سورة التوبة
Surah At-Tawbah
The Repentance
Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) is the 9th surah of the Quran. It has 129 verses and is a Medinan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بَرَآءَةࣱ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ﴿١﴾
Baraatun mina Allahi warasoolihi ila allatheena ʿahadtum mina almushrikeena
[This is a declaration of] disassociation, from Allāh and His Messenger, to those with whom you had made a treaty among the polytheists.
فَسِيحُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَرۡبَعَةَ أَشۡهُرࣲ وَ ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّكُمۡ غَيۡرُ مُعۡجِزِي ٱللَّهِ وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡزِي ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿٢﴾
Faseehoo fee alardi arbaʿata ashhurin waiʿlamoo annakum ghayru muʿjizee Allahi waanna Allaha mukhzee alkafireena
So travel freely, [O disbelievers], throughout the land [during] four months but know that you cannot cause failure to Allāh and that Allāh will disgrace the disbelievers.
وَ أَذَٰنࣱ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡحَجِّ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَرِيٓءࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ وَ رَسُولُهُۥ ۚ فَإِن تُبۡتُمۡ فَهُوَ خَيۡرࣱ لَّكُمۡ ۖ وَ إِن تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡ فَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّكُمۡ غَيۡرُ مُعۡجِزِي ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَ بَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ﴿٣﴾
Waathanun mina Allahi warasoolihi ila alnnasi yawma alhajji alakbari anna Allaha bareeon mina almushrikeena warasooluhu fain tubtum fahuwa khayrun lakum wain tawallaytum faiʿlamoo annakum ghayru muʿjizee Allahi wabashshiri allatheena kafaroo biʿathabin aleemin
And [it is] an announcement from Allāh and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allāh is disassociated from the disbelievers, and [so is] His Messenger. So if you repent, that is best for you; but if you turn away - then know that you will not cause failure to Allāh. And give tidings to those who disbelieve of a painful punishment.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَنقُصُوكُمۡ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَ لَمۡ يُظَٰهِرُواْ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَحَدࣰا فَأَتِمُّوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِمۡ عَهۡدَهُمۡ إِلَىٰ مُدَّتِهِمۡ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿٤﴾
Illa allatheena ʿahadtum mina almushrikeena thumma lam yanqusookum shayan walam yuthahiroo ʿalaykum ahadan faatimmoo ilayhim ʿahdahum ila muddatihim inna Allaha yuhibbu almuttaqeena
Excepted are those with whom you made a treaty among the polytheists and then they have not been deficient toward you in anything or supported anyone against you; so complete for them their treaty until their term [has ended]. Indeed, Allāh loves the righteous [who fear Him].
فَإِذَا ٱنسَلَخَ ٱلۡأَشۡهُرُ ٱلۡحُرُمُ فَٱقۡتُلُواْ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ حَيۡثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمۡ وَ خُذُوهُمۡ وَ ٱحۡصُرُوهُمۡ وَ ٱقۡعُدُواْ لَهُمۡ كُلَّ مَرۡصَدࣲ ۚ فَإِن تَابُواْ وَ أَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَ ءَاتَوُاْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَخَلُّواْ سَبِيلَهُمۡ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿٥﴾
Faitha insalakha alashhuru alhurumu faoqtuloo almushrikeena haythu wajadtumoohum wakhuthoohum waohsuroohum waoqʿudoo lahum kulla marsadin fain taboo waaqamoo alssalata waatawoo alzzakata fakhalloo sabeelahum inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun
And when the inviolable months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakāh, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَ إِنۡ أَحَدࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٱسۡتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرۡهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسۡمَعَ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبۡلِغۡهُ مَأۡمَنَهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ لَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٦﴾
Wain ahadun mina almushrikeena istajaraka faajirhu hatta yasmaʿa kalama Allahi thumma ablighhu mamanahu thalika biannahum qawmun la yaʿlamoona
And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allāh [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.
كَيۡفَ يَكُونُ لِلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ عَهۡدٌ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَ عِندَ رَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّمۡ عِندَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ ۖ فَمَا ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ لَكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَقِيمُواْ لَهُمۡ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿٧﴾
Kayfa yakoonu lilmushrikeena ʿahdun ʿinda Allahi waʿinda rasoolihi illa allatheena ʿahadtum ʿinda almasjidi alharami fama istaqamoo lakum faistaqeemoo lahum inna Allaha yuhibbu almuttaqeena
How can there be for the polytheists a treaty in the sight of Allāh and with His Messenger, except for those with whom you made a treaty at al-Masjid al-Ḥarām? So as long as they are upright toward you, be upright toward them. Indeed, Allāh loves the righteous [who fear Him].
كَيۡفَ وَ إِن يَظۡهَرُواْ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَا يَرۡقُبُواْ فِيكُمۡ إِلࣰّا وَ لَا ذِمَّةࣰ ۚ يُرۡضُونَكُم بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَ تَأۡبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمۡ وَ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ﴿٨﴾
Kayfa wain yathharoo ʿalaykum la yarquboo feekum illan wala thimmatan yurdoonakum biafwahihim wataba quloobuhum waaktharuhum fasiqoona
How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse [compliance], and most of them are defiantly disobedient.
ٱشۡتَرَوۡاْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنࣰا قَلِيلࣰا فَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمۡ سَآءَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٩﴾
Ishtaraw biayati Allahi thamanan qaleelan fasaddoo ʿan sabeelihi innahum saa ma kanoo yaʿmaloona
They have exchanged the signs of Allāh for a small price and averted [people] from His way. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.
لَا يَرۡقُبُونَ فِي مُؤۡمِنٍ إِلࣰّا وَ لَا ذِمَّةࣰ ۚ وَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُعۡتَدُونَ﴿١٠﴾
La yarquboona fee muminin illan wala thimmatan waolaika humu almuʿtadoona
They do not observe toward a believer any pact of kinship or covenant of protection. And it is they who are the transgressors.
فَإِن تَابُواْ وَ أَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَ ءَاتَوُاْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَإِخۡوَٰنُكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ ۗ وَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمࣲ يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿١١﴾
Fain taboo waaqamoo alssalata waatawoo alzzakata faikhwanukum fee alddeeni wanufassilu alayati liqawmin yaʿlamoona
But if they repent, establish prayer, and give zakāh, then they are your brothers in religion; and We detail the verses for a people who know.
وَ إِن نَّكَثُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ عَهۡدِهِمۡ وَ طَعَنُواْ فِي دِينِكُمۡ فَقَٰتِلُوٓاْ أَئِمَّةَ ٱلۡكُفۡرِ إِنَّهُمۡ لَآ أَيۡمَٰنَ لَهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَنتَهُونَ﴿١٢﴾
Wain nakathoo aymanahum min baʿdi ʿahdihim wataʿanoo fee deenikum faqatiloo aimmata alkufri innahum la aymana lahum laʿallahum yantahoona
And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then combat the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that] they might cease.
أَلَا تُقَٰتِلُونَ قَوۡمࣰا نَّكَثُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَهُمۡ وَ هَمُّواْ بِإِخۡرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَ هُم بَدَءُوكُمۡ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخۡشَوۡنَهُمۡ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخۡشَوۡهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٣﴾
Ala tuqatiloona qawman nakathoo aymanahum wahammoo biikhraji alrrasooli wahum badaookum awwala marratin atakhshawnahum faAllahu ahaqqu an takhshawhu in kuntum mumineena
Would you not fight against a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allāh has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers.
قَٰتِلُوهُمۡ يُعَذِّبۡهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِأَيۡدِيكُمۡ وَ يُخۡزِهِمۡ وَ يَنصُرۡكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَ يَشۡفِ صُدُورَ قَوۡمࣲ مُّؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١٤﴾
Qatiloohum yuʿaththibhumu Allahu biaydeekum wayukhzihim wayansurkum ʿalayhim wayashfi sudoora qawmin mumineena
Fight them; Allāh will punish them by your hands and will disgrace them and give you victory over them and satisfy the breasts [i.e., desires] of a believing people
وَ يُذۡهِبۡ غَيۡظَ قُلُوبِهِمۡ ۗ وَ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ﴿١٥﴾
Wayuthhib ghaytha quloobihim wayatoobu Allahu ʿala man yashao waAllahu ʿaleemun hakeemun
And remove the fury in their [i.e., the believers'] hearts. And Allāh turns in forgiveness to whom He wills; and Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
أَمۡ حَسِبۡتُمۡ أَن تُتۡرَكُواْ وَ لَمَّا يَعۡلَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ جَٰهَدُواْ مِنكُمۡ وَ لَمۡ يَتَّخِذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَ لَا رَسُولِهِۦ وَ لَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَلِيجَةࣰ ۚ وَ ٱللَّهُ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿١٦﴾
Am hasibtum an tutrakoo walamma yaʿlami Allahu allatheena jahadoo minkum walam yattakhithoo min dooni Allahi wala rasoolihi wala almumineena waleejatan waAllahu khabeerun bima taʿmaloona
Do you think that you will be left [as you are] while Allāh has not yet made evident those among you who strive [for His cause] and do not take other than Allāh, His Messenger and the believers as intimates? And Allāh is [fully] Aware of what you do.
مَا كَانَ لِلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ أَن يَعۡمُرُواْ مَسَٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ شَٰهِدِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِم بِٱلۡكُفۡرِ ۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ وَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ هُمۡ خَٰلِدُونَ﴿١٧﴾
Ma kana lilmushrikeena an yaʿmuroo masajida Allahi shahideena ʿala anfusihim bialkufri olaika habitat aʿmaluhum wafee alnnari hum khalidoona
It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allāh [while] witnessing against themselves with disbelief. [For] those, their deeds have become worthless, and in the Fire they will abide eternally.
إِنَّمَا يَعۡمُرُ مَسَٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَ ٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَ أَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَ ءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَ لَمۡ يَخۡشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۖ فَعَسَىٰٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَن يَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ﴿١٨﴾
Innama yaʿmuru masajida Allahi man amana biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri waaqama alssalata waata alzzakata walam yakhsha illa Allaha faʿasa olaika an yakoonoo mina almuhtadeena
The mosques of Allāh are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakāh and do not fear except Allāh, for it is expected that those will be of the [rightly] guided.
أَجَعَلۡتُمۡ سِقَايَةَ ٱلۡحَآجِّ وَ عِمَارَةَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ كَمَنۡ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَ ٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَ جَٰهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ لَا يَسۡتَوُۥنَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿١٩﴾
Ajaʿaltum siqayata alhajji waʿimarata almasjidi alharami kaman amana biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri wajahada fee sabeeli Allahi la yastawoona ʿinda Allahi waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alththalimeena
Have you made the providing of water for the pilgrim and the maintenance of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām equal to [the deeds of] one who believes in Allāh and the Last Day and strives in the cause of Allāh? They are not equal in the sight of Allāh. And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ هَاجَرُواْ وَ جَٰهَدُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ وَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَعۡظَمُ دَرَجَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَآئِزُونَ﴿٢٠﴾
Allatheena amanoo wahajaroo wajahadoo fee sabeeli Allahi biamwalihim waanfusihim aʿthamu darajatan ʿinda Allahi waolaika humu alfaizoona
The ones who have believed, emigrated and striven in the cause of Allāh with their wealth and their lives are greater in rank in the sight of Allāh. And it is those who are the attainers [of success].
يُبَشِّرُهُمۡ رَبُّهُم بِرَحۡمَةࣲ مِّنۡهُ وَ رِضۡوَٰنࣲ وَ جَنَّٰتࣲ لَّهُمۡ فِيهَا نَعِيمࣱ مُّقِيمٌ﴿٢١﴾
Yubashshiruhum rabbuhum birahmatin minhu waridwanin wajannatin lahum feeha naʿeemun muqeemun
Their Lord gives them good tidings of mercy from Him and approval and of gardens for them wherein is enduring pleasure.
خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجۡرٌ عَظِيمࣱ﴿٢٢﴾
Khalideena feeha abadan inna Allaha ʿindahu ajrun ʿatheemun
[They will be] abiding therein forever. Indeed, Allāh has with Him a great reward.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ ءَابَآءَكُمۡ وَ إِخۡوَٰنَكُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ إِنِ ٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ ٱلۡكُفۡرَ عَلَى ٱلۡإِيمَٰنِ ۚ وَ مَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمۡ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ﴿٢٣﴾
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tattakhithoo abaakum waikhwanakum awliyaa ini istahabboo alkufra ʿala aleemani waman yatawallahum minkum faolaika humu alththalimoona
O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.
قُلۡ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ وَ أَبۡنَآؤُكُمۡ وَ إِخۡوَٰنُكُمۡ وَ أَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡ وَ عَشِيرَتُكُمۡ وَ أَمۡوَٰلٌ ٱقۡتَرَفۡتُمُوهَا وَ تِجَٰرَةࣱ تَخۡشَوۡنَ كَسَادَهَا وَ مَسَٰكِنُ تَرۡضَوۡنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِۦ وَ جِهَادࣲ فِي سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ﴿٢٤﴾
Qul in kana abaokum waabnaokum waikhwanukum waazwajukum waʿasheeratukum waamwalun iqtaraftumooha watijaratun takhshawna kasadaha wamasakinu tardawnaha ahabba ilaykum mina Allahi warasoolihi wajihadin fee sabeelihi fatarabbasoo hatta yatiya Allahu biamrihi waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alfasiqeena
Say, [O Muḥammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allāh and His Messenger and jihād [i.e., striving] in His cause, then wait until Allāh executes His command. And Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people."
لَقَدۡ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِي مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةࣲ وَ يَوۡمَ حُنَيۡنٍ إِذۡ أَعۡجَبَتۡكُمۡ كَثۡرَتُكُمۡ فَلَمۡ تُغۡنِ عَنكُمۡ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَ ضَاقَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتۡ ثُمَّ وَلَّيۡتُم مُّدۡبِرِينَ﴿٢٥﴾
Laqad nasarakumu Allahu fee mawatina katheeratin wayawma hunaynin ith aʿjabatkum kathratukum falam tughni ʿankum shayan wadaqat ʿalaykumu alardu bima rahubat thumma wallaytum mudbireena
Allāh has already given you victory in many regions and [even] on the day of Ḥunayn, when your great number pleased you, but it did not avail you at all, and the earth was confining for you with [i.e., in spite of] its vastness; then you turned back, fleeing.
ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَ أَنزَلَ جُنُودࣰا لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَا وَ عَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ۚ وَ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿٢٦﴾
Thumma anzala Allahu sakeenatahu ʿala rasoolihi waʿala almumineena waanzala junoodan lam tarawha waʿaththaba allatheena kafaroo wathalika jazao alkafireena
Then Allāh sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers and sent down soldiers [i.e., angels] whom you did not see and punished those who disbelieved. And that is the recompense of the disbelievers.
ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿٢٧﴾
Thumma yatoobu Allahu min baʿdi thalika ʿala man yashao waAllahu ghafoorun raheemun
Then Allāh will accept repentance after that for whom He wills; and Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡمُشۡرِكُونَ نَجَسࣱ فَلَا يَقۡرَبُواْ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ بَعۡدَ عَامِهِمۡ هَٰذَا ۚ وَ إِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ عَيۡلَةࣰ فَسَوۡفَ يُغۡنِيكُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦٓ إِن شَآءَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمࣱ﴿٢٨﴾
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo innama almushrikoona najasun fala yaqraboo almasjida alharama baʿda ʿamihim hatha wain khiftum ʿaylatan fasawfa yughneekumu Allahu min fadlihi in shaa inna Allaha ʿaleemun hakeemun
O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Ḥarām after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allāh will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
قَٰتِلُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَ لَا بِٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَ لَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُۥ وَ لَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ ٱلۡحَقِّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ حَتَّىٰ يُعۡطُواْ ٱلۡجِزۡيَةَ عَن يَدࣲ وَ هُمۡ صَٰغِرُونَ﴿٢٩﴾
Qatiloo allatheena la yuminoona biAllahi wala bialyawmi alakhiri wala yuharrimoona ma harrama Allahu warasooluhu wala yadeenoona deena alhaqqi mina allatheena ootoo alkitaba hatta yuʿtoo aljizyata ʿan yadin wahum saghiroona
Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allāh and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islām] from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.
وَ قَالَتِ ٱلۡيَهُودُ عُزَيۡرٌ ٱبۡنُ ٱللَّهِ وَ قَالَتِ ٱلنَّصَٰرَى ٱلۡمَسِيحُ ٱبۡنُ ٱللَّهِ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ قَوۡلُهُم بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ ۖ يُضَٰهِـُٔونَ قَوۡلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَبۡلُ ۚ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ﴿٣٠﴾
Waqalati alyahoodu ʿuzayrun ibnu Allahi waqalati alnnasara almaseehu ibnu Allahi thalika qawluhum biafwahihim yudahioona qawla allatheena kafaroo min qablu qatalahumu Allahu anna yufakoona
The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allāh"; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allāh." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before [them]. May Allāh destroy them; how are they deluded?
ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ أَحۡبَارَهُمۡ وَ رُهۡبَٰنَهُمۡ أَرۡبَابࣰا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَ ٱلۡمَسِيحَ ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ وَ مَآ أُمِرُوٓاْ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَٰهࣰا وَٰحِدࣰا ۖ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ﴿٣١﴾
Ittakhathoo ahbarahum waruhbanahum arbaban min dooni Allahi waalmaseeha ibna maryama wama omiroo illa liyaʿbudoo ilahan wahidan la ilaha illa huwa subhanahu ʿamma yushrikoona
They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allāh, and [also] the Messiah, the son of Mary. And they were not commanded except to worship one God; there is no deity except Him. Exalted is He above whatever they associate with Him.
يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطۡفِـُٔواْ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَ يَأۡبَى ٱللَّهُ إِلَّآ أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُۥ وَ لَوۡ كَرِهَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ﴿٣٢﴾
Yureedoona an yutfioo noora Allahi biafwahihim wayaba Allahu illa an yutimma noorahu walaw kariha alkafiroona
They want to extinguish the light of Allāh with their mouths, but Allāh refuses except to perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَ دِينِ ٱلۡحَقِّ لِيُظۡهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦ وَ لَوۡ كَرِهَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكُونَ﴿٣٣﴾
Huwa allathee arsala rasoolahu bialhuda wadeeni alhaqqi liyuthhirahu ʿala alddeeni kullihi walaw kariha almushrikoona
It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion, although they who associate others with Allāh dislike it.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِنَّ كَثِيرࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡأَحۡبَارِ وَ ٱلرُّهۡبَانِ لَيَأۡكُلُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ وَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكۡنِزُونَ ٱلذَّهَبَ وَ ٱلۡفِضَّةَ وَ لَا يُنفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمࣲ﴿٣٤﴾
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo inna katheeran mina alahbari waalrruhbani layakuloona amwala alnnasi bialbatili wayasuddoona ʿan sabeeli Allahi waallatheena yaknizoona alththahaba waalfiddata wala yunfiqoonaha fee sabeeli Allahi fabashshirhum biʿathabin aleemin
O you who have believed, indeed many of the scholars and the monks devour the wealth of people unjustly and avert [them] from the way of Allāh. And those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allāh - give them tidings of a painful punishment.
يَوۡمَ يُحۡمَىٰ عَلَيۡهَا فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكۡوَىٰ بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمۡ وَ جُنُوبُهُمۡ وَ ظُهُورُهُمۡ ۖ هَٰذَا مَا كَنَزۡتُمۡ لِأَنفُسِكُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡنِزُونَ﴿٣٥﴾
Yawma yuhma ʿalayha fee nari jahannama fatukwa biha jibahuhum wajunoobuhum wathuhooruhum hatha ma kanaztum lianfusikum fathooqoo ma kuntum taknizoona
The Day when it will be heated in the fire of Hell and seared therewith will be their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, [it will be said], "This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard."
إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثۡنَا عَشَرَ شَهۡرࣰا فِي كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ يَوۡمَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۡهَآ أَرۡبَعَةٌ حُرُمࣱ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمُ ۚ فَلَا تَظۡلِمُواْ فِيهِنَّ أَنفُسَكُمۡ ۚ وَ قَٰتِلُواْ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ كَآفَّةࣰ كَمَا يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمۡ كَآفَّةࣰ ۚ وَ ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿٣٦﴾
Inna ʿiddata alshshuhoori ʿinda Allahi ithna ʿashara shahran fee kitabi Allahi yawma khalaqa alssamawati waalarda minha arbaʿatun hurumun thalika alddeenu alqayyimu fala tathlimoo feehinna anfusakum waqatiloo almushrikeena kaffatan kama yuqatiloonakum kaffatan waiʿlamoo anna Allaha maʿa almuttaqeena
Indeed, the number of months with Allāh is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allāh [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion [i.e., way], so do not wrong yourselves during them. And fight against the disbelievers collectively as they fight against you collectively. And know that Allāh is with the righteous [who fear Him].
إِنَّمَا ٱلنَّسِيٓءُ زِيَادَةࣱ فِي ٱلۡكُفۡرِ ۖ يُضَلُّ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُحِلُّونَهُۥ عَامࣰا وَ يُحَرِّمُونَهُۥ عَامࣰا لِّيُوَاطِـُٔواْ عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ فَيُحِلُّواْ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ زُيِّنَ لَهُمۡ سُوٓءُ أَعۡمَٰلِهِمۡ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿٣٧﴾
Innama alnnaseeo ziyadatun fee alkufri yudallu bihi allatheena kafaroo yuhilloonahu ʿaman wayuharrimoonahu ʿaman liyuwatioo ʿiddata ma harrama Allahu fayuhilloo ma harrama Allahu zuyyina lahum sooo aʿmalihim waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alkafireena
Indeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allāh and [thus] make lawful what Allāh has made unlawful. Made pleasing to them is the evil of their deeds; and Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَا لَكُمۡ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱنفِرُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱثَّاقَلۡتُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ أَرَضِيتُم بِٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مِنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ ۚ فَمَا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ﴿٣٨﴾
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo ma lakum itha qeela lakumu infiroo fee sabeeli Allahi iththaqaltum ila alardi aradeetum bialhayati alddunya mina alakhirati fama mataʿu alhayati alddunya fee alakhirati illa qaleelun
O you who have believed, what is [the matter] with you that, when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allāh, you adhere heavily to the earth? Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But what is the enjoyment of worldly life compared to the Hereafter except a [very] little.
إِلَّا تَنفِرُواْ يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمࣰا وَ يَسۡتَبۡدِلۡ قَوۡمًا غَيۡرَكُمۡ وَ لَا تَضُرُّوهُ شَيۡـࣰٔا ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ قَدِيرٌ﴿٣٩﴾
Illa tanfiroo yuʿaththibkum ʿathaban aleeman wayastabdil qawman ghayrakum wala tadurroohu shayan waAllahu ʿala kulli shayin qadeerun
If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment and will replace you with another people, and you will not harm Him at all. And Allāh is over all things competent.
إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدۡ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذۡ أَخۡرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ثَانِيَ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ إِذۡ هُمَا فِي ٱلۡغَارِ إِذۡ يَقُولُ لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ لَا تَحۡزَنۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَا ۖ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِ وَ أَيَّدَهُۥ بِجُنُودࣲ لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَا وَ جَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلسُّفۡلَىٰ ۗ وَ كَلِمَةُ ٱللَّهِ هِيَ ٱلۡعُلۡيَا ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ﴿٤٠﴾
Illa tansuroohu faqad nasarahu Allahu ith akhrajahu allatheena kafaroo thaniya ithnayni ith huma fee alghari ith yaqoolu lisahibihi la tahzan inna Allaha maʿana faanzala Allahu sakeenatahu ʿalayhi waayyadahu bijunoodin lam tarawha wajaʿala kalimata allatheena kafaroo alssufla wakalimatu Allahi hiya alʿulya waAllahu ʿazeezun hakeemun
If you do not aid him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] - Allāh has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allāh is with us." And Allāh sent down His tranquility upon him and supported him with soldiers [i.e., angels] you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allāh - that is the highest. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
ٱنفِرُواْ خِفَافࣰا وَ ثِقَالࣰا وَ جَٰهِدُواْ بِأَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡ وَ أَنفُسِكُمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرࣱ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٤١﴾
Infiroo khifafan wathiqalan wajahidoo biamwalikum waanfusikum fee sabeeli Allahi thalikum khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamoona
Go forth, whether light or heavy, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of Allāh. That is better for you, if you only knew.
