At-Tawba
God Suffices Me
Exoneration from obligation, from God and His messenger, toward those of the associators with whom you had made a pact.
برآءة من ٱلله ورسوله إلى ٱلذين عهدتم من ٱلمشركينSo move about freely in the land for four months,
فسيحوا في ٱلأرض أربعة أشهرand know that you cannot render God powerless, and that God covers with disgrace those who disown.
وٱعلموا أنكم غير معجزي ٱلله وأن ٱلله مخزي ٱلكفرينAnd a proclamation from God and His messenger to mankind, on the day of the Great Convergence of the Hajj: God is clear of the associators, and so is His messenger.
وأذن من ٱلله ورسوله إلى ٱلناس يوم ٱلحج ٱلأكبر أن ٱلله بريء من ٱلمشركين ورسولهSo if you turn back [to God], that is better for you;
فإن تبتم فهو خير لكمbut if you turn away, know that you cannot render God powerless.
وإن توليتم فٱعلموا أنكم غير معجزي ٱللهAnnounce to those who have 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.
وبشر ٱلذين كفروا بعذاب أليم إلا ٱلذين عهدتم من ٱلمشركين ثم لم ينقصوكم شيا ولم يظهروا عليكم أحدا فأتموا إليهم عهدهم إلى مدتهمGod indeed loves those who guard themselves.
إن ٱلله يحب ٱلمتقينWhen the inviolable months have passed, kill the associators wherever you find them; seize them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every point of observation.
فإذا ٱنسلخ ٱلأشهر ٱلحرم فٱقتلوا ٱلمشركين حيث وجدتموهم وخذوهم وٱحصروهم وٱقعدوا لهم كل مرصدBut if they turn back [to God], maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms, then leave their way clear.
فإن تابوا وأقاموا ٱلصلوة وءاتوا ٱلزكوة فخلوا سبيلهمGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إن ٱلله غفور رحيمAnd 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.
وإن أحد من ٱلمشركين ٱستجارك فأجره حتى يسمع كلم ٱلله ثم أبلغه مأمنهThat is because they are a people who do not know.
ذلك بأنهم قوم لا يعلمونHow 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.
كيف يكون للمشركين عهد عند ٱلله وعند رسوله إلا ٱلذين عهدتم عند ٱلمسجد ٱلحرام فما ٱستقموا لكم فٱستقيموا لهمGod indeed loves those who guard themselves.
إن ٱلله يحب ٱلمتقينHow, then? If they gained the upper hand over you, they would respect toward you neither kinship nor covenant.
كيف وإن يظهروا عليكم لا يرقبوا فيكم إلا ولا ذمةThey satisfy you with their mouths, while their cores refuse; and most of them are oversteppers.
يرضونكم بأفوههم وتأبى قلوبهم وأكثرهم فسقونThey sold the signs of God for a small price, and they turned [others] away from His path.
ٱشتروا بايت ٱلله ثمنا قليلا فصدوا عن سبيلهHow evil indeed is what they used to do!
إنهم سآء ما كانوا يعملونThey respect, toward a believer, neither kinship nor covenant.
لا يرقبون في مؤمن إلا ولا ذمةThose are the aggressors.
وأولئك هم ٱلمعتدونIf they turn back [to God], maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms, then they are your brothers in the Law.
فإن تابوا وأقاموا ٱلصلوة وءاتوا ٱلزكوة فإخونكم في ٱلدينAnd thus do We detail the signs for a people who know.
ونفصل ٱلءايت لقوم يعلمونBut if they break their oaths after their engagement, and attack your Law, then fight the leaders of disowning,
وإن نكثوا أيمنهم من بعد عهدهم وطعنوا في دينكم فقتلوا أئمة ٱلكفرfor their oaths are not valid — perhaps they will cease.
إنهم لآ أيمن لهم لعلهم ينتهونWill you then not fight a people who broke their oaths, who intended to expel the messenger, and who attacked you first? Would you fear them?
ألا تقتلون قوما نكثوا أيمنهم وهموا بإخراج ٱلرسول وهم بدءوكم أول مرة أتخشونهمGod is more worthy that you should fear Him, if you are believers.
فٱلله أحق أن تخشوه إن كنتم مؤمنينFight 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.
قتلوهم يعذبهم ٱلله بأيديكم ويخزهم وينصركم عليهم ويشف صدور قوم مؤمنين ويذهب غيظ قلوبهمAnd God turns with clemency toward whom He wills.
ويتوب ٱلله على من يشآءGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وٱلله عليم حكيمOr 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?
أم حسبتم أن تتركوا ولما يعلم ٱلله ٱلذين جهدوا منكم ولم يتخذوا من دون ٱلله ولا رسوله ولا ٱلمؤمنين وليجةGod is Informed of what you do.
وٱلله خبير بما تعملونIt is not for the associators to populate the places of prostration of God, bearing witness against themselves of disowning.
ما كان للمشركين أن يعمروا مسجد ٱلله شهدين على أنفسهم بٱلكفرThose are the ones whose works have collapsed, and who abide eternally in the Fire.
أولئك حبطت أعملهم وفي ٱلنار هم خلدونOnly 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 those who let themselves be guided.
