The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

17: 44
The Night Journey 177
If you are good, He is most forgiving to those who return to Him.
26 Give relatives their due, and the needy, and travellers – do not
squander your wealth wastefully: 27 those who squander are the
brothers of Satan, and Satan is most ungrateful to his Lord – 28 but
if, while seeking some bounty that you expect from your Lord, you
turn them down, then at least speak some word of comfort to them.
29 Do not be tight-fisted, nor so open-handed that you end up blamed
and overwhelmed with regret. 30 Your Lord gives abundantly to whoever
He will, and sparingly to whoever He will: He knows and
observes His servants thoroughly.
31 Do not kill your children for fear of poverty a ––We shall provide
for them and for you––killing them is a great sin. 32 And do not go
anywhere near adultery: it is an outrage, and an evil path. 33 Do not
take life, which God has made sacred, except by right: if anyone is
killed wrongfully, We have given authority to the defender of his
rights, but he should not be excessive in taking life, for he is already
aided [by God]. 34 Do not go near the orphan’s property, b except
with the best [intentions], until he reaches the age of maturity.
Honour your pledges: you will be questioned about your pledges.
35 Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with accurate
scales: that is better and fairer in the end. 36 Do not follow blindly
what you do not know to be true: ears, eyes, and heart, you will be
questioned about all these. 37 Do not strut arrogantly about the earth:
you cannot break it open, nor match the mountains in height. 38 The
evil of all these actions is hateful to your Lord.
39 [Prophet], this is some of the wisdom your Lord has revealed to
you: do not set up another god beside God, or you will be thrown
into Hell, blamed and rejected. 40 What? Has your Lord favoured you
people with sons and taken daughters for Himself from the angels? c
What a monstrous thing for you to say!
41 We have explained things in various ways in this Quran, so that
such people might take notice, but it has only turned them further
away. 42 Say, ‘If there were other gods along with Him, as they say
there are, then they would have tried to find a way to the Lord of
the Throne.’ 43 Glory to Him! He is far above what they say! 44 The
seven heavens and the earth and everyone in them glorify Him.
There is not a single thing that does not celebrate His praise, though
a See 81: 8–9. b Cf. 4: 2. c See also 16: 57–62.