Chapter 24: Surah An-Nur (The Light)

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Chapter 24: Surah An-Nur (The Light)

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Chapter 24: Surah An-Nur (سورة النور) - Simple English Translation
Meaning: The Light | Total Verses: 64 | Revealed In: Medina (Madani Surah)



1. سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهَا وَفَرَضْنَـٰهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَـٰتٍۢۙ بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
\[This is] a Surah which We have sent down and made obligatory and revealed therein clear verses so that you might remember.

2. ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِى فَٱجْلِدُوا۟ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٍۢ مِّنْهُمَا مِاْئَةَ جَلْدَةٍۢ
The woman and the man guilty of fornication – lash each one of them with a hundred lashes.

3. ٱلزَّانِى لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةًۭ وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌۭ
The fornicator does not marry except a fornicatress or a polytheist.

4. وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَـٰنِينَ جَلْدَةًۭ
And those who accuse chaste women and do not bring four witnesses – lash them with eighty lashes.

5. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟
Except for those who repent afterward and correct themselves.

6. وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَآءُ إِلَّآ أَنفُسُهُمْ
And those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves...

7. فَشَهَـٰدَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭۢ بِٱللَّهِ
Then the testimony of one of them is four testimonies by Allah...

8. وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةَ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
And the fifth \[testimony will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him if he is of the liars.

9. وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ عَنْهَا ٱلْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭۢ بِٱللَّهِ
But it will prevent punishment from her if she testifies four times by Allah...

10. وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
And the fifth \[testimony] that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he was of the truthful.

11. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو بِٱلْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌۭ مِّنكُمْ
Indeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you.

12. لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًۭا
Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and women think good of one another...

13. لَّوْلَا جَآءُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ
Why did they not bring for it four witnesses?

14. وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمْ
And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy...

15. إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُۥ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ
When you received it with your tongues...

16. وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـٰذَا
And why, when you heard it, did you not say, "It is not for us to speak of this"?

17. يَعِظُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَن تَعُودُوا۟ لِمِثْلِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Allah warns you never to return to the likes of it if you should be believers.

18. وَيُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
And Allah makes clear to you the verses; and Allah is Knowing and Wise.

19. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةُ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟
Indeed, those who like that immorality should be spread \[or publicized] among the believers...

20. وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy...

21. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ
O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan...

22. وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَٱلسَّعَةِ
And let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give \[aid]...

23. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ٱلْغَـٰفِلَـٰتِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ لُعِنُوا۟ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
Indeed, those who falsely accuse chaste, unaware, believing women are cursed...

24. يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم
On the Day when their tongues, their hands, and their feet will bear witness against them...

25. يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يُوَفِّيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ ٱلْحَقَّ
That Day, Allah will pay them in full their true recompense.

26. ٱلْخَبِيثَـٰتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَـٰتِ
Wicked women are for wicked men, and wicked men for wicked women...

27. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًۭا غَيْرَ بُيُوتِكُمْ
O you who have believed, do not enter houses other than your own...

28. فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا۟ فِيهَآ أَحَدًۭا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ
And if you do not find anyone therein, do not enter until permission is given to you.

29. لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍۢ
There is no blame upon you for entering houses not inhabited...

30. قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا۟ مِنْ أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ
Tell the believing men to lower their gaze...

31. وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَـٰرِهِنَّ
And tell the believing women to lower their gaze...

32. وَأَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْأَيَـٰمَىٰ مِنكُمْ
And marry off the singles among you...

33. وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًۭا
And let those who do not find \[the means for] marriage keep themselves chaste...

34. وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتٍۢ مُّبَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ
And We have certainly sent down to you clear verses...

35. ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth...
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36. فِى بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ ٱللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُۥ
\[Such niches are] in houses \[mosques] which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein.

37. رِجَالٌۭ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَـٰرَةٌۭ وَلَا بَيْعٌۭ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ
Men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah...

38. لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟
That Allah may reward them \[according to] the best of what they did...

39. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۢ بِقِيعَةٍ
But those who disbelieve – their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland...

40. أَوْ كَظُلُمَـٰتٍۢ فِى بَحْرٍۢ لُّجِّىٍّۢ
Or \[their deeds] are like darknesses in a deep sea...

41. أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
Do you not see that Allah is exalted by whoever is within the heavens and the earth...

42. وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth...

43. أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزْجِى سَحَابًۭا
Do you not see that Allah drives clouds?

44. يُقَلِّبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ
Allah alternates the night and the day...

45. وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَآبَّةٍۢ مِّن مَّآءٍۢ
And Allah has created every \[living] creature from water...

46. لَّقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ ءَايَـٰتٍۢ مُّبَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ
We have certainly sent down distinct verses...

47. وَيَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ
And they say, "We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger..."

48. وَإِذَا دُعُوا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ
But when they are called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them...

49. وَإِن يَكُن لَّهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ يَأْتُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ
But if the right is theirs, they come to him in prompt obedience.

50. أَفِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ٱرْتَابُوٓا۟
Is there disease in their hearts, or have they doubted...

51. إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا۟
The only statement of the \[true] believers when they are called...

52. وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ
And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger...

53. وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ
And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths...

54. قُلْ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ
Say, "Obey Allah and obey the Messenger..."

55. وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
Allah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds...

56. وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
And establish prayer and give zakah...

57. لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure \[to Allah] upon the earth...

58. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِيَسْتَـْٔذِنكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ
O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess and those who have not \[yet] reached puberty...

59. وَإِذَا بَلَغَ ٱلْأَطْفَـٰلُ مِنكُمُ ٱلْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَـْٔذِنُوا۟
And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission \[at all times]...

60. وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّـٰتِى لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًۭا
And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage...

61. لَّيْسَ عَلَى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ حَرَجٌۭ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَجِ
There is no blame upon the blind nor upon the lame nor upon the sick...

62. إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ
The believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger...

63. لَّا تَجْعَلُوا۟ دُعَآءَ ٱلرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ
Do not make \[your] calling of the Messenger among yourselves...

64. أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
Unquestionably, to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth...



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