The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

4: 140
Women 63
do. 129 You will never be able to treat your wives with equal fairness,
however much you may desire to do so, but do not ignore one
wife altogether, leaving her suspended [between marriage and
divorce]. If you make amends and remain conscious of God, He is
most forgiving and merciful, 130 but if husband and wife do separate,
God will provide for each out of His plenty: He is infinite in plenty,
and all wise. 131 Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs
to God.
We have commanded those who were given the Scripture before
you, and We command you, to be mindful of God. Even if you do
ignore Him, everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him,
and He is self-sufficient, worthy of all praise. 132 Yes, indeed, everything
in the heavens and the earth belongs to God, and He is enough
for those who trust in Him. 133 If He so willed, He could remove you
altogether and replace you with new people: He has full power to
do so. 134 If some want the rewards of this world, the rewards of this
world and the next are both God’s to give: He hears and sees
everything.
135 You who believe, uphold justice and bear witness to God, even
if it is against yourselves, your parents, or your close relatives.
Whether the person is rich or poor, God can best take care of both.
Refrain from following your own desire, so that you can act justly –
if you distort or neglect justice, God is fully aware of what you do.
136 You who believe, believe in God and His Messenger and in the
Scripture He sent down to His Messenger, as well as what He sent
down before. Anyone who does not believe in God, His angels, His
Scriptures, His messengers, and the Last Day has gone far, far astray.
137 As for those who believe, then reject the faith, then believe again,
then reject the faith again and become increasingly defiant, God will
not forgive them, nor will He guide them on any path. 138 [Prophet],
tell such hypocrites that an agonizing torment awaits them.
139 Do those who ally themselves with the disbelievers rather than
the believers seek power through them? In reality all power is God’s
to give. 140 As He has already revealed to you [believers] in the Scripture,
if you hear people denying and ridiculing God’s revelation, do
not sit with them unless they start to talk of other things, or else you
yourselves will become like them: a God will gather all the hypocrites
a See 6: 68 – an earlier, Meccan sura.