إنما يعمر مسجد ٱلله من ءامن بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر وأقام ٱلصلوة وءاتى ٱلزكوة ولم يخش إلا ٱلله فعسى أولئك أن يكونوا من ٱلمهتدينWould 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?
أجعلتم سقاية ٱلحآج وعمارة ٱلمسجد ٱلحرام كمن ءامن بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر وجهد في سبيل ٱللهThey are not equal in the sight of God.
لا يستون عند ٱللهAnd God does not guide the wrongdoing people.
وٱلله لا يهدي ٱلقوم ٱلظلمينThose who have believed, emigrated, and striven in the way of God with their goods and their Selves have a greater rank with God,
ٱلذين ءامنوا وهاجروا وجهدوا في سبيل ٱلله بأمولهم وأنفسهم أعظم درجة عند ٱللهand those are the ones who triumph.
وأولئك هم ٱلفآئزونTheir Guardian announces to them a benevolence from Himself, a good pleasure, and gardens where they will have lasting bliss, abiding therein eternally, forever.
يبشرهم ربهم برحمة منه ورضون وجنت لهم فيها نعيم مقيم خلدين فيهآ أبداWith God there is an immense reward.
إن ٱلله عنده أجر عظيمO you who have believed! do not take your fathers and your brothers as allies, if they prefer disowning to faith.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تتخذوا ءابآءكم وإخونكم أوليآء إن ٱستحبوا ٱلكفر على ٱلإيمنAnd whoever among you takes them as allies, those are the wrongdoers.
ومن يتولهم منكم فأولئك هم ٱلظلمونSay: "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses, your clan, the goods 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."
قل إن كان ءابآؤكم وأبنآؤكم وإخونكم وأزوجكم وعشيرتكم وأمول ٱقترفتموها وتجرة تخشون كسادها ومسكن ترضونهآ أحب إليكم من ٱلله ورسوله وجهاد في سبيله فتربصوا حتى يأتي ٱلله بأمرهAnd God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.
وٱلله لا يهدي ٱلقوم ٱلفسقينGod 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.
لقد نصركم ٱلله في مواطن كثيرة ويوم حنين إذ أعجبتكم كثرتكم فلم تغن عنكم شيا وضاقت عليكم ٱلأرض بما رحبت ثم وليتم مدبرينThen 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 disowned.
ثم أنزل ٱلله سكينته على رسوله وعلى ٱلمؤمنين وأنزل جنودا لم تروها وعذب ٱلذين كفرواSuch is the recompense of those who disown.
وذلك جزآء ٱلكفرينThen God turns with clemency, after that, toward whom He wills.
ثم يتوب ٱلله من بعد ذلك على من يشآءGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وٱلله غفور رحيمO you who have believed! the associators are nothing but impurity: let them not approach the inviolable place of prostration, after this year of theirs.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إنما ٱلمشركون نجس فلا يقربوا ٱلمسجد ٱلحرام بعد عامهم هذاAnd if you fear poverty, God will enrich you from His favor, if He wills.
وإن خفتم عيلة فسوف يغنيكم ٱلله من فضله إن شآءGod is indeed All-Knowing, Wise.
إن ٱلله عليم حكيمFight 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, being diminished.
قتلوا ٱلذين لا يؤمنون بٱلله ولا بٱليوم ٱلءاخر ولا يحرمون ما حرم ٱلله ورسوله ولا يدينون دين ٱلحق من ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب حتى يعطوا ٱلجزية عن يد وهم صغرونThe Reoriented said: "Al-'Uzayr is the son of God";
وقالت ٱليهود عزير ٱبن ٱللهand the Helpers said: "Al-Massih is the son of God."
وقالت ٱلنصرى ٱلمسيح ٱبن ٱللهThat is their saying, [uttered] by their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who, before them, disowned.
ذلك قولهم بأفوههم يضهون قول ٱلذين كفروا من قبلMay God combat them!
قتلهم ٱللهHow then are they turned away?
أنى يؤفكونThey took their rabbis and their monks as masters besides God, as well as Al-Massih, son of Maryam,
ٱتخذوا أحبارهم ورهبنهم أربابا من دون ٱلله وٱلمسيح ٱبن مريمthough they had been ordered only to obey one deity.
ومآ أمروا إلا ليعبدوا إلها وحداThere is no deity but Him.
لآ إله إلا هوGlory be to Him, above what they associate with Him!
سبحنه عما يشركونThey want to extinguish God's light with their mouths, but God refuses everything except to bring His light to completion, however much those who disown detest it.
يريدون أن يطفوا نور ٱلله بأفوههم ويأبى ٱلله إلآ أن يتم نوره ولو كره ٱلكفرونIt 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.
هو ٱلذي أرسل رسوله بٱلهدى ودين ٱلحق ليظهره على ٱلدين كله ولو كره ٱلمشركونO you who have believed! many rabbis and monks devour the goods of people through falsehood, and turn [others] away from the path of God.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إن كثيرا من ٱلأحبار وٱلرهبان ليأكلون أمول ٱلناس بٱلبطل ويصدون عن سبيل ٱللهAnd those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend it in the way of God — announce to them a painful punishment,
وٱلذين يكنزون ٱلذهب وٱلفضة ولا ينفقونها في سبيل ٱلله فبشرهم بعذاب أليمon 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!"
