will seek them by your means, decently, and without lust. If you have relations with them, give them the compensation agreed upon. You will not to be blamed if, after making a promise, you change your promise by mutual consent. Verily, God is all-knowing and wise!

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If any one of you does not have the means to marry free believing women, he may [marry] your believing slaves. God is well aware of your faith — indeed, you are all from one another. Marry them with their masters’ permission and give them their compensation according to custom. Let them be chaste, not lustful, and let them abstain from lovers. If they commit indecency after marriage, they shall get half the punishment given to free women. This is for those of you who are afraid of sin; but it is better for you to abstain. God is forgiving and merciful!

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God wants to give you clear instructions to guide you in the customs of those who lived before you and to forgive you. God is all-knowing and wise!

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God wants to forgive you, but those who follow their passions want to lead you far away.

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God wishes to make it easy for you, [indeed], man has been created weak!

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O you who have believed! Do not consume each other’s property unjustly, but engage in trade in a mutually profitable way. Do not destroy yourselves — verily, God is merciful to you.

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And those who do it out of hostility and injustice, We will soon cast them into the Fire — easy it is for God!

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