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 ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم سبح لله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرضHe is the All-Powerful, the Wise.
وهو ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيمIt is He who expelled from their homes those who, among the People of the Scripture, disowned, in the first gathering.
هو ٱلذي أخرج ٱلذين كفروا من أهل ٱلكتب من ديرهم لأول ٱلحشرYou did not think they would leave.
ما ظننتم أن يخرجواAnd they thought their strongholds would protect them from God.
وظنوا أنهم مانعتهم حصونهم من ٱللهBut God came upon them from where they did not expect.
فأتىهم ٱلله من حيث لم يحتسبواAnd He cast terror into their cores.
وقذف في قلوبهم ٱلرعبThey destroyed their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers.
يخربون بيوتهم بأيديهم وأيدي ٱلمؤمنينSo take heed, O possessors of sight.
فٱعتبروا يأولي ٱلأبصرAnd had God not decreed exile for them, He would have punished them in the present life.
ولولآ أن كتب ٱلله عليهم ٱلجلآء لعذبهم في ٱلدنياAnd theirs, in the last life, is the punishment of the Fire.
ولهم في ٱلءاخرة عذاب ٱلنارThat is because they set themselves in breach against God and His messenger.
ذلك بأنهم شآقوا ٱلله ورسولهAnd whoever sets himself in breach against God — God is severe in sanction.
ومن يشآق ٱلله فإن ٱلله شديد ٱلعقابWhatever 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 أو تركتموها قآئمة على أصولها فبإذن ٱلله وليخزي ٱلفسقينAnd whatever God restored to His messenger from them, you spurred neither horse nor mount for it.
ومآ أفآء ٱلله على رسوله منهم فمآ أوجفتم عليه من خيل ولا ركابBut God gives His messengers power over whom He wills.
ولكن ٱلله يسلط رسله على من يشآءAnd God is capable of all things.
وٱلله 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.
مآ أفآء ٱلله على رسوله من أهل ٱلقرى فلله وللرسول ولذي ٱلقربى وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين وٱبن ٱلسبيل كى لا يكون دولة بين ٱلأغنيآء منكمAnd whatever the messenger gives you, take it.
ومآ ءاتىكم ٱلرسول فخذوهAnd whatever he forbids you, abstain from it.
وما نهىكم عنه فٱنتهواAnd guard yourselves toward God; God is severe in sanction.
وٱتقوا ٱلله إن ٱلله شديد ٱلعقاب[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.
للفقرآء ٱلمهجرين ٱلذين أخرجوا من ديرهم وأمولهم يبتغون فضلا من ٱلله ورضونا وينصرون ٱلله ورسولهThose are the truthful.
أولئك هم ٱلصدقونAnd 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.
وٱلذين تبوءو ٱلدار وٱلإيمن من قبلهم يحبون من هاجر إليهم ولا يجدون في صدورهم حاجة ممآ أوتوا ويؤثرون على أنفسهم ولو كان بهم خصاصةAnd whoever is protected from the avarice of his Self — those are the ones who succeed.
ومن يوق شح نفسه فأولئك هم ٱلمفلحونAnd 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.
وٱلذين جآءو من بعدهم يقولون ربنا ٱغفر لنا ولإخوننا ٱلذين سبقونا بٱلإيمن ولا تجعل في قلوبنا غلا للذين ءامنواOur Guardian, You are full of kindness, Benevolent.
ربنآ إنك 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.
ألم تر إلى ٱلذين نافقوا يقولون لإخونهم ٱلذين كفروا من أهل ٱلكتب لئن أخرجتم لنخرجن معكم ولا نطيع فيكم أحدا أبدا وإن قوتلتم لننصرنكمAnd God testifies that they are indeed liars.
وٱلله يشهد إنهم لكذبونIf they are expelled, they will not leave with them.
لئن أخرجوا لا يخرجون معهمAnd if they are fought, they will not help them.
ولئن قوتلوا لا ينصرونهمAnd even if they helped them, they would surely turn their backs, then not be helped.
ولئن نصروهم ليولن ٱلأدبر ثم لا ينصرونYou inspire, in their chests, more reverence than God.
لأنتم أشد رهبة في صدورهم من ٱللهThat is because they are a people who do not understand.
ذلك بأنهم قوم لا يفقهونThey will not fight you all together except entrenched in fortified towns or behind walls.
لا يقتلونكم جميعا إلا في قرى محصنة أو من ورآء جدرTheir violence among themselves is severe.
بأسهم 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 بأنهم قوم لا يعقلونThey are like those shortly before them,
كمثل ٱلذين من قبلهم قريباwho tasted the evil consequence of their affair.
ذاقوا وبال أمرهمAnd theirs is a painful punishment.
ولهم عذاب أليمThey 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 ٱلشيطن إذ قال للإنسن ٱكفر فلما كفر قال إني بريء منك إني أخاف ٱلله رب ٱلعلمينAnd the end of both was that they were in the Fire, abiding there forever.
فكان عقبتهمآ أنهما في ٱلنار خلدين فيهاSuch is the recompense of the wrongdoers.
وذلك جزؤا ٱلظلمينO you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God, and let every Self consider what it has prepared for tomorrow.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱتقوا ٱلله ولتنظر نفس ما قدمت لغدAnd guard yourselves toward God.
وٱتقوا ٱللهGod is Informed of what you do.
إن ٱلله خبير بما تعملونAnd do not be like those who forgot God, so He made them forget themselves.
ولا تكونوا كٱلذين نسوا ٱلله فأنسىهم أنفسهمThose are the oversteppers.
أولئك هم ٱلفسقونThe companions of the Fire and the companions of the Garden are not equal.
لا يستوي أصحب ٱلنار وأصحب ٱلجنةThe companions of the Garden are the triumphant.
أصحب ٱلجنة هم ٱلفآئزونHad We sent down this Recitation upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled, split apart out of fear of God.
لو أنزلنا هذا ٱلقرءان على جبل لرأيته خشعا متصدعا من خشية ٱللهThese are the examples We multiply for the people, so that they may reflect.
وتلك ٱلأمثل نضربها للناس لعلهم يتفكرونHe is God, there is no deity but Him.
هو ٱلله ٱلذي لآ إله إلا هوKnower of what escapes the senses and of what is manifest.
علم ٱلغيب وٱلشهدةHe is the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
هو ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيمHe 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 ٱلله ٱلذي لآ إله إلا هو ٱلملك ٱلقدوس ٱلسلم ٱلمؤمن ٱلمهيمن ٱلعزيز ٱلجبار ٱلمتكبرGlory be to God, above what they associate with Him.
سبحن ٱلله عما يشركونHe is God, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner of forms.
هو ٱلله ٱلخلق ٱلبارئ ٱلمصورTo Him belong the most beautiful attributes.
له ٱلأسمآء ٱلحسنىAll that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him.
يسبح له ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرضHe is the All-Powerful, the Wise.
وهو ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم