31 And kill not your children for fear of poverty — We provide for them and for you. Surely the killing of them is a great wrong. |
32 And go not nigh to fornication: surely it is an obscenity. And evil is the way. |
33 And kill not the soul which Allāh has forbidden except for a just cause. And whoever is slain unjustly, We have indeed given to his heir authority — but let him not exceed the limit in slaying. Surely he will be helped. |
34 And draw not nigh to the orphan’s property, except in a goodly way, till he attains his maturity. And fulfil the promise; surely, the promise will be enquired into. |
35 And give full measure when you measure out, and weigh with a true balance. This is fair and better in the end. |
36 And follow not that of which thou hast no knowledge. Surely the hearing and the sight and the heart, of all of these it will be asked. |
37 And go not about in the land exultingly, for thou canst not rend the earth, nor reach the mountains in height. |
38 All this, the evil thereof, is hateful in the sight of thy Lord. |
39 This is of the wisdom which thy Lord has revealed to thee. |
And associate not any other god with Allāh lest thou be thrown into hell, blamed, cast away. |
40 Has then your Lord preferred to give you sons, and (for Himself) taken daughters from among the angels? Surely you utter a grievous saying. |
41 And certainly We have repeated (warnings) in this Qur’ān that they may be mindful. And it adds not save to their aversion. |
42 Say: If there were with Him gods, as they say, then certainly they would have been able to seek a way to the Lord of the Throne. |
43 Glory to Him! and He is highly exalted above what they say! |
44 The seven heavens and the earth and those in them declare His glory. And there is not a single thing but glorifies Him with His praise, but you do not understand their glorification. Surely He is Forbearing, Forgiving. |