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Al-Anfal
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
They ask thee (O Muhammad) of the spoils
of war. Say: The spoils of war belong to Allah and the
messenger, so keep your duty to Allah, and adjust the matter
of your difference, and obey Allah and His messenger, if ye
are (true) believers. (1)
They only are the (true) believers whose
hearts feel fear when Allah is mentioned, and when
revelations of Allah are recited unto them they increase
their faith, and who trust in their Lord; (2)
Who establish worship and spend of that We
have bestowed on them. (3)
Those are they who are in truth believers.
For them are grades (of honour) with their Lord, and pardon,
and a bountiful provision. (4)
Even as thy Lord caused thee (Muhammad) to
go forth from thy home with the Truth, and lo! a party of
the believers were averse (to it). (5)
Disputing with thee of the Truth after it
had been made manifest, as if they were being driven to
death visible. (6)
And when Allah promised you one of the two
bands (of the enemy) that it should be yours, and ye longed
that other than the armed one might be yours. And Allah
willed that He should cause the Truth to triumph by His
words, and cut the root of the disbelievers; (7)
That He might cause the Truth to triumph
and bring vanity to naught, however much the guilty might
oppose; (8)
When ye sought help of your Lord and He
answered you (saying): I will help you with a thousand of
the angels, rank on rank. (9)
Allah appointed it only as good tidings,
and that your hearts thereby might be at rest. Victory
cometh only by the help of Allah. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.
(10)
When He made the slumber fall upon you as
a reassurance from him and sent down water from the sky upon
you, that thereby He might purify you, and remove from you
the fear of Satan, and make strong your hearts and firm (your)
feet thereby. (11)
When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying):
I am with you. So make those who believe stand firm. I will
throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then
smite the necks and smite of them each finger. (12)
That is because they opposed Allah and
His messenger. Whoso opposeth Allah and His messenger, (for
him) lo! Allah is severe in punishment. (13)
That (is the award), so taste it, and (know)
that for disbelievers is the torment of the Fire. (14)
O ye who believe! When ye meet those who
disbelieve in battle, turn not your backs to them. (15)
Whoso on that day turneth his back to
them, unless manoeuvring for battle or intent to join a
company, he truly hath incurred wrath from Allah, and his
habitation will be hell, a hapless journey's end. (16)
Ye (Muslims) slew them not, but Allah
slew them. And thou (Muhammad) threwest not when thou didst
throw, but Allah threw, that He might test the believers by
a fair test from Him. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower. (17)
That (is the case); and (know) that Allah
(it is) Who maketh weak the plan of disbelievers. (18)
(O Qureysh!) If ye sought a judgment, now
hath the judgment come unto you. And if ye cease (from
persecuting the believers) it will be better for you, but if
ye return (to the attack) We also shall return. And your
host will avail you naught, however numerous it be, and (know)
that Allah is with the believers (in His guidance). (19)
O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His
messenger, and turn not away from him when ye hear (him
speak). (20)
Be not as those who say, we hear, and
they hear not. (21)
Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight
are the deaf, the dumb, who have no sense. (22)
Had Allah known of any good in them He
would have made them hear, but had He made them hear they
would have turned away, averse. (23)
O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and the
messenger when He calleth you to that which quickeneth you,
and know that Allah cometh in between the man and his own
heart, and that He it is unto Whom ye will be gathered. (24)
And guard yourselves against a
chastisement which cannot fall exclusively on those of you
who are wrong-doers, and know that Allah is severe in
punishment. (25)
And remember, when ye were few and
reckoned feeble in the land, and were in fear lest men
should extirpate you, how He gave you refuge, and
strengthened you with His help, and made provision of good
things for you, that haply ye might be thankful. (26)
O ye who believe! Betray not Allah and
His messenger, nor knowingly betray your trusts. (27)
And know that your possessions and your
children are a test, and that with Allah is immense reward.
