At-Tawba
God Suffices Me
Quittance, from God and His messenger, toward those of the associators with whom you had made a pact.
بَرَآءَةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
So move about freely in the land for four months,
فَسِيحُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍۢ
and know that you cannot render God powerless, and that God covers with disgrace those who disown.
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ مُعْجِزِى ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُخْزِى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
And a proclamation from God and His messenger to mankind, on the day of the Great Convergence of the Hajj: God is quit of the associators, and so is His messenger.
وَأَذَٰنٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَوْمَ ٱلْحَجِّ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَرَسُولُهُۥ
So if you turn back, that is better for you;
فَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ
but if you turn your backs, know that you cannot render God powerless.
وَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ مُعْجِزِى ٱللَّهِ
And announce to those who have disowned a painful punishment — except those of the associators with whom you made a pact, and who then did not stint you in anything nor supported anyone against you: complete your pact toward them until its term.
وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنقُصُوكُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَمْ يُظَٰهِرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَدًۭا فَأَتِمُّوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِمْ عَهْدَهُمْ إِلَىٰ مُدَّتِهِمْ
God indeed loves those who guard themselves.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
When the inviolable months have run out, kill the associators wherever you find them; seize them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every point of observation.
فَإِذَا ٱنسَلَخَ ٱلْأَشْهُرُ ٱلْحُرُمُ فَٱقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْ وَٱقْعُدُوا۟ لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍۢ
But if they turn back, maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality, then leave their way clear.
فَإِن تَابُوا۟ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَخَلُّوا۟ سَبِيلَهُمْ
God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
And if one of the associators asks you for asylum, grant him asylum, until he hears the word of God, then convey him to his place of safety.
وَإِنْ أَحَدٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ٱسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبْلِغْهُ مَأْمَنَهُۥ
That is because they are a people who do not know.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌۭ لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
How could there be, for the associators, a pact with God and with His messenger — except those with whom you made a pact near the inviolable place of prostration? As long as they stand straight with you, stand straight with them.
كَيْفَ يَكُونُ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ عَهْدٌ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعِندَ رَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّمْ عِندَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ فَمَا ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱسْتَقِيمُوا۟ لَهُمْ
God indeed loves those who guard themselves.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
How, then? If they gained the upper hand over you, they would respect toward you neither kinship nor surety.
كَيْفَ وَإِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا۟ فِيكُمْ إِلًّۭا وَلَا ذِمَّةًۭ
They satisfy you with their mouths, while their cores refuse; and most of them are oversteppers.
يُرْضُونَكُم بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتَأْبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ
They bought, with the signs of God, a paltry price, and they barred from His way.
ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًۭا فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦٓ
How evil is what they used to do!
إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
They respect, toward a believer, neither kinship nor surety.
لَا يَرْقُبُونَ فِى مُؤْمِنٍ إِلًّۭا وَلَا ذِمَّةًۭ
And those are the aggressors.
وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَ
If they turn back, maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality, then they are your brothers in the Law.
فَإِن تَابُوا۟ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ
And We detail the signs for a people who know.
وَنُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ
But if they violate their oaths after their pact, and attack your Law, then fight the guides of disowning,
وَإِن نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ عَهْدِهِمْ وَطَعَنُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ فَقَٰتِلُوٓا۟ أَئِمَّةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ
for their oaths are not valid — perhaps they will cease.
إِنَّهُمْ لَآ أَيْمَٰنَ لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَنتَهُونَ
Will you then not fight a people who violated their oaths, who were minded to expel the messenger, and who attacked you first? Would you dread them?
أَلَا تُقَٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًۭا نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ
God is more worthy that you should dread Him, if you are believers.
فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Fight them: God will punish them by your hands, cover them with disgrace, help you against them, heal the chests of a believing people, and remove the rage of their cores.
قَٰتِلُوهُمْ يُعَذِّبْهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ وَيُخْزِهِمْ وَيَنصُرْكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَشْفِ صُدُورَ قَوْمٍۢ مُّؤْمِنِينَ وَيُذْهِبْ غَيْظَ قُلُوبِهِمْ
And God turns with clemency toward whom He wills.
وَيَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ
And God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Or did you think that you would be left, without God having yet distinguished those among you who have striven and have not taken, besides God, His messenger, and the believers, any close confidant?
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تُتْرَكُوا۟ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ جَٰهَدُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا رَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلِيجَةًۭ
And God is Intimately Acquainted with what you do.
وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
It is not for the associators to populate the places of prostration of God, bearing witness against themselves of disowning.
مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يَعْمُرُوا۟ مَسَٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ شَٰهِدِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِم بِٱلْكُفْرِ
Those are the ones whose works have collapsed, and who abide eternally in the Fire.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ وَفِى ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ
Only he populates the places of prostration of God who has believed in God and the Last Day, has maintained the Contact, given pure liberality, and dreaded none but God alone — it may be that those are among those who let themselves be guided.
إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَعَسَىٰٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَن يَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
Would you make the giving of drink to those performing the Hajj and the maintenance of the inviolable place of prostration equivalent to one who has believed in God and the Last Day, and has striven in the way of God?
أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ ٱلْحَآجِّ وَعِمَارَةَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ كَمَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَجَٰهَدَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
They are not equal in the sight of God.
لَا يَسْتَوُۥنَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ
And God does not guide the wrongdoing people.
وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Those who have believed, emigrated, and striven in the way of God with their goods and their Selves have a more immense degree with God,
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَهَاجَرُوا۟ وَجَٰهَدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِ
and those are the triumphant.
وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ
Their Guardian announces to them a benevolence from Himself, a good pleasure, and gardens where they will have lasting bliss, abiding therein eternally, forever.
يُبَشِّرُهُمْ رَبُّهُم بِرَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنْهُ وَرِضْوَٰنٍۢ وَجَنَّٰتٍۢ لَّهُمْ فِيهَا نَعِيمٌۭ مُّقِيمٌ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا
With God there is an immense reward.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌۭ
O you who have believed! Do not take your fathers and your brothers as allies, if they love disowning more than faith.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ إِنِ ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْكُفْرَ عَلَى ٱلْإِيمَٰنِ
And whoever among you takes them as allies, those are the wrongdoers.
وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
Say: "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses, your kinsmen, the goods you have acquired, a trade whose decline you dread, and dwellings with which you are satisfied, are dearer to you than God, His messenger, and striving in His way, then bide your time, until God brings His command."
قُلْ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلٌ ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَٰرَةٌۭ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَٰكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَجِهَادٍۢ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ
And God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.
وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ
God indeed helped you in many places, and on the day of Hunayn, when your great number dazzled you, but it availed you nothing, and the earth, despite its vastness, became narrow for you; then you turned your backs, fleeing.
لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍۢ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنكُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُم مُّدْبِرِينَ
Then God sent down His tranquility upon His messenger and upon the believers, and sent down armies you did not see, and He punished those who had disowned.
ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَنزَلَ جُنُودًۭا لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَعَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟
And such is the recompense of those who disown.
وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Then God turns with clemency, after that, toward whom He wills.
ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ
And God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
O you who have believed! The associators are nothing but impurity: let them not approach the inviolable place of prostration, after this year of theirs.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌۭ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ ٱلْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَٰذَا
And if you fear indigence, God will enrich you from His favor, if He wills.
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ عَيْلَةًۭ فَسَوْفَ يُغْنِيكُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ إِن شَآءَ
God is indeed All-Knowing, Wise.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
Fight those who do not believe in God nor in the Last Day, who do not hold as prohibited what God and His messenger have prohibited, and who do not conform to the Law of truth, among those to whom the Scripture was given — until they pay the war indemnity, by their own hand, being diminished.
قَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ ٱلْحَقِّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ حَتَّىٰ يُعْطُوا۟ ٱلْجِزْيَةَ عَن يَدٍۢ وَهُمْ صَٰغِرُونَ
And the Reoriented said: "Al-'Uzayr is the son of God";
وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌ ٱبْنُ ٱللَّهِ
and the Helpers said: "Al-Massih is the son of God."
وَقَالَتِ ٱلنَّصَٰرَى ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ ٱللَّهِ
That is their saying with their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who, before them, disowned.
ذَٰلِكَ قَوْلُهُم بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ يُضَٰهِـُٔونَ قَوْلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ
May God combat them!
قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ
How then are they turned away?
أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
They took their rabbis and their monks as masters besides God, as well as Al-Massih, son of Maryam,
ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَٰنَهُمْ أَرْبَابًۭا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسِيحَ ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ
though they had been ordered only to obey one deity.
وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَٰهًۭا وَٰحِدًۭا
There is no deity but Him.
لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
Glory be to Him, above what they associate with Him!
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
They want to extinguish God's light with their mouths, but God refuses everything except to complete His light, however much those who disown detest it.
يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى ٱللَّهُ إِلَّآ أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُۥ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ
It is He who sent His messenger with the guidance and the Law of truth, so as to make it prevail over every law, however much the associators detest it.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ
O you who have believed! Many rabbis and monks surely devour the goods of men through falsehood, and bar from the way of God.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْبَارِ وَٱلرُّهْبَانِ لَيَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
And those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend it in the way of God — announce to them a painful punishment,
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ ٱلذَّهَبَ وَٱلْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَهَا فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍۢ
on the day when it will be heated in the fire of Jahannam, and their foreheads, their sides, and their backs will be seared with it: "This is what you hoarded for yourselves; taste then what you used to hoard!"
يَوْمَ يُحْمَىٰ عَلَيْهَا فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوَىٰ بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْ هَٰذَا مَا كَنَزْتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْنِزُونَ
The number of months, with God, is indeed twelve months, in God's Code, since the day He created the heavens and the earth;
إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًۭا فِى كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ
four of them are inviolable.