يوم يحمى عليها في نار جهنم فتكوى بها جباههم وجنوبهم وظهورهم هذا ما كنزتم لأنفسكم فذوقوا ما كنتم تكنزونThe number of months, with God, is twelve months, in God's Code, since the day He created the heavens and the earth;
إن عدة ٱلشهور عند ٱلله ٱثنا عشر شهرا في كتب ٱلله يوم خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرضfour of them are inviolable.
منهآ أربعة حرمThat is the upright Law.
ذلك ٱلدين ٱلقيمSo do not wrong yourselves during these.
فلا تظلموا فيهن أنفسكمAnd fight the associators throughout all the months, as they fight you throughout all the months,
وقتلوا ٱلمشركين كآفة كما يقتلونكم كآفةand know that God is with those who guard themselves.
وٱعلموا أن ٱلله مع ٱلمتقينThe intercalation is only an increase in disowning, by which those who disown 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.
إنما ٱلنسيء زيادة في ٱلكفر يضل به ٱلذين كفروا يحلونه عاما ويحرمونه عاما ليواطوا عدة ما حرم ٱلله فيحلوا ما حرم ٱللهThe evil of their deeds has been embellished for them.
زين لهم سوء أعملهمAnd God does not guide the people who disown.
وٱلله لا يهدي ٱلقوم ٱلكفرينO 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?
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ما لكم إذا قيل لكم ٱنفروا في سبيل ٱلله ٱثاقلتم إلى ٱلأرضAre you satisfied with the present life rather than the last life?
أرضيتم بٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا من ٱلءاخرةThe enjoyment of the present life, compared with the last life, is but little.
فما متع ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا في ٱلءاخرة إلا قليلIf 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.
إلا تنفروا يعذبكم عذابا أليما ويستبدل قوما غيركم ولا تضروه شياGod is capable of all things.
وٱلله على كل شىء قديرIf you do not help him, God has already helped him, when those who 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."
إلا تنصروه فقد نصره ٱلله إذ أخرجه ٱلذين كفروا ثاني ٱثنين إذ هما في ٱلغار إذ يقول لصحبه لا تحزن إن ٱلله معناGod then sent down His tranquility upon him,
فأنزل ٱلله سكينته عليهand He reinforced him with soldiers you did not see,
وأيده بجنود لم تروهاand He made lowest the word of those who had disowned,
وجعل كلمة ٱلذين كفروا ٱلسفلىwhile the word of God is the highest.
وكلمة ٱلله هي ٱلعلياGod is All-Powerful, Wise.
وٱلله عزيز حكيمMobilize, light or heavy, and strive with your goods and your Selves in the way of God.
ٱنفروا خفافا وثقالا وجهدوا بأمولكم وأنفسكم في سبيل ٱللهThat is better for you, if you knew.
ذلكم خير لكم إن كنتم تعلمونHad it been a near gain and an easy journey, they would have followed you; but the distance seemed long to them.
لو كان عرضا قريبا وسفرا قاصدا لٱتبعوك ولكن بعدت عليهم ٱلشقةThey will swear by God: "If we had been able, we would have gone out with you";
وسيحلفون بٱلله لو ٱستطعنا لخرجنا معكمthey annihilate themselves,
يهلكون أنفسهمand God knows that they are surely liars.
وٱلله يعلم إنهم لكذبونMay God efface [that] for you! Why did you give them permission, before those who spoke truly became clear to you, and before you knew the liars?
عفا ٱلله عنك لم أذنت لهم حتى يتبين لك ٱلذين صدقوا وتعلم ٱلكذبينThose who believe in God and the Last Day do not ask you for permission [to be excused] from striving with their goods and their Selves.
لا يستذنك ٱلذين يؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر أن يجهدوا بأمولهم وأنفسهمGod is All-Knowing of those who guard themselves.
وٱلله عليم بٱلمتقينOnly 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.
إنما يستذنك ٱلذين لا يؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر وٱرتابت قلوبهم فهم في ريبهم يترددونHad they wanted to set out, they would have prepared equipment for it;
ولو أرادوا ٱلخروج لأعدوا له عدةbut God was averse to their setting out, and He held them back, and it was said to them: "Stay with those who stay."
ولكن كره ٱلله ٱنبعاثهم فثبطهم وقيل ٱقعدوا مع ٱلقعدينHad they gone out among you, they would only have increased your confusion, and would have rushed about among you, seeking to put you to the trial — and among you are some who listen to them.
لو خرجوا فيكم ما زادوكم إلا خبالا ولأوضعوا خللكم يبغونكم ٱلفتنة وفيكم سمعون لهمGod is All-Knowing of the wrongdoers.
وٱلله عليم بٱلظلمينThey had already sought the trial 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.
لقد ٱبتغوا ٱلفتنة من قبل وقلبوا لك ٱلأمور حتى جآء ٱلحق وظهر أمر ٱلله وهم كرهونAnd among them is one who says: "Grant me permission, and do not expose me to the trial."
ومنهم من يقول ٱئذن لي ولا تفتنيIs it not into the trial itself that they have already fallen?
ألا في ٱلفتنة سقطواJahannam surely encompasses those who disown.
