A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:190 Fight in the way of Allah those who fight against you but do not transgress.Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors.191 And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing.And do… Continue reading Qur’an 2:190-193
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Qur’an 2:189
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:189 They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the crescent moons.Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for ḥajj [pilgrimage]."And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allah.And enter houses from their doors.And fear… Continue reading Qur’an 2:189
Qur’an 2:188
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:188 And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful].Koran 2:188 Here’s my improved… Continue reading Qur’an 2:188
Qur’an 2:187
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:187 It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are a clothing for you and you are a clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance… Continue reading Qur’an 2:187
Qur’an 2:186
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:186 And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near.I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me.So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.Koran 2:186… Continue reading Qur’an 2:186
Qur’an 2:183-185
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:183 O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous - 184 [Fasting for] a limited number of days.So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then… Continue reading Qur’an 2:183-185
Qur’an 2:180-182
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:180 Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.181 Then whoever alters it [i.e., the bequest]… Continue reading Qur’an 2:180-182
Qur’an 2:178-179
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:178 O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female.But whoever overlooks from his brother [i.e., the killer] anything, then there should be a… Continue reading Qur’an 2:178-179
Qur’an 2:177
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:177 Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives,… Continue reading Qur’an 2:177
Qur’an 2:174-176
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 2:174 Indeed, they who conceal what Allah has sent down of the Book and exchange it for a small price - those consume not into their bellies except the Fire.And Allah will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them.And… Continue reading Qur’an 2:174-176










