Al-Fath
The Hand Above Their Hands
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. We have granted you a manifest victory, so that God may forgive you your past and future offenses, complete His blessing upon you, guide you along a straight path, and aid you with a mighty aid.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم انا فتحنا لك فتحا مبينا ليغفر لك الله ما تقدم من ذنبك وما تاخر ويتم نعمته عليك ويهديك صرطا مستقيما وينصرك الله نصرا عزيزاIt is He who sent down tranquility into the cores of the believers, so that they might add faith to their faith.
هو الذي انزل السكينه في قلوب المومنين ليزدادوا ايمنا مع ايمنهمAnd to God belong the armies of the heavens and the earth.
ولله جنود السموت والارضGod 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 those who associate [others with God], men and women, who form an evil conjecture about God.
وكان الله عليما حكيما ليدخل المومنين والمومنت جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها ويكفر عنهم سياتهم وكان ذلك عند الله فوزا عظيما ويعذب المنفقين والمنفقت والمشركين والمشركت الظانين بالله ظن السوUpon them, the cycle of misfortune.
عليهم دايره السوGod became angry with them, cursed them, and prepared Jahannam for them.
وغضب الله عليهم ولعنهم واعد لهم جهنمWhat an evil destination!
وسات مصيراAnd to God belong the armies of the heavens and the earth.
ولله جنود السموت والارضGod is All-Powerful, Wise.
وكان الله عزيزا حكيماWe have sent you as a witness, a bearer of good tidings, and a warner, so that you may believe in God and His messenger, that you may support him, that you may honor him, and that you may glorify God morning and evening.
انا ارسلنك شهدا ومبشرا ونذيرا لتومنوا بالله ورسوله وتعزروه وتوقروه وتسبحوه بكره واصيلاThose who pledge allegiance to you are indeed pledging allegiance to God.
ان الذين يبايعونك انما يبايعون اللهThe hand of God is above their hands.
يد الله فوق ايديهمWhoever breaks [this pledge] breaks it only to his own detriment.
فمن نكث فانما ينكث علي نفسهAnd whoever fulfills the commitment he made to God, [God] will give him an immense reward.
ومن اوفي بما عهد عليه الله فسيوتيه اجرا عظيماThe notables who stayed behind will say to you: "Our goods and our families kept us occupied; so ask forgiveness for us."
سيقول لك المخلفون من الاعراب شغلتنا امولنا واهلونا فاستغفر لناThey say with their tongues what is not in their cores.
يقولون بالسنتهم ما ليس في قلوبهمSay: "Who then has any power over you against God, if He wished to harm you or wished to benefit you?"
قل فمن يملك لكم من الله شيا ان اراد بكم ضرا او اراد بكم نفعاGod is rather Informed of what you do.
بل كان الله بما تعملون خبيراYou rather conjectured that the messenger and the believers would never return to their own people, and this was embellished in your cores; you formed an evil conjecture, and you were a ruined people.
بل ظننتم ان لن ينقلب الرسول والمومنون الي اهليهم ابدا وزين ذلك في قلوبكم وظننتم ظن السو وكنتم قوما بوراAnd whoever does not believe in God and His messenger — We have prepared for those who disown an inferno.
ومن لم يومن بالله ورسوله فانا اعتدنا للكفرين سعيراAnd to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.
ولله ملك السموت والارضHe forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills.
يغفر لمن يشا ويعذب من يشاGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وكان الله غفورا رحيماThose who stayed behind will say, when you set out to take spoils: "Let us follow you."
سيقول المخلفون اذا انطلقتم الي مغانم لتاخذوها ذرونا نتبعكمThey want to change the word of God.
يريدون ان يبدلوا كلم اللهSay: "You will never follow us."
قل لن تتبعوناThat is what God said before.
كذلكم قال الله من قبلThey will then say: "No, you envy us."
فسيقولون بل تحسدونناThey understood, in fact, only a little.
بل كانوا لا يفقهون الا قليلاSay to those of the notables who stayed behind: "You will be called to [fight] a people of severe rigor; you will fight them, or they will become true to God alone."
قل للمخلفين من الاعراب ستدعون الي قوم اولي باس شديد تقتلونهم او يسلمونIf you obey, God will give you a fine reward.
فان تطيعوا يوتكم الله اجرا حسناBut if you turn away, as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.
وان تتولوا كما توليتم من قبل يعذبكم عذابا اليماThere is no blame upon the blind, nor blame upon the lame, nor blame upon the sick [if they do not fight].
ليس علي الاعمي حرج ولا علي الاعرج حرج ولا علي المريض حرجAnd whoever obeys God and His messenger, [God] will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow.
