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Al Taubah
(The Repentance)
Al Tawbah
1. Freedom
from
(all)
obligations
(is declared)
from Allâh and His Messenger (SAW Mushrikûn
(polytheists, pagans, idolaters,
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) ,
with whom you made a treaty.
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.
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.
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 ) .
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]
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.
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 ).
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) .
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.
10.
With regard to a believer, they respect not the
ties, either of kinship or of covenant! It is they who are the transgressors.
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.
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) .
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.
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,
15.
And remove the anger of their
(believers')
hearts.
Allâh accepts the
repentance of whom He wills.
Allâh is
All-Knowing, All-Wise.
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.
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.
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.
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) .
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.
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.
22.
They will dwell therein forever.
Verily, with Allâh is a great reward.
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.) .
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) .
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.
26.
Then Allâh did send down His Sakînah
(calmness, tranquility 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.
27.
Then after that Allâh will accept the repentance of
whom He will.
And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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.
29.
Fight against those who
-
believe not in Allâh,
- nor in the Last Day,
- nor forbid that which has been forbidden by
Allâh and His Messenger
- 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.
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!
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) ."
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) .
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) .
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.
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."
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 ) .
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.
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.
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.
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
were in the cave, and he
(SAW
said to his companion
(Abu Bakr) :
"Be not sad
(or
afraid) ,
surely Allâh is with us."
Then Allâh sent down
His Sakînah
(calmness, tranquility, 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.
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.
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.
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?
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 ).
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.
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) ."
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.) .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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) ."
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.
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.
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) .
57.
Should they find a refuge, or caves, or a place of
concealment, they would turn straightway thereto with a swift rush.
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!
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) ."
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.
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.
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.
63.
Know they not that whoever opposes and shows
hostility to Allâh and His Messenger
(SAW ,
certainly for him will be the Fire of Hell to abide therein.
That is extreme
disgrace.
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."
65.
If you ask them
(about
this) ,
they declare:
"We were only
talking idly and joking."
Say:
"Was it at Allâh ,
and His Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
and His Messenger
(SAW
that you were mocking?"
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.) .
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) .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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) .
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!
82.
So let them laugh a little and
(they
will)
cry much as a recompense of what they used to earn
(by committing sins) .
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."
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 ) .
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.
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) ."
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.
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.
89.
For them Allâh has got ready Gardens
( Paradise)
under which rivers flow, to dwell therein forever.
That
is the supreme success.
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.
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 ) .
And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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 ) .
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) .
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]
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.
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) .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
104. Know they not that Allâh accepts repentance from
His slaves and takes the Sadaqât
(alms, charities)
and that Allâh Alone is
the One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful?
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."
106. And others await Allâh's Decree, whether He will punish them
or will forgive them.
And Allâh is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
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.
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].
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) .
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.
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.
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.
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) .
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)
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.
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.
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) .
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 .
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) .
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) .
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 ) .
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.
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.
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."
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