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is sufficient as Trustee.
49. O ye who believe! If ye wed believing women and divorce them before ye have touched them, then there is no
period that ye should reckon. But content them and release them handsomely.
50. O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom
thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of war, and the daughters of thine uncle on the
father's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the father's side, and the daughters of thine uncles on the mother's side
emigrated with thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to ask her in
marriage, a privilege for thee only, not for the (rest of) believers. We are aware of that which We enjoined upon them
concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
51. Thou canst defer whom thou wilt of them and receive unto thee whom thou wilt, and whomsoever thou desirest of
those whom thou hast set aside (temporarily), it is no sin for thee (to receive her again); that is better; that they may
be comforted and not grieve, and may all be pleased with what thou givest them. Allah knoweth what is in your hearts
(O men) and Allah is Forgiving, Clement.
52. It is not allowed thee to take (other) women henceforth nor that thou shouldst change them for other wives even
though their beauty pleased thee, save those whom thy right hand possesseth. And Allah is Watcher over all things.
53. O ye who believe! Enter not the dwellings of the Prophet for a meal without waiting for the proper time, unless
permission be granted you. But if ye are invited, enter, and, when, your meal is ended, then disperse. Linger not for
conversation. Lo! that would cause annoyance to the Prophet, and he would be shy of (asking) you (to go); but Allah
is not shy of the truth. And when ye ask of them (the wives of the Prophet) anything, ask it of them from behind a
curtain. That is purer for your hearts and for their hearts. And it is not for you to cause annoyance to the messenger
of Allah, nor that ye should ever marry his wives after him. Lo! that in Allah's sight would be an enormity.
54. Whether ye divulge a thing or keep it hidden, lo! Allah is ever Knower of all things.
55. It is no sin for them (thy wives) (to converse freely) with their fathers, or their sons: or their brothers, or their
brothers sons, or the sons of their sisters or of their own women, or their slaves. O women! Keep your duty to Allah.
Lo! Allah is Witness over all things.
56. Lo! Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet. O ye who believe! Ask blessings on him and salute him
with a worthy salutation.
57. Lo! those who malign Allah and His messenger, Allah hath cursed them in the world and the Hereafter, and hath
prepared for them the doom of the disdained.
58. And those who malign believing men and believing women undeservedly, they bear the guilt of slander and manifest
sin.
59. O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them
(when they go abroad). That will be better, that so they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving,
Merciful.
60. If the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and the alarmists in the city do not cease, We verify shall
urge thee on against them, then they will be your neighbours in it but a little while.
61. Accursed, they will be seized wherever found and slain with a (fierce) slaughter.
62. That was the way of Allah in the case of those who passed away of old; thou wilt not find for the way of Allah aught
of power to change.
63. Men ask you of the Hour. Say: The knowledge of it is with Allah only. What can convey (the knowledge) unto thee?
It may be that the Hour is nigh.
64. Lo! Allah hath cursed the disbelievers, and hath prepared for them a flaming fire,
65. Wherein they will abide for ever. They will find (then) no protecting friend nor helper.
66. On the day when their faces are turned over in the fire, they say: Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and had obeyed
His messenger!
67. And they say: Our Lord! Lo! we obeyed our princes and great men, and they misled us from the Way.
68. Our Lord! Oh, give them double torment and curse them with a mighty curse.
69. O ye who believe! Be not as those who slandered Moses, but Allah proved his innocence of that which they alleged,
and he was well esteemed in Allah's sight.
70. O ye who believe! Guard your duty to Allah, and speak words straight to the point;
