PART
10
[8:41]
And know that whatever ye take as spoils of war,
lo! a fifth thereof is for Allah, and for the
messenger and for the kinsman (who hath need) and orphans and the needy and the
wayfarer, if ye believe in Allah and that which We revealed unto Our slave on
the Day of Discrimination, the day when the two armies met. And Allah is Able
to do all things.
[8:42]
When ye were on the near bank (of the valley)
and they were on the yonder bank, and the caravan was below you (on the coast
plain). And had ye trysted to meet one another ye surely would have failed to
keep the tryst, but (it happened, as it did, without the forethought of either
of you) that Allah might conclude a thing that must be done; that he who
perished (on that day) might perish by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty) and
he who survived might survive by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty). Lo! Allah in truth is Hearer, Knower.
[8:43]
When Allah showed them unto thee (O Muhammad) in
thy dream as few in number, and if He had shown them to thee as many, ye
(Muslims) would have faltered and would have quarrelled over the affair. But
Allah saved (you). Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).
[8:44]
And when He made you (Muslims), when ye met
(them), see them with your eyes as few, and lessened you in their eyes, (it
was) that Allah might conclude a thing that must be done. Unto Allah all things
are brought back.
[8:45]
O ye who believe! When ye meet an army, hold
firm and think of Allah much, that ye may be successful.
[8:46]
And obey Allah and His messenger, and dispute
not one with another lest ye falter and your strength depart
from you; but be steadfast! Lo! Allah is with the steadfast.
[8:47]
Be not as those who came forth from their
dwellings boastfully and to be seen of men, and debar (men) from the way of
Allah, while Allah is surrounding all they do.
[8:48]
And when Satan made their deeds seem fair to
them and said: No-one of mankind can conquer you this day, for I am your
protector. But when the armies came in sight of one another, he took flight,
saying: Lo! I am guiltless of you. Lo! I see that which ye see not. Lo! I fear
Allah. And Allah is severe in punishment.
[8:49]
When the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is
a disease said: Their religion hath deluded these. Whoso putteth his trust in
Allah (will find that) lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[8:50]
If thou couldst see how the angels receive those
who disbelieve, smiting faces and their backs and (saying): Taste the
punishment of burning!
[8:51]
This is for that which your own hands have sent
before (to the Judgment), and (know) that Allah is not a tyrant to His slaves.
[8:52]
(Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh’s folk and
those before them; they disbelieved the revelations of Allah, and Allah took
them in their sins. Lo! Allah is Strong, severe in punishment.
[8:53]
That is because Allah never changeth the grace
He hath bestowed on any people until they first change that which is in their
hearts, and (that is) because Allah is Hearer, Knower.
[8:54]
(Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh’s folk and
those before them; they denied the revelations of their Lord, so We destroyed them in their sins. And We
drowned the folk of Pharaoh. All were evil-doers.
[8:55]
Lo! the worst of beasts
in Allah’s sight are the ungrateful who will not believe.
[8:56]
Those of them with whom thou madest a treaty,
and then at every opportunity they break their treaty, and they keep not duty
(to Allah).
[8:57]
If thou comest on them in the war, deal with
them so as to strike fear in those who are behind them, that haply they may
remember.
[8:58]
And if thou fearest treachery from any folk,
then throw back to them (their treaty) fairly. Lo! Allah loveth not the
treacherous.
[8:59]
And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they
can outstrip (Allah’s Purpose). Lo! they cannot
escape.
[8:60]
Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed)
force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and
your enemy, and others beside them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them.
Whatsoever ye spend in the way of Allah it will be repaid to you in full, and
ye will not be wronged.
[8:61]
And if they incline to peace, incline thou also
to it, and trust in Allah. Lo! He, even He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
[8:62]
And if they would deceive thee, then lo! Allah
is Sufficient for thee. He it is Who supporteth thee
with His help and with the believers,
[8:63]
And (as for the believers) hath attuned their
hearts. If thou hadst spent all that is in the earth thou couldst not have attuned
their hearts, but Allah hath attuned them. Lo! He is Mighty, Wise.
[8:64]
O Prophet! Allah is Sufficient for thee and
those who follow thee of the believers.
