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in your hearts; and God is all reveal anything or hide it, God is
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knowing, and forbearing. It is aware of everything.
not lawful for you to marry more 55 There shall be no blame on
women after this, nor to change them for appearing before their
them for other wives, even fathers, their sons, their brothers,
though their beauty may please their brothers’ sons, their sisters’
you, except any that your right sons, their women or those whom
hand possesses. God is watchful their right hands may possess.
over all things. Women, fear God. God observes
53 Believers, do not enter the all things.
houses of the Prophet, unless 56 God and His angels bestow
you are invited for a meal. Do blessings on the Prophet. O
not linger until a meal is ready. believers, you also should invoke
When you are invited enter and blessings on him and give him
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when you have taken your meal, greetings of peace. Those who
depart. Do not stay on, indulging annoy God and His Messenger
in conversation. Doing that shall be cursed by God in this
causes annoyance to the Prophet, world and in the Hereafter.
though he is too reticent to tell God has prepared for them
you so, but God is not reticent a humiliating punishment.
with the truth. When you ask 58 Those who affront believing
[the wives of the Prophet] for men and believing women
anything, ask them from behind without their having deserved it
a curtain. That will be purer for [done any wrong] shall bear the
your hearts as well as their hearts. weight of slander and flagrant
It is not right for you to cause sin.
annoyance to the Messenger of 59 O Prophet! Tell your wives
God or for you ever to marry his and your daughters and believing
wives after him. Indeed that women that they should
would be an enormity in the draw over themselves some of
sight of God. 54 Whether you their outer garments [when in