1. Verily We have
granted thee a manifest Victory:
2. That Allah may forgive thee
thy faults of the past and those
to follow; fulfil His favour 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 ills from them;-
and that is, in the sight of
Allah, the highest achievement
(for man),-
6. And that He may punish the
Hypocrites, men and women, and
the Polytheists men and women,
who imagine an evil opinion 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 honour Him, and celebrate
His praise morning and evening.
10. Verily those who plight
their fealty to thee do no less
than plight their fealty 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 fulfils 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 lost (in wickedness)."
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 (are free
to) march and take booty (in
war): "Permit us to follow you."
They wish to change Allah.s
decree: 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
Penalty."
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 Penalty.
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
(approved) of Allah already in
the past: no change wilt thou
find in the practice (approved)
of Allah.
24. And it is He Who has
restrained their hands from you
and your hands from them in the
midst of Makka, after that He
gave you the victory over them.
And Allah sees well all that ye
do.
25. They are the ones who denied
Revelation 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 crime 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 fulfil 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 apostle 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 Taurat;
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. |