At-Tawba
God Suffices Me
Exoneration from obligation, from God and His messenger, toward those of the associators with whom you had made a pact.
براه من الله ورسوله الي الذين عهدتم من المشركينSo move about freely in the land for four months,
فسيحوا في الارض اربعه اشهرand know that you cannot render God powerless, and that God covers with disgrace those who disown.
واعلموا انكم غير معجزي الله وان الله مخزي الكفرينAnd a proclamation from God and His messenger to mankind, on the day of the Great Convergence of the Hajj: God is clear of the associators, and so is His messenger.
واذن من الله ورسوله الي الناس يوم الحج الاكبر ان الله بري من المشركين ورسولهSo if you turn back [to God], that is better for you;
فان تبتم فهو خير لكمbut if you turn away, know that you cannot render God powerless.
وان توليتم فاعلموا انكم غير معجزي اللهAnnounce to those who have disowned a painful punishment — except those of the associators with whom you made a pact, and who then did not fail you in anything nor supported anyone against you: fulfill your pact toward them until its term.
وبشر الذين كفروا بعذاب اليم الا الذين عهدتم من المشركين ثم لم ينقصوكم شيا ولم يظهروا عليكم احدا فاتموا اليهم عهدهم الي مدتهمGod indeed loves those who guard themselves.
ان الله يحب المتقينWhen the inviolable months have passed, kill the associators wherever you find them; seize them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every point of observation.
فاذا انسلخ الاشهر الحرم فاقتلوا المشركين حيث وجدتموهم وخذوهم واحصروهم واقعدوا لهم كل مرصدBut if they turn back [to God], maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms, then leave their way clear.
فان تابوا واقاموا الصلوه واتوا الزكوه فخلوا سبيلهمGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
ان الله غفور رحيمAnd if one of the associators asks you for protection, protect him, until he hears the word of God, then convey him to his place of safety.
وان احد من المشركين استجارك فاجره حتي يسمع كلم الله ثم ابلغه مامنهThat is because they are a people who do not know.
ذلك بانهم قوم لا يعلمونHow 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.
كيف يكون للمشركين عهد عند الله وعند رسوله الا الذين عهدتم عند المسجد الحرام فما استقموا لكم فاستقيموا لهمGod indeed loves those who guard themselves.
ان الله يحب المتقينHow, then? If they gained the upper hand over you, they would respect toward you neither kinship nor covenant.
كيف وان يظهروا عليكم لا يرقبوا فيكم الا ولا ذمهThey satisfy you with their mouths, while their cores refuse; and most of them are oversteppers.
يرضونكم بافوههم وتابي قلوبهم واكثرهم فسقونThey sold the signs of God for a small price, and they turned [others] away from His path.
اشتروا بايت الله ثمنا قليلا فصدوا عن سبيلهHow evil indeed is what they used to do!
انهم سا ما كانوا يعملونThey respect, toward a believer, neither kinship nor covenant.
لا يرقبون في مومن الا ولا ذمهThose are the aggressors.
واوليك هم المعتدونIf they turn back [to God], maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms, then they are your brothers in the Law.
فان تابوا واقاموا الصلوه واتوا الزكوه فاخونكم في الدينAnd thus do We detail the signs for a people who know.
ونفصل الايت لقوم يعلمونBut if they break their oaths after their engagement, and attack your Law, then fight the leaders of disowning,
وان نكثوا ايمنهم من بعد عهدهم وطعنوا في دينكم فقتلوا ايمه الكفرfor their oaths are not valid — perhaps they will cease.
انهم لا ايمن لهم لعلهم ينتهونWill you then not fight a people who broke their oaths, who intended to expel the messenger, and who attacked you first? Would you fear them?
الا تقتلون قوما نكثوا ايمنهم وهموا باخراج الرسول وهم بدوكم اول مره اتخشونهمGod is more worthy that you should fear Him, if you are believers.
فالله احق ان تخشوه ان كنتم مومنينFight them: God will punish them by your hands, cover them with disgrace, grant you victory over them, heal the chests of a believing people, and remove the rage of their cores.
قتلوهم يعذبهم الله بايديكم ويخزهم وينصركم عليهم ويشف صدور قوم مومنين ويذهب غيظ قلوبهمAnd God turns with clemency toward whom He wills.
ويتوب الله علي من يشاGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
والله عليم حكيمOr 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?
ام حسبتم ان تتركوا ولما يعلم الله الذين جهدوا منكم ولم يتخذوا من دون الله ولا رسوله ولا المومنين وليجهGod is Informed of what you do.
والله خبير بما تعملونIt is not for the associators to populate the places of prostration of God, bearing witness against themselves of disowning.
ما كان للمشركين ان يعمروا مسجد الله شهدين علي انفسهم بالكفرThose are the ones whose works have collapsed, and who abide eternally in the Fire.
اوليك حبطت اعملهم وفي النار هم خلدونOnly he populates the places of prostration of God who has believed in God and the Last Day, has maintained the Contact, given the purifying alms, and feared none but God alone — those, it may be, are among those who let themselves be guided.