مِنْهَآ أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌۭ
That is the upright Law.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ
So do not wrong yourselves during these.
فَلَا تَظْلِمُوا۟ فِيهِنَّ أَنفُسَكُمْ
And fight the associators throughout all the months, as they fight you throughout all the months,
وَقَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ كَآفَّةًۭ كَمَا يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْ كَآفَّةًۭ
and know that God is with those who guard themselves.
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
The deferred is only an increase in disowning: by it, those who disown lead astray; they make it permitted one year and make it inviolable one year, so as to trample the number of what God has made inviolable, and thus make permitted what God has made inviolable.
إِنَّمَا ٱلنَّسِىٓءُ زِيَادَةٌۭ فِى ٱلْكُفْرِ يُضَلُّ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُحِلُّونَهُۥ عَامًۭا وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُۥ عَامًۭا لِّيُوَاطِـُٔوا۟ عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ فَيُحِلُّوا۟ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ
The evil of their works has been embellished for them.
زُيِّنَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ أَعْمَٰلِهِمْ
And God does not guide the people who disown.
وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
O you who have believed! What is with you, when it is said to you: "Mobilize in the way of God", that you cling heavily to the earth?
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَا لَكُمْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱنفِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱثَّاقَلْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ
Are you satisfied with the present life rather than the last life?
أَرَضِيتُم بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا مِنَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
The enjoyment of the present life, compared with the last life, is but little.
فَمَا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ
If you do not mobilize, He will punish you with a painful punishment, and replace you with another people, without your harming Him in any way.
إِلَّا تَنفِرُوا۟ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا وَيَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّوهُ شَيْـًۭٔا
And God is capable of all things.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ
If you do not help him, God has already helped him, when those who disowned expelled him, the second of two, when they were both in the cave, when he said to his companion: "Do not grieve, God is indeed with us."
إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثَانِىَ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِى ٱلْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَا
God then sent down His tranquility upon him,
فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ
and He fortified him with armies you did not see,
وَأَيَّدَهُۥ بِجُنُودٍۢ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا
and He made the word of those who had disowned the lowest,
وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلسُّفْلَىٰ
while the word of God is the highest.
وَكَلِمَةُ ٱللَّهِ هِىَ ٱلْعُلْيَا
God is All-Powerful, Wise.
وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
Mobilize, light or heavy, and strive with your goods and your Selves in the way of God.
ٱنفِرُوا۟ خِفَافًۭا وَثِقَالًۭا وَجَٰهِدُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
That is better for you, if you knew.
ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Had it been a near gain and a moderate journey, they would have followed you; but the distance seemed long to them.
لَوْ كَانَ عَرَضًۭا قَرِيبًۭا وَسَفَرًۭا قَاصِدًۭا لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَ وَلَٰكِنۢ بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلشُّقَّةُ
And they will take oaths by God: "If we had been able, we would have gone out with you";
وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَوِ ٱسْتَطَعْنَا لَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْ
they annihilate themselves,
يُهْلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ
and God knows that they are surely liars.
وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ
May God overlook it for you! Why did you give them permission, before those who spoke truly became clear to you, and before you knew the liars?
عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنكَ لِمَ أَذِنتَ لَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَتَعْلَمَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
Those who believe in God and the Last Day do not ask you for permission when it comes to striving with their goods and their Selves.
لَا يَسْتَـْٔذِنُكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ أَن يُجَٰهِدُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ
God is All-Knowing of those who guard themselves.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
Only those who do not believe in God nor in the Last Day ask you for permission, whose cores are seized with doubt, so that they waver in their doubt.
إِنَّمَا يَسْتَـْٔذِنُكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَٱرْتَابَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِى رَيْبِهِمْ يَتَرَدَّدُونَ
And had they wanted to go out, they would have prepared equipment for it;
وَلَوْ أَرَادُوا۟ ٱلْخُرُوجَ لَأَعَدُّوا۟ لَهُۥ عُدَّةًۭ
but God was averse to their being raised up, and He curbed them, and it was said to them: "Remain seated with those who remain seated."
وَلَٰكِن كَرِهَ ٱللَّهُ ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمْ فَثَبَّطَهُمْ وَقِيلَ ٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْقَٰعِدِينَ
Had they gone out among you, they would only have increased your confusion, and would have rushed about among you, seeking to put you to the trial — and among you are some who listen to them.
لَوْ خَرَجُوا۟ فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًۭا وَلَأَوْضَعُوا۟ خِلَٰلَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ وَفِيكُمْ سَمَّٰعُونَ لَهُمْ
And God is All-Knowing of the wrongdoers.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
They had already sought the trial before, and had turned matters over for you in every direction, until the truth came and God's command appeared, though they were averse.
لَقَدِ ٱبْتَغَوُا۟ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ مِن قَبْلُ وَقَلَّبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأُمُورَ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَهُمْ كَٰرِهُونَ
And among them is one who says: "Grant me permission, and do not expose me to the trial."
