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Surah 8 · Madinah · 75 verses · 1233 words
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Surah Al-Anfal, “The Spoils of War”, is surah 8 of the Quran. It was revealed in Madinah and has 75 verses. The meaning of each word is under it; tap a word to hear it.
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَنفَالِ قُلِ الْأَنفَالُ لِلَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَصْلِحُوا ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْ وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ١ ▶
يَسْأَلُونَكَ yasalūnaka They ask you عَنِ ʿani about الْأَنفَالِ l-anfāli the spoils of war قُلِ quli Say الْأَنفَالُ l-anfālu The spoils of war لِلَّهِ lillahi (are) for Allah وَالرَّسُولِ wal-rasūli and the Messenger فَاتَّقُوا fa-ittaqū So fear اللَّهَ l-laha Allah وَأَصْلِحُوا wa-aṣliḥū and set right ذَاتَ dhāta that بَيْنِكُمْ baynikum (which is) between you وَأَطِيعُوا wa-aṭīʿū and obey اللَّهَ l-laha Allah وَرَسُولَهُ warasūlahu and His Messenger إِن in if كُنتُم kuntum you are مُّؤْمِنِينَ mu'minīna believers
1. They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the bounties [of war]. Say, "The [decision concerning] bounties is for Allāh and the Messenger." So fear Allāh and amend that which is between you and obey Allāh and His Messenger, if you should be believers.
Roots in this verse: س أ ل ق و ل أ ل ه ر س ل و ق ي ص ل ح ب ي ن ط و ع ك و ن أ م ن
إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُهُ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَانًا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ٢ ▶
إِنَّمَا innamā Only الْمُؤْمِنُونَ l-mu'minūna the believers الَّذِينَ alladhīna (are) those who إِذَا idhā when ذُكِرَ dhukira is mentioned اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah وَجِلَتْ wajilat feel fear قُلُوبُهُمْ qulūbuhum their hearts وَإِذَا wa-idhā and when تُلِيَتْ tuliyat are recited عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim to them آيَاتُهُ āyātuhu His Verses زَادَتْهُمْ zādathum they increase them إِيمَانًا īmānan (in) faith وَعَلَىٰ waʿalā and upon رَبِّهِمْ rabbihim their Lord يَتَوَكَّلُونَ yatawakkalūna they put their trust
2. The believers are only those who, when Allāh is mentioned, their hearts become fearful, and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they rely -
Roots in this verse: أ م ن ذ ك ر أ ل ه ق ل ب ت ل و أ ي ي ز ي د ر ب ب و ك ل
الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ٣ ▶
الَّذِينَ alladhīna Those who يُقِيمُونَ yuqīmūna establish الصَّلَاةَ l-ṣalata the prayer وَمِمَّا wamimmā and out of what رَزَقْنَاهُمْ razaqnāhum We have provided them يُنفِقُونَ yunfiqūna they spend
3. The ones who establish prayer, and from what We have provided them, they spend.
Roots in this verse: ق و م ص ل و ر ز ق ن ف ق
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَّهُمْ دَرَجَاتٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ ٤ ▶
أُولَٰئِكَ ulāika Those هُمُ humu they are الْمُؤْمِنُونَ l-mu'minūna the believers حَقًّا ḥaqqan (in) truth لَّهُمْ lahum For them دَرَجَاتٌ darajātun (are) ranks عِندَ ʿinda with رَبِّهِمْ rabbihim their Lord وَمَغْفِرَةٌ wamaghfiratun and forgiveness وَرِزْقٌ wariz'qun and a provision كَرِيمٌ karīmun noble
4. Those are the believers, truly. For them are degrees [of high position] with their Lord and forgiveness and noble provision.
Roots in this verse: أ م ن ح ق ق د ر ج ع ن د ر ب ب غ ف ر ر ز ق ك ر م
كَمَا أَخْرَجَكَ رَبُّكَ مِن بَيْتِكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَكَارِهُونَ ٥ ▶
كَمَا kamā As أَخْرَجَكَ akhrajaka brought you out رَبُّكَ rabbuka your Lord مِن min from بَيْتِكَ baytika your home بِالْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi in truth وَإِنَّ wa-inna while indeed فَرِيقًا farīqan a party مِّنَ mina among الْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers لَكَارِهُونَ lakārihūna certainly disliked
5. [It is] just as when your Lord brought you out of your home [for the battle of Badr] in truth, while indeed, a party among the believers were unwilling,
Roots in this verse: خ ر ج ر ب ب ب ي ت ح ق ق ف ر ق أ م ن ك ر ه
يُجَادِلُونَكَ فِي الْحَقِّ بَعْدَ مَا تَبَيَّنَ كَأَنَّمَا يُسَاقُونَ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ٦ ▶
يُجَادِلُونَكَ yujādilūnaka They dispute with you فِي fī concerning الْحَقِّ l-ḥaqi the truth بَعْدَ مَا baʿdamā after what تَبَيَّنَ tabayyana was made clear كَأَنَّمَا ka-annamā as if يُسَاقُونَ yusāqūna they were driven إِلَى ilā to الْمَوْتِ l-mawti [the] death وَهُمْ wahum while they يَنظُرُونَ yanẓurūna (were) looking
6. Arguing with you concerning the truth after it had become clear, as if they were being driven toward death while they were looking on.
