1. They ask thee
concerning (things taken as) spoils of war. Say: "(Such) spoils are at
the disposal of Allah and the Messenger. So fear Allah, and keep
straight the relations between yourselves: Obey Allah and His Messenger,
if ye do believe."
2. For, Believers are those who, when Allah is
mentioned, feel a tremor in their hearts, and when they hear His
revelations rehearsed, find their faith strengthened, and put (all)
their trust in their Lord;
3. Who establish regular prayers and spend
(freely) out of the gifts We have given them for sustenance:
4. Such in truth are the Believers: they have
grades of dignity with their Lord, and forgiveness, and generous
sustenance:
5. Just as thy Lord ordered thee out of thy
house in truth, even though a party among the Believers disliked it,
6. Disputing with thee concerning the truth
after it was made manifest, as if they were being driven to death while
they see it.
7. Behold! Allah promised you one of the two
(enemy) parties, that it should be yours: Ye wished that the one unarmed
should be yours, but Allah willed to establish the Truth according to
His words and to cut off the roots of the Unbelievers;-
8. That He might establish Truth and prove
Falsehood false, distasteful though it be to those in guilt.
9. Remember ye implored the assistance of your
Lord, and He answered you: "I will assist you with a thousand of the
angels, ranks on ranks."
10. Allah made it but a message of hope, and an
assurance to your hearts: (in any case) there is no help except from
Allah: and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.
11. Remember He covered you with drowsiness, to
give you calm as from Himself, and He caused rain to descend on you from
heaven, to clean you therewith, to remove from you the stain of Satan,
to strengthen your hearts, and to plant your feet firmly therewith.
12. Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with
the message): "I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will
instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their
necks and smite all their finger-tips off them."
13. This because they contended against Allah
and His Messenger: if any contend against Allah and His Messenger, Allah
is strict in punishment.
14. Thus (will it be said): "Taste ye then of
the (punishment): for those who reject, is the Chastisement of the
Fire."
15. O ye who believe! when ye meet the
Unbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them.
16. If any do turn his back to them on such a
day - unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of
his own)- he draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is
Hell,- an evil refuge (indeed)!
17. It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah.
When thou threwest (a handful of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah's:
in order that He might confer on the Believers a gracious benefit from
Himself: for Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).
18. That, and also because Allah is He Who makes
feeble the plans and stratagem of the Unbelievers.
19. (O Unbelievers!) if ye prayed for victory
and judgment, now hath the judgment come to you: if ye desist (from
wrong), it will be best for you: if ye return (to the attack), so shall
We. Not the least good will your forces be to you even if they were
multiplied: for verily Allah is with those who believe!
20. O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His
Messenger, and turn not away from him when ye hear (him speak).
21. Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but
listen not:
22. For the worst of beasts in the sight of
Allah are the deaf and the dumb,- those who understand not.
23. If Allah had found in them any good. He
would indeed have made them listen: (As it is), if He had made them
listen, they would but have turned back and declined (faith).
24. O ye who believe! give your response to
Allah and His Messenger, when He calleth you to that which will give you
life; and know that Allah cometh in between a man and his heart, and
that it is He to Whom ye shall (all) be gathered.
25. And fear the trail, which affecteth not in
particular (only) those of you who do wrong: and know that Allah is
strict in punishment.
26. Call to mind when ye were a small (band),
deemed weak through the land, and afraid that men might despoil and
kidnap you; But He provided a safe asylum for you, strengthened you with
His aid, and gave you Good things for sustenance: that ye might be
grateful.
27. O ye that believe! betray not the trust of
Allah and the Messenger, nor misappropriate knowingly things entrusted
to you.
28. And know ye that your possessions and your
progeny are but a trial; and that it is Allah with Whom lies your
highest reward.
29. O ye who believe! if ye fear Allah, He will
grant you a Criterion (to judge between right and wrong), remove from
you (all) evil deeds you, and forgive you: for Allah is the Lord of
Grace unbounded.
30. Remember how the Unbelievers plotted against
thee, to keep thee in bonds, or slay thee, or get thee out (of thy
home). They plot and plan, and Allah too plans; but the best of planners
is Allah.
31. When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they
say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words)
like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients."
32. Remember how they said: "O Allah! if this is
indeed the Truth from Thee, rain down on us a shower of stones form the
sky, or send us a grievous chastisement."
33. But Allah was not going to send them a
chastisement whilst thou wast amongst them; nor was He going to send it
whilst they could ask for pardon.
34. But what plea have they that Allah should
not punish them, when they keep out (men) from the Sacred Mosque - and
they are not its guardians? No men can be its guardians except the
righteous; but most of them do not understand.
35. Their prayer at the House (of Allah) is
nothing but whistling and clapping of hands: (Its only answer can be),
"Taste ye the Chastisement because ye blasphemed."
36. The Unbelievers spend their wealth to hinder
(man) from the path of Allah, and so will they continue to spend; but in
the end they will have (only) regrets and sighs; at length they will be
overcome: and the Unbelievers will be gathered together to Hell;-
37. In order that Allah may separate the impure
from the pure, put the impure, one on another, heap them together, and
cast them into Hell. They will be the ones to have lost.
38. Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist
(from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist,
the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for
them).
39. And fight them on until there is no more
persecution, and religion becomes Allah's in its entirety; but if they
cease, verily Allah doth see all that they do.
40. If they refuse, be sure that Allah is your
Protector - the best to protect and the best to help.
41. And know that out of all the booty that ye
may acquire (in war), a fifth share is assigned to Allah,- and to the
Messenger, and to near relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer,-
if ye do believe in Allah and in the revelation We sent down to Our
Servant on the Day of Discrimination,- the Day of the meeting of the two
forces. For Allah hath power over all things.
42. Remember ye were on the hither side of the
valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on lower ground
than ye. Even if ye had made a mutual appointment to meet, ye would
certainly have failed in the appointment: But (thus ye met), that Allah
might accomplish a matter already decided; that those who died might die
after a Clear Sign (had been given), and those who lived might live
after a Clear Sign (had been given). And verily Allah is He Who heareth
and knoweth (all things).
43. Remember in thy dream Allah showed them to
thee as few: if He had shown them to thee as many, ye would surely have
been discouraged, and ye would surely have disputed in (your) decision;
but Allah saved (you): for He knoweth well the (secrets) of (all)
hearts.
44. And remember when ye met, He showed them to
you as few in your eyes, and He made you appear as contemptible in their
eyes: that Allah might accomplish a matter already decided. And unto
Allah are all matters returned.
45. O ye who believe! When ye meet a force, be
firm, and call Allah in remembrance much (and often); that ye may
prosper:
46. And obey Allah and His Messenger. and fall
into no disputes, lest ye lose heart and your power depart; and be
patient and persevering: For Allah is with those who patiently
persevere:
47. And be not like those who started from their
homes insolently and to be seen of men, and to hinder (men) from the
path of Allah: for Allah compasseth all that they do.
48. Remember Satan made their (sinful) acts seem
alluring to them, and said: "No one among men can overcome you this day,
while I am near to you": But when the two forces came in sight of each
other, he turned on his heels, and said: "Lo! I am clear of you; lo! I
see what ye see not; Lo! I fear Allah. for Allah is strict in
punishment."
49. Lo! the Hypocrites and those in whose hearts
is a disease, say: "These people,- their religion has misled them." But
if any trust in Allah, behold! Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.
50. If thou couldst see, when the angels take
the souls of the Unbelievers (at death), (How) they smite their faces
and their backs, (saying): "Taste the Chastisement of the blazing Fire-
51. This is "Because of (the deeds) which your
(own) hands sent forth; for Allah is never unjust to His servants:
52. "(Deeds) after the manner of the People of
Pharaoh and of those before them: They rejected the Signs of Allah, and
Allah punished them for their crimes: for Allah is Strong, and Strict in
punishment:
53. "Because Allah will never change the grace
which He hath bestowed on a people until they change what is in their
(own) souls: and verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all
things)."
