Part 21
29-46
And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with
means better (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them who
inflict wrong (and injury): but say, "We believe in the revelation which
has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our God and your God is
one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam)."
29-47
And thus (it is) that We have sent down the Book to thee. So
the People of the Book believe therein, as also do some of these (pagan Arabs):
and none but Unbelievers reject our signs.
29-48
And thou wast not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book
came), nor art thou (able) to transcribe it with thy right hand: In that case,
indeed, would the talkers of vanities have doubted.
29-49
Nay, here are Signs self-evident in the hearts of those
endowed with knowledge: and none but the unjust reject Our Signs.
29-50
Ye they say: "Why are not Signs sent down to him from
his Lord?" Say: "The signs are indeed with God: and I am indeed a clear
Warner."
29-51
And is it not enough for them that we have sent down to thee
the Book which is rehearsed to them? Verily, in it is Mercy and a Reminder to
those who believe.
29-52
Say: "Enough is God for a witness between me and you:
He knows what is in the heavens and on earth. And it is those who believe in
vanities and reject God, that will perish (in the end).
29-53
They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment (for them): had it
not been for a term (of respite) appointed, the Punishment would certainly have
come to them: and it will certainly reach them,- of a sudden, while they
perceive not!
29-54
They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment: but, of a surety,
Hell will encompass the Rejecters of Faith!-
29-55
On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above
them and from below them, and (a Voice) shall say: "Taste ye (the fruits)
of your deeds!"
29-56
O My servants who believe! truly, spacious is My Earth:
therefore serve ye Me - (and Me alone)!
29-57
Every soul shall have a taste of death in the end to Us
shall ye be brought back.
29-58
But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness - to
them shall We give a Home in Heaven,- lofty mansions beneath which flow
rivers,- to dwell therein for aye;- an excellent reward for those who do
(good)!-
29-59
Those who persevere in patience, and put their trust, in
their Lord and Cherisher.
29-60
How many are the creatures that carry not their own
sustenance? It is God who feeds (both) them and you: for He hears and knows
(all things).
29-61
If indeed thou ask them who has created the heavens and the
earth and subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law), they will certainly
reply, "God". How are they then deluded away (from the truth)?
29-62
God enlarges the sustenance (which He gives) to whichever of
His servants He pleases; and He (similarly) grants by (strict) measure, (as He
pleases): for God has full knowledge of all things.
29-63
And if indeed thou ask them who it is that sends down rain
from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death, they will
certainly reply, "God!" Say, "Praise be to God!" But most
of them understand not.
29-64
What is the life of this world but amusement and play? but
verily the Home in the Hereafter,- that is life indeed, if they but knew.
29-65
Now, if they embark on a boat, they call on God, making
their devotion sincerely (and exclusively) to Him; but when He has delivered
them safely to (dry) land, behold, they give a share (of their worship to
others)!-
29-66
Disdaining ungratefully Our gifts, and giving themselves up
to (worldly) enjoyment! But soon will they know.
29-67
Do they not then see that We have made a sanctuary secure,
and that men are being snatched away from all around them? Then, do they
believe in that which is vain, and reject the Grace of God?
29-68
And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against
God or rejects the Truth when it reaches him? Is there not a home in Hell for
those who reject Faith?
29-69
And those who strive in Our (cause),- We will certainly guide
them to our Paths: For verily God is with those who do right.
AR RUUM
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
30-1
A. L. M.
30-2
The
30-3
In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of
theirs, will soon be victorious-
30-4
Within a few years. With God is the Decision, in the past
and in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-
30-5
With the help of God. He helps whom He will, and He is
exalted in might, most merciful.
30-6
(It is) the promise of God. Never does God depart from His
promise: but most men understand not.
30-7
They know but the outer (things) in the life of this world:
but of the End of things they are heedless.
30-8
Do they not reflect in their own minds? Not but for just
ends and for a term appointed, did God create the heavens and the earth, and
all between them: yet are there truly many among men who deny the meeting with
their Lord (at the Resurrection)!
