سورة 8
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Al-Anfal
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In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. They ask you about the surpluses [of war].i 1
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يسلونك عن الانفال -
Say: "The surpluses belong to God and the Messenger. 1
قل الانفال لله والرسول -
So guard yourselves toward God, and set right [what is] between you, 1
فاتقوا الله واصلحوا ذات بينكم -
and obey God and His Messenger, if you are believers." 1
واطيعوا الله ورسوله ان كنتم مومنين -
The believers are only those whose cores tremble when God is remembered, whose faith increases when His signs are recited to them, and who rely upon their Guardian, 2
انما المومنون الذين اذا ذكر الله وجلت قلوبهم واذا تليت عليهم ايته زادتهم ايمنا وعلي ربهم يتوكلون -
who maintain the Contact, and who spend from what We have provided them as sustenance — those are the true believers. 4
الذين يقيمون الصلوه ومما رزقنهم ينفقون اوليك هم المومنون حقا -
They have degrees with their Guardian, a forgiveness, and a generous provision. 4
لهم درجت عند ربهم ومغفره ورزق كريم -
As when your Guardian brought you out of your dwelling in truth, while a group of believers were averse to it, disputing with you about the truth once it had become clear, as if they were being driven toward death, their eyes open. 6
كما اخرجك ربك من بيتك بالحق وان فريقا من المومنين لكرهون يجدلونك في الحق بعدما تبين كانما يساقون الي الموت وهم ينظرون -
And when God promised you that one of the two groups would be yours, while you wished it would be the one without arms. 7
واذ يعدكم الله احدي الطايفتين انها لكم وتودون ان غير ذات الشوكه تكون لكم -
But God wanted, by His words, to make the truth prevail and to cut off, to the last remnant, those who deny-disown so as to make the truth prevail and to nullify falsehood, however much the severed detest it.i 8
ويريد الله ان يحق الحق بكلمته ويقطع دابر الكفرين ليحق الحق ويبطل البطل ولو كره المجرمون -
When you implored the help of your Guardian, and He answered you: "I reinforce you with a thousand Agents, following one another."i 9
اذ تستغيثون ربكم فاستجاب لكم اني ممدكم بالف من المليكه مردفين -
And God made it only a good tiding, and so that your cores might find ease in it. 10
وما جعله الله الا بشري ولتطمين به قلوبكم -
But victory comes only from God. 10
وما النصر الا من عند الله -
God is All-Powerful, Wise. 10
ان الله عزيز حكيم -
When He enveloped you in drowsiness, as a security from Himself, and sent down upon you, from the sky, water, to purify you with it, to remove from you the defilement of the Diverter, to bind your cores, and to make firm your steps with it.i 11
اذ يغشيكم النعاس امنه منه وينزل عليكم من السما ما ليطهركم به ويذهب عنكم رجز الشيطن وليربط علي قلوبكم ويثبت به الاقدام -
When your Guardian revealed to the Agents: "I am with you; so make firm those who have believed.i 12
اذ يوحي ربك الي المليكه اني معكم فثبتوا الذين امنوا -
I will cast terror into the cores of those who deny-disown. 12
سالقي في قلوب الذين كفروا الرعب -
So multiply the captives beyond [their necessary number], and multiply among them those of the greatest exchange value.i 12
فاضربوا فوق الاعناق واضربوا منهم كل بنان -
That is because they set themselves against God and His Messenger. 13
ذلك بانهم شاقوا الله ورسوله -
And whoever sets himself against God and His Messenger — God is indeed severe in punishment. 13
ومن يشاقق الله ورسوله فان الله شديد العقاب -
That is for you: taste it, then! 14
ذلكم فذوقوه -
And for those who deny-disown is reserved the punishment of the Fire. 14
وان للكفرين عذاب النار -
O you who have believed! when you meet those who deny-disown advancing [for battle], do not turn your backs to them. 15
يايها الذين امنوا اذا لقيتم الذين كفروا زحفا فلا تولوهم الادبار -
And whoever, on that day, turns his back to them — except as a maneuver for battle, or a withdrawal toward a [allied] group — incurs God's anger, and his refuge will be Jahannam. 16
ومن يولهم يوميذ دبره الا متحرفا لقتال او متحيزا الي فيه فقد با بغضب من الله وماويه جهنم -
And what an evil destination! 16
وبيس المصير -
So it was not you who killed them, 17
فلم تقتلوهم -