[8:65]
O Prophet! Exhort the believers to fight. If there
be of you twenty steadfast they shall overcome two hundred,
and if there be of you a hundred (steadfast) they shall overcome a thousand of
those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are a folk without
intelligence.
[8:66]
Now hath Allah lightened your burden, for He
knoweth that there is weakness in you. So if there be
of you a steadfast hundred they shall overcome two hundred, and if there be of
you a thousand (steadfast) they shall overcome two thousand by permission of
Allah. Allah is with the steadfast.
[8:67]
It is not for any prophet to have captives until
he hath made slaughter in the land. Ye desire the lure of this world and Allah
desireth (for you) the Hereafter, and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[8:68]
Had it not been for an ordinance of Allah which
had gone before, an awful doom had come upon you on account of what ye took.
[8:69]
Now enjoy what ye have won, as lawful and good,
and keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
[8:70]
O Prophet! Say unto those captives who are in
your hands: If Allah knoweth any good in your hearts He will give you better
than that which hath been taken from you, and will forgive you. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[8:71]
And if they would betray thee, they betrayed
Allah before, and He gave (thee) power over them. Allah is Knower, Wise.
[8:72]
Lo! those who believed
and left their homes and strove with their wealth and their lives for the cause
of Allah, and those who took them in and helped them: these are protecting
friends one of another. And those who believed but did not leave their homes,
ye have no duty to protect them till they leave their homes; but if they seek
help from you in the matter of religion then it is your duty to help (them) except
against a folk between whom and you there is a treaty. Allah is Seer of what ye
do.
[8:73]
And those who disbelieve are protectors one of
another - If ye do not so, there will be confusion in the land, and great
corruption.
[8:74]
Those who believed and left their homes and
strove for the cause of Allah, and those who took them in and helped them -
these are the believers in truth. For them is pardon, and bountiful provision.
[8:75]
And those who afterwards believed and left their
homes and strove along with you, they are of you; and those who are akin are
nearer one to another in the ordinance of Allah. Lo! Allah is Knower of all
things.
Repentance
[9:1]
Freedom from obligation
(is proclaimed) from Allah and His messenger toward those of the idolaters with
whom ye made a treaty.
[9:2]
Travel freely in the land four months, and know
that ye cannot escape Allah and that Allah will confound the disbelievers (in
His Guidance).
[9:3]
And a proclamation from Allah and His messenger to
all men on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage that Allah is free from obligation
to the idolaters, and (so is) His messenger. So, if ye repent, it will be
better for you; but if ye are averse, then know that ye cannot escape Allah.
Give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom to those who disbelieve,
[9:4]
Excepting those of the idolaters with whom ye
(Muslims) have a treaty, and who have since abated
nothing of your right nor have supported anyone against you. (As for these),
fulfil their treaty to them till their term. Lo! Allah loveth those who keep
their duty (unto Him).
[9:5]
Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay
the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them,
and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and
pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
[9:6]
And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh thy
protection (O Muhammad), then protect him so that he may hear the Word of
Allah, and afterward convey him to his place of safety. That is because they
are a folk who know not.
[9:7]
How can there be a treaty with Allah and with
His messenger for the idolaters save those with whom ye made a treaty at the
[9:8]
How (can there be any treaty for the others)
when, if they have the upper hand of you, they regard not pact nor honour in
respect of you ? They satisfy you with their mouths the while their hearts
refuse. And most of them are wrongdoers.
[9:9]
They have purchased with the revelations of
Allah a little gain, so they debar (men) from His way. Lo! evil is that which
they are wont to do.
[9:10]
And they observe toward a believer neither pact
nor honour. These are they who are transgressors.
[9:11]
But if they repent and establish worship and pay
the poor-due, then are they your brethren in religion. We detail Our
revelations for a people who have knowledge.
[9:12]
And if they break their pledges after their
treaty (hath been made with you) and assail your religion, then fight the heads
of disbelief - Lo! they have no binding oaths - in order that they may desist.
[9:13]
Will ye not fight a folk who broke their solemn
pledges, and purposed to drive out the messenger and did attack you first ?
What! Fear ye them ? Now Allah hath more right that ye should fear Him, if ye
are believers
[9:14]
Fight them! Allah will chastise them at your
hands, and He will lay them low and give you victory over them, and He will
heal the breasts of folk who are believers.