30-9
Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the
end of those before them? They were superior to them in strength: they tilled
the soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have done: there came
to them their apostles with Clear (Signs). (Which they rejected, to their own
destruction): It was not God Who wronged them, but they wronged their own
souls.
30-10
In the long run evil in the extreme will be the End of those
who do evil; for that they rejected the Signs of God, and held them up to
ridicule.
30-11
It is God Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats
it; then shall ye be brought back to Him.
30-12
On the Day that the Hour will be established, the guilty
will be struck dumb with despair.
30-13
No intercessor will they have among their
"Partners" and they will (themselves) reject their
"Partners".
30-14
On the Day that the Hour will be established,- that Day
shall (all men) be sorted out.
30-15
Then those who have believed and worked righteous deeds,
shall be made happy in a Mead of Delight.
30-16
And those who have rejected Faith and falsely denied our
Signs and the meeting of the Hereafter,- such shall be brought forth to
Punishment.
30-17
So (give) glory to God, when ye reach eventide and when ye
rise in the morning;
30-18
Yea, to Him be praise, in the heavens and on earth; and in
the late afternoon and when the day begins to decline.
30-19
It is He Who brings out the living from the dead, and brings
out the dead from the living, and Who gives life to the earth after it is dead:
and thus shall ye be brought out (from the dead).
30-20
Among His Signs in this, that He created you from dust; and
then,- behold, ye are men scattered (far and wide)!
30-21
And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from
among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has put
love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for those who
reflect.
30-22
And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the
earth, and the variations in your languages and your colours: verily in that
are Signs for those who know.
30-23
And among His Signs is the sleep that ye take by night and
by day, and the quest that ye (make for livelihood) out of His Bounty: verily
in that are signs for those who hearken.
30-24
And among His Signs, He shows you the lightning, by way both
of fear and of hope, and He sends down rain from the sky and with it gives life
to the earth after it is dead: verily in that are Signs for those who are wise.
30-25
And among His Signs is this, that heaven and earth stand by
His Command: then when He calls you, by a single call, from the earth, behold,
ye (straightway) come forth.
30-26
To Him belongs every being that is in the heavens and on
earth: all are devoutly obedient to Him.
30-27
It is He Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats
it; and for Him it is most easy. To Him belongs the loftiest similitude (we can
think of) in the heavens and the earth: for He is Exalted in Might, full of
wisdom.
30-28
He does propound to you a similitude from your own
(experience): do ye have partners among those whom your right hands possess, to
share as equals in the wealth We have bestowed on you? Do ye fear them as ye
fear each other? Thus do we explain the Signs in detail to a people that
understand.
30-29
Nay, the wrong-doers (merely) follow their own lusts, being
devoid of knowledge. But who will guide those whom God leaves astray? To them
there will be no helpers.
30-30
So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith:
(establish) God's handiwork according to the pattern on which He has made
mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by God: that is the
standard Religion: but most among mankind understand not.
30-31
Turn ye back in repentance to Him, and fear Him: establish
regular prayers, and be not ye among those who join gods with God,-
30-32
Those who split up their Religion, and become (mere) Sects,-
each party rejoicing in that which is with itself!
30-33
When trouble touches men, they cry to their Lord, turning
back to Him in repentance: but when He gives them a taste of Mercy as from
Himself, behold, some of them pay part-worship to other god's besides their
Lord,-
30-34
(As if) to show their ingratitude for the (favours) We have
bestowed on them! Then enjoy (your brief day); but soon will ye know (your
folly).
30-35
Or have We sent down authority to them, which points out to
them the things to which they pay part-worship?
30-36
When We give men a taste of Mercy, they exult thereat: and when
some evil afflicts them because of what their (own) hands have sent forth,
behold, they are in despair!
30-37
See they not that God enlarges the provision and restricts
it, to whomsoever He pleases? Verily in that are Signs for those who believe.
30-38
So give what is due to kindred, the needy, and the wayfarer.
That is best for those who seek the Countenance, of God, and it is they who
will prosper.
30-39
That which ye lay out for increase through the property of
(other) people, will have no increase with God: but that which ye lay out for
charity, seeking the Countenance of God, (will increase): it is these who will
get a recompense multiplied.
30-40
It is God Who has created you: further, He has provided for
your sustenance; then He will cause you to die; and again He will give you
life. Are there any of your (false) "Partners" who can do any single
one of these things? Glory to Him! and high is He above the partners they
attribute (to him)!
30-41
Mischief has appeared on land and sea because of (the meed)
that the hands of men have earned, that (God) may give them a taste of some of
their deeds: in order that they may turn back (from Evil).
30-42
Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end
of those before (you): Most of them worshipped others besides God."
30-43
But set thou thy face to the right Religion before there
come from God the Day which there is no chance of averting: on that Day shall
men be divided (in two).
30-44
Those who reject Faith will suffer from that rejection: and
those who work righteousness will spread their couch (of repose) for themselves
(in heaven):
30-45
That He may reward those who believe and work righteous
deeds, out of his Bounty. For He loves not those who reject Faith.
30-46
Among His Signs is this, that He sends the Winds, as heralds
of Glad Tidings, giving you a taste of His (Grace and) Mercy,- that the ships
may sail (majestically) by His Command and that ye may seek of His Bounty: in
order that ye may be grateful.
30-47
We did indeed send, before thee, apostles to their
(respective) peoples, and they came to them with Clear Signs: then, to those
who transgressed, We meted out Retribution: and it was due from Us to aid those
who believed.
30-48
It is God Who sends the Winds, and they raise the Clouds:
then does He spread them in the sky as He wills, and break them into fragments,
until thou seest rain-drops issue from the midst thereof: then when He has made
them reach such of his servants as He wills behold, they do rejoice!-
30-49
Even though, before they received (the rain) - just before
this - they were dumb with despair!
30-50
Then contemplate (O man!) the memorials of God's Mercy!- how
He gives life to the earth after its death: verily the same will give life to the
men who are dead: for He has power over all things.
30-51
And if We (but) send a Wind from which they see (their
tilth) turn yellow,- behold, they become, thereafter, Ungrateful (Unbelievers)!
30-52
So verily thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst
thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs and turn away.
30-53
Nor canst thou lead back the blind from their straying: only
those wilt thou make to hear, who believe in Our signs and submit (their wills
in Islam).
30-54
It is God Who created you in a state of (helpless) weakness,
then gave (you) strength after weakness, then, after strength, gave (you
weakness and a hoary head: He creates as He wills, and it is He Who has all
knowledge and power.
30-55
On the Day that the Hour (of Reckoning) will be established,
the transgressors will swear that they tarried not but an hour: thus were they
used to being deluded!
30-56
But those endued with knowledge and faith will say:
"Indeed ye did tarry, within God's Decree, to the Day of Resurrection, and
this is the Day of Resurrection: but ye - ye were not aware!"
30-57
So on that Day no excuse of theirs will avail the
transgressors, nor will they be invited (then) to seek grace (by repentance).
30-58
verily We have propounded for men, in this Qur'an every kind
of Parable: But if thou bring to them any Sign, the Unbelievers are sure to
say, "Ye do nothing but talk vanities."
30-59
Thus does God seal up the hearts of those who understand
not.
30-60
So patiently persevere: for verily the promise of God is
true: nor let those shake thy firmness, who have (themselves) no certainty of
faith.
LUQMAN
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
31-1
A. L. M.
31-2
These are Verses of the Wise Book,-
31-3
A Guide and a Mercy to the Doers of Good,-
31-4
Those who establish regular Prayer, and give regular
Charity, and have (in their hearts) the assurance of the Hereafter.
31-5
These are on (true) guidance from their Lord: and these are
the ones who will prosper.
31-6
But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales,
without knowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from the Path of God and throw
ridicule (on the Path): for such there will be a Humiliating Penalty.
31-7
When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away in
arrogance, as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in both his ears:
announce to him a grievous Penalty.
31-8
For those who believe and work righteous deeds, there will
be Gardens of Bliss,-
31-9
To dwell therein. The promise of God is true: and He is
Exalted in Power, Wise.
31-10
He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see;
He set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and
He scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the sky,
and produce on the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs.
