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| 1. |
Freedom from (all) obligations (is declared) from Allâh and His Messenger
(SAW) to those of the Mushrikûn (polytheists, pagans,
idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh), with whom you made
a treaty.
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| 2. |
So travel freely (O Mushrikûn - see V.2:105) for four months
(as you will) throughout the land, but know that you cannot escape (from
the Punishment of) Allâh, and Allâh will disgrace the disbelievers.
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| 3. |
And a declaration from Allâh and His Messenger to mankind on the greatest
day (the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah - the 12th month of Islâmic calendar)
that Allâh is free from (all) obligations to the Mushrikûn
(see V.2:105) and so is His Messenger. So if you (Mushrikûn)
repent, it is better for you, but if you turn away, then know that you cannot
escape (from the Punishment of) Allâh. And give tidings (O Muhammad
SAW) of a painful torment to those who disbelieve.
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| 4. |
Except those of the Mushrikûn with whom you have a treaty, and
who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor have supported anyone
against you. So fulfill their treaty to them to the end of their term. Surely
Allâh loves Al- Mattaqûn (the pious - see V.2:2).
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| 5. |
Then when the Sacred Months (the Ist, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the
Islâmic calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikûn (see
V.2:105) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and prepare
for them each and every ambush. But if they repent and perform
As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), and give
Zakât, then leave their way free. Verily, Allâh is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.[]
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| 6. |
And if anyone of the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans,
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) seeks your protection then grant
him protection, so that he may hear the Word of Allâh (the Qur'ân),
and then escort him to where he can be secure, that is because they are men
who know not.
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| 7. |
How can there be a covenant with Allâh and with His Messenger for the
Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the
Oneness of Allâh) except those with whom you made a covenant near
Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at Makkah)? So long, as they are true to
you, stand you true to them. Verily, Allâh loves Al-Muttaqûn
(the pious - see V.2:2).
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| 8. |
How (can there be such a covenant with them) that when you are overpowered
by them, they regard not the ties, either of kinship or of covenant with
you? With (good words from) their mouths they please you, but their hearts
are averse to you, and most of them are Fâsiqûn (rebellious,
disobedient to Allâh).
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| 9. |
They have purchased with the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allâh a little gain, and they
hindered men from His Way; evil indeed is that which they used to do.
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| 10. |
With regard to a believer, they respect not the ties, either of kinship or
of covenant! It is they who are the transgressors.
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| 11. |
But if they repent, perform As-Salât
(Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give Zakât, then they
are your brethren in religion. (In this way) We explain the Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) in detail
for a people who know.
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| 12. |
But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and attack your religion
with disapproval and criticism then fight (you) the leaders of disbelief
(chiefs of Quraish - pagans of Makkah) - for surely their oaths are nothing
to them - so that they may stop (evil actions).
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| 13. |
Will you not fight a people who have violated their oaths (pagans of Makkah)
and intended to expel the Messenger, while they did attack you first? Do
you fear them? Allâh has more right that you should fear Him, if you
are believers.
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| 14. |
Fight against them so that Allâh will punish them by your hands and
disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of a believing
people,
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| 15. |
And remove the anger of their (believers') hearts. Allâh accepts the
repentance of whom He wills. Allâh is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
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| 16. |
Do you think that you shall be left alone while Allâh has not yet tested
those among you who have striven hard and fought and have not taken
Walîjah [(Batanah - helpers, advisors and consultants
from disbelievers, pagans, etc.) giving openly to them their secrets] besides
Allâh and His Messenger, and the believers. Allâh is Well-Acquainted
with what you do.
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| 17. |
It is not for the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans,
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh), to maintain the Mosques of
Allâh (i.e. to pray and worship Allâh therein, to look after
their cleanliness and their building, etc.), while they witness against their
ownselves of disbelief. The works of such are in vain and in Fire shall they
abide.
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| 18. |
The Mosques of Allâh shall be maintained only by those who believe
in Allâh and the Last Day; perform As-Salât
(Iqâmat-as-Salât), and give Zakât and fear
none but Allâh. It is they who are expected to be on true guidance.