لَوۡ كَانَ عَرَضࣰا قَرِيبࣰا وَ سَفَرࣰا قَاصِدࣰا لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَ وَ لَٰكِنۢ بَعُدَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلشُّقَّةُ ۚ وَ سَيَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَوِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡنَا لَخَرَجۡنَا مَعَكُمۡ يُهۡلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَ ٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ﴿٤٢﴾
Law kana ʿaradan qareeban wasafaran qasidan laittabaʿooka walakin baʿudat ʿalayhimu alshshuqqatu wasayahlifoona biAllahi lawi istataʿna lakharajna maʿakum yuhlikoona anfusahum waAllahu yaʿlamu innahum lakathiboona
Had it been a near [i.e., easy] gain and a moderate trip, they [i.e., the hypocrites] would have followed you, but distant to them was the journey. And they will swear by Allāh, "If we were able, we would have gone forth with you," destroying themselves [through false oaths], and Allāh knows that indeed they are liars.
عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنكَ لِمَ أَذِنتَ لَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُواْ وَ تَعۡلَمَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ﴿٤٣﴾
ʿafa Allahu ʿanka lima athinta lahum hatta yatabayyana laka allatheena sadaqoo wataʿlama alkathibeena
Allāh has pardoned you, [O Muḥammad, but] why did you give them permission [to remain behind]? [You should not have] until it was evident to you who were truthful and you knew [who were] the liars.
لَا يَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَ ٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ أَن يُجَٰهِدُواْ بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ وَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿٤٤﴾
La yastathinuka allatheena yuminoona biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri an yujahidoo biamwalihim waanfusihim waAllahu ʿaleemun bialmuttaqeena
Those who believe in Allāh and the Last Day would not ask permission of you to be excused from striving [i.e., fighting] with their wealth and their lives. And Allāh is Knowing of those who fear Him.
إِنَّمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَ ٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَ ٱرۡتَابَتۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِي رَيۡبِهِمۡ يَتَرَدَّدُونَ﴿٤٥﴾
Innama yastathinuka allatheena la yuminoona biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri wairtabat quloobuhum fahum fee raybihim yataraddadoona
Only those would ask permission of you who do not believe in Allāh and the Last Day and whose hearts have doubted, and they, in their doubt, are hesitating.
وَ لَوۡ أَرَادُواْ ٱلۡخُرُوجَ لَأَعَدُّواْ لَهُۥ عُدَّةࣰ وَ لَٰكِن كَرِهَ ٱللَّهُ ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمۡ فَثَبَّطَهُمۡ وَ قِيلَ ٱقۡعُدُواْ مَعَ ٱلۡقَٰعِدِينَ﴿٤٦﴾
Walaw aradoo alkhurooja laaʿaddoo lahu ʿuddatan walakin kariha Allahu inbiʿathahum fathabbatahum waqeela oqʿudoo maʿa alqaʿideena
And if they had intended to go forth, they would have prepared for it [some] preparation. But Allāh disliked their being sent, so He kept them back, and they were told, "Remain [behind] with those who remain."
لَوۡ خَرَجُواْ فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمۡ إِلَّا خَبَالࣰا وَ لَأَوۡضَعُواْ خِلَٰلَكُمۡ يَبۡغُونَكُمُ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ وَ فِيكُمۡ سَمَّٰعُونَ لَهُمۡ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٤٧﴾
Law kharajoo feekum ma zadookum illa khabalan walaawdaʿoo khilalakum yabghoonakumu alfitnata wafeekum sammaʿoona lahum waAllahu ʿaleemun bialththalimeena
Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah [i.e., chaos and dissension]. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
لَقَدِ ٱبۡتَغَوُاْ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَ قَلَّبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأُمُورَ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَ ظَهَرَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ وَ هُمۡ كَٰرِهُونَ﴿٤٨﴾
Laqadi ibtaghawoo alfitnata min qablu waqallaboo laka alomoora hatta jaa alhaqqu wathahara amru Allahi wahum karihoona
They had already desired dissension before and had upset matters for you until the truth came and the ordinance [i.e., victory] of Allāh appeared, while they were averse.
وَ مِنۡهُم مَّن يَقُولُ ٱئۡذَن لِّي وَ لَا تَفۡتِنِّيٓ ۚ أَلَا فِي ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ سَقَطُواْ ۗ وَ إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةُۢ بِٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿٤٩﴾
Waminhum man yaqoolu ithan lee wala taftinnee ala fee alfitnati saqatoo wainna jahannama lamuheetatun bialkafireena
And among them is he who says, "Permit me [to remain at home] and do not put me to trial." Unquestionably, into trial they have fallen. And indeed, Hell will encompass the disbelievers.
إِن تُصِبۡكَ حَسَنَةࣱ تَسُؤۡهُمۡ ۖ وَ إِن تُصِبۡكَ مُصِيبَةࣱ يَقُولُواْ قَدۡ أَخَذۡنَآ أَمۡرَنَا مِن قَبۡلُ وَ يَتَوَلَّواْ وَّ هُمۡ فَرِحُونَ﴿٥٠﴾
In tusibka hasanatun tasuhum wain tusibka museebatun yaqooloo qad akhathna amrana min qablu wayatawallaw wahum farihoona
If good befalls you, it distresses them; but if disaster strikes you, they say, "We took our matter [in hand] before," and turn away while they are rejoicing.
قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَآ إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوۡلَىٰنَا ۚ وَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٥١﴾
Qul lan yuseebana illa ma kataba Allahu lana huwa mawlana waʿala Allahi falyatawakkali almuminoona
Say, "Never will we be struck except by what Allāh has decreed for us; He is our protector." And upon Allāh let the believers rely.
قُلۡ هَلۡ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحۡدَى ٱلۡحُسۡنَيَيۡنِ ۖ وَ نَحۡنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمۡ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابࣲ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوۡ بِأَيۡدِينَا ۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوٓاْ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ﴿٥٢﴾
Qul hal tarabbasoona bina illa ihda alhusnayayni wanahnu natarabbasu bikum an yuseebakumu Allahu biʿathabin min ʿindihi aw biaydeena fatarabbasoo inna maʿakum mutarabbisoona
Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things [i.e., martyrdom or victory] while we await for you that Allāh will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."
قُلۡ أَنفِقُواْ طَوۡعًا أَوۡ كَرۡهࣰا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمۡ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمࣰا فَٰسِقِينَ﴿٥٣﴾
Qul anfiqoo tawʿan aw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman fasiqeena
Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."
وَ مَا مَنَعَهُمۡ أَن تُقۡبَلَ مِنۡهُمۡ نَفَقَٰتُهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَ بِرَسُولِهِۦ وَ لَا يَأۡتُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِلَّا وَ هُمۡ كُسَالَىٰ وَ لَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَ هُمۡ كَٰرِهُونَ﴿٥٤﴾
Wama manaʿahum an tuqbala minhum nafaqatuhum illa annahum kafaroo biAllahi wabirasoolihi wala yatoona alssalata illa wahum kusala wala yunfiqoona illa wahum karihoona
And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allāh and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and that they do not spend except while they are unwilling.
فَلَا تُعۡجِبۡكَ أَمۡوَٰلُهُمۡ وَ لَآ أَوۡلَٰدُهُمۡ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَ تَزۡهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمۡ وَ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ﴿٥٥﴾
Fala tuʿjibka amwaluhum wala awladuhum innama yureedu Allahu liyuʿaththibahum biha fee alhayati alddunya watazhaqa anfusuhum wahum kafiroona
So let not their wealth or their children impress you. Allāh only intends to punish them through them in worldly life and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are disbelievers.
وَ يَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمِنكُمۡ وَ مَا هُم مِّنكُمۡ وَ لَٰكِنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ يَفۡرَقُونَ﴿٥٦﴾
Wayahlifoona biAllahi innahum laminkum wama hum minkum walakinnahum qawmun yafraqoona
And they swear by Allāh that they are from among you while they are not from among you; but they are a people who are afraid.
لَوۡ يَجِدُونَ مَلۡجَـًٔا أَوۡ مَغَٰرَٰتٍ أَوۡ مُدَّخَلࣰا لَّوَلَّوۡاْ إِلَيۡهِ وَ هُمۡ يَجۡمَحُونَ﴿٥٧﴾
Law yajidoona maljaan aw magharatin aw muddakhalan lawallaw ilayhi wahum yajmahoona
If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly.
وَ مِنۡهُم مَّن يَلۡمِزُكَ فِي ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ فَإِنۡ أُعۡطُواْ مِنۡهَا رَضُواْ وَ إِن لَّمۡ يُعۡطَوۡاْ مِنۡهَآ إِذَا هُمۡ يَسۡخَطُونَ﴿٥٨﴾
Waminhum man yalmizuka fee alssadaqati fain oʿtoo minha radoo wain lam yuʿtaw minha itha hum yaskhatoona
And among them are some who criticize you concerning the [distribution of] charities. If they are given from them, they approve; but if they are not given from them, at once they become angry.
وَ لَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ رَضُواْ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُۥ وَ قَالُواْ حَسۡبُنَا ٱللَّهُ سَيُؤۡتِينَا ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَ رَسُولُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ رَٰغِبُونَ﴿٥٩﴾
Walaw annahum radoo ma atahumu Allahu warasooluhu waqaloo hasbuna Allahu sayuteena Allahu min fadlihi warasooluhu inna ila Allahi raghiboona
If only they had been satisfied with what Allāh and His Messenger gave them and said, "Sufficient for us is Allāh; Allāh will give us of His bounty, and [so will] His Messenger; indeed, we are desirous toward Allāh," [it would have been better for them].
إِنَّمَا ٱلصَّدَقَٰتُ لِلۡفُقَرَآءِ وَ ٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ وَ ٱلۡعَٰمِلِينَ عَلَيۡهَا وَ ٱلۡمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمۡ وَ فِي ٱلرِّقَابِ وَ ٱلۡغَٰرِمِينَ وَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَ ٱبۡنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۖ فَرِيضَةࣰ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمࣱ﴿٦٠﴾
Innama alssadaqatu lilfuqarai waalmasakeeni waalʿamileena ʿalayha waalmuallafati quloobuhum wafee alrriqabi waalgharimeena wafee sabeeli Allahi waibni alssabeeli fareedatan mina Allahi waAllahu ʿaleemun hakeemun
Zakāh expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed for it and for bringing hearts together [for Islām] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allāh and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allāh. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
وَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡذُونَ ٱلنَّبِيَّ وَ يَقُولُونَ هُوَ أُذُنࣱ ۚ قُلۡ أُذُنُ خَيۡرࣲ لَّكُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَ يُؤۡمِنُ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَ رَحۡمَةࣱ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنكُمۡ ۚ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡذُونَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ﴿٦١﴾
Waminhumu allatheena yuthoona alnnabiyya wayaqooloona huwa othunun qul othunu khayrin lakum yuminu biAllahi wayuminu lilmumineena warahmatun lillatheena amanoo minkum waallatheena yuthoona rasoola Allahi lahum ʿathabun aleemun
And among them are those who abuse the Prophet and say, "He is an ear." Say, "[It is] an ear of goodness for you that believes in Allāh and believes the believers and [is] a mercy to those who believe among you." And those who abuse the Messenger of Allāh - for them is a painful punishment.
يَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ لِيُرۡضُوكُمۡ وَ ٱللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُۥٓ أَحَقُّ أَن يُرۡضُوهُ إِن كَانُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٦٢﴾
Yahlifoona biAllahi lakum liyurdookum waAllahu warasooluhu ahaqqu an yurdoohu in kanoo mumineena
They swear by Allāh to you [Muslims] to satisfy you. But Allāh and His Messenger are more worthy for them to satisfy, if they were to be believers.
أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّهُۥ مَن يُحَادِدِ ٱللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُۥ فَأَنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدࣰا فِيهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡخِزۡيُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ﴿٦٣﴾
Alam yaʿlamoo annahu man yuhadidi Allaha warasoolahu faanna lahu nara jahannama khalidan feeha thalika alkhizyu alʿatheemu
Do they not know that whoever opposes Allāh and His Messenger - that for him is the fire of Hell, wherein he will abide eternally? That is the great disgrace.
يَحۡذَرُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ أَن تُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُورَةࣱ تُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡ ۚ قُلِ ٱسۡتَهۡزِءُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡرِجࣱ مَّا تَحۡذَرُونَ﴿٦٤﴾
Yahtharu almunafiqoona an tunazzala ʿalayhim sooratun tunabbiohum bima fee quloobihim quli istahzioo inna Allaha mukhrijun ma tahtharoona
The hypocrites are apprehensive lest a sūrah be revealed about them, informing them of what is in their hearts. Say, "Mock [as you wish]; indeed, Allāh will expose that which you fear."
وَ لَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُمۡ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَ نَلۡعَبُ ۚ قُلۡ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَ رَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمۡ تَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ﴿٦٥﴾
Walain saaltahum layaqoolunna innama kunna nakhoodu wanalʿabu qul abiAllahi waayatihi warasoolihi kuntum tastahzioona
And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"
لَا تَعۡتَذِرُواْ قَدۡ كَفَرۡتُم بَعۡدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمۡ ۚ إِن نَّعۡفُ عَن طَآئِفَةࣲ مِّنكُمۡ نُعَذِّبۡ طَآئِفَةَۢ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ﴿٦٦﴾
La taʿtathiroo qad kafartum baʿda eemanikum in naʿfu ʿan taifatin minkum nuʿaththib taifatan biannahum kanoo mujrimeena
Make no excuse; you have disbelieved [i.e., rejected faith] after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ بَعۡضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡضࣲ ۚ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَ يَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَ يَقۡبِضُونَ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ ۚ نَسُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمۡ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ﴿٦٧﴾
Almunafiqoona waalmunafiqatu baʿduhum min baʿdin yamuroona bialmunkari wayanhawna ʿani almaʿroofi wayaqbidoona aydiyahum nasoo Allaha fanasiyahum inna almunafiqeena humu alfasiqoona
The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right and close their hands. They have forgotten Allāh, so He has forgotten them [accordingly]. Indeed, the hypocrites - it is they who are the defiantly disobedient.
وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ هِيَ حَسۡبُهُمۡ ۚ وَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ مُّقِيمࣱ﴿٦٨﴾
Waʿada Allahu almunafiqeena waalmunafiqati waalkuffara nara jahannama khalideena feeha hiya hasbuhum walaʿanahumu Allahu walahum ʿathabun muqeemun
Allāh has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the disbelievers the fire of Hell, wherein they will abide eternally. It is sufficient for them. And Allāh has cursed them, and for them is an enduring punishment.
كَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ أَشَدَّ مِنكُمۡ قُوَّةࣰ وَ أَكۡثَرَ أَمۡوَٰلࣰا وَ أَوۡلَٰدࣰا فَٱسۡتَمۡتَعُواْ بِخَلَٰقِهِمۡ فَٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُم بِخَلَٰقِكُمۡ كَمَا ٱسۡتَمۡتَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُم بِخَلَٰقِهِمۡ وَ خُضۡتُمۡ كَٱلَّذِي خَاضُوٓاْ ۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ ۖ وَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ﴿٦٩﴾
Kaallatheena min qablikum kanoo ashadda minkum quwwatan waakthara amwalan waawladan faistamtaʿoo bikhalaqihim faistamtaʿtum bikhalaqikum kama istamtaʿa allatheena min qablikum bikhalaqihim wakhudtum kaallathee khadoo olaika habitat aʿmaluhum fee alddunya waalakhirati waolaika humu alkhasiroona
[You disbelievers are] like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion [of worldly enjoyment], and you have enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their portion, and you have engaged [in vanities] like that in which they engaged. [It is] those whose deeds have become worthless in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the losers.
أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِهِمۡ نَبَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ قَوۡمِ نُوحࣲ وَ عَادࣲ وَ ثَمُودَ وَ قَوۡمِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَ أَصۡحَٰبِ مَدۡيَنَ وَ ٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتِ ۚ أَتَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ وَ لَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ﴿٧٠﴾
Alam yatihim nabao allatheena min qablihim qawmi noohin waʿadin wathamooda waqawmi ibraheema waashabi madyana waalmutafikati atathum rusuluhum bialbayyinati fama kana Allahu liyathlimahum walakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoona
Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] ʿAad and Thamūd and the people of Abraham and the companions [i.e., dwellers] of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allāh would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
وَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضࣲ ۚ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَ يَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَ يُؤۡتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَ يُطِيعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ سَيَرۡحَمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمࣱ﴿٧١﴾
Waalmuminoona waalmuminatu baʿduhum awliyao baʿdin yamuroona bialmaʿroofi wayanhawna ʿani almunkari wayuqeemoona alssalata wayutoona alzzakata wayuteeʿoona Allaha warasoolahu olaika sayarhamuhumu Allahu inna Allaha ʿazeezun hakeemun
The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. Those - Allāh will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ جَنَّٰتࣲ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَ مَسَٰكِنَ طَيِّبَةࣰ فِي جَنَّٰتِ عَدۡنࣲ ۚ وَ رِضۡوَٰنࣱ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ أَكۡبَرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ﴿٧٢﴾
Waʿada Allahu almumineena waalmuminati jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu khalideena feeha wamasakina tayyibatan fee jannati ʿadnin waridwanun mina Allahi akbaru thalika huwa alfawzu alʿatheemu
Allāh has promised the believing men and believing women gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence; but approval from Allāh is greater. It is that which is the great attainment.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ جَٰهِدِ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ وَ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَ ٱغۡلُظۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ۚ وَ مَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَ بِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ﴿٧٣﴾
Ya ayyuha alnnabiyyu jahidi alkuffara waalmunafiqeena waoghluth ʿalayhim wamawahum jahannamu wabisa almaseeru
O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.
يَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ مَا قَالُواْ وَ لَقَدۡ قَالُواْ كَلِمَةَ ٱلۡكُفۡرِ وَ كَفَرُواْ بَعۡدَ إِسۡلَٰمِهِمۡ وَ هَمُّواْ بِمَا لَمۡ يَنَالُواْ ۚ وَ مَا نَقَمُوٓاْ إِلَّآ أَنۡ أَغۡنَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُۥ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ ۚ فَإِن يَتُوبُواْ يَكُ خَيۡرࣰا لَّهُمۡ ۖ وَ إِن يَتَوَلَّوۡاْ يُعَذِّبۡهُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَذَابًا أَلِيمࣰا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ ۚ وَ مَا لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِن وَلِيࣲّ وَ لَا نَصِيرࣲ﴿٧٤﴾
Yahlifoona biAllahi ma qaloo walaqad qaloo kalimata alkufri wakafaroo baʿda islamihim wahammoo bima lam yanaloo wama naqamoo illa an aghnahumu Allahu warasooluhu min fadlihi fain yatooboo yaku khayran lahum wain yatawallaw yuʿaththibhumu Allahu ʿathaban aleeman fee alddunya waalakhirati wama lahum fee alardi min waliyyin wala naseerin
They swear by Allāh that they did not say [anything against the Prophet (ﷺ)] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islām and planned that which they were not to attain. And they were not resentful except [for the fact] that Allāh and His Messenger had enriched them of His bounty. So if they repent, it is better for them; but if they turn away, Allāh will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And there will not be for them on earth any protector or helper.
وَ مِنۡهُم مَّنۡ عَٰهَدَ ٱللَّهَ لَئِنۡ ءَاتَىٰنَا مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿٧٥﴾
Waminhum man ʿahada Allaha lain atana min fadlihi lanassaddaqanna walanakoonanna mina alssaliheena
And among them are those who made a covenant with Allāh, [saying], "If He should give us from His bounty, we will surely spend in charity, and we will surely be among the righteous."
فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦ بَخِلُواْ بِهِۦ وَ تَوَلَّواْ وَّ هُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ﴿٧٦﴾
Falamma atahum min fadlihi bakhiloo bihi watawallaw wahum muʿridoona
But when He gave them from His bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused.
فَأَعۡقَبَهُمۡ نِفَاقࣰا فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يَلۡقَوۡنَهُۥ بِمَآ أَخۡلَفُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ وَ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡذِبُونَ﴿٧٧﴾
Faaʿqabahum nifaqan fee quloobihim ila yawmi yalqawnahu bima akhlafoo Allaha ma waʿadoohu wabima kanoo yakthiboona
So He penalized them with hypocrisy in their hearts until the Day they will meet Him - because they failed Allāh in what they promised Him and because they [habitually] used to lie.
أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ سِرَّهُمۡ وَ نَجۡوَىٰهُمۡ وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلۡغُيُوبِ﴿٧٨﴾
Alam yaʿlamoo anna Allaha yaʿlamu sirrahum wanajwahum waanna Allaha ʿallamu alghuyoobi
Did they not know that Allāh knows their secrets and their private conversations and that Allāh is the Knower of the unseen?
ٱلَّذِينَ يَلۡمِزُونَ ٱلۡمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ فِي ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهۡدَهُمۡ فَيَسۡخَرُونَ مِنۡهُمۡ سَخِرَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۡهُمۡ وَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ﴿٧٩﴾
Allatheena yalmizoona almuttawwiʿeena mina almumineena fee alssadaqati waallatheena la yajidoona illa juhdahum fayaskharoona minhum sakhira Allahu minhum walahum ʿathabun aleemun
Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allāh will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.
ٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ أَوۡ لَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ إِن تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ سَبۡعِينَ مَرَّةࣰ فَلَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِۦ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ﴿٨٠﴾
Istaghfir lahum aw la tastaghfir lahum in tastaghfir lahum sabʿeena marratan falan yaghfira Allahu lahum thalika biannahum kafaroo biAllahi warasoolihi waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alfasiqeena
Ask forgiveness for them, [O Muḥammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allāh forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allāh and His Messenger, and Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
فَرِحَ ٱلۡمُخَلَّفُونَ بِمَقۡعَدِهِمۡ خِلَٰفَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَ كَرِهُوٓاْ أَن يُجَٰهِدُواْ بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ وَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَ قَالُواْ لَا تَنفِرُواْ فِي ٱلۡحَرِّ ۗ قُلۡ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ أَشَدُّ حَرࣰّا ۚ لَّوۡ كَانُواْ يَفۡقَهُونَ﴿٨١﴾
Fariha almukhallafoona bimaqʿadihim khilafa rasooli Allahi wakarihoo an yujahidoo biamwalihim waanfusihim fee sabeeli Allahi waqaloo la tanfiroo fee alharri qul naru jahannama ashaddu harran law kanoo yafqahoona
Those who remained behind rejoiced in their staying [at home] after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh and disliked to strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of Allāh and said, "Do not go forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is more intense in heat" - if they would but understand.
فَلۡيَضۡحَكُواْ قَلِيلࣰا وَ لۡيَبۡكُواْ كَثِيرࣰا جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ﴿٨٢﴾
Falyadhakoo qaleelan walyabkoo katheeran jazaan bima kanoo yaksiboona
So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.
فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَآئِفَةࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَٱسۡتَـٔۡذَنُوكَ لِلۡخُرُوجِ فَقُل لَّن تَخۡرُجُواْ مَعِيَ أَبَدࣰا وَ لَن تُقَٰتِلُواْ مَعِيَ عَدُوًّا ۖ إِنَّكُمۡ رَضِيتُم بِٱلۡقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةࣲ فَٱقۡعُدُواْ مَعَ ٱلۡخَٰلِفِينَ﴿٨٣﴾
Fain rajaʿaka Allahu ila taifatin minhum faistathanooka lilkhurooji faqul lan takhrujoo maʿiya abadan walan tuqatiloo maʿiya ʿaduwwan innakum radeetum bialquʿoodi awwala marratin faoqʿudoo maʿa alkhalifeena
If Allāh should return you to a faction of them [after the expedition] and then they ask your permission to go out [to battle], say, "You will not go out with me, ever, and you will never fight with me an enemy. Indeed, you were satisfied with sitting [at home] the first time, so sit [now] with those who stay behind."
وَ لَا تُصَلِّ عَلَىٰٓ أَحَدࣲ مِّنۡهُم مَّاتَ أَبَدࣰا وَ لَا تَقُمۡ عَلَىٰ قَبۡرِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِۦ وَ مَاتُواْ وَ هُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ﴿٨٤﴾
Wala tusalli ʿala ahadin minhum mata abadan wala taqum ʿala qabrihi innahum kafaroo biAllahi warasoolihi wamatoo wahum fasiqoona
And do not pray [the funeral prayer, O Muḥammad], over any of them who has died - ever - or stand at his grave. Indeed, they disbelieved in Allāh and His Messenger and died while they were defiantly disobedient.
وَ لَا تُعۡجِبۡكَ أَمۡوَٰلُهُمۡ وَ أَوۡلَٰدُهُمۡ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَ تَزۡهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمۡ وَ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ﴿٨٥﴾
Wala tuʿjibka amwaluhum waawladuhum innama yureedu Allahu an yuʿaththibahum biha fee alddunya watazhaqa anfusuhum wahum kafiroona
And let not their wealth and their children impress you. Allāh only intends to punish them through them in this world and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are disbelievers.
وَ إِذَآ أُنزِلَتۡ سُورَةٌ أَنۡ ءَامِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَ جَٰهِدُواْ مَعَ رَسُولِهِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡذَنَكَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلطَّوۡلِ مِنۡهُمۡ وَ قَالُواْ ذَرۡنَا نَكُن مَّعَ ٱلۡقَٰعِدِينَ﴿٨٦﴾
Waitha onzilat sooratun an aminoo biAllahi wajahidoo maʿa rasoolihi istathanaka oloo alttawli minhum waqaloo tharna nakun maʿa alqaʿideena
And when a sūrah was revealed [enjoining them] to believe in Allāh and to fight with His Messenger, those of wealth among them asked your permission [to stay back] and said, "Leave us to be with them who sit [at home]."
رَضُواْ بِأَن يَكُونُواْ مَعَ ٱلۡخَوَالِفِ وَ طُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ﴿٨٧﴾
Radoo bian yakoonoo maʿa alkhawalifi watubiʿa ʿala quloobihim fahum la yafqahoona
They were satisfied to be with those who stay behind, and their hearts were sealed over, so they do not understand.
لَٰكِنِ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُۥ جَٰهَدُواْ بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ وَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ ۚ وَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتُ ۖ وَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ﴿٨٨﴾
Lakini alrrasoolu waallatheena amanoo maʿahu jahadoo biamwalihim waanfusihim waolaika lahumu alkhayratu waolaika humu almuflihoona
But the Messenger and those who believed with him fought with their wealth and their lives. Those will have [all that is] good and it is those who are the successful.
أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتࣲ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ﴿٨٩﴾
aʿadda Allahu lahum jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu khalideena feeha thalika alfawzu alʿatheemu
Allāh has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally. That is the great attainment.
وَ جَآءَ ٱلۡمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ لِيُؤۡذَنَ لَهُمۡ وَ قَعَدَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُۥ ۚ سَيُصِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ﴿٩٠﴾
Wajaa almuʿaththiroona mina alaʿrabi liyuthana lahum waqaʿada allatheena kathaboo Allaha warasoolahu sayuseebu allatheena kafaroo minhum ʿathabun aleemun
And those with excuses among the bedouins came to be permitted [to remain], and they who had lied to Allāh and His Messenger sat [at home]. There will strike those who disbelieved among them a painful punishment.
لَّيۡسَ عَلَى ٱلضُّعَفَآءِ وَ لَا عَلَى ٱلۡمَرۡضَىٰ وَ لَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ مَا يُنفِقُونَ حَرَجٌ إِذَا نَصَحُواْ لِلَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِۦ ۚ مَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ مِن سَبِيلࣲ ۚ وَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿٩١﴾
Laysa ʿala aldduʿafai wala ʿala almarda wala ʿala allatheena la yajidoona ma yunfiqoona harajun itha nasahoo lillahi warasoolihi ma ʿala almuhsineena min sabeelin waAllahu ghafoorun raheemun
There is not upon the weak or upon the ill or upon those who do not find anything to spend any discomfort [i.e., guilt] when they are sincere to Allāh and His Messenger. There is not upon the doers of good any cause [for blame]. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَ لَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا مَآ أَتَوۡكَ لِتَحۡمِلَهُمۡ قُلۡتَ لَآ أَجِدُ مَآ أَحۡمِلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ تَوَلَّواْ وَّ أَعۡيُنُهُمۡ تَفِيضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمۡعِ حَزَنًا أَلَّا يَجِدُواْ مَا يُنفِقُونَ﴿٩٢﴾
Wala ʿala allatheena itha ma atawka litahmilahum qulta la ajidu ma ahmilukum ʿalayhi tawallaw waaʿyunuhum tafeedu mina alddamʿi hazanan alla yajidoo ma yunfiqoona
Nor [is there blame] upon those who, when they came to you for you to take them along, you said, "I can find nothing upon which to carry you." They turned back while their eyes overflowed with tears out of grief that they could not find something to spend [for the cause of Allāh].
إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُونَكَ وَ هُمۡ أَغۡنِيَآءُ ۚ رَضُواْ بِأَن يَكُونُواْ مَعَ ٱلۡخَوَالِفِ وَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٩٣﴾
Innama alssabeelu ʿala allatheena yastathinoonaka wahum aghniyao radoo bian yakoonoo maʿa alkhawalifi watabaʿa Allahu ʿala quloobihim fahum la yaʿlamoona
The cause [for blame] is only upon those who ask permission of you while they are rich. They are satisfied to be with those who stay behind, and Allāh has sealed over their hearts, so they do not know.
يَعۡتَذِرُونَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ إِذَا رَجَعۡتُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ ۚ قُل لَّا تَعۡتَذِرُواْ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ لَكُمۡ قَدۡ نَبَّأَنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنۡ أَخۡبَارِكُمۡ ۚ وَ سَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمۡ وَ رَسُولُهُۥ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٩٤﴾
Yaʿtathiroona ilaykum itha rajaʿtum ilayhim qul la taʿtathiroo lan numina lakum qad nabbaana Allahu min akhbarikum wasayara Allahu ʿamalakum warasooluhu thumma turaddoona ila ʿalimi alghaybi waalshshahadati fayunabbiokum bima kuntum taʿmaloona
They will make excuses to you when you have returned to them. Say, "Make no excuse - never will we believe you. Allāh has already informed us of your news [i.e., affair]. And Allāh will observe your deeds, and [so will] His Messenger; then you will be taken back to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do."
سَيَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبۡتُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ لِتُعۡرِضُواْ عَنۡهُمۡ ۖ فَأَعۡرِضُواْ عَنۡهُمۡ ۖ إِنَّهُمۡ رِجۡسࣱ ۖ وَ مَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُ جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ﴿٩٥﴾
Sayahlifoona biAllahi lakum itha inqalabtum ilayhim lituʿridoo ʿanhum faaʿridoo ʿanhum innahum rijsun wamawahum jahannamu jazaan bima kanoo yaksiboona
They will swear by Allāh to you when you return to them that you would leave them alone. So leave them alone; indeed they are evil; and their refuge is Hell as recompense for what they had been earning.
يَحۡلِفُونَ لَكُمۡ لِتَرۡضَوۡاْ عَنۡهُمۡ ۖ فَإِن تَرۡضَوۡاْ عَنۡهُمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَرۡضَىٰ عَنِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ﴿٩٦﴾
Yahlifoona lakum litardaw ʿanhum fain tardaw ʿanhum fainna Allaha la yarda ʿani alqawmi alfasiqeena
They swear to you so that you might be satisfied with them. But if you should be satisfied with them - indeed, Allāh is not satisfied with a defiantly disobedient people.
ٱلۡأَعۡرَابُ أَشَدُّ كُفۡرࣰا وَ نِفَاقࣰا وَ أَجۡدَرُ أَلَّا يَعۡلَمُواْ حُدُودَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمࣱ﴿٩٧﴾
Alaʿrabu ashaddu kufran wanifaqan waajdaru alla yaʿlamoo hudooda ma anzala Allahu ʿala rasoolihi waAllahu ʿaleemun hakeemun
The bedouins are stronger in disbelief and hypocrisy and more likely not to know the limits of what [laws] Allāh has revealed to His Messenger. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
وَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ مَغۡرَمࣰا وَ يَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ ۚ عَلَيۡهِمۡ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوۡءِ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمࣱ﴿٩٨﴾
Wamina alaʿrabi man yattakhithu ma yunfiqu maghraman wayatarabbasu bikumu alddawaira ʿalayhim dairatu alssawi waAllahu sameeʿun ʿaleemun
And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
وَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ مَن يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَ ٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَ يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ قُرُبَٰتٍ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَ صَلَوَٰتِ ٱلرَّسُولِ ۚ أَلَآ إِنَّهَا قُرۡبَةࣱ لَّهُمۡ ۚ سَيُدۡخِلُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿٩٩﴾
Wamina alaʿrabi man yuminu biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri wayattakhithu ma yunfiqu qurubatin ʿinda Allahi wasalawati alrrasooli ala innaha qurbatun lahum sayudkhiluhumu Allahu fee rahmatihi inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun
But among the bedouins are some who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and consider what they spend as means of nearness to Allāh and of [obtaining] invocations of the Messenger. Unquestionably, it is a means of nearness for them. Allāh will admit them to His mercy. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهَٰجِرِينَ وَ ٱلۡأَنصَارِ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحۡسَٰنࣲ رَّضِيَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَ رَضُواْ عَنۡهُ وَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتࣲ تَجۡرِي تَحۡتَهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدࣰا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ﴿١٠٠﴾
Waalssabiqoona alawwaloona mina almuhajireena waalansari waallatheena ittabaʿoohum biihsanin radiya Allahu ʿanhum waradoo ʿanhu waaʿadda lahum jannatin tajree tahtaha alanharu khalideena feeha abadan thalika alfawzu alʿatheemu
And the first forerunners [in the faith] among the Muhājireen and the Anṣār and those who followed them with good conduct - Allāh is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great attainment.
وَ مِمَّنۡ حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ مُنَٰفِقُونَ ۖ وَ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ مَرَدُواْ عَلَى ٱلنِّفَاقِ لَا تَعۡلَمُهُمۡ ۖ نَحۡنُ نَعۡلَمُهُمۡ ۚ سَنُعَذِّبُهُم مَّرَّتَيۡنِ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ عَظِيمࣲ﴿١٠١﴾
Wamimman hawlakum mina alaʿrabi munafiqoona wamin ahli almadeenati maradoo ʿala alnnifaqi la taʿlamuhum nahnu naʿlamuhum sanuʿaththibuhum marratayni thumma yuraddoona ila ʿathabin ʿatheemin
And among those around you of the bedouins are hypocrites, and [also] from the people of Madīnah. They have persisted in hypocrisy. You, [O Muḥammad], do not know them, [but] We know them. We will punish them twice [in this world]; then they will be returned to a great punishment.
وَ ءَاخَرُونَ ٱعۡتَرَفُواْ بِذُنُوبِهِمۡ خَلَطُواْ عَمَلࣰا صَٰلِحࣰا وَ ءَاخَرَ سَيِّئًا عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمٌ﴿١٠٢﴾
Waakharoona iʿtarafoo bithunoobihim khalatoo ʿamalan salihan waakhara sayyian ʿasa Allahu an yatooba ʿalayhim inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun
And [there are] others who have acknowledged their sins. They had mixed [i.e., polluted] a righteous deed with another that was bad. Perhaps Allāh will turn to them in forgiveness. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
خُذۡ مِنۡ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ صَدَقَةࣰ تُطَهِّرُهُمۡ وَ تُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا وَ صَلِّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ۖ إِنَّ صَلَوٰتَكَ سَكَنࣱ لَّهُمۡ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ﴿١٠٣﴾
Khuth min amwalihim sadaqatan tutahhiruhum watuzakkeehim biha wasalli ʿalayhim inna salataka sakanun lahum waAllahu sameeʿun ʿaleemun
Take, [O Muḥammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them increase, and invoke [Allāh's blessings] upon them. Indeed, your invocations are reassurance for them. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ يَقۡبَلُ ٱلتَّوۡبَةَ عَنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ وَ يَأۡخُذُ ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٠٤﴾
Alam yaʿlamoo anna Allaha huwa yaqbalu alttawbata ʿan ʿibadihi wayakhuthu alssadaqati waanna Allaha huwa alttawwabu alrraheemu
Do they not know that it is Allāh who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charities and that it is Allāh who is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful?
وَ قُلِ ٱعۡمَلُواْ فَسَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمۡ وَ رَسُولُهُۥ وَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ۖ وَ سَتُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿١٠٥﴾
Waquli iʿmaloo fasayara Allahu ʿamalakum warasooluhu waalmuminoona wasaturaddoona ila ʿalimi alghaybi waalshshahadati fayunabbiokum bima kuntum taʿmaloona
And say, "Do [as you will], for Allāh will see your deeds, and [so will] His Messenger and the believers. And you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do."
وَ ءَاخَرُونَ مُرۡجَوۡنَ لِأَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِ إِمَّا يُعَذِّبُهُمۡ وَ إِمَّا يَتُوبُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمࣱ﴿١٠٦﴾
Waakharoona murjawna liamri Allahi imma yuʿaththibuhum waimma yatoobu ʿalayhim waAllahu ʿaleemun hakeemun
And [there are] others deferred until the command of Allāh - whether He will punish them or whether He will forgive them. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مَسۡجِدࣰا ضِرَارࣰا وَ كُفۡرࣰا وَ تَفۡرِيقَۢا بَيۡنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَ إِرۡصَادࣰا لِّمَنۡ حَارَبَ ٱللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ ۚ وَ لَيَحۡلِفُنَّ إِنۡ أَرَدۡنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ۖ وَ ٱللَّهُ يَشۡهَدُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ﴿١٠٧﴾
Waallatheena ittakhathoo masjidan diraran wakufran watafreeqan bayna almumineena wairsadan liman haraba Allaha warasoolahu min qablu walayahlifunna in aradna illa alhusna waAllahu yashhadu innahum lakathiboona
And [there are] those [hypocrites] who took for themselves a mosque for causing harm and disbelief and division among the believers and as a station for whoever had warred against Allāh and His Messenger before. And they will surely swear, "We intended only the best." And Allāh testifies that indeed they are liars.
لَا تَقُمۡ فِيهِ أَبَدࣰا ۚ لَّمَسۡجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ مِنۡ أَوَّلِ يَوۡمٍ أَحَقُّ أَن تَقُومَ فِيهِ ۚ فِيهِ رِجَالࣱ يُحِبُّونَ أَن يَتَطَهَّرُواْ ۚ وَ ٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُطَّهِّرِينَ﴿١٠٨﴾
La taqum feehi abadan lamasjidun ossisa ʿala alttaqwa min awwali yawmin ahaqqu an taqooma feehi feehi rijalun yuhibboona an yatatahharoo waAllahu yuhibbu almuttahhireena
Do not stand [for prayer] within it - ever. A mosque founded on righteousness from the first day is more worthy for you to stand in. Within it are men who love to purify themselves; and Allāh loves those who purify themselves.
أَفَمَنۡ أَسَّسَ بُنۡيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ تَقۡوَىٰ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَ رِضۡوَٰنٍ خَيۡرٌ أَم مَّنۡ أَسَّسَ بُنۡيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارࣲ فَٱنۡهَارَ بِهِۦ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿١٠٩﴾
Afaman assasa bunyanahu ʿala taqwa mina Allahi waridwanin khayrun am man assasa bunyanahu ʿala shafa jurufin harin fainhara bihi fee nari jahannama waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alththalimeena
Then is one who laid the foundation of his building on righteousness [with fear] from Allāh and [seeking] His approval better or one who laid the foundation of his building on the edge of a bank about to collapse, so it collapsed with him into the fire of Hell? And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.
لَا يَزَالُ بُنۡيَٰنُهُمُ ٱلَّذِي بَنَوۡاْ رِيبَةࣰ فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡ إِلَّآ أَن تَقَطَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمۡ ۗ وَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ﴿١١٠﴾
La yazalu bunyanuhumu allathee banaw reebatan fee quloobihim illa an taqattaʿa quloobuhum waAllahu ʿaleemun hakeemun
Their building which they built will not cease to be a [cause of] skepticism in their hearts until their hearts are cut [i.e., stopped]. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱشۡتَرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ ۚ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقۡتُلُونَ وَ يُقۡتَلُونَ ۖ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡهِ حَقࣰّا فِي ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ وَ ٱلۡإِنجِيلِ وَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ۚ وَ مَنۡ أَوۡفَىٰ بِعَهۡدِهِۦ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَٱسۡتَبۡشِرُواْ بِبَيۡعِكُمُ ٱلَّذِي بَايَعۡتُم بِهِۦ ۚ وَ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ﴿١١١﴾
Inna Allaha ishtara mina almumineena anfusahum waamwalahum bianna lahumu aljannata yuqatiloona fee sabeeli Allahi fayaqtuloona wayuqtaloona waʿdan ʿalayhi haqqan fee alttawrati waalinjeeli waalqurani waman awfa biʿahdihi mina Allahi faistabshiroo bibayʿikumu allathee bayaʿtum bihi wathalika huwa alfawzu alʿatheemu
Indeed, Allāh has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allāh, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’ān. And who is truer to his covenant than Allāh? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.
ٱلتَّٰٓئِبُونَ ٱلۡعَٰبِدُونَ ٱلۡحَٰمِدُونَ ٱلسَّٰٓئِحُونَ ٱلرَّٰكِعُونَ ٱلسَّٰجِدُونَ ٱلۡأٓمِرُونَ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَ ٱلنَّاهُونَ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَ ٱلۡحَٰفِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَ بَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿١١٢﴾
Alttaiboona alʿabidoona alhamidoona alssaihoona alrrakiʿoona alssajidoona alamiroona bialmaʿroofi waalnnahoona ʿani almunkari waalhafithoona lihudoodi Allahi wabashshiri almumineena
[Such believers are] the repentant, the worshippers, the praisers [of Allāh], the travelers [for His cause], those who bow and prostrate [in prayer], those who enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, and those who observe the limits [set by] Allāh. And give good tidings to the believers.
مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَن يَسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ لِلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ وَ لَوۡ كَانُوٓاْ أُوْلِي قُرۡبَىٰ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمۡ أَنَّهُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ﴿١١٣﴾
Ma kana lilnnabiyyi waallatheena amanoo an yastaghfiroo lilmushrikeena walaw kanoo olee qurba min baʿdi ma tabayyana lahum annahum ashabu aljaheemi
It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire.
وَ مَا كَانَ ٱسۡتِغۡفَارُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَن مَّوۡعِدَةࣲ وَعَدَهَآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥٓ أَنَّهُۥ عَدُوࣱّ لِّلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنۡهُ ۚ إِنَّ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ لَأَوَّٰهٌ حَلِيمࣱ﴿١١٤﴾
Wama kana istighfaru ibraheema liabeehi illa ʿan mawʿidatin waʿadaha iyyahu falamma tabayyana lahu annahu ʿaduwwun lillahi tabarraa minhu inna ibraheema laawwahun haleemun
And the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to him [i.e., Abraham] that he [i.e., the father] was an enemy to Allāh, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient.
وَ مَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُضِلَّ قَوۡمَۢا بَعۡدَ إِذۡ هَدَىٰهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُبَيِّنَ لَهُم مَّا يَتَّقُونَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٌ﴿١١٥﴾
Wama kana Allahu liyudilla qawman baʿda ith hadahum hatta yubayyina lahum ma yattaqoona inna Allaha bikulli shayin ʿaleemun
And Allāh would not let a people stray after He has guided them until He makes clear to them what they should avoid. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of all things.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۖ يُحۡيِۦ وَ يُمِيتُ ۚ وَ مَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيࣲّ وَ لَا نَصِيرࣲ﴿١١٦﴾
Inna Allaha lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi yuhyee wayumeetu wama lakum min dooni Allahi min waliyyin wala naseerin
Indeed, to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and causes death. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or any helper.
لَّقَد تَّابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِيِّ وَ ٱلۡمُهَٰجِرِينَ وَ ٱلۡأَنصَارِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ فِي سَاعَةِ ٱلۡعُسۡرَةِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا كَادَ يَزِيغُ قُلُوبُ فَرِيقࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِهِمۡ رَءُوفࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿١١٧﴾
Laqad taba Allahu ʿala alnnabiyyi waalmuhajireena waalansari allatheena ittabaʿoohu fee saʿati alʿusrati min baʿdi ma kada yazeeghu quloobu fareeqin minhum thumma taba ʿalayhim innahu bihim raoofun raheemun
Allāh has already forgiven the Prophet and the Muhājireen and the Anṣār who followed him in the hour of difficulty after the hearts of a party of them had almost inclined [to doubt], and then He forgave them. Indeed, He was to them Kind and Merciful.
وَ عَلَى ٱلثَّلَٰثَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ خُلِّفُواْ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ضَاقَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتۡ وَ ضَاقَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَنفُسُهُمۡ وَ ظَنُّوٓاْ أَن لَّا مَلۡجَأَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّآ إِلَيۡهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ لِيَتُوبُوٓاْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١١٨﴾
Waʿala alththalathati allatheena khullifoo hatta itha daqat ʿalayhimu alardu bima rahubat wadaqat ʿalayhim anfusuhum wathannoo an la maljaa mina Allahi illa ilayhi thumma taba ʿalayhim liyatooboo inna Allaha huwa alttawwabu alrraheemu
And [He also forgave] the three who were left alone [i.e., boycotted, regretting their error] to the point that the earth closed in on them in spite of its vastness and their souls confined [i.e., anguished] them and they were certain that there is no refuge from Allāh except in Him. Then He turned to them so they could repent. Indeed, Allāh is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ كُونُواْ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴿١١٩﴾
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo ittaqoo Allaha wakoonoo maʿa alssadiqeena
O you who have believed, fear Allāh and be with those who are true.
مَا كَانَ لِأَهۡلِ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ وَ مَنۡ حَوۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُواْ عَن رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَ لَا يَرۡغَبُواْ بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ لَا يُصِيبُهُمۡ ظَمَأࣱ وَ لَا نَصَبࣱ وَ لَا مَخۡمَصَةࣱ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَ لَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوۡطِئࣰا يَغِيظُ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ وَ لَا يَنَالُونَ مِنۡ عَدُوࣲّ نَّيۡلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عَمَلࣱ صَٰلِحٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ﴿١٢٠﴾
Ma kana liahli almadeenati waman hawlahum mina alaʿrabi an yatakhallafoo ʿan rasooli Allahi wala yarghaboo bianfusihim ʿan nafsihi thalika biannahum la yuseebuhum thamaon wala nasabun wala makhmasatun fee sabeeli Allahi wala yataoona mawtian yagheethu alkuffara wala yanaloona min ʿaduwwin naylan illa kutiba lahum bihi ʿamalun salihun inna Allaha la yudeeʿu ajra almuhsineena
It was not [proper] for the people of Madīnah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh or that they prefer themselves over his self. That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allāh, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that it is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.
