24.21 . O ye who believe! Follow not the footsteps of the devil . Unto whomsoever followeth the footsteps of the devil , lo! he commandeth filthiness and wrong . Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you , not one of you would ever have grown pure . But Allah causeth whom He will to grow . And Allah is Hearer , Knower .

24.22 . And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear not to give to the near of kin and to the needy , and to fugitives for the cause of Allah . Let them forgive and show indulgence . Yearn ye not that Allah may forgive you? Allah is Forgiving , Merciful .

24.23 . Lo! as for those who traduce virtuous , believing women ( who are ) careless , cursed are they in the world and the Hereafter . Theirs will be an awful doom

24.24 . On the day when their tongues and their hands and their feet testify against them as to what they used to do ,

24.25 . On that day Allah will pay them their just due , and they will know that Allah , He is the Manifest Truth .

24.26 . Vile women are for vile men , and vile men for vile women . Good women are for good men , and good men for good women ; such are innocent of that which people say : For them is pardon and a bountiful provision .

24.27 . O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own without first announcing your presence and invoking peace upon the folk thereof . That is better for you , that ye may be heedful .

24.28 . And if ye find no one therein , still enter not until permission hath been given . And if it be said unto you : Go away again , then go away , for it is purer for you . Allah knoweth what ye do .

24.29 . ( It is ) no sin for you to enter uninhabited houses wherein is comfort for you Allah knoweth that ye proclaim and what ye hide .

24.30 . Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest . That is purer for them . Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do .

24.31 . And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest , and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent , and to draw their veils over their bosoms , and not to reveal their adornment save to their own husbands or fathers or husbands fathers , or their sons or their husbands ' sons , or their brothers or their brothers ' sons or sisters sons , or their women , or their slaves , or male attendants who lack vigor , or children who know naught of women ' s nakedness . And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment . And turn unto Allah together , O believers , in order that ye may succeed .

24.32 . And marry such of you as are solitary and the pious of your slaves and maid servants . If they be poor ; Allah will enrich them of His bounty . Allah is of ample means , Aware .

24.33 . And let those who cannot find a match keep chaste till Allah give them independence by His grace . And such of your slaves as seek a writing ( of emancipation ) , write it for them if ye are aware of aught of good in them , and bestow upon them of the wealth of Allah which He hath bestowed upon you . Force not your slave girls to whoredom that ye may seek enjoyment of the life of the world , if they would preserve their chastity . And if one force them , then ( unto them ) , after their compulsion , Lo! Allah will be Forgiving , Merciful .

24.34 . And verily We have sent down for you revelations that make plain , and the example of those who passed away before you . An admonition unto those who ward off ( evil ) .

24.35 . Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth . The similitude of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp . The lamp is in a glass . The glass is as it were a shining star . ( This lamp is ) kindled from a blessed tree , an olive neither of the East nor of the West , whose oil would almost glow forth ( of itself ) though no fire touched it . Light upon light , Allah guideth unto His light whom He will . And Allah speaketh to mankind in allegories , for Allah is knower of all things .

24.36 . ( This lamp is found ) in houses which Allah hath allowed to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered therein . Therein do offer praise to Him at morn and evening

24.37 . Men whom neither merchandise nor sale beguileth from remembrance of Allah and constancy in prayer and paying to the poor their due ; who fear a day when hearts and eyeballs will be overturned ;

24.38 . That Allah may reward them with the best of what they did , and increase reward for them of His bounty . Allah giveth blessings without stint to whom He will .

24.39 . As for those who disbelieve , their deeds are as a mirage in a desert . The thirsty one supposeth it to be water till he cometh unto it and findeth it naught , and findeth , in the place thereof , Allah , Who payeth him his due ; and Allah is swift at reckoning .

24.40 . Or as darkness on a vast , abysmal sea . There covereth him a wave , above which is a wave , above which is a cloud . Layer upon layer of darkness . When he holdeth out his hand he scarce can see it . And he for whom Allah hath not appointed light , for him there is no light .