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| 19. |
Do you consider the providing of drinking water to the pilgrims and the
maintenance of Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at Makkah) as equal to the
worth of those who believe in Allâh and the Last Day, and strive hard
and fight in the Cause of Allâh? They are not equal before Allâh.
And Allâh guides not those people who are the
Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).
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| 20. |
Those who believed (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism)
and emigrated and strove hard and fought in Allâh's Cause with their
wealth and their lives are far higher in degree with Allâh. They are
the successful.[]
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| 21. |
Their Lord gives them glad tidings of a Mercy from Him, and that He is pleased
(with them), and of Gardens (Paradise) for them wherein are everlasting delights.
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| 22. |
They will dwell therein forever. Verily, with Allâh is a great reward.
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| 23. |
O you who believe! Take not for Auliyâ' (supporters and helpers)
your fathers and your brothers if they prefer disbelief to Belief. And whoever
of you does so, then he is one of the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers,
etc.).
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| 24. |
Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred,
the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline,
and the dwellings in which you delight … are dearer to you than Allâh
and His Messenger, and striving hard and fighting in His
Cause[], then wait until Allâh brings about His Decision
(torment). And Allâh guides not the people who are
Al-Fâsiqûn (the rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).
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| 25. |
Truly Allâh has given you victory on many battle fields, and on the
Day of Hunain (battle) when you rejoiced at your great number but it availed
you naught and the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you, then you
turned back in flight.
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| 26. |
Then Allâh did send down His Sakînah (calmness, tranquillity
and reassurance, etc.) on the Messenger (Muhammad SAW), and on the
believers, and sent down forces (angels) which you saw not, and punished
the disbelievers. Such is the recompense of disbelievers.
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| 27. |
Then after that Allâh will accept the repentance of whom He will. And
Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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| 28. |
O you who believe (in Allâh's Oneness and in His Messenger (Muhammad
SAW)! Verily, the Mushrikûn (polytheists, pagans,
idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, and in the Message
of Muhammad SAW) are Najasun
(impure)[]. So let them not come near
Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at Makkah) after this year, and if you fear
poverty, Allâh will enrich you if He will, out of His Bounty. Surely,
Allâh is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
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| 29. |
Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last
Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His
Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e.
Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until
they pay the Jizyah[] with willing submission, and
feel themselves subdued.
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| 30. |
And the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allâh, and the Christians
say: Messiah is the son of Allâh. That is a saying from their mouths.
They imitate the saying of the disbelievers of old. Allâh's Curse be
on them, how they are deluded away from the truth![]
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| 31. |
They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their
lords besides Allâh (by obeying them in things which they made lawful
or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allâh),
and (they also took as their Lord) Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary), while they
(Jews and Christians) were commanded [in the Taurât (Torah) and the
Injeel (Gospel)) to worship none but One Ilâh (God - Allâh)
Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped
but He)[]. Praise and glory be to Him, (far above is He)
from having the partners they associate (with Him)."
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| 32. |
They (the disbelievers, the Jews and the Christians) want to extinguish
Allâh's Light (with which Muhammad SAW has been sent -
Islâmic Monotheism) with their mouths, but Allâh will not
allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the
Kâfirûn (disbelievers) hate (it).
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| 33. |
It is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) with guidance
and the religion of truth (Islâm), to make it superior over all religions
even though the Mushrikûn (polytheists, pagans, idolaters,
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) hate (it).
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| 34. |
O you who believe! Verily, there are many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the
(Christian) monks who devour the wealth of mankind in falsehood, and hinder
(them) from the Way of Allâh (i.e. Allâh's Religion of Islâmic
Monotheism). And those who hoard up gold and silver [Al-Kanz: the
money, the Zakât of which has not been paid], and spend it not
in the Way of Allâh, -announce unto them a painful torment.
