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[Translation of 1 to 5] IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God. O ye folk! fear your Lord, who created you from one soul, and created therefrom its mate, and diffused from them twain many men and women. And fear God, in whose name ye beg of one another, and the wombs; verily, God over you doth watch 2. And give unto the orphans their property, and give them not the vile in exchange for the good, and devour not their property to your own property; verily, that were a great sin. But if ye fear that ye cannot do justice between orphans, then marry what seems good to you of women, by twos, or threes, or fours; and if ye fear that ye cannot be equitable, then only one, or what your right hands possess 3. That keeps you nearer to not being partial. And give women their dowries freely; and if they are good enough to remit any of it of themselves, then devour it with good digestion and appetite 1. But do not give up to fools 2 their property which God has made you to stand by; but maintain them from it, and clothe them, and speak to them with a reasonable speech. |
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