27. Allah doth wish to Turn to you, but the wish of those who follow their lusts
is that ye should turn away (from Him),- far, far away.
28. Allah doth wish to lighten your (difficulties): For man was created Weak (in
flesh).
29. O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities: But
let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or
destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful!
30. If any do that in rancour and injustice,- soon shall We cast them into the
Fire: And easy it is for Allah.
31. If ye (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which ye are forbidden to
do, We shall expel out of you all the evil in you, and admit you to a gate of
great honour.
32. And in no wise covet those things in which Allah Hath bestowed His gifts
More freely on some of you than on others: To men is allotted what they earn,
and to women what they earn: But ask Allah of His bounty. For Allah hath full
knowledge of all things.
33. To (benefit) every one, We have appointed shares and heirs to property left
by parents and relatives. To those, also, to whom your right hand was pledged,
give their due portion. For truly Allah is witness to all things.
34. Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the
one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their
means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the
husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose
part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse
to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to
obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High,
great (above you all).
35. If ye fear a breach between them twain, appoint (two) arbiters, one from his
family, and the other from hers; if they wish for peace, Allah will cause their
reconciliation: For Allah hath full knowledge, and is acquainted with all
things.
Translation by Abdullah Yusufali