31-11
Such is the Creation of God: now show Me what is there that
others besides Him have created: nay, but the Transgressors are in manifest
error.
31-12
we bestowed (in the past) Wisdom on Luqman: "Show (thy)
gratitude to God." Any who is (so) grateful does so to the profit of his
own soul: but if any is ungrateful, verily God is free of all wants, Worthy of
all praise.
31-13
Behold, Luqman said to his son by way of instruction:
"O my son! join not in worship (others) with God: for false worship is
indeed the highest wrong-doing."
31-14
And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: in
travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain was his
weaning: (hear the command), "Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to
Me is (thy final) Goal.
31-15
"But if they strive to make thee join in worship with
Me things of which thou hast no knowledge, obey them not; yet bear them company
in this life with justice (and consideration), and follow the way of those who
turn to me (in love): in the end the return of you all is to Me, and I will
tell you the truth (and meaning) of all that ye did."
31-16
"O my son!" (said Luqman), "If there be (but)
the weight of a mustard-seed and it were (hidden) in a rock, or (anywhere) in
the heavens or on earth, God will bring it forth: for God understands the
finest mysteries, (and) is well-acquainted (with them).
31-17
"O my son! establish regular prayer, enjoin what is
just, and forbid what is wrong: and bear with patient constancy whatever betide
thee; for this is firmness (of purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs.
31-18
"And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men, nor walk
in insolence through the earth; for God loveth not any arrogant boaster.
31-19
"And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for
the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."
31-20
Do ye not see that God has subjected to your (use) all
things in the heavens and on earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in
exceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men those who
dispute about God, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book
to enlighten them!
31-21
When they are told to follow the (Revelation) that God has
sent down, they say: "Nay, we shall follow the ways that we found our
fathers (following). "What! even if it is Satan beckoning them to the
Penalty of the (Blazing) Fire?
31-22
Whoever submits his whole self to God, and is a doer of
good, has grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold: and with God rests the
End and Decision of (all) affairs.
31-23
But if any reject Faith, let not his rejection grieve thee:
to Us is their return, and We shall tell them the truth of their deeds: for God
knows well all that is in (men's) hearts.
31-24
We grant them their pleasure for a little while: in the end
shall We drive them to a chastisement unrelenting.
31-25
If thou ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the
earth. They will certainly say, "God". Say: "Praise be to
God!" But most of them understand not.
31-26
To God belong all things in heaven and earth: verily God is
He (that is) free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
31-27
And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were
ink), with seven oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not the
words of God be exhausted (in the writing): for God is Exalted in Power, full
of Wisdom.
31-28
And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an
individual soul: for God is He Who hears and sees (all things).
31-29
Seest thou not that God merges Night into Day and he merges
Day into Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to his Law), each
running its course for a term appointed; and that God is well-acquainted with
all that ye do?
31-30
That is because God is the (only) Reality, and because
whatever else they invoke besides Him is Falsehood; and because God,- He is the
Most High, Most Great.
31-31
Seest thou not that the ships sail through the ocean by the
Grace of God?- that He may show you of His Signs? Verily in this are Signs for
all who constantly persevere and give thanks.
31-32
When a wave covers them like the canopy (of clouds), they
call to God, offering Him sincere devotion. But when He has delivered them
safely to land, there are among them those that halt between (right and wrong).
But none reject Our Signs except only a perfidious ungrateful (wretch)!
31-33
O mankind! do your duty to your Lord, and fear (the coming
of) a Day when no father can avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for
his father. Verily, the promise of God is true: let not then this present life
deceive you, nor let the chief Deceiver deceive you about God.
31-34
Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with God (alone). It is
He Who sends down rain, and He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does any one
know what it is that he will earn on the morrow: Nor does any one know in what
land he is to die. Verily with God is full knowledge and He is acquainted (with
all things).
AS SAJDAH
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
32-1
A. L. M.
32-2
(This is) the Revelation of the Book in which there is no
doubt,- from the Lord of the Worlds.
32-3
Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Nay, it is the
Truth from thy Lord, that thou mayest admonish a people to whom no warner has
come before thee: in order that they may receive guidance.
