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one quarter of what you leave if yourselves against them; if they
you are childless. But if you testify to their guilt, confine them
leave children, your wives shall to the house until death releases
inherit one eighth, after payment them or until God gives them
of any bequest or debts. If a man another way out. 16 If two men
or woman has no direct heirs commit a like abomination,
[neither children or parents] but punish them both. If they repent
has left a brother or a sister, they and mend their ways, leave them
shall each inherit one sixth, but alone. God is forgiving and
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if they are more than two, they merciful. But God undertakes
share one third between them, to accept repentance only from
after payment of any bequests or those who do evil out of
debts, so that no harm is done to ignorance and those who repent
anyone. That is a commandment soon after. God turns towards
from God: God is all knowing such people with mercy; He is
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and forbearing. These are the all knowing and all wise.
limits set by God. Anyone who 18 Forgiveness is not for those
obeys God and His Messenger who continue to do evil deeds
will be admitted to Gardens until, when death comes upon one
through which rivers flow, to of them, he says: ‘Now I repent!’
live there forever. That will be nor from those who die as deniers
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the supreme achievement. But of the truth. We have prepared a
anyone who disobeys God and painful punishment for them.
His Messenger and transgresses 19 Believers, it is not lawful
His limits shall be cast into a for you to inherit women against
Fire, wherein he will abide their will, nor should you detain
forever. And he shall have a them wrongfully, so that you
humiliating punishment. may take away a part of what you
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If any of your women have given them, unless they are
commit fornication, call in four guilty of something clearly
male witnesses from among outrageous. Live with them in