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| 35. |
On the Day when that (Al-Kanz: money, gold and silver, etc., the
Zakât of which has not been paid) will be heated in the Fire
of Hell and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their
backs, (and it will be said unto them):-"This is the treasure which you hoarded
for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard."[]
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| 36. |
Verily, the number of months with Allâh is twelve months (in a year),
so was it ordained by Allâh on the Day when He created the heavens
and the earth; of them four are Sacred, (i.e. the 1st, the 7th, the 11th
and the 12th months of the Islâmic calendar). That is the right religion,
so wrong not yourselves therein, and fight against the Mushrikûn
(polytheists, pagans, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh)
collectively[], as they fight against you collectively.
But know that Allâh is with those who are Al-Muttaqûn (the
pious - see V.2:2).
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| 37. |
The postponing (of a Sacred Month) is indeed an addition to disbelief: thereby
the disbelievers are led astray, for they make it lawful one year and forbid
it another year in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by Allâh,
and make such forbidden ones lawful. The evil of their deeds seems pleasing
to them. And Allâh guides not the people, who disbelieve.
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| 38. |
O you who believe! What is the matter with you, that when you are asked to
march forth in the Cause of Allâh (i.e. Jihâd) you cling
heavily to the earth? Are you pleased with the life of this world rather
than the Hereafter? But little is the enjoyment of the life of this world
as compared with the Hereafter.[]
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| 39. |
If you march not forth, He will punish you with a painful torment and will
replace you by another people, and you cannot harm Him at all, and Allâh
is Able to do all things.
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| 40. |
If you help him (Muhammad SAW) not (it does not matter), for Allâh
did indeed help him when the disbelievers drove him out, the second of two,
when they (Muhammad SAW and Abu Bakr radhiallahu'anhu)
were in the cave, and he (SAW) said to his companion (Abu Bakr
radhiallahu'anhu): "Be not sad (or afraid), surely Allâh is
with us." Then Allâh sent down His Sakînah (calmness,
tranquillity, peace, etc.) upon him, and strengthened him with forces (angels)
which you saw not, and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowermost,
while it was the Word of Allâh that became the uppermost, and Allâh
is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
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| 41. |
March forth, whether you are light (being healthy, young and wealthy) or
heavy (being ill, old and poor), strive hard with your wealth and your lives
in the Cause of Allâh. This is better for you, if you but knew.
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| 42. |
Had it been a near gain (booty in front of them) and an easy journey, they
would have followed you, but the distance (Tabuk expedition) was long for
them, and they would swear by Allâh, "If we only could, we would certainly
have come forth with you." They destroy their ownselves, and Allâh
knows that they are liars.
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| 43. |
May Allâh forgive you (O Muhammad SAW). Why did you grant
them leave (for remaining behind, you should have persisted as regards your
order to them to proceed on Jihâd), until those who told the
truth were seen by you in a clear light, and you had known the liars?
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| 44. |
Those who believe in Allâh and the Last Day would not ask your leave
to be exempted from fighting with their properties and their lives, and
Allâh is the All-Knower of Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - see
V.2:2).
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| 45. |
It is only those who believe not in Allâh and the Last Day and whose
hearts are in doubt that ask your leave (to be exempted from
Jihâd). So in their doubts they waver.
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| 46. |
And if they had intended to march out, certainly, they would have made some
preparation for it, but Allâh was averse to their being sent forth,
so He made them lag behind, and it was said (to them), "Sit you among those
who sit (at home)."
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| 47. |
Had they marched out with you, they would have added to you nothing except
disorder, and they would have hurried about in your midst (spreading corruption)
and sowing sedition among you, and there are some among you who would have
listened to them. And Allâh is the All-Knower of the
Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).
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| 48. |
Verily, they had plotted sedition before, and had upset matters for you,
- until the truth (victory) came and the Decree of Allâh (His Religion,
Islâm) became manifest though they hated it.
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| 49. |
And among them is he who says:"Grant me leave (to be exempted from
Jihâd) and put me not into trial." Surely, they have fallen
into trial. And verily, Hell is surrounding the disbelievers.
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| 50. |
If good befalls you (O Muhammad SAW), it grieves them, but if a
calamity overtakes you, they say: "We took our precaution beforehand," and
they turn away rejoicing.
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| 51. |
Say: "Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allâh has ordained
for us. He is our Maulâ (Lord, Helper and Protector)." And in
Allâh let the believers put their trust.