انما يعمر مسجد الله من امن بالله واليوم الاخر واقام الصلوه واتي الزكوه ولم يخش الا الله فعسي اوليك ان يكونوا من المهتدينWould you make the watering of the arrival 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?
اجعلتم سقايه الحاج وعماره المسجد الحرام كمن امن بالله واليوم الاخر وجهد في سبيل اللهThey are not equal in the sight of God.
لا يستون عند اللهAnd God does not guide the wrongdoing people.
والله لا يهدي القوم الظلمينThose who have believed, emigrated, and striven in the way of God with their goods and their Selves have a greater rank with God,
الذين امنوا وهاجروا وجهدوا في سبيل الله بامولهم وانفسهم اعظم درجه عند اللهand those are the ones who triumph.
واوليك هم الفايزونTheir Guardian announces to them a benevolence from Himself, a good pleasure, and gardens where they will have lasting bliss, abiding therein eternally, forever.
يبشرهم ربهم برحمه منه ورضون وجنت لهم فيها نعيم مقيم خلدين فيها ابداWith God there is an immense reward.
ان الله عنده اجر عظيمO you who have believed! do not take your fathers and your brothers as allies, if they prefer disowning to faith.
يايها الذين امنوا لا تتخذوا اباكم واخونكم اوليا ان استحبوا الكفر علي الايمنAnd whoever among you takes them as allies, those are the wrongdoers.
ومن يتولهم منكم فاوليك هم الظلمونSay: "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses, your clan, the goods you have acquired, a trade whose decline you fear, and dwellings that please you, are dearer to you than God, His messenger, and striving in His way, then wait, until God brings His command."
قل ان كان اباوكم وابناوكم واخونكم وازوجكم وعشيرتكم وامول اقترفتموها وتجره تخشون كسادها ومسكن ترضونها احب اليكم من الله ورسوله وجهاد في سبيله فتربصوا حتي ياتي الله بامرهAnd God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.
والله لا يهدي القوم الفسقينGod indeed helped you in many places, and on the day of Hunayn, when your great number pleased you, but it availed you nothing, and the earth, despite its vastness, became narrow for you; then you turned your backs, fleeing.
لقد نصركم الله في مواطن كثيره ويوم حنين اذ اعجبتكم كثرتكم فلم تغن عنكم شيا وضاقت عليكم الارض بما رحبت ثم وليتم مدبرينThen God sent down His tranquility upon His messenger and upon the believers, and sent down soldiers you did not see, and He punished those who had disowned.
ثم انزل الله سكينته علي رسوله وعلي المومنين وانزل جنودا لم تروها وعذب الذين كفرواSuch is the recompense of those who disown.
وذلك جزا الكفرينThen God turns with clemency, after that, toward whom He wills.
ثم يتوب الله من بعد ذلك علي من يشاGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
والله غفور رحيمO you who have believed! the associators are nothing but impurity: let them not approach the inviolable place of prostration, after this year of theirs.
يايها الذين امنوا انما المشركون نجس فلا يقربوا المسجد الحرام بعد عامهم هذاAnd if you fear poverty, God will enrich you from His favor, if He wills.
وان خفتم عيله فسوف يغنيكم الله من فضله ان شاGod is indeed All-Knowing, Wise.
ان الله عليم حكيمFight those who do not believe in God nor in the Last Day, who do not forbid what God and His messenger have forbidden, and who do not submit 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.
قتلوا الذين لا يومنون بالله ولا باليوم الاخر ولا يحرمون ما حرم الله ورسوله ولا يدينون دين الحق من الذين اوتوا الكتب حتي يعطوا الجزيه عن يد وهم صغرونThe Reoriented said: "Al-'Uzayr is the son of God";
وقالت اليهود عزير ابن اللهand the Helpers said: "Al-Massih is the son of God."
وقالت النصري المسيح ابن اللهThat is their saying, [uttered] by their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who, before them, disowned.
ذلك قولهم بافوههم يضهون قول الذين كفروا من قبلMay God combat them!
قتلهم اللهHow then are they turned away?
اني يوفكونThey took their rabbis and their monks as masters besides God, as well as Al-Massih, son of Maryam,
اتخذوا احبارهم ورهبنهم اربابا من دون الله والمسيح ابن مريمthough they had been ordered only to obey one deity.
وما امروا الا ليعبدوا الها وحداThere is no deity but Him.
لا اله الا هوGlory be to Him, above what they associate with Him!
سبحنه عما يشركونThey want to extinguish God's light with their mouths, but God refuses everything except to bring His light to completion, however much those who disown detest it.
يريدون ان يطفوا نور الله بافوههم ويابي الله الا ان يتم نوره ولو كره الكفرونIt is He who sent His messenger with the guidance and the Law of truth, so as to make it prevail over every [other] law, however much the associators detest it.
هو الذي ارسل رسوله بالهدي ودين الحق ليظهره علي الدين كله ولو كره المشركونO you who have believed! many rabbis and monks devour the goods of people through falsehood, and turn [others] away from the path of God.
