5:101
O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if
made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about
things when the Qur’an is being revealed, they will be made
plain to you, Allah will forgive those: for Allah is Oft
forgiving, Most Forbearing.
See 3:7
5:102
Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that
account lost their faith.
5:103
It was not Allah who instituted (superstitions like those of) a
slit-ear she-camel, or a she-camel let loose for free pasture, or
idol sacrifices for twin-births in animals, or stallion-camels
freed from work: It is blasphemers who invent a lie against
Allah; but most of them lack wisdom.
5:104
When it is said to them: “Come to what Allah hath revealed;
come to the Messenger”: They say: “Enough for us are the
ways we found our fathers following.” what! even though their
fathers were void of knowledge and guidance?
5:105
O ye who believe! Guard your own souls: If ye follow (right)
guidance, no hurt can come to you from those who stray. the
goal of you all is to Allah: it is He that will show you the truth
of all that ye do.
5:106
O ye who believe! When death approaches any of you, (take)
witnesses among yourselves when making bequests, – two just
men of your own (brotherhood) or others from outside if ye are
journeying through the earth, and the chance of death befalls
you (thus). If ye doubt (their truth), detain them both after
prayer, and let them both swear by Allah: “We wish not in this
for any worldly gain, even though the (beneficiary) be our near
relation: we shall hide not the evidence before Allah: if we do,
then behold! the sin be upon us!”
5:107
But if it gets known that these two were guilty of the sin (of
perjury), let two others stand forth in their places, – nearest in
kin from among those who claim a lawful right: let them swear
by Allah: “We affirm that our witness is truer than that of those
two, and that we have not trespassed (beyond the truth): if we
did, behold! the wrong be upon us!”
5:108
That is most suitable: that they may give the evidence in its
true nature and shape, or else they would fear that other oaths
would be taken after their oaths. But fear Allah, and listen (to
His counsel): for Allah guideth not a rebellious people:
5:109
One day will Allah gather the messengers together, and ask:
“What was the response ye received (from men to your
teaching)?” They will say: “We have no knowledge: it is Thou
Who knowest in full all that is hidden.”
5:110
Then will Allah say: “O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My
favour to thee and to thy mother.Behold! I strengthened thee
with the holy spirit, so that thou didst speak to the people in
childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and
Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel and behold! thou makest out
of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, andthou
breathest into it and it becometh a bird by My leave, and thou
healest those born blind,and the lepers, by My leave. And
behold! thou bringest forth the dead by My leave. And behold!
I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) thee
when thou didst show themthe clear Signs, and the unbelievers
among them said: ’This is nothing but evident magic.’
5:111
“And behold! I inspired the disciples to have faith in Me and
Mine Messenger: they said, ’We have faith, and do thou bear
witness that we bow to Allah as Muslims’”.