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| 52. |
Say: "Do you wait for us (anything) except one of the two best things (martyrdom
or victory); while we await for you either that Allâh will afflict
you with a punishment from Himself or at our hands. So wait, we too are waiting
with you."
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| 53. |
Say: "Spend (in Allâh's Cause) willingly or unwillingly, it will not
be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are
Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh)."
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| 54. |
And nothing prevents their contributions from being accepted from them except
that they disbelieved in Allâh and in His Messenger (Muhammad
SAW); and that they came not to As-Salât (the prayer)
except in a lazy state[]; and that they offer not contributions
but unwillingly.
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| 55. |
So let not their wealth or their children amaze you (O Muhammad
SAW); in reality Allâh's Plan is to punish them with these
things in the life of the this world, and that their souls shall depart (die)
while they are disbelievers.
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| 56. |
They swear by Allâh that they are truly of you while they are not of
you, but they are a people (hypocrites) who are afraid (that you may kill
them).
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| 57. |
Should they find a refuge, or caves, or a place of concealment, they would
turn straightway thereto with a swift rush.
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| 58. |
And of them are some who accuse you (O Muhammad SAW) in the matter
of (the distribution of) the alms. If they are given part thereof, they are
pleased, but if they are not given thereof, behold! They are
enraged![]
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| 59. |
Would that they were contented with what Allâh and His Messenger
(SAW) gave them and had said: "Allâh is Sufficient for us.
Allâh will give us of His Bounty, and (also) His Messenger (from alms,
etc.). We implore Allâh (to enrich us)."
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| 60. |
As-Sadaqât (here it means Zakât) are only for the
Fuqarâ'[] (poor), and
Al-Masâkin[] (the poor) and those employed
to collect (the funds); and for to attract the hearts of those who have been
inclined (towards Islâm); and to free the captives; and for those in
debt; and for Allâh's Cause (i.e. for Mujâhidûn -
those fighting in the holy wars), and for the wayfarer (a traveller who is
cut off from everything); a duty imposed by Allâh. And Allâh
is All-Knower, All-Wise.
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| 61. |
And among them are men who hurt the Prophet (Muhammad SAW) and say:
"He is (lending his) ear (to every news)." Say: "He listens to what is best
for you; he believes in Allâh; has faith in the believers; and is a
mercy to those of you who believe." But those who hurt Allâh's Messenger
(Muhammad SAW) will have a painful torment.
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| 62. |
They swear by Allâh to you (Muslims) in order to please you, but it
is more fitting that they should please Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad
SAW), if they are believers.
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| 63. |
Know they not that whoever opposes and shows hostility to Allâh
(swt) and His Messenger (SAW), certainly for him will be
the Fire of Hell to abide therein. That is extreme disgrace.
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| 64. |
The hypocrites fear lest a Sûrah (chapter of the Qur'ân)
should be revealed about them, showing them what is in their hearts. Say:
"(Go ahead and) mock! But certainly Allâh will bring to light all that
you fear."
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| 65. |
If you ask them (about this), they declare: "We were only talking idly and
joking." Say: "Was it at Allâh (swt), and His Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and His
Messenger (SAW) that you were mocking?"
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| 66. |
Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after you had believed. If We pardon
some of you, We will punish others amongst you because they were
Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.).
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| 67. |
The hypocrites, men and women, are from one another, they enjoin (on the
people) Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief and polytheism of all kinds and
all that Islâm has forbidden), and forbid (people) from
Al-Ma'rûf (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism and all that Islâm
orders one to do), and they close their hands [from giving (spending in
Allâh's Cause) alms, etc.]. They have forgotten Allâh, so He
has forgotten them. Verily, the hypocrites are the Fâsiqûn
(rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).
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| 68. |
Allâh has promised the hypocrites; men and women, and the disbelievers,
the Fire of Hell, therein shall they abide. It will suffice them. Allâh
has cursed them and for them is the lasting torment.
