1. Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory:
2. That Allah may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to follow;
fulfill His favor to thee; and guide thee on the Straight Way;
3. And that Allah may help thee with powerful help.
4. It is He Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the Believers, that
they may add faith to their faith;- for to Allah belong the Forces of the
heavens and the earth; and Allah is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom;-
5. That He may admit the men and women who believe, to Gardens beneath which
rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye, and remove their sins from them;- and
that is, in the sight of Allah, the grand triumph,-
6. And that He may punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and the Polytheists men
and women, who think an evil though of Allah. On them is a round of Evil: the
Wrath of Allah is on them: He has cursed them and got Hell ready for them: and
evil is it for a destination.
7. For to Allah belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is
Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
8. We have truly sent thee as a witness, as a bringer of Glad Tidings, and as a
Warner:
9. In order that ye (O men) may believe in Allah and His Messenger, that ye may
assist and honor Him, and celebrate His praise morning and evening.
10. Verily those who plight their fealty to thee plight their fealty in truth to
Allah; the Hand of Allah is over their hands: then any one who violates his
oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, and any one who fulfills what he has
covenanted with Allah,- Allah will soon grant him a great Reward.
11. The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee: "We were engaged in
(looking after) our flocks and herds, and our families: do thou then ask
forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts.
Say: "Who then has any power at all (to intervene) on your behalf with Allah, if
His Will is to give you some loss or to give you some profit? But Allah is well
acquainted with all that ye do.
12. "Nay, ye thought that the Messenger and the Believers would never return to
their families; this seemed pleasing in your hearts, and ye conceived an evil
thought, for ye are a people doomed to perish."
13. And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have prepared, for
those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!
14. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: He forgives whom
He wills, and He punishes whom He wills: but Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
15. Those who lagged behind (will say), when ye set forth to acquire booty (in
war): "Permit us to follow you." They wish to change Allah's word: say: "Not
thus will ye follow us: Allah has already declared (this) beforehand": then they
will say, "But ye are jealous of us." Nay, but little do they understand (such
things).
16. Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind: "Ye shall be summoned (to fight)
against a people given to vehement war: then shall ye fight, or they shall
submit. Then if ye show obedience, Allah will grant you a goodly reward, but if
ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish you with a grievous Chastisement."
17. No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the lame, nor on one
ill (if he joins not the war): but he that obeys Allah and his Messenger,-
(Allah) will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and he who turns
back, (Allah) will punish him with a grievous Chastisement.
18. Allah's Good Pleasure was on the Believers when they swore Fealty to thee
under the Tree: He knew what was in their hearts, and He sent down Tranquillity
to them; and He rewarded them with a speedy Victory;
19. And many gains will they acquire (besides): and Allah is Exalted in Power,
Full of Wisdom.
20. Allah has promised you many gains that ye shall acquire, and He has given
you these beforehand; and He has restrained the hands of men from you; that it
may be a Sign for the Believers, and that He may guide you to a Straight Path;
21. And other gains (there are), which are not within your power, but which
Allah has compassed: and Allah has power over all things.
22. If the Unbelievers should fight you, they would certainly turn their backs;
then would they find neither protector nor helper.
23. (Such has been) the practice of Allah already in the past: no change wilt
thou find in the practice of Allah.
24. And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands from
them in the valley of Mecca, after that He gave you the victory over them. And
Allah sees well all that ye do.
25. They are the ones who disbelieved and hindered you from the Sacred Mosque
and the sacrificial animals, detained from reaching their place of sacrifice.
Had there not been believing men and believing women whom ye did not know that
ye were trampling down and on whose account a guilt would have accrued to you
without (your) knowledge, (Allah would have allowed you to force your way, but
He held back your hands) that He may admit to His Mercy whom He will. If they
had been apart, We should certainly have punished the Unbelievers among them
with a grievous Punishment.
26. While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant - the heat and
cant of Ignorance,- Allah sent down His Tranquillity to His Messenger and to the
Believers, and made them stick close to the command of self-restraint; and well
were they entitled to it and worthy of it. And Allah has full knowledge of all
things.
27. Truly did Allah fulfill the vision for His Messenger. ye shall enter the
Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, with minds secure, heads shaved, hair cut short,
and without fear. For He knew what ye knew not, and He granted, besides this, a
speedy victory.
28. It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth,
to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is Allah for a Witness.
29. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are strong
against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other. Thou wilt see them
bow and prostrate themselves (in prayer), seeking Grace from Allah and (His)
Good Pleasure. On their faces are their marks, (being) the traces of their
prostration. This is their similitude in the Taurát; and their similitude in the
Gospel is: like a seed which sends forth its blade, then makes it strong; it
then becomes thick, and it stands on its own stem, (filling) the sowers with
wonder and delight. As a result, it fills the Unbelievers with rage at them.
Allah has promised those among them who believe and do righteous deeds
forgiveness, and a great Reward.
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