Sourate Al-Hashr (59) unvowelled

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. All that is in the heavens and on the earth glorifies God.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سبح لله ما في السموت وما في الارض

He is the All-Powerful, the Wise.i 1

وهو العزيز الحكيم

It is He who expelled from their homes those who, among the People of the Scripture, deny the truth, in the first gathering.i 2

هو الذي اخرج الذين كفروا من اهل الكتب من ديرهم لاول الحشر

You did not think they would leave. 2

ما ظننتم ان يخرجوا

And they thought their strongholds would protect them from God. 2

وظنوا انهم مانعتهم حصونهم من الله

But God came upon them from where they did not expect. 2

فاتىهم الله من حيث لم يحتسبوا

And He cast terror into their Cores. 2

وقذف في قلوبهم الرعب

They destroyed their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers. 2

يخربون بيوتهم بايديهم وايدي المومنين

So take heed, you who have insight. 2

فاعتبروا ياولي الابصر

And had God not decreed exile for them, He would have punished them in the present life. 3

ولولا ان كتب الله عليهم الجلاء لعذبهم في الدنيا

And theirs, in the hereafter, is the punishment of the Fire. 3

ولهم في الءاخرة عذاب النار

That is because they set themselves in breach against God and His messenger. 4

ذلك بانهم شاقوا الله ورسوله

And whoever sets himself in breach against God — God is severe in retribution. 4

ومن يشاق الله فان الله شديد العقاب

Whatever act of kindness you withheld from them, or kept firmly maintained, it is by God's leave, and so as to disgrace the oversteppers.i 5

ما قطعتم من لينة او تركتموها قايمة على اصولها فباذن الله وليخزي الفسقين

And whatever God restored to His messenger from them, you spurred neither horse nor mount for it. 6

وما افاء الله على رسوله منهم فما اوجفتم عليه من خيل ولا ركاب

But God gives His messengers power over whom He wills. 6

ولكن الله يسلط رسله على من يشاء

And God has power over all things. 6

والله على كل شىء قدير

Whatever God restored to His messenger from the people of the towns belongs to God and the messenger, to kin, orphans, the destitute, and the stranded traveler, so that it does not circulate only among the wealthy among you.i 7

ما افاء الله على رسوله من اهل القرى فلله وللرسول ولذي القربى واليتمى والمسكين وابن السبيل كى لا يكون دولة بين الاغنياء منكم

And whatever the messenger gives you, take it. 7

وما ءاتىكم الرسول فخذوه

And whatever he forbids you, abstain from it. 7

وما نهىكم عنه فانتهوا

And guard yourselves before God; God is severe in retribution.i 7

واتقوا الله ان الله شديد العقاب

This is for the poor emigrants who were expelled from their homes and possessions, seeking favor from God and His pleasure, and who support God and His messenger. 8

للفقراء المهجرين الذين اخرجوا من ديرهم وامولهم يبتغون فضلا من الله ورضونا وينصرون الله ورسوله

Those are the truthful. 8

اوليك هم الصدقون

And those who had settled in the abode and in faith before them love those who emigrate to them, and find in their chests no need for what they were given, and prefer them over themselves, even if they too are in need. 9

والذين تبوءو الدار والايمن من قبلهم يحبون من هاجر اليهم ولا يجدون في صدورهم حاجة مما اوتوا ويوثرون على انفسهم ولو كان بهم خصاصة

And whoever is shielded from the greed of his Self — those are the ones who succeed. 9

ومن يوق شح نفسه فاوليك هم المفلحون

And 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. 10

والذين جاءو من بعدهم يقولون ربنا اغفر لنا ولاخوننا الذين سبقونا بالايمن ولا تجعل في قلوبنا غلا للذين ءامنوا

Our Guardian, You are Gentle, benevolent. 10

ربنا انك رءوف رحيم

Have you not seen the hypocrites saying to their brothers who, among the People of the Scripture, deny the truth: 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.i 11

الم تر الى الذين نافقوا يقولون لاخونهم الذين كفروا من اهل الكتب لين اخرجتم لنخرجن معكم ولا نطيع فيكم احدا ابدا وان قوتلتم لننصرنكم

And God bears witness that they are indeed liars. 11

والله يشهد انهم لكذبون

If they are expelled, they will not leave with them. 12

لين اخرجوا لا يخرجون معهم

And if they are fought, they will not help them. 12

ولين قوتلوا لا ينصرونهم

And even if they helped them, they would surely turn their backs, then not be helped. 12

ولين نصروهم ليولن الادبر ثم لا ينصرون

You inspire, in their chests, more fear than God. 13

لانتم اشد رهبة في صدورهم من الله

That is because they are a people who do not understand. 13

ذلك بانهم قوم لا يفقهون

They will not fight you all together except entrenched in fortified towns or behind walls. 14

لا يقتلونكم جميعا الا في قرى محصنة او من وراء جدر

Their hostility among themselves is severe. 14

باسهم بينهم شديد

You think them united, while their Cores are divided. 14

تحسبهم جميعا وقلوبهم شتى

That is because they are a people who do not reason. 14

ذلك بانهم قوم لا يعقلون

They are like those shortly before them, 15

كمثل الذين من قبلهم قريبا

who tasted the evil result of their choice. 15

ذاقوا وبال امرهم

And theirs is a painful punishment. 15

ولهم عذاب اليم

They are like the Diverter when he says to the human being: Deny the truth! Then when he has denied it, he says: I disown you, I fear God, Guardian of all beings.i 16

كمثل الشيطن اذ قال للانسن اكفر فلما كفر قال اني بريء منك اني اخاف الله رب العلمين

And the end of both was that they were in the Fire, abiding there forever. 17

فكان عقبتهما انهما في النار خلدين فيها

Such is the reward of the wrongdoers. 17

وذلك جزوا الظلمين

O you who believe, guard yourselves before God, and let every Self consider what it has prepared for tomorrow.i 18

يايها الذين ءامنوا اتقوا الله ولتنظر نفس ما قدمت لغد

And guard yourselves before God.i 18

واتقوا الله

God is well informed of what you do. 18

ان الله خبير بما تعملون

And do not be like those who forgot God, so He made them forget themselves. 19

ولا تكونوا كالذين نسوا الله فانسىهم انفسهم

Those are the oversteppers.i 19

اوليك هم الفسقون

The companions of the Fire and the companions of the Garden are not equal. 20

لا يستوي اصحب النار واصحب الجنة

The companions of the Garden are the triumphant. 20

اصحب الجنة هم الفايزون

Had We sent down this Recitation upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled, split apart out of fear of God. 21

لو انزلنا هذا القرءان على جبل لرايته خشعا متصدعا من خشية الله

These are the examples We multiply for the people, so that they may reflect. 21

وتلك الامثل نضربها للناس لعلهم يتفكرون

He is God, there is no god but Him. 22

هو الله الذي لا اله الا هو

Knower of what escapes the senses and of what is manifest.i 22

علم الغيب والشهدة

He is the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. 22

هو الرحمن الرحيم

He is God, there is no god but Him, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Peace, the Guarantor, the Prevailing, the All-Powerful, the Overpowering, the Supremely Great.i 23

هو الله الذي لا اله الا هو الملك القدوس السلم المومن المهيمن العزيز الجبار المتكبر

Glory be to God, above what they associate with Him. 23

سبحن الله عما يشركون

He is God, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner of forms. 24

هو الله الخلق الباري المصور

To Him belong the most beautiful attributes. 24

له الاسماء الحسنى

All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him. 24

يسبح له ما في السموت والارض

He is the All-Powerful, the Wise.i 24

وهو العزيز الحكيم