يايها الذين امنوا ان كثيرا من الاحبار والرهبان لياكلون امول الناس بالبطل ويصدون عن سبيل اللهAnd those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend it in the way of God — announce to them a painful punishment,
والذين يكنزون الذهب والفضه ولا ينفقونها في سبيل الله فبشرهم بعذاب اليمon the day when it will be heated in the fire of Jahannam, and their foreheads, their sides, and their backs will be branded with it: "This is what you hoarded for yourselves; taste then what you used to hoard!"
يوم يحمي عليها في نار جهنم فتكوي بها جباههم وجنوبهم وظهورهم هذا ما كنزتم لانفسكم فذوقوا ما كنتم تكنزونThe number of months, with God, is twelve months, in God's Code, since the day He created the heavens and the earth;
ان عده الشهور عند الله اثنا عشر شهرا في كتب الله يوم خلق السموت والارضfour of them are inviolable.
منها اربعه حرمThat is the upright Law.
ذلك الدين القيمSo do not wrong yourselves during these.
فلا تظلموا فيهن انفسكمAnd fight the associators throughout all the months, as they fight you throughout all the months,
وقتلوا المشركين كافه كما يقتلونكم كافهand know that God is with those who guard themselves.
واعلموا ان الله مع المتقينThe intercalation is only an increase in disowning, by which those who disown mislead [the people]: they make it free one year and restrict it another, so as to adjust the number of what God has made inviolable, thereby making permitted what God has made inviolable.
انما النسي زياده في الكفر يضل به الذين كفروا يحلونه عاما ويحرمونه عاما ليواطوا عده ما حرم الله فيحلوا ما حرم اللهThe evil of their deeds has been embellished for them.
زين لهم سو اعملهمAnd God does not guide the people who disown.
والله لا يهدي القوم الكفرينO you who have believed! what is with you, when it is said to you: 'Mobilize on the way of God', that you cling heavily to the earth?
يايها الذين امنوا ما لكم اذا قيل لكم انفروا في سبيل الله اثاقلتم الي الارضAre you satisfied with the present life rather than the last life?
ارضيتم بالحيوه الدنيا من الاخرهThe enjoyment of the present life, compared with the last life, is but little.
فما متع الحيوه الدنيا في الاخره الا قليلIf 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.
الا تنفروا يعذبكم عذابا اليما ويستبدل قوما غيركم ولا تضروه شياGod is capable of all things.
والله علي كل شي قديرIf 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 with us."
الا تنصروه فقد نصره الله اذ اخرجه الذين كفروا ثاني اثنين اذ هما في الغار اذ يقول لصحبه لا تحزن ان الله معناGod then sent down His tranquility upon him,
فانزل الله سكينته عليهand He reinforced him with soldiers you did not see,
وايده بجنود لم تروهاand He made lowest the word of those who had disowned,
وجعل كلمه الذين كفروا السفليwhile the word of God is the highest.
وكلمه الله هي العلياGod is All-Powerful, Wise.
والله عزيز حكيمMobilize, light or heavy, and strive with your goods and your Selves in the way of God.
انفروا خفافا وثقالا وجهدوا بامولكم وانفسكم في سبيل اللهThat is better for you, if you knew.
ذلكم خير لكم ان كنتم تعلمونHad it been a near gain and an easy journey, they would have followed you; but the distance seemed long to them.
لو كان عرضا قريبا وسفرا قاصدا لاتبعوك ولكن بعدت عليهم الشقهThey will swear by God: "If we had been able, we would have gone out with you";
وسيحلفون بالله لو استطعنا لخرجنا معكمthey annihilate themselves,
يهلكون انفسهمand God knows that they are surely liars.
والله يعلم انهم لكذبونMay God efface [that] for you! Why did you give them permission, before those who spoke truly became clear to you, and before you knew the liars?
عفا الله عنك لم اذنت لهم حتي يتبين لك الذين صدقوا وتعلم الكذبينThose who believe in God and the Last Day do not ask you for permission [to be excused] from striving with their goods and their Selves.
لا يستذنك الذين يومنون بالله واليوم الاخر ان يجهدوا بامولهم وانفسهمGod is All-Knowing of those who guard themselves.
والله عليم بالمتقينOnly 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.
انما يستذنك الذين لا يومنون بالله واليوم الاخر وارتابت قلوبهم فهم في ريبهم يترددونHad they wanted to set out, they would have prepared equipment for it;
ولو ارادوا الخروج لاعدوا له عدهbut God was averse to their setting out, and He held them back, and it was said to them: "Stay with those who stay."
ولكن كره الله انبعاثهم فثبطهم وقيل اقعدوا مع القعدينHad 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.
لو خرجوا فيكم ما زادوكم الا خبالا ولاوضعوا خللكم يبغونكم الفتنه وفيكم سمعون لهمGod is All-Knowing of the wrongdoers.
والله عليم بالظلمينThey had already sought the trial before, and had turned matters over for you in every direction, until the truth came and God's command became manifest, in spite of their aversion.