وَ لَا يُنفِقُونَ نَفَقَةࣰ صَغِيرَةࣰ وَ لَا كَبِيرَةࣰ وَ لَا يَقۡطَعُونَ وَادِيًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمۡ لِيَجۡزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ﴿١٢١﴾
Wala yunfiqoona nafaqatan sagheeratan wala kabeeratan wala yaqtaʿoona wadiyan illa kutiba lahum liyajziyahumu Allahu ahsana ma kanoo yaʿmaloona
Nor do they spend an expenditure, small or large, or cross a valley but that it is registered for them that Allāh may reward them for the best of what they were doing.
وَ مَا كَانَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُواْ كَآفَّةࣰ ۚ فَلَوۡلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرۡقَةࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ طَآئِفَةࣱ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُواْ فِي ٱلدِّينِ وَ لِيُنذِرُواْ قَوۡمَهُمۡ إِذَا رَجَعُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَحۡذَرُونَ﴿١٢٢﴾
Wama kana almuminoona liyanfiroo kaffatan falawla nafara min kulli firqatin minhum taifatun liyatafaqqahoo fee alddeeni waliyunthiroo qawmahum itha rajaʿoo ilayhim laʿallahum yahtharoona
And it is not for the believers to go forth [to battle] all at once. For there should separate from every division of them a group [remaining] to obtain understanding in the religion and warn [i.e., advise] their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ قَٰتِلُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ وَ لۡيَجِدُواْ فِيكُمۡ غِلۡظَةࣰ ۚ وَ ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿١٢٣﴾
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo qatiloo allatheena yaloonakum mina alkuffari walyajidoo feekum ghilthatan waiʿlamoo anna Allaha maʿa almuttaqeena
O you who have believed, fight against those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allāh is with the righteous.
وَ إِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتۡ سُورَةࣱ فَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَقُولُ أَيُّكُمۡ زَادَتۡهُ هَٰذِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنࣰا ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فَزَادَتۡهُمۡ إِيمَٰنࣰا وَ هُمۡ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ﴿١٢٤﴾
Waitha ma onzilat sooratun faminhum man yaqoolu ayyukum zadathu hathihi eemanan faamma allatheena amanoo fazadathum eemanan wahum yastabshiroona
And whenever a sūrah is revealed, there are among them [i.e., the hypocrites] those who say, "Which of you has this increased in faith?" As for those who believed, it has increased them in faith, while they are rejoicing.
وَ أَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضࣱ فَزَادَتۡهُمۡ رِجۡسًا إِلَىٰ رِجۡسِهِمۡ وَ مَاتُواْ وَ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ﴿١٢٥﴾
Waamma allatheena fee quloobihim maradun fazadathum rijsan ila rijsihim wamatoo wahum kafiroona
But as for those in whose hearts is disease, it has [only] increased them in evil [in addition] to their evil. And they will have died while they are disbelievers.
أَوَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَنَّهُمۡ يُفۡتَنُونَ فِي كُلِّ عَامࣲ مَّرَّةً أَوۡ مَرَّتَيۡنِ ثُمَّ لَا يَتُوبُونَ وَ لَا هُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ﴿١٢٦﴾
Awala yarawna annahum yuftanoona fee kulli ʿamin marratan aw marratayni thumma la yatooboona wala hum yaththakkaroona
Do they not see that they are tried every year once or twice but then they do not repent nor do they remember?
وَ إِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتۡ سُورَةࣱ نَّظَرَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ هَلۡ يَرَىٰكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدࣲ ثُمَّ ٱنصَرَفُواْ ۚ صَرَفَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُم بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ لَّا يَفۡقَهُونَ﴿١٢٧﴾
Waitha ma onzilat sooratun nathara baʿduhum ila baʿdin hal yarakum min ahadin thumma insarafoo sarafa Allahu quloobahum biannahum qawmun la yafqahoona
And whenever a sūrah is revealed, they look at each other, [as if saying], "Does anyone see you?" and then they dismiss themselves. Allāh has dismissed their hearts because they are a people who do not understand.
لَقَدۡ جَآءَكُمۡ رَسُولࣱ مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيۡهِ مَا عَنِتُّمۡ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيۡكُم بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ رَءُوفࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿١٢٨﴾
Laqad jaakum rasoolun min anfusikum ʿazeezun ʿalayhi ma ʿanittum hareesun ʿalaykum bialmumineena raoofun raheemun
There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you [i.e., your guidance] and to the believers is kind and merciful.
فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَقُلۡ حَسۡبِيَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُ ۖ وَ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ﴿١٢٩﴾
Fain tawallaw faqul hasbiya Allahu la ilaha illa huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wahuwa rabbu alʿarshi alʿatheemi
But if they turn away, [O Muḥammad], say, "Sufficient for me is Allāh; there is no deity except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne."
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
This Surah is known by two names -- At-Taubah and Al-Bara'at. It is called At-Taubah because it enunciates the nature of taubah (repentance) and mentions the conditions of its acceptance.(vv. 102. 118). The second name Bara'at (Release) is taken from the first word of the Surah.
Omission of Bismillah
This is the only Surah of the Quran to which Bismillah is not prefixed. Though the commentators have given different reasons for this, the correct one that which has been given by Imam Razi: namely,this is because the Holy Prophet himself did not dictate it at the beginning of the Surah. Therefore the Companions did not prefix it and their successors followed them., This is a further proof of the fact that utmost care has been taken to keep the Quran intact so that it should remain in its complete and original form.
Discourses and Periods of Revelation
This Surah comprises three discourses:-
The first discourse (vv. 1-37), was revealed in Zil-Qa'adah A.H. 9 or thereabout. As the importance of the subject of the discourse required its declaration on the occasion of Haj the Holy Prophet dispatched Hadrat Ali to follow Hadrat Abu Bakr, who had already left for Makkah as leader of the Pilgrims to the Ka'abah. He instructed Hadrat Ali to deliver the discourse before the representatives of the different clans of Arabia so as to inform them of the new policy towards the mushriks.
The second discourse (vv. 38-72) was sent down in Rajab A.H. 9 or a little before this, when the Holy Prophet was engaged in making preparations for the Campaign, of Tabuk. In this discourse, the Believers were urged to take active part in Jihad, and the shirkers were severely rebuked for holding back their wealth and for hesitation to sacrifice their lives in the way of Allah because of their hypocrisy, weak faith or negligence.
The third discourse (vv. 73-129) was revealed on his return from the Campaign of Tabuk. There are some pieces in this discourse that were sent down on different occasions during the same period and were afterwards consolidated by the Holy Prophet into the Surah in accordance with inspiration from Allah. But this caused no interruption in its continuity because they dealt with the same subject and formed part of the same series of events. This discourse warns the hypocrites of their evil deeds and rebukes those Believers who had stayed behind in the Campaign of Tabuk. Then after taking them to task, Allah pardons those true Believers who had not taken part in the Jihad in the Way of Allah for one reason or the other.
Chronologically, the first discourse should have come last; but being the most important of the three in regard to its subject matter, it was placed first in the order of compilation.
Historical Background
Now let us consider the historical background of the Surah. The series of events that have been discussed in this Surah took place after the Peace Treaty of Hudaibiyah. By that time, one-third of Arabia had come under the sway of Islam which had established itself as a powerful, well organized and civilized Islamic State. This Treaty afforded further opportunities to Islam to spread its influence in the comparatively peaceful atmosphere created by it. After this Treaty, two events took place, which led to very important results:
Conquest of Arabia
The first was the Conquest of Arabia. The Holy Prophet was able to send missions among different clans for the propagation of Islam. The result was that during the short period of two years, it became such a great power that it made the old order of ignorance' feel helpless before it. So much so that the zealous elements from among the Quraish were so exasperated that they broke the Treaty in order to encounter Islam in a decisive combat. But the Holy Prophet took prompt action after the breach so as not to allow them any opportunity to gather enough force for this. He made a sudden invasion on Makkah in the month of Ramadan in A. H. 8 and conquered it. Though this conquest broke the backbone of the order of ignorance, it made still another attack on Islam in the battle-field of Hunain, which proved to be its death-knell. The clans of Hawazin Thaqif, Naur, Jushm and others gathered their entire forces in the battle field in order to crush the reformative Revolution, but they utterly failed in their evil designs. The defeat of 'ignorance' at Hunain paved the way for making the whole of Arabia the 'Abode of Islam' (Dar-ul-Islam). The result was that hardly a year had Passed after the Battle of Hunain, when the major portion of Arabia came within the fold of Islam and only a few upholders of the old order remained scattered over some corners of the country.
The second event that contributed towards making Islam a formidable power was the Campaign of Tabuk, which was necessitated by the provocative activities of the Christians living within or near the boundaries of the Roman Empire to the north of Arabia. Accordingly, the Holy Prophet, with an army of thirty thousand marched boldly towards the Roman Empire but the Romans evaded the encounter. The result was that the power of the Holy Prophet and Islam increased manifold and deputations from all corners of Arabia began to wait upon him on his return from Tabuk in order to offer their allegiance to Islam and obedience to him. The Holy Quran has described this triumph in Surah An-Nasr: "When the succor of Allah came and victory was attained and you saw people entering the fold of Islam in large numbers...
Campaign to Tabuk
The Campaign to Tabuk was the result of conflict with the Roman Empire, that had started even before the conquest of Makkah. One of the missions sent after the Treaty of Hudaibiyah to different parts of Arabia visited the clans which lived in the northern areas adjacent to Syria. The majority of these people were Christians, who were under the influence of the Roman Empire. Contrary to all the principles of the commonly accepted international law, they killed fifteen members of the delegation near a place known as Zat-u-Talah (or Zat-i-Itlah). Only Ka'ab bin Umair Ghifari, the head of the delegation, succeeded in escaping and reporting the sad incident. Besides this, Shurahbll bin Amr, the Christian governor of Busra, who was directly under the Roman Caesar, had also put to death Haritli bin Umair, the ambassador of the Holy Prophet, who had been sent to him on a similar minion.
These events convinced the Holy Prophet that a strong action should be taken in order to make the territory adjacent to the Roman Empire safe and secure for the Muslims. Accordingly, in the month of Jamadi-ul-Ula A. H. 8, he sent an army of three thousand towards the Syrian border. When this army reached near Ma'an, the Muslims learned that Shurahbil was marching with an army of one hundred thousand to fight-with them and that the Caesar, who himself was at Hims, had sent another army consisting of one hundred thousand soldiers under his brother Theodore. But in spite of such fearful news, the brave small band of the Muslims marched on fearlessly and encountered the big army of Shurahbil at M'utah. And the result of the encounter in which the Muslims were fighting against fearful odds (the ratio of the two armies was 1:33), as very favorable, for the enemy utterly failed to defeat them. This proved very helpful for the propagation of Islam. As a result, those Arabs who were living in a state of semi independence in Syria and near Syria and the clans of Najd near Iraq, who were under the influence of the Iranian Empire, turned towards Islam and embraced it in thousands. For example, the people of Bani Sulaim (whose chief was Abbas bin Mirdas Sulaimi), Ashja'a, Ghatafan, Zubyan, Fazarah, etc., came into the fold of Islam at the same time. Above all, Farvah bin 'Amral Juzami, who was the commander of the Arab armies of the Roman Empire, embraced Islam during that time, and underwent the trial of his Faith in a way that filled the whole territory with wonder. When the Caesar came to know that Farvah had embraced Islam, he ordered that he should be arrested and brought to his court. Then the Caesar said to him, "You will have to choose one of the two things. Either give up your Islam and win your liberty and your former rank, or remain a Muslim and face death." He calmly chose Islam and sacrificed his life in the way of the Truth.
