Quran with English TranslationSurah Al AnfalTranslator Abdullah Yusuf Ali |
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
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They ask thee concerning (things taken as) spoils of war.
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For, believers are those who, |
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- Who establish regular prayers - and spend (freely) out of the gifts We have given them for sustenance: |
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Such in truth are the believers: they have grades of dignity with their Lord, and forgiveness, and generous sustenance. |
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Just as thy Lord ordered thee out of thy house in truth even though a party among the believers disliked it. |
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Disputing with thee concerning the truth after it was made manifest, as if they were being driven to death and they (actually) saw it. |
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Behold! Allah promised you one of the two (enemy) parties, that it should be yours:
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That He might justify and prove falsehood false, distasteful though it be to those in guilt. |
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Remember ye implored the assistance of your Lord, and He answered you: "I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, ranks on ranks." |
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Allah made it but a message of hope, and an assurance to your heart: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah: and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise. |
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Remember He covered you with a sort of drowsiness, to give you calm as from Himself, and He caused rain to descend on you from heaven,
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Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message):
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This because they contended against Allah and His Messenger: if any contend against Allah and His Messenger, Allah is strict in punishment. |
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Thus (will it be said): "Taste ye then of the (punishment): for those who resist Allah, is the penalty of the fire." |
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O ye who believe! |
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If any do turn his back to them on such a day unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own) He draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is Hell, and evil refuge (indeed)! |
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It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah: when thou threwest (a handful of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah's:
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That, and also because Allah is He who makes feeble the plans and stratagems of the unbelievers. |
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(O unbelievers!)
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O ye who believe! |
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Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but listen not: |
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For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf and the dumb, those who understand not. |
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If Allah had found in them any good, He would indeed have made them listen; (as it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have turned back and declined (faith). |
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O ye who believe! |
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And fear tumult or oppression, which affecteth not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong and know that Allah is strict in punishment. |
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Call to mind when ye were a small (band), despised through the land, and afraid that men might despoil and kidnap you;
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O ye that believe! |
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And know ye that your possessions and your progeny are but a trial; and that it is Allah with whom lies your highest reward. |
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O ye who believe! |
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Remember how the unbelievers plotted against thee, to keep thee in bonds, or slay thee, or get thee out (of thy home).
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When Our signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients." |
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Remember how they said: "O Allah! if this is indeed the truth from Thee, rain down on us a shower of stones from the sky, or send us a grievous penalty." |
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But Allah was not going to send them a penalty whilst thou wast amongst them; nor was He going to send it whilst they could ask for pardon. |
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But what plea have they that Allah should not punish them, when they keep out (men) from the sacred Mosque -- and they are not its guardians?
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Their prayer at the house (of Allah) is nothing but whistling and clapping of hands: (its only answer can be), "Taste ye the penalty because ye blasphemed." |
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The unbelievers spend their wealth to hinder (men) from the path of Allah, and so will they continue to spend; but in the end they will have (only) regrets and sighs;
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In order that Allah may separate the impure from the pure, put the impure, one on another, heap them together, and cast them into hell.
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Say to the unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from unbelief), their past would be forgiven them;
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And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere; but if they cease, verily Allah doth see all that they do. |
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If they refuse, be sure that Allah is your Protector -- the best to protect and the best to help. |
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And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire (in war), a fifth share is assigned
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Remember ye were on the hither side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on lower ground than ye.
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Remember in thy dream Allah showed them to thee as few:
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And remember when ye met, He showed them to you as few in your eyes, and He made you appear as contemptible in their eyes: that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted:
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O ye who believe! |
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And obey Allah and His Messenger; and fall into no disputes, lest ye lose heart and your power depart;
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And be not like those who started from their homes insolently and to be seen of men, and to hinder (men) from the path of Allah:
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Remember Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them, and said: "No one among men can overcome you this day, while I am near to you":
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Lo! the hypocrites say, and those in whose hearts is a disease: "These people, -- their religion has misled them."
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If thou couldst see, when the angels take the souls of the unbelievers (at death), (how) they smite their faces and their backs (saying):
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"Because of (the deeds) which your (own) hands sent forth: for Allah is never unjust to His servants: |
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"(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them: they rejected the signs of Allah, and Allah punished them for their crimes: for Allah is strong, and strict in punishment: |
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"Because Allah will never change the grace which He hath bestowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) souls:
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"(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and those before them":
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For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are those who reject Him: They will not believe. |
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They are those with whom thou didst make a Covenant, but they break their covenant every time and they have not the fear (of Allah). |
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If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember. |
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If thou fearest treachery from any group, throw back (their covenant) to them, (so as to be) on equal terms: for Allah loveth not the treacherous. |
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Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the godly): they will never frustrate (them). |
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Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know.
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But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in Allah: for He is the one that heareth and knoweth (all things). |
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Should they intend to deceive thee, verily Allah sufficeth thee: He it is that hath strengthened thee with his aid and with (the company of) the believers: |
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And (moreover) He hath put affection between their hearts: not if thou hadst spent all that is in the earth, couldst thou have produced that affection, but Allah hath done it:
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O Prophet! sufficient unto thee is Allah, (unto thee) and unto those who follow thee among the believers. |
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O Prophet! |
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For the present, Allah hath lightened your (task), for He knoweth that there is a weak spot in you:
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It is not fitting for an Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he hath thoroughly subdued the land. Ye look for the temporal goods of this world;
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Had it not been for a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that ye took. |
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But (now) enjoy what ye took in war, lawful and good: but fear Allah: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. |
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O Prophet! |
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But if they have treacherous designs against thee, (O Messenger!) they have already been in treason against Allah, and so hath He given (thee) power over them and Allah is He who hath (full) knowledge and wisdom. |
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Those who believed, and adopted exile, and fought for the faith, with their property and their persons, in the Cause of Allah, as well as those who gave (them) asylum and aid, these are (all) friends and protectors, one of another.
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The unbelievers are protectors, one of another: unless ye do this, (protect each other), there would be tumult and oppression on earth, and great mischief. |
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Those who believe, and adopt exile, and fight for the Faith, in the Cause of Allah, as well as those who give (them) asylum and aid, these are (all) in very truth the believers: for them is the forgiveness of sins and a provision most generous. |
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And those who accept faith subsequently, and adopt exile, and fight for the faith in your company, they are of you.
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