(28)
O ye who believe! If ye keep your duty to
Allah, He will give you discrimination (between right and
wrong) and will rid you of your evil thoughts and deeds, and
will forgive you. Allah is of Infinite bounty. (29)
And when those who disbelieve plot
against thee (O Muhammad) to wound thee fatally, or to kill
thee or to drive thee forth; they plot, but Allah (also)
plotteth; and Allah is the best of plotters. (30)
And when Our revelations are recited unto
them they say: We have heard. If we wish we can speak the
like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of
old. (31)
And when they said: O Allah! If this be
indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down stones on us or
bring on us some painful doom! (32)
But Allah would not punish them while
thou wast with them, nor will He punish them while they seek
forgiveness. (33)
What (plea) have they that Allah should
not punish them, when they debar (His servants) from the
Inviolable Place of Worship, though they are not its fitting
guardians. Its fitting guardians are those only who keep
their duty to Allah. But most of them know not. (34)
And their worship at the (holy) House is
naught but whistling and hand-clapping. Therefore (it is
said unto them): Taste of the doom because ye disbelieve.
(35)
Lo! those who disbelieve spend their
wealth in order that they may debar (men) from the way of
Allah. They will spend it, then it will become an anguish
for them, then they will be conquered. And those who
disbelieve will be gathered unto hell, (36)
That Allah may separate the wicked from
the good, The wicked will He place piece upon piece, and
heap them all together, and consign them unto hell. Such
verily are the losers. (37)
Tell those who disbelieve that if they
cease (from persecution of believers) that which is past
will be forgiven them; but if they return (thereto) then the
example of the men of old hath already gone (before them,
for a warning). (38)
And fight them until persecution is no
more, and religion is all for Allah. But if they cease, then
lo! Allah is Seer of what they do. (39)
And if they turn away, then know that
Allah is your Befriender - a transcendent Patron, a
transcendent Helper! (40)
And know that whatever ye take as spoils
of war, lo! a fifth thereof is for Allah, and for the
messenger and for the kinsman (who hath need) and orphans
and the needy and the wayfarer, if ye believe in Allah and
that which We revealed unto Our slave on the Day of
Discrimination, the day when the two armies met. And Allah
is Able to do all things. (41)
When ye were on the near bank (of the
valley) and they were on the yonder bank, and the caravan
was below you (on the coast plain). And had ye trysted to
meet one another ye surely would have failed to keep the
tryst, but (it happened, as it did, without the forethought
of either of you) that Allah might conclude a thing that
must be done; that he who perished (on that day) might
perish by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty) and he who
survived might survive by a clear proof (of His Sovereignty).
Lo! Allah in truth is Hearer, Knower. (42)
When Allah showed them unto thee (O
Muhammad) in thy dream as few in number, and if He had shown
them to thee as many, ye (Muslims) would have faltered and
would have quarrelled over the affair. But Allah saved (you).
Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men). (43)
And when He made you (Muslims), when ye
met (them), see them with your eyes as few, and lessened you
in their eyes, (it was) that Allah might conclude a thing
that must be done. Unto Allah all things are brought back.
(44)
O ye who believe! When ye meet an army,
hold firm and think of Allah much, that ye may be successful.
(45)
And obey Allah and His messenger, and
dispute not one with another lest ye falter and your
strength depart from you; but be steadfast! Lo! Allah is
with the steadfast. (46)
Be not as those who came forth from their
dwellings boastfully and to be seen of men, and debar (men)
from the way of Allah, while Allah is surrounding all they
do. (47)
And when Satan made their deeds seem fair
to them and said: No-one of mankind can conquer you this day,
for I am your protector. But when the armies came in sight
of one another, he took flight, saying: Lo! I am guiltless
of you. Lo! I see that which ye see not. Lo! I fear Allah.
And Allah is severe in punishment. (48)
When the hypocrites and those in whose
hearts is a disease said: Their religion hath deluded these.
