Sourate At-Tawba (9) original (rasm)

Exoneration from obligation, from God and His Messenger, toward those of the associators with whom you had made a pact.i 1

براه من الله ورسوله الي الذين عهدتم من المشركين

So move about freely in the land for four months,i 2

فسيحوا في الارض اربعه اشهر

and know that you cannot render God powerless, and that God covers with disgrace those who deny-disown. 2

واعلموا انكم غير معجزي الله وان الله مخزي الكفرين

And a proclamation from God and His Messenger to mankind, on the day of the Great Convergence of the Hajj: God is exonerated from obligation toward the associators, and so is His Messenger.i 3

واذن من الله ورسوله الي الناس يوم الحج الاكبر ان الله بري من المشركين ورسوله

So if you cease [your transgression], that is better for you;i 3

فان تبتم فهو خير لكم

but if you turn away, know that you cannot render God powerless. 3

وان توليتم فاعلموا انكم غير معجزي الله

Announce to those who have denied-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. 4

وبشر الذين كفروا بعذاب اليم الا الذين عهدتم من المشركين ثم لم ينقصوكم شيا ولم يظهروا عليكم احدا فاتموا اليهم عهدهم الي مدتهم

God loves those who guard themselves. 4

ان الله يحب المتقين

When the inviolable months have passed, fight the associators wherever you find them; seize them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every point of observation.i 5

فاذا انسلخ الاشهر الحرم فاقتلوا المشركين حيث وجدتموهم وخذوهم واحصروهم واقعدوا لهم كل مرصد

But if they cease [their transgression], maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms, then leave their way clear.i 5

فان تابوا واقاموا الصلوه واتوا الزكوه فخلوا سبيلهم

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 5

ان الله غفور رحيم

And 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. 6

وان احد من المشركين استجارك فاجره حتي يسمع كلم الله ثم ابلغه مامنه

That is because they are a people who do not know. 6

ذلك بانهم قوم لا يعلمون

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. 7

كيف يكون للمشركين عهد عند الله وعند رسوله الا الذين عهدتم عند المسجد الحرام فما استقموا لكم فاستقيموا لهم

God loves those who guard themselves. 7

ان الله يحب المتقين

How, then? If they gained the upper hand over you, they would respect toward you neither kinship nor covenant. 8

كيف وان يظهروا عليكم لا يرقبوا فيكم الا ولا ذمه

They satisfy you with their mouths, while their cores refuse; and most of them are oversteppers. 8

يرضونكم بافوههم وتابي قلوبهم واكثرهم فسقون

They sold the signs of God for a small price, and they turned away from His path. 9

اشتروا بايت الله ثمنا قليلا فصدوا عن سبيله

How evil is what they used to do! 9

انهم سا ما كانوا يعملون

They respect, toward a believer, neither kinship nor covenant. 10

لا يرقبون في مومن الا ولا ذمه

Those are the transgressors. 10

واوليك هم المعتدون

If they turn back [to God], maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms, then they are your brothers in the Law. 11

فان تابوا واقاموا الصلوه واتوا الزكوه فاخونكم في الدين

And thus do We detail the signs for a people who know. 11

ونفصل الايت لقوم يعلمون

But if they break their oaths after their engagement, and attack your Law, then fight the leaders of denial-disowning, 12

وان نكثوا ايمنهم من بعد عهدهم وطعنوا في دينكم فقتلوا ايمه الكفر

for their oaths are not valid — perhaps they will cease. 12

انهم لا ايمن لهم لعلهم ينتهون

Will you then not fight a people who broke their oaths, who plotted to expel the messenger, and who attacked you first? Would you fear them? 13

الا تقتلون قوما نكثوا ايمنهم وهموا باخراج الرسول وهم بدوكم اول مره اتخشونهم

God is more worthy that you should fear Him, if you are believers. 13

فالله احق ان تخشوه ان كنتم مومنين

Fight 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. 15

قتلوهم يعذبهم الله بايديكم ويخزهم وينصركم عليهم ويشف صدور قوم مومنين ويذهب غيظ قلوبهم

And God turns with clemency toward whom He wills. 15

ويتوب الله علي من يشا

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 15

والله عليم حكيم

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?i 16

ام حسبتم ان تتركوا ولما يعلم الله الذين جهدوا منكم ولم يتخذوا من دون الله ولا رسوله ولا المومنين وليجه

God is well informed of what you do. 16

والله خبير بما تعملون

It is not for the associators to populate the places of prostration of God, bearing witness against themselves of denial-disowning. 17

ما كان للمشركين ان يعمروا مسجد الله شهدين علي انفسهم بالكفر

Those are the ones whose works have collapsed, and who abide eternally in the Fire. 17

اوليك حبطت اعملهم وفي النار هم خلدون

Only 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 the rightly-guided. 18

