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إِنَّ المُسلِمينَ وَالمُسلِماتِ وَالمُؤمِنينَ وَالمُؤمِناتِ وَالقانِتينَ وَالقانِتاتِ وَالصّادِقينَ وَالصّادِقاتِ وَالصّابِرينَ وَالصّابِراتِ وَالخاشِعينَ وَالخاشِعاتِ وَالمُتَصَدِّقينَ وَالمُتَصَدِّقاتِ وَالصّائِمينَ وَالصّائِماتِ وَالحافِظينَ فُروجَهُم وَالحافِظاتِ وَالذّاكِرينَ اللَّهَ كَثيرًا وَالذّاكِراتِ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُم مَغفِرَةً وَأَجرًا عَظيمًا

Yusuf Ali

For Muslim men and women,—1 for believing men and women, for devout men and women, for true men and women, for men and women who are patient and constant, for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women who give2 in charity, for men and women who fast (and deny themselves), for men and women who guard their chastity, and for men and women who engage much in God’s praise,—3 for them has God prepared forgiveness and great reward.
  • Islam, or submitting our will to God’s Will, includes all the virtues, as particularly specified in this verse. See last n. to this verse.
  • A number of Muslim virtues are specified here, but the chief stress is laid on the fact that these virtues are as necessary to women as to men. Both sexes have spiritual as well as human rights and duties in an equal degree, and the future “reward” of the Hereafter, viz., Spiritual Bliss, is provided for the one as for the other.
  • The virtues referred to are: (1) Faith, hope, and trust in God, and in His benevolent government of the world; (2) devotion and service in practical life; (3) love and practice of truth, in thought and intention, word and deed; (4) patience and constancy, in suffering and in right endeavour; (5) humility, the avoidance of an attitude of arrogance and superiority; (6) charity, i.e., help to the poor and unfortunate ones in life, a special virtue arising out of the general duty of service (No. 2); (7) self-denial, typically in food, but generally in all appetites; (8) chastity, purity in sex life, purity in motive, thought, word, and deed; and (9) constant attention to God’s Message, and cultivation of the desire to get nearer to God.