Quran on Speech

O ye who believe! Guard your duty to Allah, and speak words straight to the point;

And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).

On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and justice. There is naught that can change His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

And We know well that they say: Only a man teacheth him. The speech of him at whom they falsely hint is outlandish, and this is clear Arabic speech.

Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

Say: Though the sea became ink for the Words of my Lord, verily the sea would be used up before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even though We brought the like thereof to help.

He saith: Begone therein, and speak not unto Me.

Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!

This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

And they say unto their skins: Why testify ye against us? They say: Allah hath given us speech Who giveth speech to all things, and Who created you at the first, and unto Whom ye are returned.

He said: The Truth is, and the Truth I speak,

That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

For we shall charge thee with a word of weight.

O ye wives of the Prophet! Ye are not like any other women. If ye keep your duty (to Allah), then be not soft of speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease aspire (to you), but utter customary speech.

That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

And those who have no knowledge say: Why doth not Allah speak unto us, or some sign come unto us? Even thus, as they now speak, spake those (who were) before them. Their hearts are all alike. We have made clear the revelations for people who are sure.

We made his kingdom strong and gave him wisdom and decisive speech.

Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.

It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command.

And when thou seest them their figures please thee; and if they speak thou givest ear unto their speech. (They are) as though they were blocks of wood in striped cloaks. They deem every shout to be against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. Allah confound them! How they are perverted!

And speak unto him a gentle word, that peradventure he may heed or fear.

And Allah will vindicate the Truth by His words, however much the guilty be averse.

And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not.

And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning Allah an atrocious lie.

Lo! those for whom the word of thy Lord (concerning sinners) hath effect will not believe,

He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.

They are guided unto gentle speech; they are guided unto the path of the Glorious One.

And a fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he speaketh truth.

Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)?

Thus is the Word of thy Lord justified concerning those who do wrong: that they believe not.

Or have We revealed unto them any warrant which speaketh of that which they associate with Him?

And lo! we had supposed that humankind and jinn would not speak a lie concerning Allah -

He will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of the righteous.

Say: Allah speaketh truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, the upright. He was not of the idolaters.

And the Word will be fulfilled concerning them because they have done wrong, and they will not speak.

So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim.

Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen and speech more certain.

And if a slander from the devil wound thee, then seek refuge in Allah. Lo! He is Hearer, Knower.

Ask the township where we were, and the caravan with which we travelled hither. Lo! we speak the truth.

And those who malign believing men and believing women undeservedly, they bear the guilt of slander and manifest sin.

Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom).

Thus was the word of thy Lord concerning those who disbelieve fulfilled: That they are owners of the Fire.

And if We had appointed it a Lecture in a foreign tongue they would assuredly have said: If only its verses were expounded (so that we might understand)? What! A foreign tongue and an Arab? - Say unto them (O Muhammad): For those who believe it is a guidance and a healing; and as for those who disbelieve, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness for them. Such are called to from afar.

Allah loveth not the utterance of harsh speech save by one who hath been wronged. Allah is ever Hearer, Knower.

(Pharaoh) said: If thou comest with a token, then produce it, if thou art of those who speak the truth.

O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His messenger, and turn not away from him when ye hear (him speak).

And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought.

Then Adam received from his Lord words (of revelation), and He relented toward him. Lo! He is the relenting, the Merciful.

And let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! power belongeth wholly to Allah. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

Moses said: Speak ye (so) of the Truth when it hath come unto you? Is this magic? Now magicians thrive not.

On the day when it cometh no soul will speak except by His permission; some among them will be wretched, (others) glad.

And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.

But if thou turn away from them, seeking mercy from thy Lord, for which thou hopest, then speak unto them a reasonable word.

But as for him who believeth and doeth right, good will be his reward, and We shall speak unto him a mild command.

And when kinsfolk and orphans and the needy are present at the division (of the heritage), bestow on them therefrom and speak kindly unto them.

Tell My bondmen to speak that which is kindlier. Lo! the devil soweth discord among them. Lo! the devil is for man an open foe.

And we task not any soul beyond its scope, and with Us is a Record which speaketh the truth, and they will not be wronged.