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| 69. |
Like those before you, they were mightier than you in power, and more abundant
in wealth and children. They had enjoyed their portion awhile, so enjoy your
portion awhile as those before you enjoyed their portion awhile; and you
indulged in play and pastime (and in telling lies against Allâh and
His Messenger Muhammad SAW) as they indulged in play and pastime.
Such are they whose deeds are in vain in this world and in the Hereafter.
Such are they who are the losers.
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| 70. |
Has not the story reached them of those before them? - The people of Nûh
(Noah), 'Ad, and Thamûd, the people of Ibrahîm (Abraham), the
dwellers of Madyan (Midian) and the cities overthrown [i.e. the people to
whom Lout (Lot) preached], to them came their Messengers with clear proofs.
So it was not Allâh Who wronged them, but they used to wrong themselves.
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| 71. |
The believers, men and women, are Auliyâ' (helpers, supporters,
friends, protectors) of one another, they enjoin (on the people)
Al-Ma'rûf (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism and all that Islâm
orders one to do), and forbid (people) from Al-Munkar (i.e. polytheism
and disbelief of all kinds, and all that Islâm has forbidden); they
perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give
the Zakât, and obey Allâh and His Messenger. Allâh
will have His Mercy on them. Surely Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
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| 72. |
Allâh has promised to the believers -men and women, - Gardens under
which rivers flow to dwell therein forever, and beautiful mansions in Gardens
of 'Adn (Eden Paradise). But the greatest bliss is the Good
Pleasure of Allâh. That is the supreme success.
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| 73. |
O Prophet (Muhammad SAW)! Strive hard against the disbelievers and
the hypocrites, and be harsh against them, their abode is Hell, - and worst
indeed is that destination.
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| 74. |
They swear by Allâh that they said nothing (bad), but really they said
the word of disbelief, and they disbelieved after accepting Islâm,
and they resolved that (plot to murder Prophet Muhammad SAW) which
they were unable to carry out, and they could not find any cause to do so
except that Allâh and His Messenger had enriched them of His Bounty.
If then they repent, it will be better for them, but if they turn away,
Allâh will punish them with a painful torment in this worldly life
and in the Hereafter. And there is none for them on earth as a Walî
(supporter, protector) or a helper.
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| 75. |
And of them are some who made a covenant with Allâh (saying): "If He
bestowed on us of His Bounty, we will verily, give Sadaqâh
(Zakât and voluntary charity in Allâh's Cause) and
will be certainly among those who are righteous."
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| 76. |
Then when He gave them of His Bounty, they became niggardly [refused to pay
the Sadaqâh (Zakât or voluntary charity)], and
turned away, averse.
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| 77. |
So He punished them by putting hypocrisy into their hearts till the Day whereon
they shall meet Him, because they broke that (covenant with Allâh)
which they had promised Him and because they used to tell lies.
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| 78. |
Know they not that Allâh knows their secret ideas, and their
Najwa[] (secret counsels), and that Allâh
is the All-Knower of the unseen.
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| 79. |
Those who defame such of the believers who give charity (in Allâh's
Cause) voluntarily, and those who could not find to give charity (in
Allâh's Cause) except what is available to them, so they mock at them
(believers), Allâh will throw back their mockery on them, and they
shall have a painful torment.
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| 80. |
Whether you (O Muhammad SAW) ask forgiveness for them (hypocrites)
or ask not forgiveness for them … (and even) if you ask seventy times
for their forgiveness … Allâh will not forgive them, because they
have disbelieved in Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW).
And Allâh guides not those people who are Fâsiqûn
(rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).
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| 81. |
Those who stayed away (from Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their staying behind
the Messenger of Allâh; they hated to strive and fight with their
properties and their lives in the Cause of Allâh, and they said: "March
not forth in the heat." Say: "The Fire of Hell is more intense in heat",
if only they could understand!
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| 82. |
So let them laugh a little and (they will) cry much as a recompense of what
they used to earn (by committing sins).
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| 83. |
If Allâh brings you back to a party of them (the hypocrites), and they
ask your permission to go out (to fight), say: "Never shall you go out with
me, nor fight an enemy with me; you agreed to sit inactive on the first occasion,
then you sit (now) with those who lag behind."