وإن جهنم لمحيطة بٱلكفرينIf good befalls you, it grieves them,
إن تصبك حسنة تسؤهمand if misfortune befalls you, they say: "We had already taken our precautions before" — and they turn away, rejoicing.
وإن تصبك مصيبة يقولوا قد أخذنآ أمرنا من قبل ويتولوا وهم فرحونSay: "Nothing will befall us except what God has decreed for us;
قل لن يصيبنآ إلا ما كتب ٱلله لناHe is our nearest Guarantor.
هو مولىناIt is upon God that the believers should rely."
وعلى ٱلله فليتوكل ٱلمؤمنونSay: "Do you await for us anything but one of the two best [outcomes]?
قل هل تربصون بنآ إلآ إحدى ٱلحسنيينAnd we, we await for you that God strike you with a punishment from Himself, or by our hands.
ونحن نتربص بكم أن يصيبكم ٱلله بعذاب من عنده أو بأيديناSo wait,
فتربصواwe are indeed waiting with you."
إنا معكم متربصونSay: "Spend willingly or reluctantly, it will not be accepted from you,
قل أنفقوا طوعا أو كرها لن يتقبل منكمfor you are indeed a people of oversteppers."
إنكم كنتم قوما فسقينAnd nothing prevented their contributions from being accepted, except that they disowned God and His messenger, that they come to the Contact only lazily, and spend only reluctantly.
وما منعهم أن تقبل منهم نفقتهم إلآ أنهم كفروا بٱلله وبرسوله ولا يأتون ٱلصلوة إلا وهم كسالى ولا ينفقون إلا وهم كرهونLet neither their goods nor their children impress you then.
فلا تعجبك أمولهم ولآ أولدهمGod wants only, through this, to punish them in the present life, and that their Selves depart while they disown.
إنما يريد ٱلله ليعذبهم بها في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا وتزهق أنفسهم وهم كفرونThey swear by God that they are surely of you, when they are not of you; but they are a people who love to divide.
ويحلفون بٱلله إنهم لمنكم وما هم منكم ولكنهم قوم يفرقونIf they found a refuge, caves, or a hiding place, they would rush headlong into it.
لو يجدون ملجا أو مغرت أو مدخلا لولوا إليه وهم يجمحونAnd among them is one who disparages you by insinuation 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.
ومنهم من يلمزك في ٱلصدقت فإن أعطوا منها رضوا وإن لم يعطوا منهآ إذا هم يسخطونHad 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;
ولو أنهم رضوا مآ ءاتىهم ٱلله ورسوله وقالوا حسبنا ٱلله سيؤتينا ٱلله من فضله ورسولهit is indeed toward God that we turn in desire."
إنآ إلى ٱلله رغبونThe alms are destined only for the poor, the destitute, 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.
إنما ٱلصدقت للفقرآء وٱلمسكين وٱلعملين عليها وٱلمؤلفة قلوبهم وفي ٱلرقاب وٱلغرمين وفي سبيل ٱلله وٱبن ٱلسبيل فريضة من ٱللهGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وٱلله عليم حكيمAnd among them are those who hurt the Prophet and say: "He is all ear."
ومنهم ٱلذين يؤذون ٱلنبي ويقولون هو أذنSay: "An ear of good for you: he believes in God, gives credit to the believers, and is a benevolence for those among you who have believed."
قل أذن خير لكم يؤمن بٱلله ويؤمن للمؤمنين ورحمة للذين ءامنوا منكمAnd those who hurt the messenger of God will have a painful punishment.
وٱلذين يؤذون رسول ٱلله لهم عذاب أليمThey swear to you by God, to satisfy you; but God and His messenger are more worthy that they should seek to satisfy Him, if they are believers.
يحلفون بٱلله لكم ليرضوكم وٱلله ورسوله أحق أن يرضوه إن كانوا مؤمنينDo they not know that whoever sets himself against God and His messenger will have the fire of Jahannam, wherein he will abide eternally?
ألم يعلموا أنه من يحادد ٱلله ورسوله فأن له نار جهنم خلدا فيهاThat is the immense disgrace.
ذلك ٱلخزي ٱلعظيمThe hypocrites are wary lest a surah be sent down concerning them, informing them of what is in their cores.
يحذر ٱلمنفقون أن تنزل عليهم سورة تنبئهم بما في قلوبهمSay: "Mock away!
قل ٱستهزءواGod will indeed bring out into the open what you are wary of."
إن ٱلله مخرج ما تحذرونAnd if you question them, they will certainly say: "We were only chatting and playing."
ولئن سألتهم ليقولن إنما كنا نخوض ونلعبSay: "Was it God, His signs, and His messenger that you were mocking?"
قل أبٱلله وءايته ورسوله كنتم تستهزءونDo not make excuses:
لا تعتذرواyou have disowned after your faith.
قد كفرتم بعد إيمنكمIf effacement is granted to a group among you, another group will be punished, for having been severed.
إن نعف عن طآئفة منكم نعذب طآئفة بأنهم كانوا مجرمينThe 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.
ٱلمنفقون وٱلمنفقت بعضهم من بعض يأمرون بٱلمنكر وينهون عن ٱلمعروف ويقبضون أيديهم نسوا ٱلله فنسيهمThe hypocrites are indeed the oversteppers.