[9:15]
And He will remove the anger of their hearts.
Allah relenteth toward whom He will. Allah is Knower, Wise.
[9:16]
Or deemed ye that ye would be left (in peace)
when Allah yet knoweth not those of you who strive, choosing for familiar none
save Allah and His messenger and the believers ? Allah is Informed of what ye
do.
[9:17]
It is not for the idolaters to tend Allah’s sanctuaries,
bearing witness against themselves of disbelief. As for such, their works are
vain and in the Fire they will abide.
[9:18]
He only shall tend Allah’s sanctuaries who
believeth in Allah and the Last Day and observeth proper worship and payeth the
poor-due and feareth none save Allah. For such (only) is it possible that they
can be of the rightly guided.
[9:19]
Count ye the slaking of a pilgrim’s thirst and
tendance of the
[9:20]
Those who believe, and have left their homes and
striven with their wealth and their lives in Allah’s way are of much greater
worth in Allah’s sight. These are they who are triumphant.
[9:21]
Their Lord giveth them good tidings of mercy
from Him, and acceptance, and Gardens where enduring pleasure will be theirs;
[9:22]
There they will abide for ever. Lo! with Allah
there is immense reward.
[9:23]
O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor
your brethren for friends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith.
Whoso of you taketh them for friends, such are wrong-doers.
[9:24]
Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your
brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and
merchandise for which ye fear that there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire
are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait
till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
[9:25]
Allah hath given you victory on many fields and
on the day of Huneyn, when ye exulted in your multitude but it availed you
naught, and the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you; then ye turned
back in flight;
[9:26]
Then Allah sent His peace of reassurance down
upon His messenger and upon the believers, and sent down hosts ye could not
see, and punished those who disbelieved. Such is the reward of disbelievers.
[9:27]
Then afterward Allah will relent toward whom He
will; for Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9:28]
O ye who believe! The idolaters only are
unclean. So let them not come near the
[9:29]
Fight against such of those who have been given
the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that
which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of
Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low.
[9:30]
And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and
the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their saying with
their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah
(Himself) fighteth against them. How perverse are they!
[9:31]
They have taken as lords beside Allah their
rabbis and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to
worship only One God. There is no God save Him. Be He Glorified from all that
they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
[9:32]
Fain would they put out the light of Allah with
their mouths, but Allah disdaineth (aught) save that He shall perfect His light,
however much the disbelievers are averse.
[9:33]
He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the
guidance and the Religion of Truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all
religion, however much the idolaters may be averse.
[9:34]
O ye who believe! Lo! many of the (Jewish)
rabbis and the (Christian) monks devour the wealth of mankind wantonly and
debar (men) from the way of Allah. They who hoard up gold and silver and spend
it not in the way of Allah, unto them give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful
doom,
[9:35]
On the day when it will (all) be heated in the
fire of hell, and their foreheads and their flanks and their backs will be
branded therewith (and it will be said unto them): Here is that which ye
hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what ye used to hoard.
[9:36]
Lo! the number of the months with Allah is
twelve months by Allah’s ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and
the earth. Four of them are sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not
yourselves in them. And wage war on all of the idolaters as they are waging war
on all of you. And know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto
Him).
[9:37]
Postponement (of a sacred month) is only an
excess of disbelief whereby those who disbelieve are misled; they allow it one
year and forbid it (another) year, that they may make up the number of the
months which Allah hath hallowed, so that they allow that which Allah hath
forbidden. The evil of their deeds is made fairseeming unto them. Allah guideth
not the disbelieving folk.
[9:38]
O ye who believe! What aileth you that when it
is said unto you: Go forth in the way of Allah, ye are bowed down to the ground
with heaviness. Take ye pleasure in the life of the world rather than in the
Hereafter ? The comfort of the life of the world is but little in the
Hereafter.
[9:39]
If ye go not forth He will afflict you with a
painful doom, and will choose instead of you a folk other than you. Ye cannot
harm Him at all. Allah is Able to do all things.
[9:40]
If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when
those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in
the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then
Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him
with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the
nethermost, while Allah’s Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is
Mighty, Wise.
[9:41]
Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and
strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah! That is best for
you if ye but knew.