انما يعمر مسجد الله من امن بالله واليوم الاخر واقام الصلوه واتي الزكوه ولم يخش الا الله فعسي اوليك ان يكونوا من المهتدين

Would 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?i 19

اجعلتم سقايه الحاج وعماره المسجد الحرام كمن امن بالله واليوم الاخر وجهد في سبيل الله

They are not equal in the sight of God. 19

لا يستون عند الله

And God does not guide the unjust people. 19

والله لا يهدي القوم الظلمين

Those who have believed, emigrated, and striven in the way of God with their possessions and their Selves have a greater rank with God, 20

الذين امنوا وهاجروا وجهدوا في سبيل الله بامولهم وانفسهم اعظم درجه عند الله

and those are the ones who triumph. 20

واوليك هم الفايزون

Their Guardian announces to them a benevolence from Himself, a good pleasure, and gardens where they will have a lasting blessing, abiding therein eternally, forever.i 22

يبشرهم ربهم برحمه منه ورضون وجنت لهم فيها نعيم مقيم خلدين فيها ابدا

With God there is an immense reward.i 22

ان الله عنده اجر عظيم

O you who have believed! do not take your fathers and your brothers as allies, if they prefer denial-disowning to faith. 23

يايها الذين امنوا لا تتخذوا اباكم واخونكم اوليا ان استحبوا الكفر علي الايمن

And whoever among you takes them as allies, those are the unjust. 23

ومن يتولهم منكم فاوليك هم الظلمون

Say: "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses, your clan, the wealth 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." 24

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 بامره

And God does not guide the people of the oversteppers. 24

والله لا يهدي القوم الفسقين

God 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. 25

لقد نصركم الله في مواطن كثيره ويوم حنين اذ اعجبتكم كثرتكم فلم تغن عنكم شيا وضاقت عليكم الارض بما رحبت ثم وليتم مدبرين

Then 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 denied-disowned. 26

ثم انزل الله سكينته علي رسوله وعلي المومنين وانزل جنودا لم تروها وعذب الذين كفروا

Such is the reward of those who deny-disown. 26

وذلك جزا الكفرين

Then God turns with clemency, after that, toward whom He wills. 27

ثم يتوب الله من بعد ذلك علي من يشا

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 27

والله غفور رحيم

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. 28

يايها الذين امنوا انما المشركون نجس فلا يقربوا المسجد الحرام بعد عامهم هذا

And if you fear poverty, God will enrich you from His favor, if He wills. 28

وان خفتم عيله فسوف يغنيكم الله من فضله ان شا

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 28

ان الله عليم حكيم

Fight 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, in a state of submission.i 29

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 صغرون

The Reoriented said: "Al-'Uzayr is the son of God";i 30

وقالت اليهود عزير ابن الله

and the Helpers said: "Al-Massih is the son of God."i 30

وقالت النصري المسيح ابن الله

That is their saying, [uttered] by their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who, before them, denied-disowned. 30

ذلك قولهم بافوههم يضهون قول الذين كفروا من قبل

May God combat them! 30

قتلهم الله

How then are they turned away? 30

اني يوفكون

They took their rabbis and their monks as masters besides God, as well as Al-Massih, son of Maryam,i 31

اتخذوا احبارهم ورهبنهم اربابا من دون الله والمسيح ابن مريم

though they had been ordered only to obey one deity. 31

وما امروا الا ليعبدوا الها وحدا

There is no deity but Him. 31

لا اله الا هو

Glory be to Him, above what they associate with Him! 31

سبحنه عما يشركون

They want to extinguish God's light with their mouths, but God refuses everything except to bring His light to completion, however much those who deny-disown detest it. 32

يريدون ان يطفوا نور الله بافوههم ويابي الله الا ان يتم نوره ولو كره الكفرون

It 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. 33

هو الذي ارسل رسوله بالهدي ودين الحق ليظهره علي الدين كله ولو كره المشركون

O you who have believed! many rabbis and monks devour the wealth of people through falsehood, and turn [others] away from the path of God. 34

يايها الذين امنوا ان كثيرا من الاحبار والرهبان لياكلون امول الناس بالبطل ويصدون عن سبيل الله

And those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend it in the way of God — announce to them a painful punishment, 34

والذين يكنزون الذهب والفضه ولا ينفقونها في سبيل الله فبشرهم بعذاب اليم

on 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!" 35

يوم يحمي عليها في نار جهنم فتكوي بها جباههم وجنوبهم وظهورهم هذا ما كنزتم لانفسكم فذوقوا ما كنتم تكنزون

The number of months, with God, is twelve months, in God's Code, since the day He created the heavens and the earth;i 36