لقد ابتغوا الفتنه من قبل وقلبوا لك الامور حتي جا الحق وظهر امر الله وهم كرهونAnd among them is one who says: "Grant me permission, and do not expose me to the trial."
ومنهم من يقول ايذن لي ولا تفتنيIs it not into the trial itself that they have already fallen?
الا في الفتنه سقطواJahannam surely encompasses those who disown.
وان جهنم لمحيطه بالكفرينIf good befalls you, it grieves them,
ان تصبك حسنه تسوهمand if misfortune befalls you, they say: "We had already taken our precautions before" — and they turn away, rejoicing.
وان تصبك مصيبه يقولوا قد اخذنا امرنا من قبل ويتولوا وهم فرحونSay: "Nothing will befall us except what God has decreed for us;
قل لن يصيبنا الا ما كتب الله لناHe is our nearest Guarantor.
هو موليناIt is upon God that the believers should rely."
وعلي الله فليتوكل المومنونSay: "Do you await for us anything but one of the two best [outcomes]?
قل هل تربصون بنا الا احدي الحسنيينAnd we, we await for you that God strike you with a punishment from Himself, or by our hands.
ونحن نتربص بكم ان يصيبكم الله بعذاب من عنده او بايديناSo wait,
فتربصواwe are indeed waiting with you."
انا معكم متربصونSay: "Spend willingly or reluctantly, it will not be accepted from you,
قل انفقوا طوعا او كرها لن يتقبل منكمfor you are indeed a people of oversteppers."
انكم كنتم قوما فسقينAnd 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.
وما منعهم ان تقبل منهم نفقتهم الا انهم كفروا بالله وبرسوله ولا ياتون الصلوه الا وهم كسالي ولا ينفقون الا وهم كرهونLet neither their goods nor their children impress you then.
فلا تعجبك امولهم ولا اولدهمGod wants only, through this, to punish them in the present life, and that their Selves depart while they disown.
انما يريد الله ليعذبهم بها في الحيوه الدنيا وتزهق انفسهم وهم كفرونThey swear by God that they are surely of you, when they are not of you; but they are a people who love to divide.
ويحلفون بالله انهم لمنكم وما هم منكم ولكنهم قوم يفرقونIf they found a refuge, caves, or a hiding place, they would rush headlong into it.
لو يجدون ملجا او مغرت او مدخلا لولوا اليه وهم يجمحونAnd among them is one who disparages you by insinuation concerning the alms: if they are given some of it, they are satisfied; and if they are not given any of it, at once they are angry.
ومنهم من يلمزك في الصدقت فان اعطوا منها رضوا وان لم يعطوا منها اذا هم يسخطونHad 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;
ولو انهم رضوا ما اتيهم الله ورسوله وقالوا حسبنا الله سيوتينا الله من فضله ورسولهit is indeed toward God that we turn in desire."
انا الي الله رغبونThe alms are destined only for the poor, the destitute, those who administer them, those whose cores have been united with the believers, 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.
انما الصدقت للفقرا والمسكين والعملين عليها والمولفه قلوبهم وفي الرقاب والغرمين وفي سبيل الله وابن السبيل فريضه من اللهGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
والله عليم حكيمAnd among them are those who hurt the Prophet and say: "He is all ear."
ومنهم الذين يوذون النبي ويقولون هو اذنSay: "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."
قل اذن خير لكم يومن بالله ويومن للمومنين ورحمه للذين امنوا منكمAnd those who hurt the messenger of God will have a painful punishment.
والذين يوذون رسول الله لهم عذاب اليمThey swear 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.
يحلفون بالله لكم ليرضوكم والله ورسوله احق ان يرضوه ان كانوا مومنينDo they not know that whoever sets himself against God and His messenger will have the fire of Jahannam, wherein he will abide eternally?
الم يعلموا انه من يحادد الله ورسوله فان له نار جهنم خلدا فيهاThat is the immense disgrace.
ذلك الخزي العظيمThe hypocrites are wary lest a surah be sent down concerning them, informing them of what is in their cores.
يحذر المنفقون ان تنزل عليهم سوره تنبيهم بما في قلوبهمSay: "Mock away!
قل استهزواGod will indeed bring out into the open what you are wary of."
ان الله مخرج ما تحذرونAnd if you question them, they will certainly say: "We were only chatting and playing."
ولين سالتهم ليقولن انما كنا نخوض ونلعبSay: "Was it God, His signs, and His messenger that you were mocking?"
قل ابالله وايته ورسوله كنتم تستهزونDo not make excuses:
لا تعتذرواyou have disowned after your faith.
قد كفرتم بعد ايمنكمIf effacement is granted to a group among you, another group will be punished, for having been severed.
ان نعف عن طايفه منكم نعذب طايفه بانهم كانوا مجرمينThe hypocrites, men and women, are of one another: they enjoin what is disavowed and forbid what is recognized, and they close their hands; they forgot God, so He forgot them.
المنفقون والمنفقت بعضهم من بعض يامرون بالمنكر وينهون عن المعروف ويقبضون ايديهم نسوا الله فنسيهمThe hypocrites are indeed the oversteppers.