إن ٱلمنفقين هم ٱلفسقونGod has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and those who disown, the fire of Jahannam, wherein they will abide eternally.
وعد ٱلله ٱلمنفقين وٱلمنفقت وٱلكفار نار جهنم خلدين فيهاThat suffices them.
هي حسبهمGod has cursed them,
ولعنهم ٱللهand they will have a lasting punishment.
ولهم عذاب مقيمLike those who preceded you: they were stronger than you in power, richer in goods 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.
كٱلذين من قبلكم كانوا أشد منكم قوة وأكثر أمولا وأولدا فٱستمتعوا بخلقهم فٱستمتعتم بخلقكم كما ٱستمتع ٱلذين من قبلكم بخلقهم وخضتم كٱلذي خاضواThose are the ones whose works have collapsed, in the present life and in the last life;
أولئك حبطت أعملهم في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرةand those are the losers.
وأولئك هم ٱلخسرونHas there not come to them the information concerning those before them: the people of Nuh, the Recidivists [Aad], the Depleters [Thamud], the people of Ibrahim, the companions of Madyan, and the overturned cities?
ألم يأتهم نبأ ٱلذين من قبلهم قوم نوح وعاد وثمود وقوم إبرهيم وأصحب مدين وٱلمؤتفكتTheir messengers had come to them with clear proofs.
أتتهم رسلهم بٱلبينتIt was not for God to wrong them;
فما كان ٱلله ليظلمهمbut it was themselves that they wronged.
ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمونThe believers, men and women, are allies of one another:
وٱلمؤمنون وٱلمؤمنت بعضهم أوليآء بعضthey enjoin what is recognized and forbid what is disavowed, they maintain the Contact, give the purifying alms, and obey God and His messenger.
يأمرون بٱلمعروف وينهون عن ٱلمنكر ويقيمون ٱلصلوة ويؤتون ٱلزكوة ويطيعون ٱلله ورسولهThose are the ones on whom God will have benevolence.
أولئك سيرحمهم ٱللهGod is indeed All-Powerful, Wise.
إن ٱلله عزيز حكيمGod has promised the believers, men and women, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, and good dwellings in the gardens of permanent abode;
وعد ٱلله ٱلمؤمنين وٱلمؤمنت جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيها ومسكن طيبة في جنت عدنand a good pleasure from God is greater still.
ورضون من ٱلله أكبرThat is the immense triumph.
ذلك هو ٱلفوز ٱلعظيمO Prophet! strive against those who disown and the hypocrites, and be firm with them.
يأيها ٱلنبي جهد ٱلكفار وٱلمنفقين وٱغلظ عليهمTheir refuge will be Jahannam,
ومأوىهم جهنمand what an evil destination!
وبئس ٱلمصيرThey swear by God that they said nothing;
يحلفون بٱلله ما قالواyet they did indeed utter the word of disowning, and they disowned after having been true to God, and they intended what they could not attain.
ولقد قالوا كلمة ٱلكفر وكفروا بعد إسلمهم وهموا بما لم ينالواThey have nothing to reproach, except that God and His messenger enriched them from His favor.
وما نقموا إلآ أن أغنىهم ٱلله ورسوله من فضلهIf they turn back [to God], it will be better for them;
فإن يتوبوا يك خيرا لهمbut if they turn away, God will punish them with a painful punishment, in the present life and in the last life,
وإن يتولوا يعذبهم ٱلله عذابا أليما في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرةand they will have, on earth, neither protector nor helper.
وما لهم في ٱلأرض من ولي ولا نصيرAnd 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."
ومنهم من عهد ٱلله لئن ءاتىنا من فضله لنصدقن ولنكونن من ٱلصلحينBut when He gave them of His favor, they became stingy with it and turned away, evading.
فلمآ ءاتىهم من فضله بخلوا به وتولوا وهم معرضونSo 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.
فأعقبهم نفاقا في قلوبهم إلى يوم يلقونه بمآ أخلفوا ٱلله ما وعدوه وبما كانوا يكذبونDo they not know that God knows their secret and their private talks, and that God is the great Knower of what escapes the senses?
ألم يعلموا أن ٱلله يعلم سرهم ونجوىهم وأن ٱلله علم ٱلغيوبThose who disparage by insinuation the believers who give alms willingly, and mock those who have only their effort to give — God mocks them,
ٱلذين يلمزون ٱلمطوعين من ٱلمؤمنين في ٱلصدقت وٱلذين لا يجدون إلا جهدهم فيسخرون منهم سخر ٱلله منهمand they will have a painful punishment.
ولهم عذاب أليمWhether you ask forgiveness for them or not —
ٱستغفر لهم أو لا تستغفر لهمeven if you asked forgiveness for them seventy times, God will never forgive them.
إن تستغفر لهم سبعين مرة فلن يغفر ٱلله لهمThat is because they disowned God and His messenger.
ذلك بأنهم كفروا بٱلله ورسولهAnd God does not guide the people of the oversteppers.
وٱلله لا يهدي ٱلقوم ٱلفسقينThose who stayed behind rejoiced in their position, apart from the messenger of God, and were averse to striving with their goods and their Selves in the way of God, and said: 'Do not mobilize in the heat.'
