The Majestic Quran

shepherd, they hear nothing but crying and screaming; deaf, dumb and blind, they simply don’t understand. M 172 Believers, eat the wholesome foods We provide you and thank God, if you truly worship Him. 173 The few things He has made unlawful for you are carrion, blood, pork, and animals slaughtered in any name other than God’s. However, if anyone is compelled by circumstance , 33 not because he desires it or wishes to disobey God , then he commits no sin. God is the Forgiving, the Kind. I 174 Anyone who hides what God has revealed in the Book, or sells it for a small sum of money are filling their stomachs with Hellfire. God will neither speak to them nor purify them on Judgement Day; they shall have a painful punishment. 175 They have chosen for themselves error over guidance and punishment over forgiveness. How will they endure Hellfire? 176 That is because God has sent The Book with the truth, but those who differ about The Book have digressed with farfetched heresy. W ? 177 Righteousness is not simply turning your face towards The East or The West in prayer, rather, righteousness is believing in God, The Last Day, the angels, the revealed books and the prophets; spending wealth for the love of God on relatives, orphans, the needy, travellers, beggars and freeing slaves; performing prayer and paying Zakat; fulfilling any contracts one has entered; and being patient in illness, misfortune and in times of hardship. Those who do these things are the truthful people, and they are mindful of God. T 178 Believers, retribution is prescribed for you in the case of victims of murderers: a free man for a free man, a slave for a slave, and a woman for a woman. However , if the culprit is pardoned by his aggrieved brother, this will be adhered to in accordance with best practice, the culprit paying the next of kin what is due. This represents a lightening of the burden and an act of kindness from your Lord. After this day if anyone goes beyond these limits, they will suffer a painful punishment. 179 The people of