ان عده الشهور عند الله اثنا عشر شهرا في كتب الله يوم خلق السموت والارض

four of them are inviolable.i 36

منها اربعه حرم

That is the upright Law. 36

ذلك الدين القيم

So do not wrong yourselves during these. 36

فلا تظلموا فيهن انفسكم

And fight the associators throughout all the months, as they fight you throughout all the months,i 36

وقتلوا المشركين كافه كما يقتلونكم كافه

and know that God is with those who guard themselves. 36

واعلموا ان الله مع المتقين

The intercalation is only an increase in concealment, by which those who conceal 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.i 37

انما النسي زياده في الكفر يضل به الذين كفروا يحلونه عاما ويحرمونه عاما ليواطوا عده ما حرم الله فيحلوا ما حرم الله

The evil of their deeds has been embellished for them. 37

زين لهم سو اعملهم

And God does not guide the people of the concealers.i 37

والله لا يهدي القوم الكفرين

O 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?i 38

يايها الذين امنوا ما لكم اذا قيل لكم انفروا في سبيل الله اثاقلتم الي الارض

Are you satisfied with the present life rather than the last life? 38

ارضيتم بالحيوه الدنيا من الاخره

The enjoyment of the present life, compared with the last life, is but little. 38

فما متع الحيوه الدنيا في الاخره الا قليل

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. 39

الا تنفروا يعذبكم عذابا اليما ويستبدل قوما غيركم ولا تضروه شيا

God has power over all things. 39

والله علي كل شي قدير

If you do not help him, God has already helped him, when those who denied-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." 40

الا تنصروه فقد نصره الله اذ اخرجه الذين كفروا ثاني اثنين اذ هما في الغار اذ يقول لصحبه لا تحزن ان الله معنا

God then sent down His tranquility upon him, 40

فانزل الله سكينته عليه

and He reinforced him with soldiers you did not see, 40

وايده بجنود لم تروها

and He made lowest the word of those who had denied-disowned, 40

وجعل كلمه الذين كفروا السفلي

while the word of God is the highest. 40

وكلمه الله هي العليا

God is All-Powerful, Wise. 40

والله عزيز حكيم

Mobilize, light or heavy, and strive with your possessions and your Selves in the way of God. 41

انفروا خفافا وثقالا وجهدوا بامولكم وانفسكم في سبيل الله

That is better for you, if you knew. 41

ذلكم خير لكم ان كنتم تعلمون

Had it been a near gain and an easy journey, they would have followed you; but the distance seemed long to them. 42

لو كان عرضا قريبا وسفرا قاصدا لاتبعوك ولكن بعدت عليهم الشقه

They will swear by God: "If we had been able, we would have gone out with you"; 42

وسيحلفون بالله لو استطعنا لخرجنا معكم

they destroy themselves, 42

يهلكون انفسهم

and God knows that they are indeed liars. 42

والله يعلم انهم لكذبون

May God pardon you! Why did you give them permission, before those who spoke truly became clear to you, and before you knew the liars? 43

عفا الله عنك لم اذنت لهم حتي يتبين لك الذين صدقوا وتعلم الكذبين

Those who believe in God and the Last Day do not ask you for permission [to be excused] from striving with their possessions and their Selves. 44

لا يستذنك الذين يومنون بالله واليوم الاخر ان يجهدوا بامولهم وانفسهم

God knows those who guard themselves. 44

والله عليم بالمتقين

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. 45

انما يستذنك الذين لا يومنون بالله واليوم الاخر وارتابت قلوبهم فهم في ريبهم يترددون

Had they wanted to set out, they would have prepared equipment for it; 46

ولو ارادوا الخروج لاعدوا له عده

but God was averse to their setting out, and He held them back, and it was said to them: "Stay with those who stay." 46

ولكن كره الله انبعاثهم فثبطهم وقيل اقعدوا مع القعدين

Had they gone out among you, they would only have increased your confusion, and would have rushed about among you, seeking to sow discord among you — and among you are some who listen to them. 47

لو خرجوا فيكم ما زادوكم الا خبالا ولاوضعوا خللكم يبغونكم الفتنه وفيكم سمعون لهم

God knows the unjust. 47

والله عليم بالظلمين

They had already sought to sow discord 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. 48

لقد ابتغوا الفتنه من قبل وقلبوا لك الامور حتي جا الحق وظهر امر الله وهم كرهون

And among them is one who says: "Grant me permission, and do not expose me to the trial." 49

ومنهم من يقول ايذن لي ولا تفتني

Is it not into the trial itself that they have already fallen? 49

الا في الفتنه سقطوا

Jahannam indeed surrounds those who deny-disown. 49

وان جهنم لمحيطه بالكفرين

If good befalls you, it grieves them, 50

ان تصبك حسنه تسوهم

and if misfortune befalls you, they say: "We had already taken our precautions before" — and they turn away, rejoicing. 50