فرح ٱلمخلفون بمقعدهم خلف رسول ٱلله وكرهوا أن يجهدوا بأمولهم وأنفسهم في سبيل ٱلله وقالوا لا تنفروا في ٱلحرSay: "The fire of Jahannam is even more intense in heat" — if only they understood!
قل نار جهنم أشد حرا لو كانوا يفقهونLet them laugh little, then, and weep much, as a recompense for what they used to earn.
فليضحكوا قليلا وليبكوا كثيرا جزآء بما كانوا يكسبونIf 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.
فإن رجعك ٱلله إلى طآئفة منهم فٱستذنوك للخروج فقل لن تخرجوا معي أبدا ولن تقتلوا معي عدواYou were indeed satisfied with staying behind the first time;
إنكم رضيتم بٱلقعود أول مرةso stay with those who stay behind."
فٱقعدوا مع ٱلخلفينAnd never be in contact with any of them who dies, and do not maintain yourself for his burial:
ولا تصل على أحد منهم مات أبدا ولا تقم على قبرهthey disowned God and His messenger, and died as oversteppers.
إنهم كفروا بٱلله ورسوله وماتوا وهم فسقونLet neither their goods nor their children impress you then.
ولا تعجبك أمولهم وأولدهمGod wants only, through this, to punish them in the present life, and that their Selves depart while they disown.
إنما يريد ٱلله أن يعذبهم بها في ٱلدنيا وتزهق أنفسهم وهم كفرونAnd when a surah 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."
وإذآ أنزلت سورة أن ءامنوا بٱلله وجهدوا مع رسوله ٱستذنك أولوا ٱلطول منهم وقالوا ذرنا نكن مع ٱلقعدينThey were satisfied to be with those who stay behind,
رضوا بأن يكونوا مع ٱلخوالفand a seal has been set upon their cores, so that they do not understand.
وطبع على قلوبهم فهم لا يفقهونBut the messenger, and those who believed with him, strove with their goods and their Selves,
لكن ٱلرسول وٱلذين ءامنوا معه جهدوا بأمولهم وأنفسهمand those are the ones to whom belong the excellent things,
وأولئك لهم ٱلخيرتand those are the ones who succeed.
وأولئك هم ٱلمفلحونGod has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally.
أعد ٱلله لهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهاThat is the immense triumph.
ذلك ٱلفوز ٱلعظيمAnd 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.
وجآء ٱلمعذرون من ٱلأعراب ليؤذن لهم وقعد ٱلذين كذبوا ٱلله ورسولهA painful punishment will strike those among them who disowned.
سيصيب ٱلذين كفروا منهم عذاب أليمNo 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.
ليس على ٱلضعفآء ولا على ٱلمرضى ولا على ٱلذين لا يجدون ما ينفقون حرج إذا نصحوا لله ورسولهNo blame upon those who do good.
ما على ٱلمحسنين من سبيلGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وٱلله غفور رحيمNor against those who, having come to you so that you might transport them, [heard you] say: "I find nothing on which to transport you",
ولا على ٱلذين إذا مآ أتوك لتحملهم قلت لآ أجد مآ أحملكم عليهand who went away, their eyes overflowing with tears, grieved that they could not find anything to spend.
تولوا وأعينهم تفيض من ٱلدمع حزنا ألا يجدوا ما ينفقونThe blame falls only on those who ask you permission while they are rich.
إنما ٱلسبيل على ٱلذين يستذنونك وهم أغنيآءThey were satisfied to be with those who stay behind,
رضوا بأن يكونوا مع ٱلخوالفand God has set a seal upon their cores, so that they do not know.
وطبع ٱلله على قلوبهم فهم لا يعلمونThey will make excuses to you, when you have returned to them.
يعتذرون إليكم إذا رجعتم إليهمSay: "Do not make excuses, we will not give you credit.
قل لا تعتذروا لن نؤمن لكمGod has already informed us of your news.
قد نبأنا ٱلله من أخباركمGod will see your deed, and so will His messenger,
وسيرى ٱلله عملكم ورسولهthen 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."
ثم تردون إلى علم ٱلغيب وٱلشهدة فينبئكم بما كنتم تعملونThey will swear to you by God, once you have returned to them, so that you may turn away from them.
سيحلفون بٱلله لكم إذا ٱنقلبتم إليهم لتعرضوا عنهمSo turn away from them:
فأعرضوا عنهمthey are indeed a defilement,
إنهم رجسand their refuge will be Jahannam,
ومأوىهم جهنمas a recompense for what they used to earn.
جزآء بما كانوا يكسبونThey 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.
يحلفون لكم لترضوا عنهم فإن ترضوا عنهم فإن ٱلله لا يرضى عن ٱلقوم ٱلفسقينThe notables are even more intense in disowning and hypocrisy, and they all the more deserve not to know the limits of what God has sent down upon His messenger.
ٱلأعراب أشد كفرا ونفاقا وأجدر ألا يعلموا حدود مآ أنزل ٱلله على رسولهGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وٱلله عليم حكيمAnd among the notables is one who regards what he spends as a forced loss, and awaits misfortunes for you.
ومن ٱلأعراب من يتخذ ما ينفق مغرما ويتربص بكم ٱلدوآئرUpon them, the cycle of misfortune.
