Sourate Al-Fath (48) unvowelled

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. We have granted you a manifest victory, so that God may forgive you your past and future wrongs, complete His favor upon you, guide you along a straight path, and aid you with a mighty aid.i 3

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم انا فتحنا لك فتحا مبينا ليغفر لك الله ما تقدم من ذنبك وما تاخر ويتم نعمته عليك ويهديك صرطا مستقيما وينصرك الله نصرا عزيزا

It is He who sent down tranquility into the Cores of the believers, so that they might add faith to their faith. 4

هو الذي انزل السكينة في قلوب المومنين ليزدادوا ايمنا مع ايمنهم

And to God belong the armies of the heavens and the earth. 4

ولله جنود السموت والارض

God is All-Knowing, All-Wise — so that He may admit the believing men and the believing women into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, and cover their bad deeds; that is, with God, an immense triumph — and so that He may punish the hypocrites, men and women, and those who associate [others with God], men and women, who harbor an evil thought about God.i 6

وكان الله عليما حكيما ليدخل المومنين والمومنت جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها ويكفر عنهم سياتهم وكان ذلك عند الله فوزا عظيما ويعذب المنفقين والمنفقت والمشركين والمشركت الظانين بالله ظن السوء

Upon them, the cycle of misfortune. 6

عليهم دايرة السوء

God became angry with them, cursed them, and prepared Jahannam for them. 6

وغضب الله عليهم ولعنهم واعد لهم جهنم

What an evil destination! 6

وساءت مصيرا

And to God belong the armies of the heavens and the earth. 7

ولله جنود السموت والارض

God is Mighty, Wise. 7

وكان الله عزيزا حكيما

We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of good news, and a warner, so that you may believe in God and His messenger, that you may support him, that you may honor him, and that you may glorify God morning and evening.i 9

انا ارسلنك شهدا ومبشرا ونذيرا لتومنوا بالله ورسوله وتعزروه وتوقروه وتسبحوه بكرة واصيلا

Those who pledge allegiance to you are in truth pledging allegiance to God. 10

ان الذين يبايعونك انما يبايعون الله

The hand of God is above their hands. 10

يد الله فوق ايديهم

Whoever breaks [this pledge] breaks it only to his own detriment. 10

فمن نكث فانما ينكث على نفسه

And whoever fulfills the commitment he made to God, [God] will give him an immense reward.i 10

ومن اوفى بما عهد عليه الله فسيوتيه اجرا عظيما

The notables who stayed behind will say to you: "Our possessions and our families kept us occupied; so ask forgiveness for us."i 11

سيقول لك المخلفون من الاعراب شغلتنا امولنا واهلونا فاستغفر لنا

They say with their tongues what is not in their Cores. 11

يقولون بالسنتهم ما ليس في قلوبهم

Say: "Who then has any power over you against God, if He wished to harm you or wished to benefit you?" 11

قل فمن يملك لكم من الله شيا ان اراد بكم ضرا او اراد بكم نفعا

God is rather perfectly informed of what you do. 11

بل كان الله بما تعملون خبيرا

You rather thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their own people, and this was made appealing in your Cores; you harbored an evil thought, and you were a ruined people. 12

بل ظننتم ان لن ينقلب الرسول والمومنون الى اهليهم ابدا وزين ذلك في قلوبكم وظننتم ظن السوء وكنتم قوما بورا

And whoever does not believe in God and His messenger — We have prepared for those who deny a blazing fire. 13

ومن لم يومن بالله ورسوله فانا اعتدنا للكفرين سعيرا

And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. 14

ولله ملك السموت والارض

He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. 14

يغفر لمن يشاء ويعذب من يشاء

God is Forgiving, benevolent. 14

وكان الله غفورا رحيما

Those who stayed behind will say, when you set out to take spoils: "Let us follow you." 15

سيقول المخلفون اذا انطلقتم الى مغانم لتاخذوها ذرونا نتبعكم

They want to change the word of God. 15

يريدون ان يبدلوا كلم الله

Say: "You will never follow us." 15

قل لن تتبعونا

That is what God said before. 15

كذلكم قال الله من قبل

They will then say: "No, you envy us." 15

فسيقولون بل تحسدوننا

They understood, in fact, only a little. 15

بل كانوا لا يفقهون الا قليلا

Say to those of the notables who stayed behind: "You will be called to [fight] a people of great might; you will fight them, or they will become true to God alone."i 16

قل للمخلفين من الاعراب ستدعون الى قوم اولي باس شديد تقتلونهم او يسلمون

If you obey, God will give you a fine reward. 16

فان تطيعوا يوتكم الله اجرا حسنا

But if you turn away, as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment. 16

وان تتولوا كما توليتم من قبل يعذبكم عذابا اليما

There is no blame upon the blind, nor blame upon the lame, nor blame upon the sick [if they do not fight]. 17

ليس على الاعمى حرج ولا على الاعرج حرج ولا على المريض حرج

And whoever obeys God and His messenger, [God] will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow.i 17

ومن يطع الله ورسوله يدخله جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر

And whoever turns away, [God] will punish him with a painful punishment.i 17

ومن يتول يعذبه عذابا اليما

God was certainly pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you beneath the tree; He knew what was in their Cores, sent down tranquility upon them, and rewarded them with a near victory and abundant spoils that they will take. 19

لقد رضي الله عن المومنين اذ يبايعونك تحت الشجرة فعلم ما في قلوبهم فانزل السكينة عليهم واثبهم فتحا قريبا ومغانم كثيرة ياخذونها

God is Mighty, Wise. 19

وكان الله عزيزا حكيما

God promised you abundant spoils that you would take; He hastened this one for you and held back the hands of the people from you. 20

وعدكم الله مغانم كثيرة تاخذونها فعجل لكم هذه وكف ايدي الناس عنكم

so that it might be a sign for the believers, and that He might guide you along a straight path. 20

ولتكون ءاية للمومنين ويهديكم صرطا مستقيما

And another [gain] which you had not yet attained: God has already encompassed it [within His power]. 21

واخرى لم تقدروا عليها قد احاط الله بها

God has power over all things. 21

وكان الله على كل شىء قديرا

And had those who deny fought you, they would have turned their backs, then found neither protector nor helper. 22

ولو قتلكم الذين كفروا لولوا الادبر ثم لا يجدون وليا ولا نصيرا

[Such is] the rule of God, already established before. 23

سنة الله التي قد خلت من قبل

And you will never find any change in the rule of God. 23

ولن تجد لسنة الله تبديلا

It is He who held back their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the hollow of Makka, after having given you victory over them.i 24

وهو الذي كف ايديهم عنكم وايديكم عنهم ببطن مكة من بعد ان اظفركم عليهم

God sees perfectly what you do.i 24

وكان الله بما تعملون بصيرا

It is they who denied and barred you from the inviolable place of prostration, and barred the offering, detained, from reaching its place of delivery.i 25

هم الذين كفروا وصدوكم عن المسجد الحرام والهدي معكوفا ان يبلغ محله

And had it not been for believing men and believing women whom you did not know, [whom] you might have trampled underfoot, so that a fault would have befallen you because of them without your knowing — [He would have prevented you] so that God might admit into His benevolence whom He wills. 25

ولولا رجال مومنون ونساء مومنت لم تعلموهم ان تطوهم فتصيبكم منهم معرة بغير علم ليدخل الله في رحمته من يشاء

Had they been separated [from one another], We would have punished those of them who denied with a painful punishment. 25

لو تزيلوا لعذبنا الذين كفروا منهم عذابا اليما

When those who denied placed in their Cores fierce zeal, the zeal of ignorance. 26

اذ جعل الذين كفروا في قلوبهم الحمية حمية الجهلية

God then sent down His tranquility upon His messenger and upon the believers, and bound them to the word of guardedness, of which they were most worthy and most deserving.i 26

فانزل الله سكينته على رسوله وعلى المومنين والزمهم كلمة التقوى وكانوا احق بها واهلها

God is All-Knowing of all things. 26

وكان الله بكل شىء عليما

God has certainly made the vision of His messenger come true, in very truth: you will enter the Sacred Mosque, if God wills, in security, your heads shaved or your hair cut short, without fear. 27

لقد صدق الله رسوله الرءيا بالحق لتدخلن المسجد الحرام ان شاء الله ءامنين محلقين رءوسكم ومقصرين لا تخافون

He knew what you did not know, and He appointed, before that, a near victory. 27

فعلم ما لم تعلموا فجعل من دون ذلك فتحا قريبا

It is He who sent His messenger with guidance and the Law of Truth, so as to make it prevail over the whole Law.i 28

هو الذي ارسل رسوله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله

And God suffices as a witness. 28

وكفى بالله شهيدا

Muhammad is the Messenger of God.i 29

محمد رسول الله

And those who are with him are firm toward those who deny, benevolent among themselves. 29

والذين معه اشداء على الكفار رحماء بينهم

You see them bowing, prostrating, seeking bounty from God and [His] good pleasure. 29

ترىهم ركعا سجدا يبتغون فضلا من الله ورضونا

Their mark is on their faces, from the trace of prostration. 29

سيماهم في وجوههم من اثر السجود

That is their image in the Tawrah. 29

ذلك مثلهم في التورىة

And their image in the Injil is that of a seed that puts forth its shoot, strengthens it, and it thickens and stands straight upon its stalk, delighting the sowers — so as to enrage through them those who deny. 29

ومثلهم في الانجيل كزرع اخرج شطه فازره فاستغلظ فاستوى على سوقه يعجب الزراع ليغيظ بهم الكفار

God has promised those of them who believed and did righteous deeds forgiveness and an immense reward. 29

وعد الله الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت منهم مغفرة واجرا عظيما