Whoso putteth his trust in Allah (will find that) lo! Allah
is Mighty, Wise. (49)
If thou couldst see how the angels
receive those who disbelieve, smiting their faces and their
backs and (saying): Taste the punishment of burning! (50)
This is for that which your own hands
have sent before (to the Judgment), and (know) that Allah is
not a tyrant to His slaves. (51)
(Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's
folk and those before them; they disbelieved the revelations
of Allah, and Allah took them in their sins. Lo! Allah is
Strong, severe in punishment. (52)
That is because Allah never changeth the
grace He hath bestowed on any people until they first change
that which is in their hearts, and (that is) because Allah
is Hearer, Knower. (53)
(Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's
folk and those before them; they denied the revelations of
their Lord, so We destroyed them in their sins. And We
drowned the folk of Pharaoh. All were evil-doers. (54)
Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight
are the ungrateful who will not believe. (55)
Those of them with whom thou madest a
treaty, and then at every opportunity they break their
treaty, and they keep not duty (to Allah). (56)
If thou comest on them in the war, deal
with them so as to strike fear in those who are behind them,
that haply they may remember. (57)
And if thou fearest treachery from any
folk, then throw back to them (their treaty) fairly. Lo!
Allah loveth not the treacherous. (58)
And let not those who disbelieve suppose
that they can outstrip (Allah's Purpose). Lo! they cannot
escape. (59)
Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed)
force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the
enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom
ye know not. Allah knoweth them. Whatsoever ye spend in the
way of Allah it will be repaid to you in full, and ye will
not be wronged. (60)
And if they incline to peace, incline
thou also to it, and trust in Allah. Lo! He, is the Hearer,
the Knower. (61)
And if they would deceive thee, then lo!
Allah is Sufficient for thee. He it is Who supporteth thee
with His help and with the believers, (62)
And (as for the believers) hath attuned
their hearts. If thou hadst spent all that is in the earth
thou couldst not have attuned their hearts, but Allah hath
attuned them. Lo! He is Mighty, Wise. (63)
O Prophet! Allah is Sufficient for thee
and those who follow thee of the believers. (64)
O Prophet! Exhort the believers to fight.
If there be of you twenty steadfast they shall overcome two
hundred, and if there be of you a hundred steadfast they
shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because
they (the disbelievers) are a folk without intelligence.
(65)
Now hath Allah lightened your burden, for
He knoweth that there is weakness in you. So if there be of
you a steadfast hundred they shall overcome two hundred, and
if there be of you a thousand (steadfast) they shall
overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. Allah is with
the steadfast. (66)
It is not for any prophet to have
captives until he hath made slaughter in the land. Ye desire
the lure of this world and Allah desireth (for you) the
Hereafter, and Allah is Mighty, Wise. (67)
Had it not been for an ordinance of Allah
which had gone before, an awful doom had come upon you on
account of what ye took. (68)
Now enjoy what ye have won, as lawful and
good, and keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful. (69)
O Prophet! Say unto those captives who
are in your hands: If Allah knoweth any good in your hearts
He will give you better than that which hath been taken from
you, and will forgive you. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
(70)
And if they would betray thee, they
betrayed Allah before, and He gave (thee) power over them.
Allah is Knower, Wise. (71)
Lo! those who believed and left their
homes and strove with their wealth and their lives for the
cause of Allah, and those who took them in and helped them:
these are protecting friends one of another. And those who
believed but did not leave their homes, ye have no duty to
protect them till they leave their homes; but if they seek
help from you in the matter of religion then it is your duty
to help (them) except against a folk between whom and you
there is a treaty. Allah is Seer of what ye do. (72)
And those who disbelieve are protectors
one of another - If ye do not so, there will be confusion in
the land, and great corruption. (73)
Those who believed and left their homes
and strove for the cause of Allah, and those who took them
in and helped them - these are the believers in truth. For
them is pardon, and bountiful provision. (74)
And those who afterwards believed and
left their homes and strove along with you, they are of you;
and those who are akin are nearer one to another in the
ordinance of Allah. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things. (75)
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