32-4
It is God Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all
between them, in six Days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of
Authority): ye have none, besides Him, to protect or intercede (for you): will
ye not then receive admonition?
32-5
He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the
end will (all affairs) go up to Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a
thousand years of your reckoning.
32-6
Such is He, the Knower of all things, hidden and open, the
Exalted (in power), the Merciful;-
32-7
He Who has made everything which He has created most good:
He began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay,
32-8
And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a
fluid despised:
32-9
But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him
something of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight
and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!
32-10
And they say: "What! when we lie, hidden and lost, in
the earth, shall we indeed be in a Creation renewed? Nay, they deny the Meeting
with their Lord.
32-11
Say: "The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will
(duly) take your souls: then shall ye be brought back to your Lord."
32-12
If only thou couldst see when the guilty ones will bend low
their heads before their Lord, (saying:) "Our Lord! We have seen and we
have heard: Now then send us back (to the world): we will work righteousness:
for we do indeed (now) believe."
32-13
If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every
soul its true guidance: but the Word from Me will come true, "I will fill
Hell with Jinns and men all together."
32-14
"Taste ye then - for ye forgot the Meeting of this Day
of yours, and We too will forget you - taste ye the Penalty of Eternity for
your (evil) deeds!"
32-15
Only those believe in Our Signs, who, when they are recited
to them, fall down in adoration, and celebrate the praises of their Lord, nor
are they (ever) puffed up with pride.
32-16
Their limbs do forsake their beds of sleep, the while they
call on their Lord, in Fear and Hope: and they spend (in charity) out of the
sustenance which We have bestowed on them.
32-17
Now no person knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden
(in reserve) for them - as a reward for their (good) deeds.
32-18
Is then the man who believes no better than the man who is
rebellious and wicked? Not equal are they.
32-19
For those who believe and do righteous deeds are Gardens as
hospitable homes, for their (good) deeds.
32-20
As to those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will
be the Fire: every time they wish to get away therefrom, they will be forced
thereinto, and it will be said to them: "Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire,
the which ye were wont to reject as false."
32-21
And indeed We will make them taste of the Penalty of this
(life) prior to the supreme Penalty, in order that they may (repent and)
return.
32-22
And who does more wrong than one to whom are recited the
Signs of his Lord, and who then turns away therefrom? Verily from those who
transgress We shall exact (due) Retribution.
32-23
We did indeed aforetime give the Book to Moses: be not then
in doubt of its reaching (thee): and We made it a guide to the Children of
32-24
And We appointed, from among them, leaders, giving guidance under
Our command, so long as they persevered with patience and continued to have
faith in Our Signs.
32-25
Verily thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of
Judgment, in the matters wherein they differ (among themselves)
32-26
Does it not teach them a lesson, how many generations We
destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they (now) go to and fro? Verily in
that are Signs: Do they not then listen?
32-27
And do they not see that We do drive rain to parched soil
(bare of herbage), and produce therewith crops, providing food for their cattle
and themselves? Have they not the vision?
32-28
They say: "When will this decision be, if ye are
telling the truth?"
32-29
Say: "On the Day of Decision, no profit will it be to Unbelievers
if they (then) believe! nor will they be granted a respite."
32-30
So turn away from them, and wait: they too are waiting. 033
AL AHZAB
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
33-1
O Prophet! Fear God, and hearken not to the Unbelievers and
the Hypocrites: verily God is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.
33-2
But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy
Lord: for God is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.
33-3
And put thy trust in God, and enough is God as a disposer of
affairs.
33-4
God has not made for any man two hearts in his (one) body:
nor has He made your wives whom ye divorce by Zihar your mothers: nor has He
made your adopted sons your sons. Such is (only) your (manner of) speech by your
mouths. But God tells (you) the Truth, and He shows the (right) Way.
33-5
Call them by (the names of) their fathers: that is juster in
the sight of God. But if ye know not their father's (names, call them) your
Brothers in faith, or your maulas. But there is no blame on you if ye make a
mistake therein: (what counts is) the intention of your hearts: and God is
Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
33-6
The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own
selves, and his wives are their mothers. Blood-relations among each other have
closer personal ties, in the Decree of God. Than (the Brotherhood of) Believers
and Muhajirs: nevertheless do ye what is just to your closest friends: such is
the writing in the Decree (of God).