ان المنفقين هم الفسقونGod has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and those who disown, the fire of Jahannam, wherein they will abide eternally.
وعد الله المنفقين والمنفقت والكفار نار جهنم خلدين فيهاThat suffices them.
هي حسبهمGod has cursed them,
ولعنهم اللهand they will have a lasting punishment.
ولهم عذاب مقيمLike those who preceded you: they were stronger than you in power, richer in goods and children; they enjoyed their share, and you have enjoyed your share as those before you enjoyed their share, and you have plunged [into futility] as they plunged.
كالذين من قبلكم كانوا اشد منكم قوه واكثر امولا واولدا فاستمتعوا بخلقهم فاستمتعتم بخلقكم كما استمتع الذين من قبلكم بخلقهم وخضتم كالذي خاضواThose are the ones whose works have collapsed, in the present life and in the last life;
اوليك حبطت اعملهم في الدنيا والاخرهand those are the losers.
واوليك هم الخسرونHas there not come to them the information concerning those before them: the people of Nuh, the Recidivists [Aad], the Depleters [Thamud], the people of Ibrahim, the companions of Madyan, and the overturned cities?
الم ياتهم نبا الذين من قبلهم قوم نوح وعاد وثمود وقوم ابرهيم واصحب مدين والموتفكتTheir messengers had come to them with clear proofs.
اتتهم رسلهم بالبينتIt was not for God to wrong them;
فما كان الله ليظلمهمbut it was themselves that they wronged.
ولكن كانوا انفسهم يظلمونThe believers, men and women, are allies of one another:
والمومنون والمومنت بعضهم اوليا بعضthey enjoin what is recognized and forbid what is disavowed, they maintain the Contact, give the purifying alms, and obey God and His messenger.
يامرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر ويقيمون الصلوه ويوتون الزكوه ويطيعون الله ورسولهThose are the ones on whom God will have benevolence.
اوليك سيرحمهم اللهGod is indeed All-Powerful, Wise.
ان الله عزيز حكيمGod has promised the believers, men and women, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, and good dwellings in the gardens of permanent abode;
وعد الله المومنين والمومنت جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها ومسكن طيبه في جنت عدنand a good pleasure from God is greater still.
ورضون من الله اكبرThat is the immense triumph.
ذلك هو الفوز العظيمO Prophet! strive against those who disown and the hypocrites, and be firm with them.
يايها النبي جهد الكفار والمنفقين واغلظ عليهمTheir refuge will be Jahannam,
وماويهم جهنمand what an evil destination!
وبيس المصيرThey swear by God that they said nothing;
يحلفون بالله ما قالواyet they did indeed utter the word of disowning, and they disowned after having been true to God, and they intended what they could not attain.
ولقد قالوا كلمه الكفر وكفروا بعد اسلمهم وهموا بما لم ينالواThey have nothing to reproach, except that God and His messenger enriched them from His favor.
وما نقموا الا ان اغنيهم الله ورسوله من فضلهIf they turn back [to God], it will be better for them;
فان يتوبوا يك خيرا لهمbut if they turn away, God will punish them with a painful punishment, in the present life and in the last life,
وان يتولوا يعذبهم الله عذابا اليما في الدنيا والاخرهand they will have, on earth, neither protector nor helper.
وما لهم في الارض من ولي ولا نصيرAnd among them is one who made a pact with God: "If He gives us of His favor, we will surely give alms, and we will surely be among the righteous."
ومنهم من عهد الله لين اتينا من فضله لنصدقن ولنكونن من الصلحينBut when He gave them of His favor, they became stingy with it and turned away, evading.
فلما اتيهم من فضله بخلوا به وتولوا وهم معرضونSo 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.
فاعقبهم نفاقا في قلوبهم الي يوم يلقونه بما اخلفوا الله ما وعدوه وبما كانوا يكذبونDo they not know that God knows their secret and their private talks, and that God is the great Knower of what escapes the senses?
الم يعلموا ان الله يعلم سرهم ونجويهم وان الله علم الغيوبThose who disparage by insinuation the believers who give alms willingly, and mock those who have only their effort to give — God mocks them,
الذين يلمزون المطوعين من المومنين في الصدقت والذين لا يجدون الا جهدهم فيسخرون منهم سخر الله منهمand they will have a painful punishment.
ولهم عذاب اليمWhether you ask forgiveness for them or not —
استغفر لهم او لا تستغفر لهمeven if you asked forgiveness for them seventy times, God will never forgive them.
ان تستغفر لهم سبعين مره فلن يغفر الله لهمThat is because they disowned God and His messenger.
ذلك بانهم كفروا بالله ورسولهAnd God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.
والله لا يهدي القوم الفسقينThose who stayed behind rejoiced in their position, 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.'
فرح المخلفون بمقعدهم خلف رسول الله وكرهوا ان يجهدوا بامولهم وانفسهم في سبيل الله وقالوا لا تنفروا في الحرSay: "The fire of Jahannam is even more intense in heat" — if only they understood!
قل نار جهنم اشد حرا لو كانوا يفقهونLet them laugh little, then, and weep much, as a recompense for what they used to earn.