but it was God who killed them. 17
ولكن الله قتلهم -
And you did not throw, when you threw, but it was God who threw, 17
وما رميت اذ رميت ولكن الله رمي -
so as to test the believers with a good trial, from Himself. 17
وليبلي المومنين منه بلا حسنا -
God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 17
ان الله سميع عليم -
That is for you! And God weakens the scheming of those who deny-disown. 18
ذلكم وان الله موهن كيد الكفرين -
If you sought a decisive judgment, the decisive judgment has already come to you;i 19
ان تستفتحوا فقد جاكم الفتح -
and if you cease, it will be better for you; 19
وان تنتهوا فهو خير لكم -
but if you resume, We will resume, 19
وان تعودوا نعد -
and your group will not avail you at all, even if it is numerous; 19
ولن تغني عنكم فيتكم شيا ولو كثرت -
for God is with the believers. 19
وان الله مع المومنين -
O you who have believed! obey God and His Messenger, 20
يايها الذين امنوا اطيعوا الله ورسوله -
and do not turn away from him, while you hear. 20
ولا تولوا عنه وانتم تسمعون -
And do not be like those who say: "We have heard", while they do not hear. 21
ولا تكونوا كالذين قالوا سمعنا وهم لا يسمعون -
The worst of living beings, with God, are the deaf, the mute, those who do not reason. 22
ان شر الدواب عند الله الصم البكم الذين لا يعقلون -
Had God known any good in them, He would certainly have made them hear; 23
ولو علم الله فيهم خيرا لاسمعهم -
and even had He made them hear, they would have turned away, evading. 23
ولو اسمعهم لتولوا وهم معرضون -
O you who have believed! respond to God and to the messenger, when he calls you to what gives you life, 24
يايها الذين امنوا استجيبوا لله وللرسول اذا دعاكم لما يحييكم -
and know that God interposes between the human being and his core, and that it is to Him that you will be gathered. 24
واعلموا ان الله يحول بين المر وقلبه وانه اليه تحشرون -
And guard yourselves against a trial that will not strike exclusively those among you who have done wrong, 25
واتقوا فتنه لا تصيبن الذين ظلموا منكم خاصه -
and know that God is severe in punishment. 25
واعلموا ان الله شديد العقاب -
And remember when you were few, reduced to weakness on the earth, fearing that people would snatch you away; He then granted you refuge, reinforced you with His help, and provided you with good things as sustenance — perhaps you will be grateful. 26
واذكروا اذ انتم قليل مستضعفون في الارض تخافون ان يتخطفكم الناس فاويكم وايدكم بنصره ورزقكم من الطيبت لعلكم تشكرون -
O you who have believed! do not betray God and the messenger, and do not betray your trusts, while you know. 27
يايها الذين امنوا لا تخونوا الله والرسول وتخونوا امنتكم وانتم تعلمون -
And know that your possessions and your children are but a trial, and that with God there is an immense reward. 28
واعلموا انما امولكم واولدكم فتنه وان الله عنده اجر عظيم -
O you who have believed! if you guard yourselves toward God, He will grant you a Discernment, erase your evil deeds for you, and forgive you.i 29
يايها الذين امنوا ان تتقوا الله يجعل لكم فرقانا ويكفر عنكم سياتكم ويغفر لكم -
God holds the immense favor. 29
والله ذو الفضل العظيم -
And when those who deny-disown were plotting against you, to immobilize you, kill you, or expel you. 30
واذ يمكر بك الذين كفروا ليثبتوك او يقتلوك او يخرجوك -
They plotted, and God plotted [in return], 30
ويمكرون ويمكر الله -
and God is the best of those who weave plots. 30
والله خير المكرين -
And when Our signs are recited to them, they say: "We have indeed heard; if we wished, we would say the same; 31
واذا تتلي عليهم ايتنا قالوا قد سمعنا لو نشا لقلنا مثل هذا -
these are nothing but legends of the ancients." 31
ان هذا الا اسطير الاولين -
And when they said: "O God! if this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky, or bring us a painful punishment." 32
واذ قالوا اللهم ان كان هذا هو الحق من عندك فامطر علينا حجاره من السما او ايتنا بعذاب اليم -
But it was not for God to punish them while you were among them, 33
وما كان الله ليعذبهم وانت فيهم -
and it was not for God to punish them while they were asking forgiveness. 33
وما كان الله معذبهم وهم يستغفرون -
And what reason would they have for God not to punish them, while they turn [people] away from the inviolable place of prostration, without even being its protectors? 34