عليهم دآئرة ٱلسوءGod is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وٱلله سميع عليمAnd 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.
ومن ٱلأعراب من يؤمن بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر ويتخذ ما ينفق قربت عند ٱلله وصلوت ٱلرسولIs that not, for him, a true drawing-near?
ألآ إنها قربة لهمGod will admit them into His benevolence.
سيدخلهم ٱلله في رحمتهGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إن ٱلله غفور رحيمThe 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;
وٱلسبقون ٱلأولون من ٱلمهجرين وٱلأنصار وٱلذين ٱتبعوهم بإحسن رضي ٱلله عنهم ورضوا عنهHe has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.
وأعد لهم جنت تجري تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهآ أبداThat is the immense triumph.
ذلك ٱلفوز ٱلعظيمAnd among the notables around you, there are hypocrites,
وممن حولكم من ٱلأعراب منفقونas well as, among those of them who dwell in the Capital, people hardened in hypocrisy whom you do not know:
ومن أهل ٱلمدينة مردوا على ٱلنفاق لا تعلمهمWe, We know them.
نحن نعلمهمWe will punish them twice, then they will be brought back to an immense punishment.
سنعذبهم مرتين ثم يردون إلى عذاب عظيمAnd others have acknowledged their offenses, having mixed a righteous deed with another that was evil; it may be that God will turn toward them with clemency.
وءاخرون ٱعترفوا بذنوبهم خلطوا عملا صلحا وءاخر سيئا عسى ٱلله أن يتوب عليهمGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إن ٱلله غفور رحيمTake from their goods an alms that purifies them and makes them grow, and be in contact with them:
خذ من أمولهم صدقة تطهرهم وتزكيهم بها وصل عليهمyour visits are a comfort for them.
إن صلوتك سكن لهمGod is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وٱلله سميع عليمDo 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, Benevolent?
ألم يعلموا أن ٱلله هو يقبل ٱلتوبة عن عباده ويأخذ ٱلصدقت وأن ٱلله هو ٱلتواب ٱلرحيمAnd say: "Act; God will see your deed, and so will His messenger and the believers,
وقل ٱعملوا فسيرى ٱلله عملكم ورسوله وٱلمؤمنونand 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."
وستردون إلى علم ٱلغيب وٱلشهدة فينبئكم بما كنتم تعملونAnd others are held in suspense for God's command: either He will punish them, or He will turn toward them with clemency.
وءاخرون مرجون لأمر ٱلله إما يعذبهم وإما يتوب عليهمGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وٱلله عليم حكيمAnd those who took a place of prostration for harm, for disowning, for division among the believers, and as a lookout post for one who, previously, had made war on God and His messenger —
وٱلذين ٱتخذوا مسجدا ضرارا وكفرا وتفريقا بين ٱلمؤمنين وإرصادا لمن حارب ٱلله ورسوله من قبلthey will surely swear: "We wanted only the best";
وليحلفن إن أردنآ إلا ٱلحسنىbut God testifies that they are surely liars.
وٱلله يشهد إنهم لكذبونNever maintain yourself therein.
لا تقم فيه أبداA place of prostration founded upon guardedness, from the very first day, is far more worthy that you should maintain yourself therein.
لمسجد أسس على ٱلتقوى من أول يوم أحق أن تقوم فيهIn it are men who love to purify themselves.
فيه رجال يحبون أن يتطهرواGod loves those who purify themselves.
وٱلله يحب ٱلمطهرينIs one whose structure has been founded upon guardedness toward God and His good pleasure better, or one whose structure has been founded on the edge of a crumbling ravine, which then collapses with him into the fire of Jahannam?
أفمن أسس بنينه على تقوى من ٱلله ورضون خير أم من أسس بنينه على شفا جرف هار فٱنهار به في نار جهنمAnd God does not guide the wrongdoing people.
وٱلله لا يهدي ٱلقوم ٱلظلمينThe structure they built continues to be a doubt in their cores, unless their cores break into pieces.
لا يزال بنينهم ٱلذي بنوا ريبة في قلوبهم إلآ أن تقطع قلوبهمGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وٱلله عليم حكيمGod has bought from the believers their Selves and their goods, in exchange for the Garden that belongs to them.
إن ٱلله ٱشترى من ٱلمؤمنين أنفسهم وأمولهم بأن لهم ٱلجنةThey fight in the way of God, kill and are killed — it is a promise incumbent upon Him, in truth, in the Tawrah, the Injil, and this Recitation.
يقتلون في سبيل ٱلله فيقتلون ويقتلون وعدا عليه حقا في ٱلتورىة وٱلإنجيل وٱلقرءانAnd who keeps his engagement better than God?
ومن أوفى بعهده من ٱللهSo rejoice in the bargain you have made with Him,
فٱستبشروا ببيعكم ٱلذي بايعتم بهand that is the immense triumph.
وذلك هو ٱلفوز ٱلعظيمThose 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 —
ٱلتئبون ٱلعبدون ٱلحمدون ٱلسئحون ٱلركعون ٱلسجدون ٱلءامرون بٱلمعروف وٱلناهون عن ٱلمنكر وٱلحفظون لحدود ٱللهand give good news to the believers.
وبشر ٱلمؤمنينIt 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.