[9:42]
Had it been a near adventure and an easy journey
they had followed thee, but the distance seemed too far for them. Yet will they
swear by Allah (saying): If we had been able we would surely have set out with
you. They destroy their souls, and Allah knoweth that they verily are liars.
[9:43]
Allah forgive thee (O Muhammad)! Wherefor didst
thou grant them leave ere those who told the truth were manifest to thee and
thou didst know the liars ?
[9:44]
Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask
no leave of thee lest they should strive with their wealth and their lives.
Allah is Aware of those who keep their duty (unto Him).
[9:45]
They alone ask leave of thee who believe not in
Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they
waver.
[9:46]
And if they had wished to go forth they would
assuredly have made ready some equipment, but Allah was averse to their being sent
forth and held them back and it was said (unto them): Sit ye with the
sedentary!
[9:47]
Had they gone forth among you they had added to
you naught save trouble and had hurried to and fro among you, seeking to cause
sedition among you; and among you there are some who would have listened to
them. Allah is Aware of evil-doers.
[9:48]
Aforetime they sought to cause sedition and
raised difficulties for thee till the Truth came and the decree of Allah was
made manifest, though they were loth.
[9:49]
Of them is he who saith: Grant me leave (to stay
at home) and tempt me not. Surely it is into temptation that they (thus) have
fallen. Lo! hell verily is all around the disbelievers.
[9:50]
If good befalleth thee (O Muhammad) it
afflicteth them, and if calamity befalleth thee, they say: We took precaution,
and they turn away well pleased.
[9:51]
Say: Naught befalleth us save that which Allah
hath decreed for us. He is our Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put
their trust!
[9:52]
Say: Can ye await for us aught save one of two
good things (death or victory in Allah’s way) ? while we await for you that
Allah will afflict you with a doom from Him or at our hands. Await then! Lo! We
are awaiting with you.
[9:53]
Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or
unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Lo! ye were ever froward folk.
[9:54]
And naught preventeth that their contributions
should be accepted from them save that they have disbelieved in Allah and in
His messenger, and they come not to worship save as idlers, and pay not (their
contribution) save reluctantly.
[9:55]
So let not their riches nor their children
please thee (O Muhammad). Allah thereby intendeth but to punish them in the
life of the world and that their souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers.
[9:56]
And they swear by Allah that they are in truth
of you, when they are not of you, but they are folk who are afraid.
[9:57]
Had they but found a refuge, or caverns, or a
place to enter, they surely had resorted thither swift as runaways.
[9:58]
And of them is he who defameth thee in the
matter of the alms. If they are given thereof they are content, and if they are
not given thereof, behold! they are enraged.
[9:59]
(How much more seemly) had they been content
with that which Allah and His messenger had given them and had said: Allah
sufficeth us. Allah will give us of His bounty, and (also) His messenger. Unto
Allah we are suppliants.
[9:60]
The alms are only for the poor and the needy,
and those who collect them, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to
free the captives and the debtors, and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the
wayfarer; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is Knower, Wise.
[9:61]
And of them are those who vex the Prophet and say:
He is only a hearer. Say: A hearer of good for you, who believeth in Allah and
is true to the believers, and a mercy for such of you as believe. Those who vex
the messenger of Allah, for them there is a painful doom.
[9:62]
They swear by Allah to you (Muslims) to please
you, but Allah, with His messenger, hath more right that they should please Him
if they are believers.
[9:63]
Know they not that whoso opposeth Allah and His
messenger, his verily is fire of hell, to abide therein ? That is the extreme abasement.
[9:64]
The hypocrites fear lest a surah should be
revealed concerning them, proclaiming what is in their hearts. Say: Scoff (your
fill)! Lo! Allah is disclosing what ye fear.
[9:65]
And if thou ask them (O Muhammad) they will say:
We did but talk and jest. Say: Was it at Allah and His revelations and His
messenger that ye did scoff ?
[9:66]
Make no excuse. Ye have disbelieved after your
(confession of) belief. If We forgive a party of you, a party of you We shall
punish because they have been guilty.
[9:67]
The hypocrites, both men and women, proceed one
from another. They enjoin the wrong, and they forbid the right, and they
withhold their hands (from spending for the cause of Allah). They forget Allah,
so He hath forgotten them. Lo! the hypocrites, they are the transgressors.
[9:68]
Allah promiseth the hypocrites, both men and
women, and the disbelievers fire of hell for their abode. It will suffice them.
Allah curseth them, and theirs is lasting torment.
[9:69]
Even as those before you who were mightier than
you in strength, and more affluent than you in wealth and children. They
enjoyed their lot awhile, so ye enjoy your lot awhile even as those before you
did enjoy their lot awhile. And ye prate even as they prated. Such are they
whose works have perished in the world and the Hereafter. Such are they who are
the losers.
[9:70]
Hath not the fame of those before them reached
them - the folk of Noah, A’ad, Thamud, the folk of Abraham, the dwellers of
Midian and the disasters (which befell them) ? Their messengers (from Allah)
came unto them with proofs (of Allah’s Sovereignty). So Allah surely wronged
them not, but they did wrong themselves.
[9:71]
And the believers, men and women, are protecting
friends one of another; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they
establish worship and they pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His
messenger. As for these, Allah will have mercy on them. Lo! Allah is Mighty,
Wise.
[9:72]
Allah promiseth to the believers, men and women,
Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide - blessed
dwellings in Gardens of
[9:73]
O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and
the hypocrites! Be harsh with them. Their ultimate abode is hell, a hapless
journey’s end.
[9:74]
They swear by Allah that they said nothing
(wrong), yet they did say the word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their
Surrender (to Allah). And they purposed that which they could not attain, and
they sought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich them of His
bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn away, Allah
will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the Hereafter, and they
have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.
[9:75]
And of them is he who made a covenant with Allah
(saying): If He give us of His bounty we will give alms and become of the
righteous.
[9:76]
Yet when He gave them of His bounty, they
hoarded it and turned away, averse;
[9:77]
So He hath made the consequence (to be)
hypocrisy in their hearts until the day when they shall meet Him, because they
broke their word to Allah that they promised Him, and because they lied.
[9:78]
Know they not that Allah knoweth both their
secret and the thought that they confide, and that Allah is the Knower of
Things Hidden ?
[9:79]
Those who point at such of the believers as give
the alms willingly and such as can find naught to give but their endeavours,
and deride them - Allah (Himself) derideth them. Theirs will be a painful doom.
[9:80]
Ask forgiveness for them (O Muhammad), or ask
not forgiveness for them; though thou ask forgiveness for them seventy times
Allah will not forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His
messenger, and Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
[9:81]
Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting
still behind the messenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their
wealth and their lives in Allah’s way. And they said: Go not forth in the heat!
Say: The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if they but understood.
[9:82]
Then let them laugh a little: they will weep
much, as the reward of what they used to earn.
[9:83]
If Allah bring thee back (from the campaign)
unto a party of them and they ask of thee leave to go out (to fight), then say
unto them: Ye shall never more go out with me nor fight with me against a foe.
Ye were content with sitting still the first time. So sit still, with the
useless.
[9:84]
And never (O Muhammad) pray for one of them who
dieth, nor stand by his grave. Lo! they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger,
and they died while they were evil-doers.
[9:85]
Let not their wealth nor their children please
thee! Allah purposeth only to punish them thereby in the world, and that their
souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers.
[9:86]
And when a surah is revealed (which saith):
Believe in Allah and strive along with His messenger, the men of wealth among
them still ask leave of thee and say: Suffer us to be with those who sit (at
home).
[9:87]
They are content that they should be with the
useless and their hearts are sealed, so that they apprehend not.
[9:88]
But the messenger and those who believe with him
strive with their wealth and their lives. Such are they for whom are the good
things. Such are they who are the success
[9:89]
Allah hath made ready for them Gardens
underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide. That is the supreme
triumph.
[9:90]
And those among the wandering Arabs who had an excuse
came in order that permission might be granted them. And those who lied to
Allah and His messenger sat at home. A painful doom will fall on those of them
who disbelieve.
[9:91]
Not unto the weak nor unto the sick nor unto
those who can find naught to spend is any fault (to be imputed though they stay
at home) if they are true to Allah and His messenger. Not unto the good is
there any road (of blame). Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9:92]
Nor unto those whom, when they came to thee
(asking) that thou shouldst mount them, thou didst tell: I cannot find whereon
to mount you. They turned back with eyes flowing with tears, for sorrow that
they could not find the means to spend.