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| 84. |
And never (O Muhammad SAW) pray (funeral prayer) for any of them
(hypocrites) who dies, nor stand at his grave. Certainly they disbelieved
in Allâh and His Messenger, and died while they were
Fâsiqûn (rebellious, - disobedient to Allâh and
His Messenger SAW).
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| 85. |
And let not their wealth or their children amaze you. Allâh's Plan
is to punish them with these things in this world, and that their souls shall
depart (die) while they are disbelievers.
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| 86. |
And when a Sûrah (chapter from the Qur'ân) is revealed,
enjoining them to believe in Allâh and to strive hard and fight along
with His Messenger, the wealthy among them ask your leave to exempt them
(from Jihâd) and say, "Leave us (behind), we would be with those
who sit (at home)."
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| 87. |
They are content to be with those (the women) who sit behind (at home). Their
hearts are sealed up (from all kinds of goodness and right guidance), so
they understand not.
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| 88. |
But the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) and those who believed with him
(in Islâmic Monotheism) strove hard and fought with their wealth and
their lives (in Allâh's Cause). Such are they for whom are the good
things, and it is they who will be successful.
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| 89. |
For them Allâh has got ready Gardens (Paradise) under which rivers
flow, to dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success.
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| 90. |
And those who made excuses from the bedouins came (to you, O Prophet
SAW) asking your permission to exempt them (from the battle), and
those who had lied to Allâh and His Messenger sat at home (without
asking the permission for it); a painful torment will seize those of them
who disbelieve.
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| 91. |
There is no blame on those who are weak or ill or who find no resources to
spend [in holy fighting (Jihâd)], if they are sincere and true
(in duty) to Allâh and His Messenger.[] No ground
(of complaint) can there be against the Muhsinûn (good-doers
- see the footnote of V.9:120). And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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| 92. |
Nor (is there blame) on those who came to you to be provided
with mounts, and when you said: "I can find no mounts for you," they turned
back, while their eyes overflowing with tears of grief that they could not
find anything to spend (for Jihâd).
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| 93. |
The ground (of complaint) is only against those who are rich, and yet ask
exemption[]. They are content to be with (the women) who
sit behind (at home) and Allâh has sealed up their hearts (from all
kinds of goodness and right guidance) so that they know not (what they are
losing).
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| 94. |
They (the hypocrites) will present their excuses to you (Muslims), when you
return to them. Say (O Muhammad SAW) "Present no excuses, we shall
not believe you. Allâh has already informed us of the news concerning
you. Allâh and His Messenger will observe your deeds. In the end you
will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He
(Allâh) will inform you of what you used to do." [Tafsir
At-Tabari]
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| 95. |
They will swear by Allâh to you (Muslims) when you return to them,
that you may turn away from them. So turn away from them. Surely, they are
Rijsun [i.e. Najasun[] (impure) because
of their evil deeds], and Hell is their dwelling place, - a recompense for
that which they used to earn.
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| 96. |
They (the hypocrites) swear to you (Muslims) that you may be pleased with
them, but if you are pleased with them, certainly Allâh is not pleased
with the people who are Al-Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient
to Allâh).
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| 97. |
The bedouins are the worst in disbelief and hypocrisy, and more likely to
be in ignorance of the limits (Allâh's Commandments and His Legal Laws,
etc.) which Allâh has revealed to His Messenger. And Allâh is
All-Knower, All-Wise.
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| 98. |
And of the bedouins there are some who look upon what they spend (in
Allâh's Cause) as a fine and watch for calamities for you, on them
be the calamity of evil. And Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.
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| 99. |
And of the bedouins there are some who believe in Allâh and the Last
Day, and look upon what they spend in Allâh's Cause as approaches to
Allâh, and a cause of receiving the Messenger's invocations. Indeed
these (spendings in Allâh's Cause) are an approach for them. Allâh
will admit them to His Mercy. Certainly Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
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| 100. |
And the first to embrace Islâm of the Muhâjirûn (those
who migrated from Makkah to Al-Madinah) and the Ansâr (the citizens
of Al-Madinah who helped and gave aid to the Muhâjirûn)
and also those who followed them exactly (in Faith). Allâh is well-pleased
with them as they are well-pleased with Him. He has prepared for them Gardens
under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. That is the
supreme success.