54. (Deeds) after the manner of the People of
Pharaoh and those before them": They treated as false the Signs of their
Lord, so We destroyed them for their crimes, and We drowned the People
of Pharaoh: for they were all oppressors and wrong- doers.
55. For the worst of beasts in the sight of
Allah are those who reject Him: They will not believe.
56. They are those with whom thou didst make a
covenant, but they break their covenant every time, and they have not
the fear (of Allah).
57. If ye gain the mastery over them in war,
disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember.
58. If thou fearest treachery from any group,
throw back (their covenant) to them, (so as to be) on equal terms: for
Allah loveth not the treacherous.
59. Let not the Unbelievers think that they have
escaped: they will never frustrate (them).
60. Against them make ready your strength to the
utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into
(the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others
besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye
shall spend in the Cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye
shall not be treated unjustly.
61. But if the enemy incline towards peace, do
thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in Allah: for He is the One
that heareth and knoweth (all things).
62. Should they intend to deceive thee,- verily
Allah sufficeth thee: He it is that hath strengthened thee with His aid
and with (the company of) the Believers;
63. And (moreover) He hath put affection between
their hearts: not if thou hadst spent all that is in the earth, couldst
thou have produced that affection, but Allah hath done it: for He is
Exalted in might, Wise.
64. O Prophet! sufficient unto thee is Allah,-
(unto thee) and unto those who follow thee among the Believers.
65. O Prophet! Rouse the Believers to the fight.
If there are twenty amongst you, patient and persevering, they will
vanquish two hundred: if a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the
Unbelievers: for these are a people without understanding.
66. For the present, Allah hath lightened your
(burden), for He knoweth that there is a weak spot in you: But (even
so), if there are a hundred of you, patient and persevering, they will
vanquish two hundred, and if a thousand, they will vanquish two
thousand, with the leave of Allah: for Allah is with those who patiently
persevere.
67. It is not fitting for a Prophet that he
should have prisoners of war until he hath thoroughly subdued the land.
Ye look for the temporal goods of this world; but Allah looketh to the
Hereafter: And Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.
68. Had it not been for a previous ordainment
from Allah, a severe punishment would have reached you for the (ransom)
that ye took.
69. But (now) enjoy what ye took in war, lawful
and good: but fear Allah. for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
70. O Prophet! say to those who are captives in
your hands: "If Allah findeth any good in your hearts, He will give you
something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive
you: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."
71. But if they have treacherous designs against
thee, (O Messenger!), they have already been in treason against Allah,
and so hath He given (thee) power over them. And Allah is He Who hath
(full) knowledge and wisdom.
72. Those who believed, and emigrated, and
fought for the Faith, with their property and their persons, in the
Cause of Allah, as well as those who gave (them) asylum and aid,- these
are (all) friends and protectors, one of another. As to those who
believed but did not emigrate, ye owe no duty of protection to them
until they emigrate; but if they seek your aid in religion, it is your
duty to help them, except against a people with whom ye have a treaty of
mutual alliance. And (remember) Allah seeth all that ye do.
73. The Unbelievers are protectors, one of
another: unless ye do this, (protect each other), there would be tumult
and oppression on earth, and great mischief.
74. Those who believe, and emigrate, and fight
for the Faith, in the Cause of Allah as well as those who give (them)
asylum and aid,- these are (all) in very truth the Believers: for them
is the forgiveness of sins and a provision most generous.
75. And those who accept Faith subsequently, and
emigrate, and fight for the Faith in your company,- they are of you. But
kindred by blood have prior rights against each other in the Book of
Allah. Verily Allah is well-acquainted with all things.
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