33-7
And remember We took from the prophets their covenant: As
(We did) from thee: from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary: We
took from them a solemn covenant:
33-8
That (God) may question the (custodians) of Truth concerning
the Truth they (were charged with): And He has prepared for the Unbelievers a
grievous Penalty.
33-9
O ye who believe! Remember the Grace of God, (bestowed) on
you, when there came down on you hosts (to overwhelm you): But We sent against
them a hurricane and forces that ye saw not: but God sees (clearly) all that ye
do.
33-10
Behold! they came on you from above you and from below you,
and behold, the eyes became dim and the hearts gaped up to the throats, and ye
imagined various (vain) thoughts about God!
33-11
In that situation were the Believers tried: they were shaken
as by a tremendous shaking.
33-12
And behold! The Hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a
disease (even) say: "God and His Apostle promised us nothing but
delusion!"
33-13
Behold! A party among them said: "Ye men of Yathrib! ye
cannot stand (the attack)! therefore go back!" And a band of them ask for
leave of the Prophet, saying, "Truly our houses are bare and
exposed," though they were not exposed they intended nothing but to run
away.
33-14
And if an entry had been effected to them from the sides of
the (city), and they had been incited to sedition, they would certainly have
brought it to pass, with none but a brief delay!
33-15
And yet they had already covenanted with God not to turn
their backs, and a covenant with God must (surely) be answered for.
33-16
Say: "Running away will not profit you if ye are
running away from death or slaughter; and even if (ye do escape), no more than
a brief (respite) will ye be allowed to enjoy!"
33-17
Say: "Who is it that can screen you from God if it be
His wish to give you punishment or to give you Mercy?" Nor will they find
for themselves, besides God, any protector or helper.
33-18
Verily God knows those among you who keep back (men) and
those who say to their brethren, "Come along to us", but come not to
the fight except for just a little while.
33-19
Covetous over you. Then when fear comes, thou wilt see them
looking to thee, their eyes revolving, like (those of) one over whom hovers death:
but when the fear is past, they will smite you with sharp tongues, covetous of
goods. Such men have no faith, and so God has made their deeds of none effect:
and that is easy for God.
33-20
They think that the Confederates have not withdrawn; and if
the Confederates should come (again), they would wish they were in the deserts
(wandering) among the Bedouins, and seeking news about you (from a safe
distance); and if they were in your midst, they would fight but little.
33-21
Ye have indeed in the Apostle of God a beautiful pattern (of
conduct) for any one whose hope is in God and the Final Day, and who engages
much in the Praise of God.
33-22
When the Believers saw the Confederate forces, they said:
"This is what God and his Apostle had promised us, and God and His Apostle
told us what was true." And it only added to their faith and their zeal in
obedience.
33-23
Among the Believers are men who have been true to their
covenant with God: of them some have completed their vow (to the extreme), and
some (still) wait: but they have never changed (their determination) in the
least:
33-24
That God may reward the men of Truth for their Truth, and
punish the Hypocrites if that be His Will, or turn to them in Mercy: for God is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
33-25
And God turned back the Unbelievers for (all) their fury: no
advantage did they gain; and enough is God for the believers in their fight.
And God is full of Strength, able to enforce His Will.
33-26
And those of the People of the Book who aided them - God did
take them down from their strongholds and cast terror into their hearts. (So
that) some ye slew, and some ye made prisoners.
33-27
And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and
their goods, and of a land which ye had not frequented (before). And God has
power over all things.
33-28
O Prophet! Say to thy Consorts: "If it be that ye
desire the life of this World, and its glitter,- then come! I will provide for
your enjoyment and set you free in a handsome manner.
33-29
But if ye seek God and His Apostle, and the Home of the
Hereafter, verily God has prepared for the well-doers amongst you a great
reward.
33-30
O Consorts of the Prophet! If any of you were guilty of
evident unseemly conduct, the Punishment would be doubled to her, and that is
easy for God.