Al-Hashr
The Vain Strongholds
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. All that is in the heavens and on the earth has glorified God.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح لله ما في السموت وما في الارضHe is the All-Powerful, the Wise.
وهو العزيز الحكيمIt is He who expelled from their homes those who, among the People of the Scripture, disowned, in the first gathering.
هو الذي اخرج الذين كفروا من اهل الكتب من ديرهم لاول الحشرYou did not think they would leave.
ما ظننتم ان يخرجواAnd they thought their strongholds would protect them from God.
وظنوا انهم مانعتهم حصونهم من اللهBut God came upon them from where they did not expect.
فاتىهم الله من حيث لم يحتسبواAnd He cast terror into their cores.
وقذف في قلوبهم الرعبThey destroyed their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers.
يخربون بيوتهم بايديهم وايدي المومنينSo take heed, O possessors of sight.
فاعتبروا ياولي الابصرAnd had God not decreed exile for them, He would have punished them in the present life.
ولولا ان كتب الله عليهم الجلاء لعذبهم في الدنياAnd theirs, in the last life, is the punishment of the Fire.
ولهم في الءاخرة عذاب النارThat is because they set themselves in breach against God and His messenger.
ذلك بانهم شاقوا الله ورسولهAnd whoever sets himself in breach against God — God is severe in sanction.
ومن يشاق الله فان الله شديد العقابWhatever act of kindness [toward them] you cut off, or left standing on its foundations, it is by God's leave, and so as to disgrace the oversteppers.
ما قطعتم من لينة او تركتموها قايمة على اصولها فباذن الله وليخزي الفسقينAnd whatever God restored to His messenger from them, you spurred neither horse nor mount for it.
وما افاء الله على رسوله منهم فما اوجفتم عليه من خيل ولا ركابBut God gives His messengers power over whom He wills.
ولكن الله يسلط رسله على من يشاءAnd God is capable of all things.
والله على كل شىء قديرWhatever God restored to His messenger from the people of the towns belongs to God and the messenger, to relatives, orphans, the destitute, and the stranded traveler, so that it does not circulate among the wealthy among you.
ما افاء الله على رسوله من اهل القرى فلله وللرسول ولذي القربى واليتمى والمسكين وابن السبيل كى لا يكون دولة بين الاغنياء منكمAnd whatever the messenger gives you, take it.
وما ءاتىكم الرسول فخذوهAnd whatever he forbids you, abstain from it.
وما نهىكم عنه فانتهواAnd guard yourselves toward God; God is severe in sanction.
واتقوا الله ان الله شديد العقاب[This is] for the poor emigrants who were expelled from their homes and goods, seeking favor from God and His pleasure, and who help God and His messenger.
للفقراء المهجرين الذين اخرجوا من ديرهم وامولهم يبتغون فضلا من الله ورضونا وينصرون الله ورسولهThose are the truthful.
اوليك هم الصدقونAnd those who had settled in the abode and in faith before them love those who have emigrated to them, and find in their chests no need for what they were given, and prefer them over themselves, even if they themselves suffer privation.
والذين تبوءو الدار والايمن من قبلهم يحبون من هاجر اليهم ولا يجدون في صدورهم حاجة مما اوتوا ويوثرون على انفسهم ولو كان بهم خصاصةAnd whoever is protected from the avarice of his Self — those are the ones who succeed.
ومن يوق شح نفسه فاوليك هم المفلحونAnd those who came after them say: Our Guardian, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith, and put no rancor in our cores toward those who believe.
والذين جاءو من بعدهم يقولون ربنا اغفر لنا ولاخوننا الذين سبقونا بالايمن ولا تجعل في قلوبنا غلا للذين ءامنواOur Guardian, You are full of kindness, Benevolent.
ربنا انك رءوف رحيمHave you not seen those who practiced hypocrisy saying to their brothers who, among the People of the Scripture, disowned: If you are expelled, we will surely leave with you, and we will never obey anyone against you; and if you are fought, we will surely help you.
الم تر الى الذين نافقوا يقولون لاخونهم الذين كفروا من اهل الكتب لين اخرجتم لنخرجن معكم ولا نطيع فيكم احدا ابدا وان قوتلتم لننصرنكمAnd God testifies that they are surely liars.
والله يشهد انهم لكذبونIf they are expelled, they will not leave with them.
لين اخرجوا لا يخرجون معهمAnd if they are fought, they will not help them.
ولين قوتلوا لا ينصرونهمAnd even if they helped them, they would surely turn their backs, then not be helped.
ولين نصروهم ليولن الادبر ثم لا ينصرونYou inspire, in their chests, more reverence than God.
لانتم اشد رهبة في صدورهم من اللهThat is because they are a people who do not understand.
ذلك بانهم قوم لا يفقهونThey will not fight you all together except entrenched in fortified towns or behind walls.
لا يقتلونكم جميعا الا في قرى محصنة او من وراء جدرTheir violence among themselves is severe.
باسهم بينهم شديدYou think them united, while their cores are divided.
تحسبهم جميعا وقلوبهم شتىThat is because they are a people who do not reason.
ذلك بانهم قوم لا يعقلونThey are like those shortly before them,
كمثل الذين من قبلهم قريباwho tasted the evil consequence of their affair.
ذاقوا وبال امرهمAnd theirs is a painful punishment.
ولهم عذاب اليمThey are like the Diverter when he says to the human being: Disown! Then when he has disowned, he says: I am clear of you, I fear God, Guardian of all beings.
كمثل الشيطن اذ قال للانسن اكفر فلما كفر قال اني بريء منك اني اخاف الله رب العلمينAnd the end of both was that they were in the Fire, abiding there eternally.
فكان عقبتهما انهما في النار خلدين فيهاSuch is the recompense of the wrongdoers.
وذلك جزوا الظلمينO you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God, and let every Self consider what it has prepared for tomorrow.
يايها الذين ءامنوا اتقوا الله ولتنظر نفس ما قدمت لغدAnd guard yourselves toward God.
واتقوا اللهGod is indeed Informed of what you do.
ان الله خبير بما تعملونAnd do not be like those who forgot God, so He made them forget themselves.
ولا تكونوا كالذين نسوا الله فانسىهم انفسهمThose are the oversteppers.
اوليك هم الفسقونThe companions of the Fire and the companions of the Garden are not equal.
لا يستوي اصحب النار واصحب الجنةThe companions of the Garden are the triumphant.
اصحب الجنة هم الفايزونHad We sent down this Recitation upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled, split apart out of fear of God.
لو انزلنا هذا القرءان على جبل لرايته خشعا متصدعا من خشية اللهThese are the examples We multiply for the people, so that they may reflect.
وتلك الامثل نضربها للناس لعلهم يتفكرونHe is God, there is no deity but Him.
هو الله الذي لا اله الا هوKnower of what escapes the senses and of what is manifest.
علم الغيب والشهدةHe is the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
هو الرحمن الرحيمHe is God, there is no deity but Him, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Peace, the Guarantor, the Prevailing, the All-Powerful, the Overpowering, the Supremely Great.
هو الله الذي لا اله الا هو الملك القدوس السلم المومن المهيمن العزيز الجبار المتكبرGlory be to God, above what they associate with Him.
سبحن الله عما يشركونHe is God, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner of forms.
هو الله الخلق الباري المصورTo Him belong the most beautiful attributes.
له الاسماء الحسنىAll that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him.
يسبح له ما في السموت والارضHe is the All-Powerful, the Wise.
وهو العزيز الحكيم