# Sura  49 - The Apartments

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> SURA XLIX (49) - THE APARTMENTS      (Medina - 18 Verses)      (CXII - 468)   
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        O Believers! enter not upon any affair ere God and His Apostle permit
> you; and fear ye God: for God Heareth, Knoweth.
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>        O Believers! raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet,
> neither speak loud to him as ye speak loud one to another, lest your works come
> to nought, and ye unaware of it.
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>        They who lower their voices in the presence of the Apostle of God, are
> the persons whose hearts God hath inclined to piety.  Forgiveness shall be
> theirs and a rich reward.
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>        They who call out to thee while thou art within thine apartments, have
> most of them no right perception of what is due to thee.
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>        But if they wait patiently till thou come forth to them, it were far
> better for them.  But God is Indulgent, Merciful.
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>        O Believers! if any bad man come to you with news, clear it up at once,
> lest through ignorance ye harm others, and speedily have to repent of what ye
> have done.
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>        And know that an Apostle of God is among you! should he give way to you
> in many matters ye would certainly become guilty of a crime.  But God hath
> endeared the faith to you, and hath given it favour in your hearts, and hath
> made unbelief, and wickedness, and disobedience hateful to you.  Such are they
> who pursue a right course.
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>        Through the bounty and grace which is from God: and God is Knowing,
> Wise.
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>        If two bodies of the faithful are at war, then make ye peace between
> them: and if the one of them wrong the other, fight against that part which
> doth the wrong, until they come back to the precepts of God: if they come back,
> make peace between them with fairness, and act impartially; God loveth those
> who act with impartiality.
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> 49:10  Only the faithful are brethren; wherefore make peace between your
> brethren; and fear God, that ye may obtain mercy.
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>        O Believers! let not men laugh men to scorn who haply may be better
> than themselves; neither let women laugh women to scorn who may haply be better
> than themselves!  Neither defame one another, nor call one another by
> nicknames.  Bad is it to be called wicked after having professed the faith:
> and whoso repent not of this are doers of wrong.
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>        O Believers! avoid frequent suspicions, for some suspicions are a crime;
> and pry not: neither let the one of you traduce another in his absence.  Would
> any one of you like to eat the flesh of his death brother?  Surely ye would
> loathe it.  And fear ye God: for God is Ready to turn, Merciful.
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>        O men! verily, we have created you of a male and a female; and we have
> divided you into peoples and tribes that ye might have knowledge one of
> another.  Truly, the most worthy of honour in the sight of God is he who
> feareth Him most.  Verily, God is Knowing, Cognisant.
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>        The Arabs of the desert say, "We believe."  Say thou: Ye believe not;
> but rather say, "We profess Islam;" for the faith hath not yet found its way
> into your hearts.  But if ye obey God and His Apostle, he will not allow you to
> lose any of your actions: for God is Indulgent, Merciful.
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>        The true believers are those only who believe in God and His Apostle,
> and afterwards doubt not; and who contend with their substance and their
> persons on the path of God.  These are the sincere.
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>        Say:  Will ye teach God about your religion? when God knoweth whatever
> is in the Heavens and on the Earth: yea, God hath knowledge of all things.
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>        They taunt thee with their having embraced Islam.  Say: Taunt me not
> with your having embraced Islam: God rather taunteth you with His having guided
> you to the faith: acknowledge this if ye are sincere.
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>        Verily, God knoweth the secrets of the Heavens and of the Earth: and God
> beholdeth what ye do.
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> — *Sura  49 - The Apartments*