Al-Fath

It is He who sent down tranquility into the cores of the believers, so that they might add faith to their faith.

هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا مَّعَ إِيمَٰنِهِمْ

God is All-Knowing, Wise — so that He may admit the believing men and the believing women into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, and cover their bad deeds; that is, with God, an immense triumph — and so that He may punish the hypocrites, men and women, and the associators, men and women, who form an evil presumption about God.

وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا لِّيُدْخِلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَيُكَفِّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًۭا وَيُعَذِّبَ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِ ٱلظَّآنِّينَ بِٱللَّهِ ظَنَّ ٱلسَّوْءِ

Upon them, the cycle of evil.

عَلَيْهِمْ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوْءِ

And God became angry with them, cursed them, and prepared Jahannam for them.

وَغَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَنَهُمْ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَهَنَّمَ

And to God belong the armies of the heavens and the earth.

وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ

Those who pledge allegiance to you are only pledging allegiance to God.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ إِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ

The hand of God is above their hands.

يَدُ ٱللَّهِ فَوْقَ أَيْدِيهِمْ

Whoever violates it violates it only to his own detriment.

فَمَن نَّكَثَ فَإِنَّمَا يَنكُثُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ

The notables who were left behind will say to you: "Our goods and our families kept us occupied; so ask forgiveness for us."

سَيَقُولُ لَكَ ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ شَغَلَتْنَآ أَمْوَٰلُنَا وَأَهْلُونَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا

They say with their tongues what is not in their cores.

يَقُولُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِم مَّا لَيْسَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ

Say: "Who then possesses any power on your behalf against God, if He wished to harm you or wished to benefit you?"

قُلْ فَمَن يَمْلِكُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ ضَرًّا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ نَفْعًۢا

And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.

وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ

He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills.

يَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ

Those who were left behind will say, when you set out to take spoils: "Let us follow you."

سَيَقُولُ ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ إِذَا ٱنطَلَقْتُمْ إِلَىٰ مَغَانِمَ لِتَأْخُذُوهَا ذَرُونَا نَتَّبِعْكُمْ

They want to change the word of God.

يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُبَدِّلُوا۟ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِ

Say: "You will never follow us.

قُل لَّن تَتَّبِعُونَا

Thus has God said before."

كَذَٰلِكُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ

They will then say: "No, you envy us."

فَسَيَقُولُونَ بَلْ تَحْسُدُونَنَا

Say to those of the notables who were left behind: "You will be called to a people of severe rigor; you will fight them, or they will become true to God alone."

قُل لِّلْمُخَلَّفِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ سَتُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍۢ شَدِيدٍۢ تُقَٰتِلُونَهُمْ أَوْ يُسْلِمُونَ

If you defer, God will give you a fine reward.

فَإِن تُطِيعُوا۟ يُؤْتِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَجْرًا حَسَنًۭا

There is no discomfort for the blind, nor discomfort for the lame, nor discomfort for the sick.

لَّيْسَ عَلَى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ حَرَجٌۭ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌۭ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْمَرِيضِ حَرَجٌۭ

And whoever defers to God and His messenger, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow.

وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ

God was certainly satisfied with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you beneath the tree; He knew what was in their cores, sent down tranquility upon them, and requited them with a near opening and abundant spoils that they will take.

لَّقَدْ رَضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَثَٰبَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا قَرِيبًۭا وَمَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةًۭ يَأْخُذُونَهَا

And God promised you abundant spoils that you would take; He hastened this one for you and held back the hands of men from you,

وَعَدَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةًۭ تَأْخُذُونَهَا فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هَٰذِهِۦ وَكَفَّ أَيْدِىَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَنكُمْ

And another, which you had not yet attained: God has already encompassed it.

وَأُخْرَىٰ لَمْ تَقْدِرُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا قَدْ أَحَاطَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا

Such is God's norm, already past before.

سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلُ

It is He who held back their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the midst of the tumult, after having given you victory over them.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُم بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ

It is they who disowned and barred you from the inviolable place of prostration, and barred the offering, detained, from reaching its place of delivery.

هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَٱلْهَدْىَ مَعْكُوفًا أَن يَبْلُغَ مَحِلَّهُۥ

And had it not been for believing men and believing women whom you did not know, whom you might have trampled underfoot, so that an injury would have struck you because of them without your knowing — so that God might admit into His benevolence whom He wills.

وَلَوْلَا رِجَالٌۭ مُّؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَآءٌۭ مُّؤْمِنَٰتٌۭ لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ أَن تَطَـُٔوهُمْ فَتُصِيبَكُم مِّنْهُم مَّعَرَّةٌۢ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۢ لِّيُدْخِلَ ٱللَّهُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ

When those who disowned placed in their cores a zeal, the zeal of the age of ignorance.

إِذْ جَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ

God then sent down His tranquility upon His messenger and upon the believers, and bound them to the word of guardedness, to which they had the most right and of which they were worthy.

فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَلْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَكَانُوٓا۟ أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَأَهْلَهَا

God has surely made the vision of His messenger come true, in truth: you will surely enter the inviolable place of prostration, if God wills, in security, your heads shaved or your hair cut short, without fear.

لَّقَدْ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ٱلرُّءْيَا بِٱلْحَقِّ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ ٱلْحَرَامَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ مُحَلِّقِينَ رُءُوسَكُمْ وَمُقَصِّرِينَ لَا تَخَافُونَ

It is He who sent His messenger with the guidance and the Law of truth, so as to make it prevail over every law.

هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦ

Muhammad is the messenger of God.

مُّحَمَّدٌۭ رَّسُولُ ٱللَّهِ

And those who are with him are severe toward those who disown, benevolent among themselves.

وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ أَشِدَّآءُ عَلَى ٱلْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَآءُ بَيْنَهُمْ

You see them kneeling, prostrating, seeking favor from God and His pleasure.

تَرَىٰهُمْ رُكَّعًۭا سُجَّدًۭا يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًۭا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنًۭا

Their mark is on their faces, the trace of prostration.

سِيمَاهُمْ فِى وُجُوهِهِم مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلسُّجُودِ

That is their example in the Tawrah.

ذَٰلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فِى ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ

And their example in the Injil is that of a seed that puts forth its shoot, strengthens it, and it thickens and stands straight upon its stalk, dazzling the sowers — so as to enrage through them those who disown.

وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِى ٱلْإِنجِيلِ كَزَرْعٍ أَخْرَجَ شَطْـَٔهُۥ فَـَٔازَرَهُۥ فَٱسْتَغْلَظَ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَىٰ سُوقِهِۦ يُعْجِبُ ٱلزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغِيظَ بِهِمُ ٱلْكُفَّارَ