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besides God, any to protect or help them.
004.174 O mankind! verily there hath come to you a convincing proof from your Lord: For We have sent unto you a
light (that is) manifest.
004.175 Then those who believe in God, and hold fast to Him,- soon will He admit them to mercy and grace from
Himself, and guide them to Himself by a straight way.
004.176 They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: God directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants
as heirs. If it is a man that dies, leaving a sister but no child, she shall have half the inheritance: If (such a deceased was)
a woman, who left no child, Her brother takes her inheritance: If there are two sisters, they shall have two-thirds of
the inheritance (between them): if there are brothers and sisters, (they share), the male having twice the share of the
female. Thus doth God make clear to you (His law), lest ye err. And God hath knowledge of all things.
THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD, CHAPTER NO. 005
005.001 O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations.
005.002 Lawful unto you (for food) are all four-footed animals, with the exceptions named: But animals of the chase
are forbidden while ye are in the sacred precincts or in pilgrim garb: for God doth command according to His will and
plan.
005.003 O ye who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the symbols of God, nor of the sacred month, nor of the animals
brought for sacrifice, nor the garlands that mark out such animals, nor the people resorting to the sacred house, seeking
of the bounty and good pleasure of their Lord. But when ye are clear of the sacred precincts and of pilgrim garb, ye
may hunt and let not the hatred of some people in (once) shutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you to
transgression (and hostility on your part). Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another
in sin and rancour: fear God: for God is strict in punishment.
005.004 Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked
the name of other than God; that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by
being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due
form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that
is impiety. This day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not but fear Me. This
day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your
religion. But if any is forced by hunger, with no inclination to transgression, God is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most
Merciful.
005.005 They ask thee what is lawful to them (as food). Say: lawful unto you are (all) things good and pure: and what
ye have taught your trained hunting animals (to catch) in the manner directed to you by God: eat what they catch for
you, but pronounce the name of God over it: and fear God; for God is swift in taking account.
005.006 This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The food of the People of the Book is lawful
unto you and yours is lawful unto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are believers,
but chaste women among the People of the Book, revealed before your time,- when ye give them their due dowers, and
desire chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues if any one rejects faith, fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter
he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).
005.007 O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub
your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity, bathe your whole
body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with
women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, God
doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be
grateful.
005.008 And call in remembrance the favour of God unto you, and His covenant, which He ratified with you, when ye
said: "We hear and we obey": And fear God, for God knoweth well the secrets of your hearts.
005.009 O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to
you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For God is
well-acquainted with all that ye do.