ما كان للنبي وٱلذين ءامنوا أن يستغفروا للمشركين ولو كانوا أولي قربى من بعد ما تبين لهم أنهم أصحب ٱلجحيمAnd Ibrahim's asking forgiveness for his father was only because of a promise he had made him;
وما كان ٱستغفار إبرهيم لأبيه إلا عن موعدة وعدهآ إياهbut when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of God, he disavowed him.
فلما تبين له أنه عدو لله تبرأ منهIbrahim was surely full of [repentant] sighs, thoughtful.
إن إبرهيم لأوه حليمIt 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.
وما كان ٱلله ليضل قوما بعد إذ هدىهم حتى يبين لهم ما يتقونGod is indeed All-Knowing of all things.
إن ٱلله بكل شىء عليمTo God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth;
إن ٱلله له ملك ٱلسموت وٱلأرضHe gives life and causes death.
يحي ويميتAnd you have, besides God, neither protector nor helper.
وما لكم من دون ٱلله من ولي ولا نصيرGod 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 kindness, Benevolent — and [He turned] toward the three who had stayed behind,
لقد تاب ٱلله على ٱلنبي وٱلمهجرين وٱلأنصار ٱلذين ٱتبعوه في ساعة ٱلعسرة من بعد ما كاد يزيغ قلوب فريق منهم ثم تاب عليهم إنه بهم رءوف رحيم وعلى ٱلثلثة ٱلذين خلفواuntil, 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].
حتى إذا ضاقت عليهم ٱلأرض بما رحبت وضاقت عليهم أنفسهم وظنوا أن لا ملجأ من ٱلله إلآ إليه ثم تاب عليهم ليتوبواGod, He, is the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent.
إن ٱلله هو ٱلتواب ٱلرحيمO you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God, and be with the truthful.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱتقوا ٱلله وكونوا مع ٱلصدقينIt was not for the notables, whether dwelling in the Capital or around it, to stay behind, apart from the messenger of God, nor to prefer their own Selves to his.
ما كان لأهل ٱلمدينة ومن حولهم من ٱلأعراب أن يتخلفوا عن رسول ٱلله ولا يرغبوا بأنفسهم عن نفسهThat is because no thirst, no fatigue, no hunger touches them in the way of God, no step they tread irritates those who disown, and they gain nothing from an enemy, without a righteous deed being inscribed for them because of it.
ذلك بأنهم لا يصيبهم ظمأ ولا نصب ولا مخمصة في سبيل ٱلله ولا يطون موطئا يغيظ ٱلكفار ولا ينالون من عدو نيلا إلا كتب لهم به عمل صلحGod does not let the reward of those who do good be lost.
إن ٱلله لا يضيع أجر ٱلمحسنينAnd 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,
ولا ينفقون نفقة صغيرة ولا كبيرة ولا يقطعون واديا إلا كتب لهمso that God may recompense them according to the best of what they used to do.
ليجزيهم ٱلله أحسن ما كانوا يعملونIt was not for the believers to mobilize all together.
وما كان ٱلمؤمنون لينفروا كآفةWhy 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 be wary?
فلولا نفر من كل فرقة منهم طآئفة ليتفقهوا في ٱلدين ولينذروا قومهم إذا رجعوا إليهم لعلهم يحذرونO you who have believed! fight those among the disowners who are near you, and let them find in you firmness.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا قتلوا ٱلذين يلونكم من ٱلكفار وليجدوا فيكم غلظةAnd know that God is with those who guard themselves.
وٱعلموا أن ٱلله مع ٱلمتقينAnd when a surah is sent down, there is among them one who says: "Which of you has this [surah] increased in faith?"
وإذا مآ أنزلت سورة فمنهم من يقول أيكم زادته هذه إيمناAs for those who have believed, it has increased them in faith, and they rejoice at it.
فأما ٱلذين ءامنوا فزادتهم إيمنا وهم يستبشرونBut as for those in whose cores is a sickness, it has added a defilement to their defilement, and they died disowning.
وأما ٱلذين في قلوبهم مرض فزادتهم رجسا إلى رجسهم وماتوا وهم كفرونDo they not see that they are tried every year, once or twice? Yet they do not turn back [to God], and they do not remember.
أولا يرون أنهم يفتنون في كل عام مرة أو مرتين ثم لا يتوبون ولا هم يذكرونAnd when a surah is sent down, they look at one another: "Does anyone see you?" Then they slip away.
وإذا مآ أنزلت سورة نظر بعضهم إلى بعض هل يرىكم من أحد ثم ٱنصرفواGod has turned away their cores, for they are a people who do not understand.
صرف ٱلله قلوبهم بأنهم قوم لا يفقهونA messenger has indeed come to you, from among yourselves; it is grievous to him that you should suffer,
لقد جآءكم رسول من أنفسكم عزيز عليه ما عنتمattentive to you,
حريص عليكمfull of kindness, benevolent toward the believers.
بٱلمؤمنين رءوف رحيمIf they turn away, say then: "God suffices me;
فإن تولوا فقل حسبي ٱللهthere is no deity but Him;
لآ إله إلا هوupon Him I rely,
عليه توكلتand He is the Guardian of the immense Edifice."
وهو رب ٱلعرش ٱلعظيم