فليضحكوا قليلا وليبكوا كثيرا جزا بما كانوا يكسبونIf God brings you back to a group of them, and they ask you permission to go out [with you], say then: "You will never go out with me, and you will never fight with me an enemy.
فان رجعك الله الي طايفه منهم فاستذنوك للخروج فقل لن تخرجوا معي ابدا ولن تقتلوا معي عدواYou were indeed satisfied with staying behind the first time;
انكم رضيتم بالقعود اول مرهso stay with those who stay behind."
فاقعدوا مع الخلفينAnd never be in contact with any of them who dies, and do not maintain yourself for his burial:
ولا تصل علي احد منهم مات ابدا ولا تقم علي قبرهthey disowned God and His messenger, and died as oversteppers.
انهم كفروا بالله ورسوله وماتوا وهم فسقونLet neither their goods nor their children impress you then.
ولا تعجبك امولهم واولدهمGod wants only, through this, to punish them in the present life, and that their Selves depart while they disown.
انما يريد الله ان يعذبهم بها في الدنيا وتزهق انفسهم وهم كفرونAnd when a surah is sent down [demanding]: "Believe in God, and strive with His messenger", those among them who have the means ask you permission [to stay], and say: "Leave us, that we may be with those who stay."
واذا انزلت سوره ان امنوا بالله وجهدوا مع رسوله استذنك اولوا الطول منهم وقالوا ذرنا نكن مع القعدينThey were satisfied to be with those who stay behind,
رضوا بان يكونوا مع الخوالفand a seal has been set upon their cores, so that they do not understand.
وطبع علي قلوبهم فهم لا يفقهونBut the messenger, and those who believed with him, strove with their goods and their Selves,
لكن الرسول والذين امنوا معه جهدوا بامولهم وانفسهمand those are the ones to whom belong the excellent things,
واوليك لهم الخيرتand those are the ones who succeed.
واوليك هم المفلحونGod has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally.
اعد الله لهم جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيهاThat is the immense triumph.
ذلك الفوز العظيمAnd the excuse-makers, among the notables, came so that permission [to stay] might be granted them, while those who lied to God and His messenger remained seated.
وجا المعذرون من الاعراب ليوذن لهم وقعد الذين كذبوا الله ورسولهA painful punishment will strike those among them who disowned.
سيصيب الذين كفروا منهم عذاب اليمNo blame upon the weak, nor upon the sick, nor upon those who find nothing to spend, so long as they are sincere toward God and His messenger.
ليس علي الضعفا ولا علي المرضي ولا علي الذين لا يجدون ما ينفقون حرج اذا نصحوا لله ورسولهNo blame upon those who do good.
ما علي المحسنين من سبيلGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
والله غفور رحيمNor against those who, having come to you so that you might transport them, [heard you] say: "I find nothing on which to transport you",
ولا علي الذين اذا ما اتوك لتحملهم قلت لا اجد ما احملكم عليهand who went away, their eyes overflowing with tears, grieved that they could not find anything to spend.
تولوا واعينهم تفيض من الدمع حزنا الا يجدوا ما ينفقونThe blame falls only on those who ask you permission while they are rich.
انما السبيل علي الذين يستذنونك وهم اغنياThey were satisfied to be with those who stay behind,
رضوا بان يكونوا مع الخوالفand God has set a seal upon their cores, so that they do not know.
وطبع الله علي قلوبهم فهم لا يعلمونThey will make excuses to you, when you have returned to them.
يعتذرون اليكم اذا رجعتم اليهمSay: "Do not make excuses, we will not give you credit.
قل لا تعتذروا لن نومن لكمGod has already informed us of your news.
قد نبانا الله من اخباركمGod will see your deed, and so will His messenger,
وسيري الله عملكم ورسولهthen you will be brought back to the Knower of what escapes the senses and of what is manifest, and He will inform you of what you used to do."
ثم تردون الي علم الغيب والشهده فينبيكم بما كنتم تعملونThey will swear to you by God, once you have returned to them, so that you may turn away from them.
سيحلفون بالله لكم اذا انقلبتم اليهم لتعرضوا عنهمSo turn away from them:
فاعرضوا عنهمthey are indeed a defilement,
انهم رجسand their refuge will be Jahannam,
وماويهم جهنمas a recompense for what they used to earn.
جزا بما كانوا يكسبونThey swear to you, so that you may be satisfied with them; but even if you were satisfied with them, God would not be satisfied with the people of the oversteppers.
يحلفون لكم لترضوا عنهم فان ترضوا عنهم فان الله لا يرضي عن القوم الفسقينThe 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.
الاعراب اشد كفرا ونفاقا واجدر الا يعلموا حدود ما انزل الله علي رسولهGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
والله عليم حكيمAnd among the notables is one who regards what he spends as a forced loss, and awaits misfortunes for you.
ومن الاعراب من يتخذ ما ينفق مغرما ويتربص بكم الدوايرUpon them, the cycle of misfortune.