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| 101. |
And among the bedouins round about you, some are hypocrites, and so are some
among the people of Al-Madinah, they exaggerate and persist in hypocrisy,
you (O Muhammad SAW) know them not, We know them. We shall punish
them twice, and thereafter they shall be brought back to a great (horrible)
torment.
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| 102. |
And (there are) others who have acknowledged their sins, they have mixed
a deed that was righteous with another that was evil. Perhaps Allâh
will turn unto them in forgiveness. Surely, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful[].
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| 103. |
Take Sadaqah (alms) from their wealth in order to purify them and
sanctify them with it, and invoke Allâh for them. Verily! Your invocations
are a source of security for them, and Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.
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| 104. |
Know they not that Allâh accepts repentance from His slaves and takes
the Sadaqât (alms, charities) and that All&achrc;h Alone
is the One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful?
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| 105. |
And say (O Muhammad SAW) "Do deeds! Allâh will see your deeds,
and (so will) His Messenger and the believers. And you will be brought back
to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen. Then He will inform you of
what you used to do."
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| 106. |
And others await Allâh's Decree, whether He will punish them or will
forgive them. And Allâh is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
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| 107. |
And as for those who put up a mosque by way of harming and disbelief, and
to disunite the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against
Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) aforetime, they will
indeed swear that their intention is nothing but good. Allâh bears
witness that they are certainly liars.
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| 108. |
Never stand you therein. Verily, the mosque whose foundation was laid from
the first day on piety is more worthy that you stand therein (to pray). In
it are men who love to clean and to purify themselves. And Allâh loves
those who make themselves clean and pure (i.e. who clean their private parts
with dust [i.e. to be considered as soap) and water from urine and stools,
after answering the call of nature].
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| 109. |
Is it then he, who laid the foundation of his building on piety to Allâh
and His Good Pleasure, better, or he who laid the foundation of his building
on an undetermined brink of a precipice ready to crumble down, so that it
crumbled to pieces with him into the Fire of Hell. And Allâh guides
not the people who are the Zâlimûn (cruel, violent, proud,
polytheist and wrong-doer).
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| 110. |
The building which they built will never cease to be a cause of hypocrisy
and doubt in their hearts, unless their hearts are cut to pieces. (i.e. till
they die). And Allâh is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
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| 111. |
Verily, Allâh has purchased of the believers their lives and their
properties; for the price that theirs shall be the Paradise. They fight in
Allâh's Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed. It is a promise
in truth which is binding on Him in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel
(Gospel) and the Qur'ân. And who is truer to his covenant than Allâh?
Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. That is the supreme
success[].
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| 112. |
(The believers whose lives Allâh has purchased are) those who repent
to Allâh (from polytheism and hypocrisy, etc.), who worship Him, who
praise Him, who fast (or go out in Allâh's Cause), who bow down (in
prayer), who prostrate themselves (in prayer), who enjoin (people) for
Al-Ma'rûf (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism and all what Islâm
has ordained) and forbid (people) from Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief,
polytheism of all kinds and all that Islâm has forbidden), and who
observe the limits set by Allâh (do all that Allâh has ordained
and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which Allâh has
forbidden). And give glad tidings to the believers.[]
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| 113. |
It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allâh's
Forgiveness for the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans,
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) even though they be of kin, after
it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire (because
they died in a state of disbelief).
