In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
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Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory:
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That God may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to
follow; fulfil His favour to thee; and guide thee on the
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And that God may help thee with powerful help.
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It is He Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the
Believers, that they may add faith to their faith;- for to God belong the
Forces of the heavens and the earth; and God is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom;-
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That He may admit the men and women who believe, to Gardens
beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye, and remove their ills from
them;- and that is, in the sight of God, the highest achievement (for man),-
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And that He may punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and
the Polytheists men and women, who imagine an evil opinion of God. On them is a
round of Evil: the Wrath of God is on them: He has cursed them and got Hell
ready for them: and evil is it for a destination.
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For to God belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth;
and God is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
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We have truly sent thee as a witness, as a bringer of Glad
Tidings, and as a Warner:
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In order that ye (O men) may believe in God and His Apostle,
that ye may assist and honour Him, and celebrate His praise morning and
evening.
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Verily those who plight their fealty to thee do no less than
plight their fealty to God: the Hand of God is over their hands: then any one
who violates his oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, and any one who
fulfils what he has covenanted with God,- God will soon grant him a great
Reward.
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The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee:
"We were engaged in (looking after) our flocks and herds, and our
families: do thou then ask forgiveness for us." They say with their
tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: "Who then has any power at all
(to intervene) on your behalf with God, if His Will is to give you some loss or
to give you some profit? But God is well acquainted with all that ye do.
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"Nay, ye thought that the Apostle and the Believers
would never return to their families; this seemed pleasing in your hearts, and
ye conceived an evil thought, for ye are a people lost (in wickedness)."
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And if any believe not in God and His Apostle, We have
prepared, for those who reject God, a Blazing Fire!
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To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: He
forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills: but God is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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Those who lagged behind (will say), when ye (are free to)
march and take booty (in war): "Permit us to follow you." They wish to
change God's decree: Say: "Not thus will ye follow us: God has already
declared (this) beforehand": then they will say, "But ye are jealous
of us." Nay, but little do they understand (such things).
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Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind: "Ye shall be
summoned (to fight) against a people given to vehement war: then shall ye
fight, or they shall submit. Then if ye show obedience, God will grant you a
goodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish you with a
grievous Penalty."
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No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the
lame, nor on one ill (if he joins not the war): But he that obeys God and his
Apostle,- (God) will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and he who
turns back, (God) will punish him with a grievous Penalty.
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God's Good Pleasure was on the Believers when they swore
Fealty to thee under the Tree: He knew what was in their hearts, and He sent
down Tranquillity to them; and He rewarded them with a speedy Victory;
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And many gains will they acquire (besides): and God is
Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
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God has promised you many gains that ye shall acquire, and
He has given you these beforehand; and He has restrained the hands of men from
you; that it may be a Sign for the Believers, and that He may guide you to a
Straight Path;
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And other gains (there are), which are not within your
power, but which God has compassed: and God has power over all things.
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If the Unbelievers should fight you, they would certainly
turn their backs; then would they find neither protector nor helper.
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(Such has been) the practice (approved) of God already in
the past: no change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of God.
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And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and
your hands from them in the midst of Makka, after that He gave you the victory
over them. And God sees well all that ye do.
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They are the ones who denied Revelation and hindered you
from the Sacred Mosque and the sacrificial animals, detained from reaching
their place of sacrifice. Had there not been believing men and believing women
whom ye did not know that ye were trampling down and on whose account a crime
would have accrued to you without (your) knowledge, (God would have allowed you
to force your way, but He held back your hands) that He may admit to His Mercy
whom He will. If they had been apart, We should certainly have punished the
Unbelievers among them with a grievous Punishment.
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While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant -
the heat and cant of ignorance,- God sent down His Tranquillity to his Apostle
and to the Believers, and made them stick close to the command of
self-restraint; and well were they entitled to it and worthy of it. And God has
full knowledge of all things.
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Truly did God fulfil the vision for His Apostle: ye shall
enter the Sacred Mosque, if God wills, with minds secure, heads shaved, hair
cut short, and without fear. For He knew what ye knew not, and He granted,
besides this, a speedy victory.
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It is He Who has sent His Apostle with Guidance and the
Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is God for a
Witness.
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Muhammad is the apostle of God; and those who are with him are
strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other. Thou wilt
see them bow and prostrate themselves (in prayer), seeking Grace from God and
(His) Good Pleasure. On their faces are their marks, (being) the traces of
their prostration. This is their similitude in the Taurat; and their similitude
in the Gospel is: like a seed which sends forth its blade, then makes it
strong; it then becomes thick, and it stands on its own stem, (filling) the
sowers with wonder and delight. As a result, it fills the Unbelievers with rage
at them. God has promised those among them who believe and do righteous deeds
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