وما لهم الا يعذبهم الله وهم يصدون عن المسجد الحرام وما كانوا اولياه -
Its protectors are only those who guard themselves, 34
ان اولياوه الا المتقون -
but most of them do not know. 34
ولكن اكثرهم لا يعلمون -
And their Contact, near the House, was nothing but a brawl mixed with a diversion [from the path of God].i 35
وما كان صلاتهم عند البيت الا مكا وتصديه -
Taste then the punishment, for having denied-disowned. 35
فذوقوا العذاب بما كنتم تكفرون -
Those who deny-disown spend their wealth so as to turn [others] away from the path of God. 36
ان الذين كفروا ينفقون امولهم ليصدوا عن سبيل الله -
So they will spend it, then it will become for them a bitter regret, then they will be overcome. 36
فسينفقونها ثم تكون عليهم حسره ثم يغلبون -
And those who deny-disown will be gathered toward Jahannam, so that God may distinguish the vile from the good, place the vile, part upon part, make of it a whole heap, and put it into Jahannam. 37
والذين كفروا الي جهنم يحشرون ليميز الله الخبيث من الطيب ويجعل الخبيث بعضه علي بعض فيركمه جميعا فيجعله في جهنم -
Those are the losers. 37
اوليك هم الخسرون -
Say to those who deny-disown: if they cease, what has already passed will be forgiven them; 38
قل للذين كفروا ان ينتهوا يغفر لهم ما قد سلف -
but if they resume, the way [of acting] of the ancients is already well established. 38
وان يعودوا فقد مضت سنت الاولين -
And fight them until there is no more trial, and the Law is entirely for God. 39
وقتلوهم حتي لا تكون فتنه ويكون الدين كله لله -
But if they cease, then God sees perfectly what they do. 39
فان انتهوا فان الله بما يعملون بصير -
And if they turn away, know then that God is your Protector. 40
وان تولوا فاعلموا ان الله موليكم -
What an excellent Protector, 40
نعم المولي -
and what an excellent Helper! 40
ونعم النصير -
And know that, of everything you take as spoils, a fifth belongs to God, to the Messenger, to relatives, to orphans, to the destitute, and to the stranded traveler — if you believe in God and in what We sent down upon Our obedient one, on the day of the Discernment, the day the two forces met. 41
واعلموا انما غنمتم من شي فان لله خمسه وللرسول ولذي القربي واليتمي والمسكين وابن السبيل ان كنتم امنتم بالله وما انزلنا علي عبدنا يوم الفرقان يوم التقي الجمعان -
And God has power over all things. 41
والله علي كل شي قدير -
When you were on the nearer side, and they were on the farther side, and the cavalry was lower than you.i 42
اذ انتم بالعدوه الدنيا وهم بالعدوه القصوي والركب اسفل منكم -
And had you made an appointment [to meet], you would have differed over that appointment; 42
ولو تواعدتم لاختلفتم في الميعد -
but [it happened thus] so that God might accomplish a matter already decreed, so that whoever was to perish might perish upon clear evidence, and whoever was to live might live upon clear evidence. 42
ولكن ليقضي الله امرا كان مفعولا ليهلك من هلك عن بينه ويحيي من حي عن بينه -
God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 42
وان الله لسميع عليم -
When God showed them to you, in your sleep, as few — 43
اذ يريكهم الله في منامك قليلا -
and had He shown them to you as many, you would certainly have faltered, and you would certainly have disputed over the matter; 43
ولو اريكهم كثيرا لفشلتم ولتنزعتم في الامر -
but God preserved [you from that]. 43
ولكن الله سلم -
He knows perfectly what is in the chests. 43
انه عليم بذات الصدور -
And when He showed them to you, when you met, as few in your eyes, and made you appear few in their eyes, so that God might accomplish a matter already decreed. 44
واذ يريكموهم اذ التقيتم في اعينكم قليلا ويقللكم في اعينهم ليقضي الله امرا كان مفعولا -
And it is to God that all matters return. 44
والي الله ترجع الامور -
O you who have believed! when you meet a [hostile] group, stand firm, and remember God abundantly — perhaps you will succeed. 45
يايها الذين امنوا اذا لقيتم فيه فاثبتوا واذكروا الله كثيرا لعلكم تفلحون -
And obey God and His Messenger, 46
واطيعوا الله ورسوله -
and do not dispute with one another, lest you falter and lose your momentum; 46
ولا تنزعوا فتفشلوا وتذهب ريحكم -
and be patient. 46
واصبروا -
God is with the patient. 46
ان الله مع الصبرين -
And do not be like those who came out of their dwellings with insolence and for show before the people, and who turn [others] away from the path of God. 47
ولا تكونوا كالذين خرجوا من ديرهم بطرا وريا الناس ويصدون عن سبيل الله -
God encompasses perfectly what they do. 47
والله بما يعملون محيط -
And when the Diverter embellished their deeds for them, and said: "None, today, among the people, can overcome you, and I am your neighboring protector";i 48
واذ زين لهم الشيطن اعملهم وقال لا غالب لكم اليوم من الناس واني جار لكم -
but when the two forces saw one another, he turned back on his heels, and said: "I disavow you; I see what you do not see; I fear God." 48
فلما ترات الفيتان نكص علي عقبيه وقال اني بري منكم اني اري ما لا ترون اني اخاف الله -
God is severe in punishment. 48
والله شديد العقاب -
When the hypocrites, and those in whose cores is a sickness, said: "Their Law has indeed deceived these people." 49
اذ يقول المنفقون والذين في قلوبهم مرض غر هولا دينهم -
But whoever relies upon God — God is indeed All-Powerful, Wise. 49
ومن يتوكل علي الله فان الله عزيز حكيم -
And if you could see, when the Self is taken from those who denied-disowned,i 50
ولو تري اذ يتوفي الذين كفروا -
the Agents multiply their haul of them, whether they face forward or turn away in flight: "Taste the punishment of the Blaze!"i 50
المليكه يضربون وجوههم وادبرهم وذوقوا عذاب الحريق -
That is what your hands have prepared; and God is not at all unjust toward His the constrained. 51
ذلك بما قدمت ايديكم وان الله ليس بظلم للعبيد -
Like the conduct of the clan of Fir'awn,i 52
كداب ال فرعون -
and of those before them, who denied-disowned the signs of God; God then seized them for their offenses. 52
والذين من قبلهم كفروا بايت الله فاخذهم الله بذنوبهم -
God is strong, severe in punishment. 52
ان الله قوي شديد العقاب -
That is because God never alters a blessing He has granted a people, so long as they do not alter what is in themselves; and God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 53
ذلك بان الله لم يك مغيرا نعمه انعمها علي قوم حتي يغيروا ما بانفسهم وان الله سميع عليم -
Like the conduct of the clan of Fir'awn,i 54
كداب ال فرعون -
and of those before them, who denied the signs of their Guardian; We then destroyed them for their offenses, 54
والذين من قبلهم كذبوا بايت ربهم فاهلكنهم بذنوبهم -
and We drowned the clan of Fir'awn.i 54
واغرقنا ال فرعون -
All were unjust. 54
وكل كانوا ظلمين -
The worst of living beings, with God, are those who denied-disowned and who, henceforth, do not believe — those with whom you made a pact, and who, every time, break their pact, and who do not guard themselves. 56
ان شر الدواب عند الله الذين كفروا فهم لا يومنون الذين عهدت منهم ثم ينقضون عهدهم في كل مره وهم لا يتقون -
So if you overtake them in war, scatter them, along with them, those who follow them, that they may take heed. 57
فاما تثقفنهم في الحرب فشرد بهم من خلفهم لعلهم يذكرون -
And if you fear treachery from a people, denounce [the pact] toward them, on equal terms. 58
واما تخافن من قوم خيانه فانبذ اليهم علي سوا -
God does not love the treacherous. 58
ان الله لا يحب الخاينين -
And let those who deny-disown by no means think that they have gotten ahead. 59
ولا يحسبن الذين كفروا سبقوا 🖼 -
They cannot render [God] powerless. 59
انهم لا يعجزون -
And prepare, against them, whatever you can of force and of steeds held ready for battle, 60
واعدوا لهم ما استطعتم من قوه ومن رباط الخيل -
so as to strike terror thereby into the enemy of God and your enemy, and others, besides them, whom you do not know: 60
ترهبون به عدو الله وعدوكم واخرين من دونهم لا تعلمونهم -
God, He, knows them. 60
الله يعلمهم -
And whatever you spend in the way of God will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged. 60
وما تنفقوا من شي في سبيل الله يوف اليكم وانتم لا تظلمون -
And if they incline toward peace, incline toward it also, and rely upon God. 61
وان جنحوا للسلم فاجنح لها وتوكل علي الله -
He is, indeed, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 61
انه هو السميع العليم -
And if they want to deceive you, then God suffices you. 62
وان يريدوا ان يخدعوك فان حسبك الله -
It is He who reinforced you with His help and with the believers, and who reconciled their cores. 63