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ ٱئْذَن لِّى وَلَا تَفْتِنِّىٓ
Is it not into the trial itself that they have already tumbled?
أَلَا فِى ٱلْفِتْنَةِ سَقَطُوا۟
And Jahannam surely encompasses those who disown.
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
If good betides you, it vexes them,
إِن تُصِبْكَ حَسَنَةٌۭ تَسُؤْهُمْ
and if misfortune strikes you, they say: "We had already taken our precautions before" — and they turn their backs, rejoicing.
وَإِن تُصِبْكَ مُصِيبَةٌۭ يَقُولُوا۟ قَدْ أَخَذْنَآ أَمْرَنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَيَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُمْ فَرِحُونَ
Say: "Nothing will strike us except what God has decreed for us;
قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَآ إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَنَا
He is our nearest Guarantor.
هُوَ مَوْلَىٰنَا
And it is to God that the believers should entrust themselves."
وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
Say: "Do you anticipate for us anything but one of the two best?
قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْدَى ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ
And we, we anticipate for you that God strike you with a punishment from Himself, or by our hands.
وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍۢ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا
So bide your time,
فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟
we are indeed biding our time with you."
إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ
Say: "Spend willingly or reluctantly, it will not be accepted from you,
قُلْ أَنفِقُوا۟ طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًۭا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ
for you are a people of oversteppers."
إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًۭا فَٰسِقِينَ
And nothing prevented their contributions from being accepted, except that they disowned God and His messenger, that they come to the Contact only lazily, and spend only reluctantly.
وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَٰتُهُمْ إِلَّآ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَٰرِهُونَ
Let neither their goods nor their children dazzle you then.
فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُمْ
God wants only, through this, to punish them in the present life, and that their Selves depart while they disown.
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ
And they take oaths by God that they are surely of you, when they are not of you; but they are a people who separate themselves.
وَيَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ لَمِنكُمْ وَمَا هُم مِّنكُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌۭ يَفْرَقُونَ
If they found a sanctuary, caves, or a hiding place, they would turn to it, bolting.
لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَـًٔا أَوْ مَغَٰرَٰتٍ أَوْ مُدَّخَلًۭا لَّوَلَّوْا۟ إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ
And among them are some who disparage you by insinuation concerning the acts of charity: if they are endowed with some of them, they are satisfied; and if they are not endowed with any of them, at once they are displeased.
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَلْمِزُكَ فِى ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ فَإِنْ أُعْطُوا۟ مِنْهَا رَضُوا۟ وَإِن لَّمْ يُعْطَوْا۟ مِنْهَآ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْخَطُونَ
And had they instead been satisfied with what God and His messenger gave them, and said: "God suffices us; God will grant us of His favor, and His messenger too;
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ رَضُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَقَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا ٱللَّهُ سَيُؤْتِينَا ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ
it is toward God that we turn in yearning."
إِنَّآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ رَٰغِبُونَ
The acts of charity are destined only for the poor, the destitute, those who administer them, those whose cores have been united, those under the burden of a debt, those indebted by an unforeseen expense, in the way of God, and the stranded traveler — an obligation from God.
إِنَّمَا ٱلصَّدَقَٰتُ لِلْفُقَرَآءِ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱلْعَٰمِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَٱلْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَٱلْغَٰرِمِينَ وَفِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَرِيضَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ
And God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
And among them are those who trouble the Informant and say: "He is all ear."
وَمِنْهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱلنَّبِىَّ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ أُذُنٌۭ
Say: "An ear of good for you: he believes in God, gives credit to the believers, and is a benevolence for those among you who have believed."
قُلْ أُذُنُ خَيْرٍۢ لَّكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَيُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ
And those who trouble the messenger of God will have a painful punishment.
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ
They take oaths to you by God, to satisfy you; but God and His messenger are more worthy that they should seek to satisfy Him, if they are believers.
يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَحَقُّ أَن يُرْضُوهُ إِن كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Do they not know that whoever sets himself against God and His messenger will have the fire of Jahannam, wherein he will abide eternally?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ مَن يُحَادِدِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَأَنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدًۭا فِيهَا
That is the immense disgrace.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْخِزْىُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
The hypocrites are wary lest a surah be sent down concerning them, informing them of what is in their cores.
يَحْذَرُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ أَن تُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُورَةٌۭ تُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ
Say: "Mock away!
قُلِ ٱسْتَهْزِءُوٓا۟
God will indeed bring out into the open what you are wary of."
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُخْرِجٌۭ مَّا تَحْذَرُونَ
And if you question them, they will certainly say: "We were only immersing ourselves and playing."
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ
Say: "Was it God, His signs, and His messenger that you were mocking?"
قُلْ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Do not make excuses:
لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟
you have disowned after your faith.
قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمْ
If it is overlooked for one group among you, another group will be punished, for having been severed.