عليهم دايره السوGod is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
والله سميع عليمAnd among the notables is one who believes in God and the Last Day, and who regards what he spends as a means of drawing near to God and the visits of the messenger.
ومن الاعراب من يومن بالله واليوم الاخر ويتخذ ما ينفق قربت عند الله وصلوت الرسولIs that not, for him, a true drawing-near?
الا انها قربه لهمGod will admit them into His benevolence.
سيدخلهم الله في رحمتهGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
ان الله غفور رحيمThe very first forerunners, among the emigrants and the helpers [those who took the refugees into their homes], and those who followed them in excellence — God is satisfied with them, and they are satisfied with Him;
والسبقون الاولون من المهجرين والانصار والذين اتبعوهم باحسن رضي الله عنهم ورضوا عنهHe has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.
واعد لهم جنت تجري تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها ابداThat is the immense triumph.
ذلك الفوز العظيمAnd among the notables around you, there are hypocrites,
وممن حولكم من الاعراب منفقونas well as, among those of them who dwell in the Capital, people hardened in hypocrisy whom you do not know:
ومن اهل المدينه مردوا علي النفاق لا تعلمهمWe, We know them.
نحن نعلمهمWe will punish them twice, then they will be brought back to an immense punishment.
سنعذبهم مرتين ثم يردون الي عذاب عظيمAnd others have acknowledged their offenses, having mixed a righteous deed with another that was evil; it may be that God will turn toward them with clemency.
واخرون اعترفوا بذنوبهم خلطوا عملا صلحا واخر سييا عسي الله ان يتوب عليهمGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
ان الله غفور رحيمTake from their goods an alms that purifies them and makes them grow, and be in contact with them:
خذ من امولهم صدقه تطهرهم وتزكيهم بها وصل عليهمyour visits are a comfort for them.
ان صلوتك سكن لهمGod is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
والله سميع عليمDo they not know that God, He, accepts the repentance of His obedient ones and receives the alms, and that God, He, is the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent?
الم يعلموا ان الله هو يقبل التوبه عن عباده وياخذ الصدقت وان الله هو التواب الرحيمAnd say: "Act; God will see your deed, and so will His messenger and the believers,
وقل اعملوا فسيري الله عملكم ورسوله والمومنونand you will be brought back to the Knower of what escapes the senses and of what is manifest, and He will inform you of what you used to do."
وستردون الي علم الغيب والشهده فينبيكم بما كنتم تعملونAnd others are held in suspense for God's command: either He will punish them, or He will turn toward them with clemency.
واخرون مرجون لامر الله اما يعذبهم واما يتوب عليهمGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
والله عليم حكيمAnd those who took a place of prostration for 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 —
والذين اتخذوا مسجدا ضرارا وكفرا وتفريقا بين المومنين وارصادا لمن حارب الله ورسوله من قبلthey will surely swear: "We wanted only the best";
وليحلفن ان اردنا الا الحسنيbut God testifies that they are surely liars.
والله يشهد انهم لكذبونNever maintain yourself therein.
لا تقم فيه ابداA place of prostration founded upon guardedness, from the very first day, is far more worthy that you should maintain yourself therein.
لمسجد اسس علي التقوي من اول يوم احق ان تقوم فيهIn it are men who love to purify themselves.
فيه رجال يحبون ان يتطهرواGod loves those who purify themselves.
والله يحب المطهرينIs 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 crumbling ravine, which then collapses with him into the fire of Jahannam?
افمن اسس بنينه علي تقوي من الله ورضون خير ام من اسس بنينه علي شفا جرف هار فانهار به في نار جهنمAnd God does not guide the wrongdoing people.
والله لا يهدي القوم الظلمينThe structure they built continues to be a doubt in their cores, unless their cores break into pieces.
لا يزال بنينهم الذي بنوا ريبه في قلوبهم الا ان تقطع قلوبهمGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
والله عليم حكيمGod has bought from the believers their Selves and their goods, in exchange for the Garden that belongs to them.
ان الله اشتري من المومنين انفسهم وامولهم بان لهم الجنهThey 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.
يقتلون في سبيل الله فيقتلون ويقتلون وعدا عليه حقا في التوريه والانجيل والقرانAnd who keeps his engagement better than God?
ومن اوفي بعهده من اللهSo rejoice in the bargain you have made with Him,
فاستبشروا ببيعكم الذي بايعتم بهand that is the immense triumph.
وذلك هو الفوز العظيمThose who return [to God], who obey, who praise, who journey [His way], who bow, who prostrate, who enjoin what is recognized and forbid what is disavowed, and who guard the limits of God —
التيبون العبدون الحمدون السيحون الركعون السجدون الامرون بالمعروف والناهون عن المنكر والحفظون لحدود اللهand give good news to the believers.
وبشر المومنينIt was not for the Prophet, 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.
ما كان للنبي والذين امنوا ان يستغفروا للمشركين ولو كانوا اولي قربي من بعد ما تبين لهم انهم اصحب الجحيمAnd Ibrahim's asking forgiveness for his father was only because of a promise he had made him;
وما كان استغفار ابرهيم لابيه الا عن موعده وعدها اياهbut when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of God, he disavowed him.