هو الذي ايدك بنصره وبالمومنين والف بين قلوبهم -
Had you spent all that is on earth, you would not have reconciled their cores, 63
لو انفقت ما في الارض جميعا ما الفت بين قلوبهم -
but it is God who reconciled them. 63
ولكن الله الف بينهم -
He is All-Powerful, Wise. 63
انه عزيز حكيم -
O Prophet! God suffices you, 64
يايها النبي حسبك الله -
and so do those of the believers who follow you. 64
ومن اتبعك من المومنين -
O Prophet! urge the believers to combat. 65
يايها النبي حرض المومنين علي القتال -
If there are, among you, twenty patient men, they will overcome two hundred [men]; 65
ان يكن منكم عشرون صبرون يغلبوا مايتين -
and if there are a hundred among you, they will overcome a thousand of those who deny-disown, for they are a people who do not understand. 65
وان يكن منكم مايه يغلبوا الفا من الذين كفروا بانهم قوم لا يفقهون -
Now, God has lightened [your burden], and He has known that there was weakness in you. 66
الن خفف الله عنكم وعلم ان فيكم ضعفا -
So if there are a hundred among you, patient, they will overcome two hundred; 66
فان يكن منكم مايه صابره يغلبوا مايتين -
and if there are a thousand among you, they will overcome two thousand, with God's permission. 66
وان يكن منكم الف يغلبوا الفين باذن الله -
God is with the patient. 66
والله مع الصبرين -
It was not for a prophet to have captives, until he had fully subdued the land. 67
ما كان لنبي ان يكون له اسري حتي يثخن في الارض -
You wanted the fleeting goods of the present life, 67
تريدون عرض الدنيا -
while God wants the last life. 67
والله يريد الاخره -
God is All-Powerful, Wise. 67
والله عزيز حكيم -
Had it not been for a prior register from God, an immense punishment would have touched you for what you took.i 68
لولا كتب من الله سبق لمسكم فيما اخذتم عذاب عظيم -
So eat of what you have taken as spoils, lawful and good, 69
فكلوا مما غنمتم حللا طيبا -
and guard yourselves toward God. 69
واتقوا الله -
God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 69
ان الله غفور رحيم -
O Prophet! say to those of the captives in your hands: "If God knows any good in your cores, He will give you better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you." 70
يايها النبي قل لمن في ايديكم من الاسري ان يعلم الله في قلوبكم خيرا يوتكم خيرا مما اخذ منكم ويغفر لكم -
God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 70
والله غفور رحيم -
And if they want to betray you, they have already betrayed God before, and He has given you power over them. 71
وان يريدوا خيانتك فقد خانوا الله من قبل فامكن منهم -
God is All-Knowing, Wise. 71
والله عليم حكيم -
Those who have believed, emigrated, and striven with their possessions and their Selves in the way of God, and those who gave refuge and helped — those are allies of one another. 72
ان الذين امنوا وهاجروا وجهدوا بامولهم وانفسهم في سبيل الله والذين اووا ونصروا اوليك بعضهم اوليا بعض -
And those who believed without emigrating — you have, of their protection, no responsibility, until they emigrate. 72
والذين امنوا ولم يهاجروا ما لكم من وليتهم من شي حتي يهاجروا -
And if they ask you for help in the name of the Law, help is incumbent upon you, except against a people between whom and you there is a covenant. 72
وان استنصروكم في الدين فعليكم النصر الا علي قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثق -
God sees perfectly what you do. 72
والله بما تعملون بصير -
And those who deny-disown are allies of one another. 73
والذين كفروا بعضهم اوليا بعض -
If you do not do this, there will be a trial on earth, and immense corruption. 73
الا تفعلوه تكن فتنه في الارض وفساد كبير -
And those who have believed, emigrated, and striven in the way of God, and those who gave refuge and helped — those are the true believers. 74
والذين امنوا وهاجروا وجهدوا في سبيل الله والذين اووا ونصروا اوليك هم المومنون حقا -
They have a forgiveness, and a generous provision. 74
لهم مغفره ورزق كريم -
And those who believed afterward, emigrated, and strove with you — those are among you. 75
والذين امنوا من بعد وهاجروا وجهدوا معكم فاوليك منكم -
And the possessors of kinship ties have, toward one another, greater right according to God's Code.i 75
واولوا الارحام بعضهم اولي ببعض في كتب الله -
God is All-Knowing of all things. 75
ان الله بكل شي عليم