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 signs 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 and
they (actually) saw 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 justify the Truth
according to His words and to
cut off the roots of the
Unbelievers;-
8. That He might justify 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
a sort of 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 instil
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
resist Allah, is the penalty 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 test the Believers
by a gracious trial 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 tumult or
oppression, 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), despised 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 (that may
afflict) 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 penalty."
33. But Allah was not going to
send them a penalty 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 penalty 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 tumult or
oppression, and there prevail
justice and faith in Allah
altogether and everywhere; 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
Testing,- 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 enacted; 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
enacted. For to Allah do all
questions go back (for
decision).
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 round about 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 say, and
those in whose hearts is a
disease: "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
penalty of the blazing Fire-
51. "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 can get the
better (of the godly): 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 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 Messenger. sufficient unto
thee is Allah,- (unto thee) and
unto those who follow thee among
the Believers.
65. O Messenger. 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 (task), 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 an
apostle 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 penalty 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 Messenger. 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 so He
Who hath (full) knowledge and
wisdom.
72. Those who believed, and
adopted exile, 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 came
not into exile, ye owe no duty
of protection to them until they
come into exile; 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 adopt
exile, 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 adopt exile,
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
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