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| 114. |
And [Ibrahîm's (Abraham)] invoking (of Allâh) for his father's
forgiveness was only because of a promise he [Ibrahîm (Abraham)] had
made to him (his father). But when it became clear to him [Ibrahîm
(Abraham)] that he (his father) is an enemy to Allâh, he dissociated
himself from him. Verily Ibrahîm (Abraham) was Al-Awwah (has
fifteen different meanings but the correct one seems to be that he used to
invoke Allâh with humility, glorify Him and remember Him much), and
was forbearing. (Tafsir Al-Qurtubî).[]
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| 115. |
And Allâh will never lead a people astray after He has guided them
until He makes clear to them as to what they should avoid. Verily, Allâh
is the All-Knower of everything.[]
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| 116. |
Verily, Allâh! Unto Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the
earth, He gives life and He causes death. And besides Allâh you have
neither any Walî (protector or guardian) nor any helper.
|
| 117. |
Allâh has forgiven the Prophet (SAW), the Muhajirûn
(Muslim emigrants who left their homes and came to Al-Madinah) and the
Ansar (Muslims of Al-Madinah) who followed him (Muhammad SAW)
in the time of distress (Tabûk expedition, etc.), after the hearts
of a party of them had nearly deviated (from the Right Path), but He accepted
their repentance. Certainly, He is unto them full of Kindness, Most Merciful.
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| 118. |
And (He did forgive also) the three [who did not join the Tabûk expedition
(whom the Prophet SAW)] left (i.e. he did not give his judgement
in their case, and their case was suspended for Allâh's Decision) till
for them the earth, vast as it is, was straitened and their ownselves were
straitened to them, and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allâh,
and no refuge but with Him. Then, He accepted their repentance, that they
might repent (unto Him). Verily, Allâh is the One Who accepts repentance,
Most Merciful.
|
| 119. |
O you who believe! Be afraid of Allâh, and be with those who are true
(in words and deeds)[].
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| 120. |
It was not becoming of the people of Al-Madinah and the bedouins of the
neighbourhood to remain behind Allâh's Messenger (Muhammad SAW
when fighting in Allâh's Cause) and (it was not becoming of them) to
prefer their own lives to his life. That is because they suffer neither thirst
nor fatigue, nor hunger in the Cause of Allâh, nor they take any step
to raise the anger of disbelievers nor inflict any injury upon an enemy but
is written to their credit as a deed of righteousness. Surely, Allâh
wastes not the reward of the Muhsinûn[]
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| 121. |
Nor do they spend anything (in Allâh's Cause) - small or great - nor
cross a valley, but is written to their credit, that Allâh may recompense
them with the best of what they used to do (i.e. Allâh will reward
their good deeds according to the reward of their best deeds which they did
in the most perfect manner).[]
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| 122. |
And it is not (proper) for the believers to go out to fight
(Jihâd) all together. Of every troop of them, a party only should
go forth, that they (who are left behind) may get instructions in (Islâmic)
religion, and that they may warn their people when they return to them, so
that they may beware (of evil).
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| 123. |
O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you,
and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allâh is with those
who are the Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - see V.2:2).
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| 124. |
And whenever there comes down a Sûrah (chapter from the
Qur'ân), some of them (hypocrites) say: "Which of you has had his Faith
increased by it?" As for those who believe, it has increased their Faith,
and they rejoice.
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| 125. |
But as for those in whose hearts is a disease (of doubt, disbelief and
hypocrisy), it will add suspicion and doubt to their suspicion, disbelief
and doubt, and they die while they are disbelievers.
|
| 126. |
See they not that they are tried once or twice every year (with different
kinds of calamities, disease, famine, etc.)? Yet, they turn not in repentance,
nor do they learn a lesson (from it).
|
| 127. |
And whenever there comes down a Sûrah (chapter from the
Qur'ân), they look at one another (saying): "Does any one see you?"
Then they turn away. Allâh has turned their hearts (from the light)
because they are a people that understand not.
|
| 128. |
Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger (Muhammad SAW) from
amongst yourselves (i.e. whom you know well). It grieves him that you should
receive any injury or difficulty. He (Muhammad SAW) is anxious over
you (to be rightly guided, to repent to Allâh, and beg Him to pardon
and forgive your sins, in order that you may enter Paradise and be saved
from the punishment of the Hell-fire), for the believers (he SAW
is) full of pity, kind, and merciful.
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| 129. |
. But if they turn away, say (O Muhammad SAW): "Allâh
is sufficient for me. Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the
right to be worshipped but He), in Him I put my trust and He is the Lord
of the Mighty Throne."[] |
Surah 8