إِن نَّعْفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٍۢ مِّنكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ طَآئِفَةًۢ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
The hypocrites, men and women, are of one another: they order what is disavowed and forbid what is recognized, and they close their hands; they forgot God, so He forgot them.
ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ بَعْضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعْضٍۢ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْ
The hypocrites are indeed the oversteppers.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ
God has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and those who disown, the fire of Jahannam, wherein they will abide eternally.
وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلْكُفَّارَ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا
That suffices them.
هِىَ حَسْبُهُمْ
And God has cursed them,
وَلَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ
and they will have a lasting punishment.
وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ مُّقِيمٌۭ
Like those who preceded you: they were superior to you in strength, richer in goods and children; they enjoyed their allotment, and you have enjoyed your allotment as those before you enjoyed their allotment, and you have immersed yourselves as they immersed themselves.
كَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنكُمْ قُوَّةًۭ وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَٰلًۭا وَأَوْلَٰدًۭا فَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟ بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ فَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِخَلَٰقِكُمْ كَمَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُم بِخَلَٰقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَٱلَّذِى خَاضُوٓا۟
Those are the ones whose works have collapsed, in the present life and in the last life;
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
and those are the losers.
وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ
Has there not come to them the information concerning those before them: the people of Nuh, the Aad, the Thamud, the people of Ibrahim, the companions of Madyan, and the overturned cities?
أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍۢ وَعَادٍۢ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَأَصْحَٰبِ مَدْيَنَ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتِ
Their messengers had come to them with clear proofs.
أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ
And God was not going to wrong them;
فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ
but it was themselves that they wronged.
وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
And the believers, men and women, are allies of one another:
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍۢ
they order what is recognized and forbid what is disavowed, they maintain the Contact, give pure liberality, and defer to God and His messenger.
يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَيُطِيعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ
Those are the ones on whom God will soon have benevolence.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ
God is indeed All-Powerful, Wise.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
God has promised the believers, men and women, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, and wholesome dwellings in the gardens of permanence;
وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَٰكِنَ طَيِّبَةًۭ فِى جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍۢ
and a good pleasure from God is greater still.
وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ
That is the immense triumph.
ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
O Informant! Strive against those who disown and the hypocrites, and be firm with them.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ جَٰهِدِ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ
And their refuge will be Jahannam,
وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ
and what an evil destination!
وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
They take oaths by God that they said nothing;
يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ مَا قَالُوا۟
yet they did indeed say the word of disowning, and they disowned after having been true to God, and they were intent on what did not accrue to them.
وَلَقَدْ قَالُوا۟ كَلِمَةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ وَكَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ إِسْلَٰمِهِمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يَنَالُوا۟
They have nothing to resent, except that God and His messenger enriched them from His favor.
وَمَا نَقَمُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ أَنْ أَغْنَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ
If they turn back, it will be better for them;
فَإِن يَتُوبُوا۟ يَكُ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ
but if they turn their backs, God will punish them with a painful punishment, in the present life and in the last life,
وَإِن يَتَوَلَّوْا۟ يُعَذِّبْهُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
and they will have, on earth, neither protector nor help.
وَمَا لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن وَلِىٍّۢ وَلَا نَصِيرٍۢ
And among them are some who made a pact with God: "If He gives us of His favor, we will surely give in charity, and we will surely be among those who are sound."
وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ عَٰهَدَ ٱللَّهَ لَئِنْ ءَاتَىٰنَا مِن فَضْلِهِۦ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
But when He gave them of His favor, they became stingy with it and turned their backs, turning away.
فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦ بَخِلُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ
So He made this followed by hypocrisy in their cores, until the day they will meet Him, for having failed God in what they had promised Him, and for having lied.
فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًۭا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ بِمَآ أَخْلَفُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ وَبِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ
Do they not know that God knows their secret and their secret talks, and that God is the great Knower of what escapes the senses?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ
Those who disparage by insinuation the believers who give in charity willingly, and scoff at those who have only their effort to give — God scoffs at them,
ٱلَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ ٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِى ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ
and they will have a painful punishment.
وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Whether you ask forgiveness for them or not —
ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ
even if you asked forgiveness for them seventy times, God will never forgive them.
إِن تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةًۭ فَلَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ
That is because they disowned God and His messenger.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ
And God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.
وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ
Those who were left behind rejoiced in sitting back, apart from the messenger of God, and were averse to striving with their goods and their Selves in the way of God, and said: "Do not mobilize in the heat."
فَرِحَ ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ بِمَقْعَدِهِمْ خِلَٰفَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَرِهُوٓا۟ أَن يُجَٰهِدُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَنفِرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَرِّ
Say: "The fire of Jahannam is even more intense in heat" — if only they understood!
قُلْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ أَشَدُّ حَرًّۭا لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَفْقَهُونَ
Let them laugh little, then, and weep much, as a recompense for what they used to earn.
فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا وَلْيَبْكُوا۟ كَثِيرًۭا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
If God returns you to a group of them, and they ask you permission to go out, say then: "You will never go out with me, and you will not fight any enemy with me.
فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَآئِفَةٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُل لَّن تَخْرُجُوا۟ مَعِىَ أَبَدًۭا وَلَن تُقَٰتِلُوا۟ مَعِىَ عَدُوًّا
You were satisfied with remaining seated the first time;
إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُم بِٱلْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ
so remain seated with those who stay behind."
فَٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَٰلِفِينَ
And never be in contact with any of them who dies, and do not maintain yourself for his burial:
وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَىٰٓ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنْهُم مَّاتَ أَبَدًۭا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَىٰ قَبْرِهِۦٓ
they disowned God and His messenger, and died as oversteppers.
إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ
And let not their goods and their children dazzle you.
وَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَأَوْلَٰدُهُمْ
God wants only, through this, to punish them in the present life, and that their Selves depart while they disown.
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ
And when a surah is sent down: "Believe in God, and strive with His messenger", those among them who have the means ask you permission, and say: "Let us be with those who remain seated."
وَإِذَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ أَنْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَجَٰهِدُوا۟ مَعَ رَسُولِهِ ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَكَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلطَّوْلِ مِنْهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ ذَرْنَا نَكُن مَّعَ ٱلْقَٰعِدِينَ
They were satisfied to be with those who stay behind,
رَضُوا۟ بِأَن يَكُونُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَوَالِفِ
and their cores have been stamped, so that they do not understand.
وَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ
But the messenger, and those who believed with him, strove with their goods and their Selves,
لَٰكِنِ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ جَٰهَدُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ
and those are the ones to whom belongs the good,
وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتُ
and those are the ones who succeed.
وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
God has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally.
أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا
That is the immense triumph.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
And the excuse-makers, among the notables, came so that permission might be granted them, while those who lied to God and His messenger remained seated.
وَجَآءَ ٱلْمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ لِيُؤْذَنَ لَهُمْ وَقَعَدَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ
A painful punishment will strike those among them who disowned.
سَيُصِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ
There is no discomfort for the weak, nor for the sick, nor for those who find nothing to spend, so long as they are sincere toward God and His messenger.
لَّيْسَ عَلَى ٱلضُّعَفَآءِ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْمَرْضَىٰ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ مَا يُنفِقُونَ حَرَجٌ إِذَا نَصَحُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ
No way against those who do good.
مَا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ مِن سَبِيلٍۢ
And God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
Nor against those who, having come to you so that you might transport them, and to whom you said: "I find nothing on which to transport you",
وَلَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا مَآ أَتَوْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ قُلْتَ لَآ أَجِدُ مَآ أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ
and who went away, their eyes overflowing with tears, grieved that they could not find anything to spend.
تَوَلَّوا۟ وَّأَعْيُنُهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمْعِ حَزَنًا أَلَّا يَجِدُوا۟ مَا يُنفِقُونَ
The way is open only against those who ask you permission while they are rich.
إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَـْٔذِنُونَكَ وَهُمْ أَغْنِيَآءُ
They were satisfied to be with those who stay behind,
رَضُوا۟ بِأَن يَكُونُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَوَالِفِ
and God has stamped their cores, so that they do not know.
وَطَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
They will make excuses to you, when you have returned to them.
يَعْتَذِرُونَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ
Say: "Do not make excuses, we will not give you credit.
قُل لَّا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ
God has already informed us of your news.
قَدْ نَبَّأَنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكُمْ
And God will see your deed, and so will His messenger,
وَسَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُۥ
then you will be brought back to the Knower of what escapes the senses and of what is witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do."
ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
They will take oaths to you by God, once you have turned back to them, so that you may turn away from them.
سَيَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لِتُعْرِضُوا۟ عَنْهُمْ
So turn away from them:
فَأَعْرِضُوا۟ عَنْهُمْ
they are filth,
إِنَّهُمْ رِجْسٌۭ
and their refuge will be Jahannam,
وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ
as a recompense for what they used to earn.
جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
They take oaths to you, so that you may be satisfied with them; but even if you were satisfied with them, God would indeed not be satisfied with the people of the oversteppers.
يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ لِتَرْضَوْا۟ عَنْهُمْ فَإِن تَرْضَوْا۟ عَنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَرْضَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ
The notables are even more intense in disowning and hypocrisy, and they all the more deserve not to know the limits of what God has sent down upon His messenger.
ٱلْأَعْرَابُ أَشَدُّ كُفْرًۭا وَنِفَاقًۭا وَأَجْدَرُ أَلَّا يَعْلَمُوا۟ حُدُودَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ
And God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
And among the notables are some who take what they spend as a forced levy, and anticipate setbacks of fate for you.
وَمِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ مَغْرَمًۭا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ
Upon them, the cycle of misfortune.
عَلَيْهِمْ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوْءِ
God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
And among the notables are some who believe in God and the Last Day, and who take what they spend as a means of drawing near to God and the visits of the messenger.
وَمِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَيَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ قُرُبَٰتٍ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَصَلَوَٰتِ ٱلرَّسُولِ
Is it not so: it is indeed, for them, a drawing-near.
أَلَآ إِنَّهَا قُرْبَةٌۭ لَّهُمْ
God will admit them into His benevolence.
سَيُدْخِلُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ
God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
And the very first forerunners, among the emigrants and the Auxiliaries, and those who followed them in excellence — God is satisfied with them, and they are satisfied with Him;
وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ وَٱلْأَنصَارِ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحْسَٰنٍۢ رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ
He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.
وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى تَحْتَهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًۭا
That is the immense triumph.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
And among the notables around you, there are hypocrites,
وَمِمَّنْ حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ مُنَٰفِقُونَ
as well as, among those of them who dwell in the Capital, people hardened in hypocrisy whom you do not know:
وَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مَرَدُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنِّفَاقِ لَا تَعْلَمُهُمْ
We, We know them.
نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُهُمْ
We will punish them twice, then they will be brought back to an immense punishment.
سَنُعَذِّبُهُم مَّرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
And others have acknowledged their offenses, having mixed a sound deed with another that was evil; it may be that God will turn toward them with clemency.
وَءَاخَرُونَ ٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ خَلَطُوا۟ عَمَلًۭا صَٰلِحًۭا وَءَاخَرَ سَيِّئًا عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ
God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ
Take from their goods an act of charity that purifies them and makes them grow, and be in contact with them:
خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ صَدَقَةًۭ تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ
your visits are a comfort for them.
إِنَّ صَلَوٰتَكَ سَكَنٌۭ لَّهُمْ
God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Do they not know that God, He, accepts the repentance of His obedient ones and takes the acts of charity, and that God, He, is the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ يَقْبَلُ ٱلتَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَأْخُذُ ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And say: "Act; God will see your deed, and so will His messenger and the believers,
وَقُلِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ فَسَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
and you will be brought back to the Knower of what escapes the senses and of what is witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do."
وَسَتُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
And others are left pending God's command: either He will punish them, or He will turn toward them with clemency.
وَءَاخَرُونَ مُرْجَوْنَ لِأَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِمَّا يُعَذِّبُهُمْ وَإِمَّا يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ
And God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
And those who took a place of prostration to harm, for disowning, for division among the believers, and as a lookout post for one who, previously, had made war on God and His messenger —
وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مَسْجِدًۭا ضِرَارًۭا وَكُفْرًۭا وَتَفْرِيقًۢا بَيْنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِرْصَادًۭا لِّمَنْ حَارَبَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ
they will surely take oaths: "We wanted only the best";
وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
and God testifies that they are surely liars.
وَٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ
Never maintain yourself therein.
لَا تَقُمْ فِيهِ أَبَدًۭا
A place of prostration founded upon guardedness, from the very first day, is far more worthy that you should maintain yourself therein.
لَّمَسْجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ أَحَقُّ أَن تَقُومَ فِيهِ
In it are men who love to purify themselves.
فِيهِ رِجَالٌۭ يُحِبُّونَ أَن يَتَطَهَّرُوا۟
God loves those who purify themselves.
وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُطَّهِّرِينَ
Is, then, one whose structure has been founded upon guardedness toward God and His good pleasure better, or one whose structure has been founded on the edge of a ravine about to cave in, which then caves in with him into the fire of Jahannam?
أَفَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ تَقْوَىٰ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٍ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍۢ فَٱنْهَارَ بِهِۦ فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ
And God does not guide the wrongdoing people.
وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
The structure they built does not cease to be a doubt in their cores, unless their cores break into pieces.
لَا يَزَالُ بُنْيَٰنُهُمُ ٱلَّذِى بَنَوْا۟ رِيبَةًۭ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَقَطَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ
And God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
God has indeed bought from the believers their Selves and their goods, in exchange for the Garden that belongs to them.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱشْتَرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةَ
They fight in the way of God, kill and are killed — it is a promise incumbent upon Him, in truth, in the Tawrah, the Injil, and this Recitation.
يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّۭا فِى ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَٱلْإِنجِيلِ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ
And who is more faithful to his pact than God?
وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِعَهْدِهِۦ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ
So exult in the sale you have made with Him,
فَٱسْتَبْشِرُوا۟ بِبَيْعِكُمُ ٱلَّذِى بَايَعْتُم بِهِۦ
and that is the immense triumph.
وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Those who turn back, who obey, who praise, who journey, who kneel, who prostrate, who order what is recognized and forbid what is disavowed, and who preserve the limits of God —
ٱلتَّٰٓئِبُونَ ٱلْعَٰبِدُونَ ٱلْحَٰمِدُونَ ٱلسَّٰٓئِحُونَ ٱلرَّٰكِعُونَ ٱلسَّٰجِدُونَ ٱلْءَامِرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَٱلنَّاهُونَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْحَٰفِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ ٱللَّهِ
and give good news to the believers.
وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
It was not for the Informant, nor for those who believed, to ask forgiveness for the associators, even if they were close relatives, once it had become clear to them that they were the companions of the Blaze.
مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِىِّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن يَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى قُرْبَىٰ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
And Ibrahim asked forgiveness for his father only because of a promise he had made him;
وَمَا كَانَ ٱسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَن مَّوْعِدَةٍۢ وَعَدَهَآ إِيَّاهُ
but when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of God, he declared himself quit of him.
فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥٓ أَنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ
Ibrahim was surely full of sighs, forbearing.
إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَأَوَّٰهٌ حَلِيمٌۭ
It was not for God to lead a people astray after having guided them, without first having made clear to them what they must guard themselves against.
وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُضِلَّ قَوْمًۢا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُبَيِّنَ لَهُم مَّا يَتَّقُونَ
God is indeed All-Knowing of all things.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
To God indeed belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth;
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
He gives life and causes death.
يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ
And you have, besides God, neither protector nor help.
وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّۢ وَلَا نَصِيرٍۢ
God has indeed turned with clemency toward the Informant, the emigrants, and the Auxiliaries, who followed him in the hour of hardship, after the cores of a fraction among them had almost deviated; then He turned toward them with clemency — He is, toward them, full of kindness, Benevolent — and toward the three who had been left behind,
لَّقَد تَّابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ وَٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ وَٱلْأَنصَارِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ فِى سَاعَةِ ٱلْعُسْرَةِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا كَادَ يَزِيغُ قُلُوبُ فَرِيقٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّهُۥ بِهِمْ رَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ وَعَلَى ٱلثَّلَٰثَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا۟
until, when the earth had become narrow for them despite its vastness, and their very Selves had become narrow for them, and they presumed that there is no sanctuary from God except toward Him — then He turned toward them with clemency, so that they might turn back.
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَن لَّا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّآ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوٓا۟
God, He, is the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
O you who have believed! Guard yourselves toward God, and be with the veracious.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَكُونُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
It was not for the people of the Capital, nor for the notables around them, to stay behind, apart from the messenger of God, nor to prefer their own Selves to his.
مَا كَانَ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟ عَن رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا۟ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ
That is because no thirst, no fatigue, no dearth touches them in the way of God, no step they tread irritates those who disown, and no gain from an enemy accrues to them, without a sound deed being inscribed for them because of it.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ ظَمَأٌۭ وَلَا نَصَبٌۭ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌۭ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوْطِئًۭا يَغِيظُ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّۢ نَّيْلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عَمَلٌۭ صَٰلِحٌ
God indeed does not let the reward of those who do good dissipate.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
And they do not spend any expenditure, small or great, nor do they cut off traffic in any valley, without it being inscribed for them,
وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ نَفَقَةًۭ صَغِيرَةًۭ وَلَا كَبِيرَةًۭ وَلَا يَقْطَعُونَ وَادِيًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ
so that God may recompense them according to the best of what they used to do.
لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
It was not for the believers to mobilize all together.
وَمَا كَانَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُوا۟ كَآفَّةًۭ
Why did not a group mobilize from every fraction among them, so that they might gain deep understanding in the Law, and warn their people upon their return to them, perhaps they will be wary?
فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ طَآئِفَةٌۭ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا۟ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ
O you who have believed! Fight those among the disowners who are near you, and let them find in you firmness.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ وَلْيَجِدُوا۟ فِيكُمْ غِلْظَةًۭ
And know that God is with those who guard themselves.
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
And when a surah is sent down, there is among them one who says: "Which of you has this surah increased in faith?"
وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌۭ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ أَيُّكُمْ زَادَتْهُ هَٰذِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنًۭا
As for those who have believed, it has increased them in faith, and they exult at it.
فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَزَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَٰنًۭا وَهُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
But as for those in whose cores is a sickness, it has added filth to their filth, and they died disowning.
وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ فَزَادَتْهُمْ رِجْسًا إِلَىٰ رِجْسِهِمْ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ
Do they not see that they are tried every year, once or twice? Yet they do not turn back, and they do not remember.
أَوَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ يُفْتَنُونَ فِى كُلِّ عَامٍۢ مَّرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَا يَتُوبُونَ وَلَا هُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
And when a surah is sent down, they look at one another: "Does anyone see you?" Then they slip away.
وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌۭ نَّظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ هَلْ يَرَىٰكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱنصَرَفُوا۟
God has turned away their cores, for they are a people who do not understand.
صَرَفَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌۭ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ
A messenger has indeed come to you, from among yourselves; it is grievous to him that you should be overwhelmed,
لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ
solicitous for you,
حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم
full of kindness, benevolent toward the believers.
بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
If they turn their backs, say then: "God suffices me;
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ حَسْبِىَ ٱللَّهُ
there is no deity but Him;
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
to Him I entrust myself,
عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ
and He is the Guardian of the immense Edifice."
وَهُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