ومن يطع الله ورسوله يدخله جنت تجري من تحتها الانهرAnd whoever turns away, [God] will punish him with a painful punishment.
ومن يتول يعذبه عذابا اليماGod 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 rewarded them with a near victory and abundant spoils that they will take.
لقد رضي الله عن المومنين اذ يبايعونك تحت الشجره فعلم ما في قلوبهم فانزل السكينه عليهم واثبهم فتحا قريبا ومغانم كثيره ياخذونهاGod is All-Powerful, Wise.
وكان الله عزيزا حكيماGod promised you abundant spoils that you would take; He hastened this one for you and held back the hands of the people from you.
وعدكم الله مغانم كثيره تاخذونها فعجل لكم هذه وكف ايدي الناس عنكمso that it might be a sign for the believers, and that He might guide you along a straight path.
ولتكون ايه للمومنين ويهديكم صرطا مستقيماAnd other [spoils] which you had not yet attained: God has already encompassed it [within His power].
واخري لم تقدروا عليها قد احاط الله بهاGod is capable of all things.
وكان الله علي كل شي قديراAnd had those who disown fought you, they would have turned their backs, then found neither protector nor helper.
ولو قتلكم الذين كفروا لولوا الادبر ثم لا يجدون وليا ولا نصيرا[Such is] God's norm, already established before.
سنه الله التي قد خلت من قبلAnd you will never find any change in God's norm.
ولن تجد لسنه الله تبديلاIt is He who held back their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the hollow of Makka, after having given you victory over them.
وهو الذي كف ايديهم عنكم وايديكم عنهم ببطن مكه من بعد ان اظفركم عليهمGod sees perfectly what you do.
وكان الله بما تعملون بصيراIt is they who disowned and barred you from the inviolable place of prostration, and barred the offering, detained, from reaching its place of delivery.
هم الذين كفروا وصدوكم عن المسجد الحرام والهدي معكوفا ان يبلغ محلهAnd had it not been for believing men and believing women whom you did not know, [whom] you might have trampled underfoot, so that a wrong would have befallen you because of them without your knowing — [He would have prevented you] so that God might admit into His benevolence whom He wills.
ولولا رجال مومنون ونسا مومنت لم تعلموهم ان تطوهم فتصيبكم منهم معره بغير علم ليدخل الله في رحمته من يشاHad they been separated [from one another], We would have punished those of them who disowned with a painful punishment.
لو تزيلوا لعذبنا الذين كفروا منهم عذابا اليماWhen those who disowned placed in their cores fierce zeal, the zeal of the age of ignorance.
اذ جعل الذين كفروا في قلوبهم الحميه حميه الجهليهGod then sent down His tranquility upon His messenger and upon the believers, and bound them to the word of guardedness, of which they were most worthy and most deserving.
فانزل الله سكينته علي رسوله وعلي المومنين والزمهم كلمه التقوي وكانوا احق بها واهلهاGod is All-Knowing of all things.
وكان الله بكل شي عليماGod has certainly made the vision of His messenger come true, in very truth: you will enter the inviolable place of prostration, if God wills, in security, your heads shaved or your hair cut short, without fear.
لقد صدق الله رسوله الريا بالحق لتدخلن المسجد الحرام ان شا الله امنين محلقين روسكم ومقصرين لا تخافونHe knew what you did not know, and He appointed, before that, a near victory.
فعلم ما لم تعلموا فجعل من دون ذلك فتحا قريباIt is He who sent His messenger with the guidance and the Law of truth, so as to make it prevail over every [other] law.
هو الذي ارسل رسوله بالهدي ودين الحق ليظهره علي الدين كلهAnd God suffices as a witness.
وكفي بالله شهيداMuhammad is the messenger of God.
محمد رسول اللهAnd those who are with him are firm toward those who disown, benevolent among themselves.
والذين معه اشدا علي الكفار رحما بينهمYou see them bowing, prostrating, seeking favor from God and His pleasure.
تريهم ركعا سجدا يبتغون فضلا من الله ورضوناTheir mark is on their faces, from the trace of prostration.
سيماهم في وجوههم من اثر السجودThat is their image in the Tawrah.
ذلك مثلهم في التوريهAnd their image in the Injil is that of a seed that puts forth its shoot, strengthens it, and it thickens and stands straight upon its stalk, delighting the sowers — so as to enrage through them those who disown.
ومثلهم في الانجيل كزرع اخرج شطه فازره فاستغلظ فاستوي علي سوقه يعجب الزراع ليغيظ بهم الكفارGod has promised those of them who believed and did righteous deeds forgiveness and an immense reward.
وعد الله الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت منهم مغفره واجرا عظيما