فلما تبين له انه عدو لله تبرا منهIbrahim was surely full of [repentant] sighs, thoughtful.
ان ابرهيم لاوه حليمIt 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.
وما كان الله ليضل قوما بعد اذ هديهم حتي يبين لهم ما يتقونGod is indeed All-Knowing of all things.
ان الله بكل شي عليمTo God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth;
ان الله له ملك السموت والارضHe gives life and causes death.
يحي ويميتAnd you have, besides God, neither protector nor helper.
وما لكم من دون الله من ولي ولا نصيرGod has indeed turned with clemency toward the Prophet, the emigrants, and the helpers [those who took in the refugees], who followed him in the hour of hardship, after the cores of a group among them had almost wavered; then He turned toward them with clemency — He is, toward them, full of kindness, Benevolent — and [He turned] toward the three who had stayed behind,
لقد تاب الله علي النبي والمهجرين والانصار الذين اتبعوه في ساعه العسره من بعد ما كاد يزيغ قلوب فريق منهم ثم تاب عليهم انه بهم روف رحيم وعلي الثلثه الذين خلفواuntil, when the earth had become narrow for them despite its vastness, and their very Selves had become narrow for them, and they thought that there is no refuge from God except toward Him — then He turned toward them with clemency, so that they might turn back [to Him].
حتي اذا ضاقت عليهم الارض بما رحبت وضاقت عليهم انفسهم وظنوا ان لا ملجا من الله الا اليه ثم تاب عليهم ليتوبواGod, He, is the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent.
ان الله هو التواب الرحيمO you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God, and be with the truthful.
يايها الذين امنوا اتقوا الله وكونوا مع الصدقينIt was not for the notables, whether dwelling in the Capital or around it, to stay behind, apart from the messenger of God, nor to prefer their own Selves to his.
ما كان لاهل المدينه ومن حولهم من الاعراب ان يتخلفوا عن رسول الله ولا يرغبوا بانفسهم عن نفسهThat is because no thirst, no fatigue, no hunger touches them in the way of God, no step they tread irritates those who disown, and they gain nothing from an enemy, without a righteous deed being inscribed for them because of it.
ذلك بانهم لا يصيبهم ظما ولا نصب ولا مخمصه في سبيل الله ولا يطون موطيا يغيظ الكفار ولا ينالون من عدو نيلا الا كتب لهم به عمل صلحGod does not let the reward of those who do good be lost.
ان الله لا يضيع اجر المحسنينAnd they do not spend any expenditure, small or great, nor do they cut off traffic in any valley [during the mobilization], without it being inscribed for them,
ولا ينفقون نفقه صغيره ولا كبيره ولا يقطعون واديا الا كتب لهمso that God may recompense them according to the best of what they used to do.
ليجزيهم الله احسن ما كانوا يعملونIt was not for the believers to mobilize all together.
وما كان المومنون لينفروا كافهWhy did not a detachment mobilize from every group among them, so that they might gain deep understanding in the Law, and warn their people upon their return to them, that they might be wary?
فلولا نفر من كل فرقه منهم طايفه ليتفقهوا في الدين ولينذروا قومهم اذا رجعوا اليهم لعلهم يحذرونO you who have believed! fight those among the disowners who are near you, and let them find in you firmness.
يايها الذين امنوا قتلوا الذين يلونكم من الكفار وليجدوا فيكم غلظهAnd know that God is with those who guard themselves.
واعلموا ان الله مع المتقينAnd when a surah is sent down, there is among them one who says: "Which of you has this [surah] increased in faith?"
واذا ما انزلت سوره فمنهم من يقول ايكم زادته هذه ايمناAs for those who have believed, it has increased them in faith, and they rejoice at it.
فاما الذين امنوا فزادتهم ايمنا وهم يستبشرونBut as for those in whose cores is a sickness, it has added a defilement to their defilement, and they died disowning.
واما الذين في قلوبهم مرض فزادتهم رجسا الي رجسهم وماتوا وهم كفرونDo they not see that they are tried every year, once or twice? Yet they do not turn back [to God], and they do not remember.
اولا يرون انهم يفتنون في كل عام مره او مرتين ثم لا يتوبون ولا هم يذكرونAnd when a surah is sent down, they look at one another: "Does anyone see you?" Then they slip away.
واذا ما انزلت سوره نظر بعضهم الي بعض هل يريكم من احد ثم انصرفواGod has turned away their cores, for they are a people who do not understand.
صرف الله قلوبهم بانهم قوم لا يفقهونA messenger has indeed come to you, from among yourselves; it is grievous to him that you should suffer,
لقد جاكم رسول من انفسكم عزيز عليه ما عنتمattentive to you,
حريص عليكمfull of kindness, benevolent toward the believers.
بالمومنين روف رحيمIf they turn away, say then: "God suffices me;
فان تولوا فقل حسبي اللهthere is no deity but Him;
لا اله الا هوupon Him I rely,
عليه توكلتand He is the Guardian of the immense Edifice."
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