No wonder that such events as these made the Caesar realize the nature of the danger that was threatening his Empire from Arabia. Accordingly, in 9 A.H. he began to make military preparations to avenge the insult he had suffered at M'utah. The Ghassanid and other Arab chiefs also began to muster armies under him. When the Holy Prophet, who always kept himself well-informed even of the minutest things that could affect the Islamic Movement favorably or adversely, came to know of these preparations, he at once under- stood their meaning. Therefore, without the least hesitation he decided to fight against the great power of the Caesar. He knew that the show of the slightest weakness would result in the utter failure of the Movement which was facing three great dangers at that time. First the dying power of 'ignorance' that had almost been crushed in the battle-field of Hunain might revive again. Secondly, the Hypocrites of Al: Madinah, who were always on the look-out for such an opportunity, might make full use of this to do the greatest possible harm to it. For they had already made preparations for this and had, through a monk called Abu Amir, sent secret messages of their evil designs to the Christian king of Ghassan and the Caesar himself. Besides this, they had also built a mosque near Al-Madinah for holding secret meetings for this purpose. The third danger was of an attack by the Caesar himself, who had already defeated Iran, the other great power of that period, and filled with awe the adjacent territories.
It is obvious that if all these three elements had been given an opportunity of taking a concerted action against the Muslims, Islam would have lost the fight it had almost won. That is why in this case the Holy Prophet made an open declaration for making preparations for the Campaign against the Roman Empire, which was one of the two greatest empires of the world of that period. The declaration was made though all the apparent circumstances were against such a decision: for there was famine in the country and the long awaited crops were about to ripen: the burning heat of the scorching summer season of Arabia was at, its height and there was not enough money for preparations in general, and for equipment and conveyance in particular. But in spite of these handicaps, when the Messenger of Allah realized the urgency of the occasion, he took this step which was to decide whether the Mission of the Truth was going to survive or perish. The very fact that he made an open declaration for making preparations for such a campaign to Syria against the Roman Empire showed how important it was, for this was contrary to his previous practice. Usually he took every precaution not to reveal beforehand the direction to which he was going nor the name of the enemy whom he was going to attack; nay, he did not move out of Al-Madinah even in the direction of the campaign.
All the parties in Arabia fully realized the grave consequences of this critical decision. The remnants of the lovers of the old order of 'ignorance' were anxiously waiting for the result of the Campaign, for they had pinned all their hopes on the defeat of Islam by the Romans. The 'hypocrites' also considered it to be their last chance of crushing the power of Islam by internal rebellion, if the Muslims suffered a defeat in Syria. They had, therefore, made full use of the Mosque built by them for hatching plots and had employed all their devices to render the Campaign a failure. On the other side, the true Believers also realized fully that the fate of the Movement for which they had been exerting their utmost for the last 22 years was now hanging in the balance. If they showed courage on that critical occasion, the doors of the whole outer world would be thrown open for the Movement to spread. But if they showed weakness or cowardice, then all the work they had done in Arabia would -end in smoke.
That is why these lovers of Islam began to make enthusiastic preparations for the Campaign. Everyone of them tried to surpass the other in making contributions for the provision of equipment for it. Hadrat Uthman and Hadrat Abdur Rehman bin Auf presented large sums of money for this purpose. Hadrat Umar contributed half of the earnings of his life and Hadrat Abu Bakr the entire earnings of his life. The indigent Companions did not lag behind and presented whatever they could earn by the sweat of their labor and the women parted with their ornaments. Thousands of volunteers, who were filled with the desire of sacrificing their lives for Islam, came to the Holy Prophet and requested that arrangements for weapons and conveyance be made for them so that they should join the expedition. Those who could not be provided with these shed tears of sorrow; the scene was so pathetic that it made the Holy Prophet sad because of his inability to arm them. In short, the occasion became the touchstone for discriminating a true believer from a hypocrite. For, to lag behind in the Campaign meant that the very relationship of a person to Islam was doubtful. Accordingly, whenever a person lagged behind during the journey to Tabuk, the Holy Prophet, on being informed, would spontaneously say, "Leave him alone. If there be any good in him, Allah will again join him with you, and if there be no good in him, then thank Allah that He relieved you of his evil company".
In short, the Holy Prophet marched out towards Syria in Rajab A. H. 9, with thirty thousand fighters for the cause of Islam. The conditions in which the expedition was undertaken may be judged from the fact that the number of camels with them was so small that many of them were obliged to walk on foot and to wait for their turns for several had to ride at a time on each camel. To add to this, there was the burning heat of the desert and the acute shortage of water. But they were richly rewarded for their firm resolve and sincere adherence to the cause and for their perseverance in the face of those great difficulties and obstacles.
When they arrived at Tabuk, they learned that the Caesar and his allies had withdrawn their troops from the frontier and there was no enemy to fight with. Thus they won a moral victory that increased their prestige manifold and, that too, without shedding a drop of blood.
In this connection, it is pertinent to point out that the general impression given by the historians of the campaigns of the Holy Prophet about the Campaign of Tabuk is not correct. They relate the event in a way as if the news of the mustering of the Roman armies near the Arabian frontier was itself false. The fact is that the Caesar had begun to muster his armies, but the Holy Prophet forestalled him and arrived on the scene before he could make full preparations for the invasion. Therefore, believing that "discretion is the better part of valor," he withdrew his armies from the frontier. For he had not forgotten that the three thousand fighters for the cause of Islam had rendered helpless his army one hundred thousand strong at M'utah. He could not, therefore, even with an army of two hundred thousand, dare to fight against an army of thirty thousand, and that, too, under the leadership of the Holy Prophet himself.
When the Holy Prophet found that the Caesar had withdrawn his forces from the frontier, he considered thee question whether it would be worthwhile to march into the Syrian territory or to halt at Tabuk and turn his moral victory to political and strategical advantage. He decided on the latter course and made a halt for twenty days at Tabuk. During this time, he brought pressure on the small states that lay between the Roman Empire and the Islamic State and were at that time under the influence of the Romans, and subdued and made them the tributaries of the Islamic State. For instance, some Christian chiefs Ukaidir bin Abdul Malik Kindi of Dumatul Jaiidal, Yuhanna bin D'obah of Allah, and the chiefs of Maqna, Jarba' and Azruh also submitted and agreed to pay Jizyah to the Islamic State of Al- Madinah. As a result of this, the boundaries of the Islamic State were extended right up to the Roman Empire, and the majority of the Arab clans, who were being used by the Caesar against Arabia, became the allies of the Muslims against the Romans.
Above all, this moral victory of Tabuk afforded a golden opportunity to the Muslims to strengthen their hold on Arabia before entering into a long conflict with the Romans. For it broke the back of those who had still been expecting that the old order of 'ignorance' might revive in the near future, whether they were the open upholders of shirk or the hypocrites who were hiding their shirk under the garb of Islam. The majority of such people were compelled by the force of circumstances to enter into the fold of Islam and, at least, make it possible for their descendants to become true Muslims. After this a mere impotent minority of the upholders of the old order was left in the field, but it could not stand in the way of the Islamic Revolution for the perfection of which Allah had sent His Messenger.
Problems of the Period
If we keep in view the preceding background, we can easily find out the problems that were confronting the Community at that time. They were:
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to make the whole of Arabia a perfect Dar-ul-Islam,
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to extend the influence of Islam to the adjoining countries,
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to crush the mischiefs of the hypocrites, and
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to prepare the Muslims for Jihad against the non- Muslim world.
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Now that the administration of the whole of Arabia had come in the hands of the Believers, and all the opposing powers had become helpless, it was necessary to make a clear declaration of that policy which was to be adopted to make her a perfect Dar-ul-Islam. Therefore the following measures were adopted:
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A clear declaration was made that all the treaties with the mushriks were abolished and the Muslims would be released from the treaty obligations with them after a respite of four months.(vv. 1-3). This declaration was necessary for uprooting completely the system of life based on shirk and to make Arabia exclusively the center of Islam so that it should not in any way interfere with the spirit of Islam nor become an internal danger for it.
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A decree was issued that the guardianship of the Ka\`abah, which held central position in all the affairs of Arabia, should be wrested from the mushriks and placed permanently in the hands of the Believers, (vv. 12-18) that all the customs and practices of the shirk of the era of 'ignorance' should be forcibly abolished: that the mushriks should not be allowed even to come near the "House" (v. 28). This was to eradicate every trace of shirk from the "House" that was dedicated exclusively to the worship of Allah.
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The evil practice of Nasi, by which they used to tamper with the sacred months in the days of 'ignorance', was forbidden as an act of kufr (v. 37). This was also to serve as an example to the Muslims for eradicating every vestige of the customs of ignorance from the life of Arabia (and afterwards from the lives of the Muslims everywhere).
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In order to enable the Muslims to extend the influence of Islam outside Arabia, they were enjoined to crush with sword the non- Muslim powers and to force them to accept the sovereignty of the Islamic State. As the great Roman and Iranian Empires were the biggest hindrances in the way, a conflict with them was inevitable. The object of Jihad was not to coerce them to accept Islam they were free to accept or not to accept it-but to prevent them from thrusting forcibly their deviations upon others and the coming generations. The Muslims were enjoined to tolerate their misguidance only to the extent that they might have the freedom to remain misguided, if they chose to be so, provided that they paid Jizyah (v. 29) as a sign of their subjugation to the Islamic State.
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The third important problem was to crush the mischiefs of the hypocrites, who had hitherto been tolerated in spite of their flagrant crimes. Now that there was practically no pressure upon them from outside, the Muslims were enjoined to treat them openly as disbelievers (v. 73). Accordingly, the Holy Prophet set on fire the house of Swailim, where the hypocrites used to gather for consultations in order to dissuade the people from joining the expedition to Tabuk. Likewise on his return from Tabuk, he ordered to pull down and burn the 'Mosque' that had been built to serve as a cover for the hypocrites for hatching plots against the true Believers.
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In order to prepare the Muslims for Jihad against the whole non-Muslim world, it was necessary to cure them even of that slight weakness of faith from which they were still suffering. For there could be no greater internal danger to the Islamic Community than the weakness of faith, especially where it was going to engage itself single-handed in a' conflict with the whole non-Muslim world. That is why those people who had lagged behind in the Campaign to Tabuk or had shown the least negligence were severely taken to task, and were considered as hypocrites if they had no plausible excuse for not fulfilling that obligation. Moreover, a clear declaration was made that in future the sole criterion of a Muslim's faith shall be the exertions he makes for the uplift of the Word of Allah and the role he plays in the conflict between Islam and kufr. Therefore, if anyone will show any hesitation in sacrificing his life, money, time and energies, his faith shall not be regarded as genuine. (vv. 81-96).
If the above-mentioned important points are kept in view during the study of this Surah, it will facilitate the understanding of its contents.
Subject: Problems of Peace and War
In continuation of Surah Al-Anfal, this Surah also deals with the problems of peace and war and bases the theme on the Tabuk Expedition.
Topics and their Interconnection
This portion deals with the sanctity of treaties and lays down principles, rules and regulations which must be kept in view before breaking them, in case the other party does not observe them sincerely. vv. 1-12
In this portion the Muslims have been urged to fight in the Way of Allah with the mushrik Arabs, the Jews and the Christians, who were duly warned of the consequences of their mischievous and inimical behavior. 13-37
In this discourse, the Muslims have been told clearly and explicitly that they will inherit the rewards promised by Allah only if they take active part in the conflict with kufr, for that is the criterion which distinguishes true Muslims from hypocrites. Therefore true Muslims should take active part in Jihad, without minding dangers, obstacles, difficulties, temptations and the like. 38-72
This portion deals with the problems of hypocrites and lays down rules and regulations governing the treatment that should be meted out to them and points out their distinctive marks from true Muslims. 73-90
This portion deals with the case of those who remained behind and did not accompany the Holy Prophet for Jihad to Tabuk. For this purpose they have been separated in different categories, that is, the disabled, the sick, the indigent, the hypocrites, the believers who realized their guilt and punished themselves before the return of the Holy Prophet from Tabuk and those who confessed their error. Their cases have been dealt with in accordance with the nature and extent of their offense. 91-110
In order to make their noble qualities look all the more conspicuous and dignified by contrast, the characteristics of the Believers have been mentioned, and they have been reassured that Allah, the Sovereign of the Universe, is their helper and guardian. Accordingly, because of their sincerity, He has forgiven the Three Believers who did not take part in the expedition. 111-118
In the concluding portion, general instructions have been given to the Believers for their guidance. 119-127
This is the conclusion: "Follow the Messenger who is gentle and compassionate and your greatest well-wisher, and trust in Allah, the Lord of the Universe". 128-129
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran