Sura LIX (59)
The Emigration
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All
that is in the Heavens and all that is on the Earth praiseth God! He, the
Mighty, the Wise!
He it
is who caused the unbelievers among the people of the Book to quit their homes
and join those who had emigrated previously. You did not think that they would
quit them; and they on their part through that their fortresses would protect
them against God: But God came upon them
whence they looked not for Him, and cast such fear into their hearts that by
their own hands as well as by the hands of the victorious believers they demolished
their houses! Profit by this example you who are men of insight!
And
were it not that God had decreed their exile, surely in this world would he
have chastised them: but in the world to come
the chastisement of the fire awaiteth them.
This
because they set them against God and his apostle; and whoso setteth him
against God....! God truly is vehement in punishing.
Your
cutting down some of their palm trees and sparing others was by God's
permission, and to put the wicked to shame.
After
the spoils of these Jews which God hath assigned to his apostle, you pressed
not with horse or camel. But God giveth his apostles power over what he will.
God is Almighty.
The
spoil taken from the people of the towns and assigned by God to his apostle,
belongeth to God, and to the apostle, and to his kindred, and to the orphan,
and to the poor, and to the wayfarer, that none of it may circulate among such
of you only as are rich: What the apostle hath
given you, take: What he hath refused you,
refuse: And fear you God, for God is severe in
punishing.
To the
poor refugees (Mohadjerin) also doth a part belong, who have been driven from
their homes and their substance, and who seek favour from God and his goodwill,
and aid God and his apostle. These are the men of genuine virtue.
They
of Medina who had been in possession of their abodes and embraced the faith
before them, cherish those who take refuge with them; and they find not in
their breasts any desire for what hath fallen to their share: they prefer them before themselves, though poverty
be their own lot. And with such as are preserved from their own covetousness
shall it be well.
59:10 And they who have come after them into
the faith say, "O our Lord! forgive us and our brethren who have preceded
us in the faith, and put not into our hearts ill-will against those who
believe. O our Lord! thou verily art Kind, Merciful."
Hast
thou not observed the disaffected saying to their unbelieving brethren among
the people of the Book, "If you be driven forth, we will go forth with
you; and in what concerneth you, never will we obey any one; and if you be
attacked we will certainly come to your help." But God is witness that
they are liars.
No! if
they were driven forth, they would not share their banishment; if they were
attacked they would not help them, or if they help them they will surely turn
their backs: then would they remain unhelped.
Assuredly
the fear of you is more intense in their hearts than the fear of God! This
because they are a people devoid of discernment.
They
(the Jews) will not fight against you in a body except in fenced towns or from
behind walls. Mighty is their valour among themselves! thou thinkest them
united -- but their hearts are divided. This for that they are a people who
understand not.
They
act like those who lately preceded them, who also tasted the result of their
doings; and a grievous chastisement awaiteth them --
Like
Satan when he saith to a man, "Be an infidel:"
and when he hath become an infidel, he saith, "I share not they guilt: verily, I fear God the Lord of the Worlds."
Of
both, therefore, shall the end be that they dwell for ever in the fire: This is the recompense of the evil doers.
O you
who believe! fear God. And let every soul look well to what it sendeth on
before for the morrow. And fear you God:
Verily, God is cognisant of what you do.
And be
you not like those who forget God, and whom He hath therefore caused to forget
their proper selves. Such men are the evil doers.
59:20 The inmates of the Fire and the
inmates of Paradise are not to be held equal. The inmates of Paradise only
shall be the blissful.
Had we
sent down this Koran on some mountain, thou wouldst certainly have seen it
humbling itself and cleaving asunder for the fear of God. Such are the parables
we propose to men in order that they may reflect.
He is
God beside whom there is no god. He knoweth things visible and invisible: He is the Compassionate, the Merciful.
He is
God beside whom there is no god: He is the
King, the Holy, the Peaceful, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the
Strong, the Most High! Far be the Glory of God from that which they united with
Him!
He is
God, the Producer, the Maker, the Fashioner! To Him are ascribed excellent
titles. Whatever is in the Heavens and in the Earth praiseth Him. He is the
Mighty, the Wise!