وان تصبك مصيبه يقولوا قد اخذنا امرنا من قبل ويتولوا وهم فرحون

Say: "Nothing will befall us except what God has decreed for us; 51

قل لن يصيبنا الا ما كتب الله لنا

He is our Protector. 51

هو مولينا

It is upon God that the believers should rely." 51

وعلي الله فليتوكل المومنون

Say: "Do you await for us anything but one of the two best [outcomes]? 52

قل هل تربصون بنا الا احدي الحسنيين

And we, we await for you that God strike you with a punishment from Himself, or by our hands. 52

ونحن نتربص بكم ان يصيبكم الله بعذاب من عنده او بايدينا

So wait, 52

فتربصوا

we are waiting with you." 52

انا معكم متربصون

Say: "Spend willingly or reluctantly, it will not be accepted from you, 53

قل انفقوا طوعا او كرها لن يتقبل منكم

for you are a people of oversteppers." 53

انكم كنتم قوما فسقين

And nothing prevented their contributions from being accepted, except that they denied-disowned God and His Messenger, that they come to the Contact only lazily, and spend only reluctantly. 54

وما منعهم ان تقبل منهم نفقتهم الا انهم كفروا بالله وبرسوله ولا ياتون الصلوه الا وهم كسالي ولا ينفقون الا وهم كرهون

Let neither their wealth nor their children impress you then. 55

فلا تعجبك امولهم ولا اولدهم

God wants only, through this, to punish them in the present life, and that their Selves depart while they deny-disown. 55

انما يريد الله ليعذبهم بها في الحيوه الدنيا وتزهق انفسهم وهم كفرون

They swear by God that they are indeed of you, when they are not of you; but they are a people who love to divide.i 56

ويحلفون بالله انهم لمنكم وما هم منكم ولكنهم قوم يفرقون

If they found a refuge, caves, or a hiding place, they would rush headlong into it. 57

لو يجدون ملجا او مغرت او مدخلا لولوا اليه وهم يجمحون

And among them is one who criticizes you 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. 58

ومنهم من يلمزك في الصدقت فان اعطوا منها رضوا وان لم يعطوا منها اذا هم يسخطون

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; 59

ولو انهم رضوا ما اتيهم الله ورسوله وقالوا حسبنا الله سيوتينا الله من فضله ورسوله

it is toward God that we turn." 59

انا الي الله رغبون

The alms are destined only for the destitute, the poor, 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.i 60

انما الصدقت للفقرا والمسكين والعملين عليها والمولفه قلوبهم وفي الرقاب والغرمين وفي سبيل الله وابن السبيل فريضه من الله

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 60

والله عليم حكيم

And among them are those who hurt the Prophet and say: "He is all ear." 61

ومنهم الذين يوذون النبي ويقولون هو اذن

Say: "An ear of good for you: he believes in God, trusts the believers, and is a benevolence for those among you who have believed." 61

قل اذن خير لكم يومن بالله ويومن للمومنين ورحمه للذين امنوا منكم

And those who hurt the messenger of God will have a painful punishment. 61

والذين يوذون رسول الله لهم عذاب اليم

They swear to you by God, to satisfy you; but God and His Messenger are more worthy that they should seek to satisfy Them, if they are believers. 62

يحلفون بالله لكم ليرضوكم والله ورسوله احق ان يرضوه ان كانوا مومنين

Do they not know that whoever opposes God and His Messenger will have the fire of Jahannam, wherein he will abide eternally? 63

الم يعلموا انه من يحادد الله ورسوله فان له نار جهنم خلدا فيها

That is the immense disgrace. 63

ذلك الخزي العظيم

The hypocrites dread that a sourate be sent down concerning them, informing them of what is in their cores. 64

يحذر المنفقون ان تنزل عليهم سوره تنبيهم بما في قلوبهم

Say: "Mock away! 64

قل استهزوا

God will bring out into the open what you dread." 64

ان الله مخرج ما تحذرون

And if you question them, they will certainly say: "We were only chatting and playing." 65

ولين سالتهم ليقولن انما كنا نخوض ونلعب

Say: "Was it God, His signs, and His Messenger that you were mocking?" 65

قل ابالله وايته ورسوله كنتم تستهزون

Do not make excuses: 66

لا تعتذروا

you have denied-disowned after your faith. 66

قد كفرتم بعد ايمنكم

If pardon is granted to a group among you, another group will be punished, for having been severed.i 66

ان نعف عن طايفه منكم نعذب طايفه بانهم كانوا مجرمين

The 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. 67

المنفقون والمنفقت بعضهم من بعض يامرون بالمنكر وينهون عن المعروف ويقبضون ايديهم نسوا الله فنسيهم

The hypocrites are indeed the oversteppers. 67

ان المنفقين هم الفسقون

God has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and those who deny-disown, the fire of Jahannam, wherein they will abide eternally. 68

وعد الله المنفقين والمنفقت والكفار نار جهنم خلدين فيها

That suffices them. 68

هي حسبهم

God has cursed them, 68

ولعنهم الله

and they will have a lasting punishment. 68

ولهم عذاب مقيم

Like those who preceded you: they were stronger than you in power, richer in wealth 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. 69

كالذين من قبلكم كانوا اشد منكم قوه واكثر امولا واولدا فاستمتعوا بخلقهم فاستمتعتم بخلقكم كما استمتع الذين من قبلكم بخلقهم وخضتم كالذي خاضوا

Those are the ones whose works have collapsed, in the present life and in the last life; 69

اوليك حبطت اعملهم في الدنيا والاخره

and those are the losers. 69

واوليك هم الخسرون

Has there not come to them the information concerning those before them: the people of Nuh, the Recidivists [Aad], Thamud, the people of Ibrahim, the companions of Madyan, and the overturned cities?i 70

الم ياتهم نبا الذين من قبلهم قوم نوح وعاد وثمود وقوم ابرهيم واصحب مدين والموتفكت

Their messengers had come to them with clear proofs. 70

اتتهم رسلهم بالبينت

It was not for God to wrong them; 70

فما كان الله ليظلمهم

but it was themselves that they wronged. 70

ولكن كانوا انفسهم يظلمون

The believers, men and women, are allies of one another: 71

والمومنون والمومنت بعضهم اوليا بعض

they enjoin what is recognized and forbid what is disavowed, they maintain the Contact, give the purifying alms, and obey God and His Messenger. 71

يامرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر ويقيمون الصلوه ويوتون الزكوه ويطيعون الله ورسوله

Those are the ones on whom God will have benevolence. 71

اوليك سيرحمهم الله

God is All-Powerful, Wise. 71

ان الله عزيز حكيم

God has promised the believers, men and women, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, and good dwellings in the gardens of Eden; 72

وعد الله المومنين والمومنت جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها ومسكن طيبه في جنت عدن

and a good pleasure from God is greater still. 72

ورضون من الله اكبر

That is the immense triumph. 72

ذلك هو الفوز العظيم

O Prophet! strive against those who deny-disown and the hypocrites, and be firm with them. 73

يايها النبي جهد الكفار والمنفقين واغلظ عليهم

Their refuge will be Jahannam, 73

وماويهم جهنم

and what an evil destination! 73

وبيس المصير

They swear by God that they said nothing; 74

يحلفون بالله ما قالوا

yet they did indeed utter the word of denial-disowning, and they denied-disowned after having been true to God, and they plotted what they could not attain. 74

ولقد قالوا كلمه الكفر وكفروا بعد اسلمهم وهموا بما لم ينالوا

They have nothing to hold against, except that God and His Messenger enriched them from His favor. 74

وما نقموا الا ان اغنيهم الله ورسوله من فضله

If they turn back [to God], it will be better for them; 74

فان يتوبوا يك خيرا لهم

but if they turn away, God will punish them with a painful punishment, in the present life and in the last life, 74

وان يتولوا يعذبهم الله عذابا اليما في الدنيا والاخره

and they will have, on earth, neither protector nor helper. 74

وما لهم في الارض من ولي ولا نصير

And 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." 75

ومنهم من عهد الله لين اتينا من فضله لنصدقن ولنكونن من الصلحين

But when He gave them of His favor, they became stingy with it and turned away, evading. 76

فلما اتيهم من فضله بخلوا به وتولوا وهم معرضون

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. 77

فاعقبهم نفاقا في قلوبهم الي يوم يلقونه بما اخلفوا الله ما وعدوه وبما كانوا يكذبون

Do they not know that God knows their secret and their private talks, and that God is the great Knower of what escapes the senses?i 78

الم يعلموا ان الله يعلم سرهم ونجويهم وان الله علم الغيوب

Those who criticize the believers who give alms willingly, and mock those who have only their effort to give — God mocks them, 79

الذين يلمزون المطوعين من المومنين في الصدقت والذين لا يجدون الا جهدهم فيسخرون منهم سخر الله منهم

and they will have a painful punishment. 79

ولهم عذاب اليم

Whether you ask forgiveness for them or not — 80

استغفر لهم او لا تستغفر لهم

even if you asked forgiveness for them seventy times, God will never forgive them. 80

ان تستغفر لهم سبعين مره فلن يغفر الله لهم

That is because they denied-disowned God and His Messenger. 80

ذلك بانهم كفروا بالله ورسوله

And God does not guide the people of the oversteppers. 80

والله لا يهدي القوم الفسقين

Those who stayed behind rejoiced in their position, apart from the messenger of God, and were averse to striving with their possessions and their Selves in the way of God, and said: 'Do not mobilize in the heat.' 81

فرح المخلفون بمقعدهم خلف رسول الله وكرهوا ان يجهدوا بامولهم وانفسهم في سبيل الله وقالوا لا تنفروا في الحر

Say: "The fire of Jahannam is even more intense in heat" — if only they understood! 81

قل نار جهنم اشد حرا لو كانوا يفقهون

Let them laugh little, then, and weep much, as a reward for what they used to earn. 82

فليضحكوا قليلا وليبكوا كثيرا جزا بما كانوا يكسبون

If 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. 83

فان رجعك الله الي طايفه منهم فاستذنوك للخروج فقل لن تخرجوا معي ابدا ولن تقتلوا معي عدوا

You were satisfied with staying behind the first time; 83

انكم رضيتم بالقعود اول مره

so stay with those who stay behind." 83

فاقعدوا مع الخلفين

And never seek the Contact for any of them who dies, and do not maintain yourself for his burial:i 84

ولا تصل علي احد منهم مات ابدا ولا تقم علي قبره

they denied-disowned God and His Messenger, and died as oversteppers. 84

انهم كفروا بالله ورسوله وماتوا وهم فسقون

Let neither their wealth nor their children impress you then. 85

ولا تعجبك امولهم واولدهم

God wants only, through this, to punish them in the present life, and that their Selves depart while they deny-disown. 85

انما يريد الله ان يعذبهم بها في الدنيا وتزهق انفسهم وهم كفرون

And when a sourate 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." 86

واذا انزلت سوره ان امنوا بالله وجهدوا مع رسوله استذنك اولوا الطول منهم وقالوا ذرنا نكن مع القعدين

They were satisfied to be with those who stay behind,i 87

رضوا بان يكونوا مع الخوالف

and a seal has been set upon their cores, so that they do not understand. 87

وطبع علي قلوبهم فهم لا يفقهون

But the messenger, and those who believed with him, strove with their possessions and their Selves, 88

لكن الرسول والذين امنوا معه جهدوا بامولهم وانفسهم

and those are the ones to whom belong the excellent things, 88

واوليك لهم الخيرت

and those are the ones who succeed. 88

واوليك هم المفلحون

God has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally. 89

اعد الله لهم جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها

That is the immense triumph. 89

ذلك الفوز العظيم

And 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.i 90

وجا المعذرون من الاعراب ليوذن لهم وقعد الذين كذبوا الله ورسوله

A painful punishment will strike those among them who denied-disowned. 90

سيصيب الذين كفروا منهم عذاب اليم

No 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. 91

ليس علي الضعفا ولا علي المرضي ولا علي الذين لا يجدون ما ينفقون حرج اذا نصحوا لله ورسوله

No blame upon those who do good. 91

ما علي المحسنين من سبيل

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 91

والله غفور رحيم

Nor against those who, having come to you so that you might transport them, [heard you] say: "I find nothing on which to transport you", 92

ولا علي الذين اذا ما اتوك لتحملهم قلت لا اجد ما احملكم عليه

and who went away, their eyes overflowing with tears, grieved that they could not find anything to spend. 92

تولوا واعينهم تفيض من الدمع حزنا الا يجدوا ما ينفقون

The blame falls only on those who ask you permission while they are rich. 93

انما السبيل علي الذين يستذنونك وهم اغنيا

They were satisfied to be with those who stay behind, 93

رضوا بان يكونوا مع الخوالف

and God has set a seal upon their cores, so that they do not know. 93

وطبع الله علي قلوبهم فهم لا يعلمون

They will make excuses to you, when you have returned to them. 94

يعتذرون اليكم اذا رجعتم اليهم

Say: "Do not make excuses, we will not believe you. 94

قل لا تعتذروا لن نومن لكم

God has already informed us of your news. 94

قد نبانا الله من اخباركم

God will see your deed, and so will His Messenger, 94

وسيري الله عملكم ورسوله

then 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."i 94

ثم تردون الي علم الغيب والشهده فينبيكم بما كنتم تعملون

They will swear to you by God, once you have returned to them, so that you may turn away from them. 95

سيحلفون بالله لكم اذا انقلبتم اليهم لتعرضوا عنهم

So turn away from them: 95

فاعرضوا عنهم

they are a defilement, 95

انهم رجس

and their refuge will be Jahannam, 95

وماويهم جهنم

as a reward for what they used to earn. 95

جزا بما كانوا يكسبون

They 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. 96

يحلفون لكم لترضوا عنهم فان ترضوا عنهم فان الله لا يرضي عن القوم الفسقين

The notables are even more intense in denial-disowning and hypocrisy, and it is merited that they do not know the limits of what God has sent down upon His Messenger.i 97

الاعراب اشد كفرا ونفاقا واجدر الا يعلموا حدود ما انزل الله علي رسوله

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 97

والله عليم حكيم

And among the notables is one who regards what he spends as a forced loss, and awaits misfortunes for you. 98

ومن الاعراب من يتخذ ما ينفق مغرما ويتربص بكم الدواير

Upon them, the cycle of misfortune. 98

عليهم دايره السو

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 98

والله سميع عليم

And 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.i 99

ومن الاعراب من يومن بالله واليوم الاخر ويتخذ ما ينفق قربت عند الله وصلوت الرسول

Is that not, for him, a true drawing-near? 99

الا انها قربه لهم

God will admit them into His benevolence. 99

سيدخلهم الله في رحمته

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 99

ان الله غفور رحيم

The 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;i 100

والسبقون الاولون من المهجرين والانصار والذين اتبعوهم باحسن رضي الله عنهم ورضوا عنه

He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever. 100

واعد لهم جنت تجري تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها ابدا

That is the immense triumph. 100

ذلك الفوز العظيم

And among the notables around you, there are hypocrites, 101

وممن حولكم من الاعراب منفقون

as well as, among the notables of the Capital, people hardened in hypocrisy whom you do not know:i 101

ومن اهل المدينه مردوا علي النفاق لا تعلمهم

We, We know them. 101

نحن نعلمهم

We will punish them twice, then they will be brought back to an immense punishment. 101

سنعذبهم مرتين ثم يردون الي عذاب عظيم

And others have acknowledged their wrongs, having mixed a righteous deed with another that was evil; it may be that God will turn toward them with clemency. 102

واخرون اعترفوا بذنوبهم خلطوا عملا صلحا واخر سييا عسي الله ان يتوب عليهم

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 102

ان الله غفور رحيم

Take from their wealth an alms that purifies them and makes them grow, and visit them:i 103

خذ من امولهم صدقه تطهرهم وتزكيهم بها وصل عليهم

your visit is a comfort for them.i 103

ان صلوتك سكن لهم

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 103

والله سميع عليم

Do 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, full of benevolence?i 104

الم يعلموا ان الله هو يقبل التوبه عن عباده وياخذ الصدقت وان الله هو التواب الرحيم

And say: "Act; God will see your deed, and so will His Messenger and the believers, 105

وقل اعملوا فسيري الله عملكم ورسوله والمومنون

and 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."i 105

وستردون الي علم الغيب والشهده فينبيكم بما كنتم تعملون

And others are held in suspense for God's command: either He will punish them, or He will turn toward them with clemency. 106

واخرون مرجون لامر الله اما يعذبهم واما يتوب عليهم

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 106

والله عليم حكيم

And those who took a place of prostration for harm, for denial-disowning, for division among the believers, and as a lookout post for one who, previously, had made war on God and His Messenger — 107

والذين اتخذوا مسجدا ضرارا وكفرا وتفريقا بين المومنين وارصادا لمن حارب الله ورسوله من قبل

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they will surely swear: "We wanted only the best"; 107

وليحلفن ان اردنا الا الحسني

but God testifies that they are indeed liars. 107

والله يشهد انهم لكذبون

Never maintain yourself therein.i 108

لا تقم فيه ابدا

A place of prostration founded upon guardedness, from the very first day, is far more worthy that you should maintain yourself therein. 108

لمسجد اسس علي التقوي من اول يوم احق ان تقوم فيه

In it are men who love to purify themselves. 108

فيه رجال يحبون ان يتطهروا

God loves those who purify themselves. 108

والله يحب المطهرين

Is one who has founded his structure upon guardedness toward God and His good pleasure better, or one who has founded his structure on the edge of a crumbling ravine, which then collapses with him into the fire of Jahannam? 109

افمن اسس بنينه علي تقوي من الله ورضون خير ام من اسس بنينه علي شفا جرف هار فانهار به في نار جهنم

And God does not guide the unjust people. 109

والله لا يهدي القوم الظلمين

The structure they built continues to be a doubt in their cores, unless their cores are torn to pieces. 110

لا يزال بنينهم الذي بنوا ريبه في قلوبهم الا ان تقطع قلوبهم

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 110

والله عليم حكيم

God has bought from the believers their Selves and their possessions, in exchange for the Garden that belongs to them. 111

ان الله اشتري من المومنين انفسهم وامولهم بان لهم الجنه

They fight in the way of God, kill and are killed — it is a promise incumbent upon Him, in truth, in the Torah, the Gospel, and this Recitation. 111

يقتلون في سبيل الله فيقتلون ويقتلون وعدا عليه حقا في التوريه والانجيل والقران

And who keeps his engagement better than God? 111

ومن اوفي بعهده من الله

So rejoice in the bargain you have made with Him, 111

فاستبشروا ببيعكم الذي بايعتم به

and that is the immense triumph. 111

وذلك هو الفوز العظيم

Those 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 — 112

التيبون العبدون الحمدون السيحون الركعون السجدون الامرون بالمعروف والناهون عن المنكر والحفظون لحدود الله

and give good news to the believers. 112

وبشر المومنين

It 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. 113

ما كان للنبي والذين امنوا ان يستغفروا للمشركين ولو كانوا اولي قربي من بعد ما تبين لهم انهم اصحب الجحيم

And Ibrahim's asking forgiveness for his father was only because of a promise he had made him;i 114

وما كان استغفار ابرهيم لابيه الا عن موعده وعدها اياه

but when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of God, he disavowed him. 114

فلما تبين له انه عدو لله تبرا منه

Ibrahim was indeed full of compassion, thoughtful.i 114

ان ابرهيم لاوه حليم

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. 115

وما كان الله ليضل قوما بعد اذ هديهم حتي يبين لهم ما يتقون

God is All-Knowing of all things. 115

ان الله بكل شي عليم

To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; 116

ان الله له ملك السموت والارض

He gives life and causes death. 116

يحي ويميت

And you have, besides God, neither protector nor helper. 116

وما لكم من دون الله من ولي ولا نصير

God 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 bonté, full of benevolence — and [He turned] toward the three who had stayed behind, 118

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 خلفوا

until, 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]. 118

حتي اذا ضاقت عليهم الارض بما رحبت وضاقت عليهم انفسهم وظنوا ان لا ملجا من الله الا اليه ثم تاب عليهم ليتوبوا

God, He, is the Ever-Accepter of repentance, full of benevolence. 118

ان الله هو التواب الرحيم

O you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God, and be with the truthful. 119

يايها الذين امنوا اتقوا الله وكونوا مع الصدقين

It was not for the notables of the Capital, nor for those around them among the notables, to stay behind, apart from the messenger of God, nor to prefer their own Selves to his.i 120

ما كان لاهل المدينه ومن حولهم من الاعراب ان يتخلفوا عن رسول الله ولا يرغبوا بانفسهم عن نفسه

That is because no thirst, no fatigue, no hunger touches them in the way of God, no step they tread irritates those who deny-disown, and they gain nothing from an enemy, without a righteous deed being inscribed for them because of it. 120

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 صلح

God does not let the reward of those who do good be lost. 120

ان الله لا يضيع اجر المحسنين

And 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,i 121

ولا ينفقون نفقه صغيره ولا كبيره ولا يقطعون واديا الا كتب لهم

so that God may reward them according to the best of what they used to do. 121

ليجزيهم الله احسن ما كانوا يعملون

It was not for the believers to mobilize all together. 122

وما كان المومنون لينفروا كافه

Why 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 guard themselves? 122

فلولا نفر من كل فرقه منهم طايفه ليتفقهوا في الدين ولينذروا قومهم اذا رجعوا اليهم لعلهم يحذرون

O you who have believed! fight those among the deniers who are near you, and let them find in you firmness. 123

يايها الذين امنوا قتلوا الذين يلونكم من الكفار وليجدوا فيكم غلظه

And know that God is with those who guard themselves. 123

واعلموا ان الله مع المتقين

And when a sourate is sent down, there is among them one who says: "Which of you has this [sourate] increased in faith?" 124

واذا ما انزلت سوره فمنهم من يقول ايكم زادته هذه ايمنا

As for those who have believed, it has increased them in faith, and they rejoice at it. 124

فاما الذين امنوا فزادتهم ايمنا وهم يستبشرون

But as for those in whose cores is a sickness, it has added a defilement to their defilement, and they died denying-disowning. 125

واما الذين في قلوبهم مرض فزادتهم رجسا الي رجسهم وماتوا وهم كفرون

Do they not see that they are tried every year, once or twice? Yet they do not turn back [to God], and they do not take heed. 126

اولا يرون انهم يفتنون في كل عام مره او مرتين ثم لا يتوبون ولا هم يذكرون

And when a sourate is sent down, they look at one another: "Does anyone see you?" Then they slip away. 127

واذا ما انزلت سوره نظر بعضهم الي بعض هل يريكم من احد ثم انصرفوا

God has turned away their cores, for they are a people who do not understand. 127

صرف الله قلوبهم بانهم قوم لا يفقهون

A messenger has indeed come to you, from among yourselves; it is grievous to him that you should suffer, he is full of concern for you, 128

لقد جاكم رسول من انفسكم عزيز عليه ما عنتم

attentive to you, 128

حريص عليكم

full of bonté, full of benevolence toward the believers. 128

بالمومنين روف رحيم

If they turn away, say then: "God suffices me; 129

فان تولوا فقل حسبي الله

there is no deity but Him; 129

لا اله الا هو

upon Him I rely, 129

عليه توكلت

and He is the Guardian of the immense Edifice."i 129

وهو رب العرش العظيم