Roots in this verse: ج د ل ح ق ق ب ع د ب ي ن س و ق م و ت ن ظ ر
وَإِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ اللَّهُ إِحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ أَنَّهَا لَكُمْ وَتَوَدُّونَ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَاتِ الشَّوْكَةِ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَن يُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَيَقْطَعَ دَابِرَ الْكَافِرِينَ ٧ ▶
وَإِذْ wa-idh And when يَعِدُكُمُ yaʿidukumu promised you اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah إِحْدَى iḥ'dā one الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ l-ṭāifatayni (of) the two groups أَنَّهَا annahā that it (would be) لَكُمْ lakum for you وَتَوَدُّونَ watawaddūna and you wished أَنَّ anna that غَيْرَ ghayra (one) other than ذَاتِ dhāti that الشَّوْكَةِ l-shawkati (of) the armed تَكُونُ takūnu would be لَكُمْ lakum for you وَيُرِيدُ wayurīdu But intended اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah أَن an to يُحِقَّ yuḥiqqa justify الْحَقَّ l-ḥaqa the truth بِكَلِمَاتِهِ bikalimātihi by His words وَيَقْطَعَ wayaqṭaʿa and cut off دَابِرَ dābira (the) roots الْكَافِرِينَ l-kāfirīna (of) the disbelievers
7. [Remember, O believers], when Allāh promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allāh intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers
Roots in this verse: و ع د أ ل ه أ ح د ط و ف و د د غ ي ر ك و ن ر و د ح ق ق ك ل م ق ط ع د ب ر ك ف ر
لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ الْبَاطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ ٨ ▶
لِيُحِقَّ liyuḥiqqa That He might justify الْحَقَّ l-ḥaqa the truth وَيُبْطِلَ wayub'ṭila and prove false الْبَاطِلَ l-bāṭila the falsehood وَلَوْ walaw even if كَرِهَ kariha disliked (it) الْمُجْرِمُونَ l-muj'rimūna the criminals
8. That He should establish the truth and abolish falsehood, even if the criminals disliked it.
Roots in this verse: ح ق ق ب ط ل ك ر ه ج ر م
إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ أَنِّي مُمِدُّكُم بِأَلْفٍ مِّنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مُرْدِفِينَ ٩ ▶
إِذْ idh When تَسْتَغِيثُونَ tastaghīthūna you were seeking help رَبَّكُمْ rabbakum (of) your Lord فَاسْتَجَابَ fa-is'tajāba and He answered لَكُمْ lakum [to] you أَنِّي annī Indeed, I am مُمِدُّكُم mumiddukum going to reinforce you بِأَلْفٍ bi-alfin with a thousand مِّنَ mina of الْمَلَائِكَةِ l-malāikati the Angels مُرْدِفِينَ mur'difīna one after another
9. [Remember] when you were asking help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."
Roots in this verse: ر ب ب ج و ب م د د أ ل ف م ل ك
وَمَا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بُشْرَىٰ وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّ بِهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَمَا النَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ١٠ ▶
وَمَا wamā And not جَعَلَهُ jaʿalahu (it was) made اللَّهُ l-lahu (by) Allah إِلَّا illā but بُشْرَىٰ bush'rā good tidings وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّ walitaṭma-inna and so that might be at rest بِهِ bihi with it قُلُوبُكُمْ qulūbukum your hearts وَمَا wamā And (there is) no النَّصْرُ l-naṣru [the] victory إِلَّا illā except مِنْ min from عِندِ ʿindi [of] اللَّهِ l-lahi Allah إِنَّ inna Indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah عَزِيزٌ ʿazīzun (is) All-Mighty حَكِيمٌ ḥakīmun All-Wise
10. And Allāh made it not but good tidings and so that your hearts would be assured thereby. And victory is not but from Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Roots in this verse: ج ع ل أ ل ه ب ش ر ط م أ ن ق ل ب ن ص ر ع ن د ع ز ز ح ك م
إِذْ يُغَشِّيكُمُ النُّعَاسَ أَمَنَةً مِّنْهُ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً لِّيُطَهِّرَكُم بِهِ وَيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمْ رِجْزَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَلِيَرْبِطَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ الْأَقْدَامَ ١١ ▶
إِذْ idh When يُغَشِّيكُمُ yughashīkumu He covered you النُّعَاسَ l-nuʿāsa with [the] slumber أَمَنَةً amanatan a security مِّنْهُ min'hu from Him وَيُنَزِّلُ wayunazzilu and sent down عَلَيْكُم ʿalaykum upon you مِّنَ mina from السَّمَاءِ l-samāi the sky مَاءً māan water لِّيُطَهِّرَكُم liyuṭahhirakum so that He may purify you بِهِ bihi with it وَيُذْهِبَ wayudh'hiba and take away عَنكُمْ ʿankum from you رِجْزَ rij'za evil (suggestions) الشَّيْطَانِ l-shayṭāni (of) the Shaitaan وَلِيَرْبِطَ waliyarbiṭa And to strengthen عَلَىٰ ʿalā [on] قُلُوبِكُمْ qulūbikum your hearts وَيُثَبِّتَ wayuthabbita and make firm بِهِ bihi with it الْأَقْدَامَ l-aqdāma your feet
11. [Remember] when He overwhelmed you with drowsiness [giving] security from Him and sent down upon you from the sky, rain by which to purify you and remove from you the evil [suggestions] of Satan and to make steadfast your hearts and plant firmly thereby your feet.
Roots in this verse: غ ش و أ م ن ن ز ل س م و م و ه ط ه ر ذ ه ب ر ج ز ش ط ن ق ل ب ث ب ت ق د م
إِذْ يُوحِي رَبُّكَ إِلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ أَنِّي مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا سَأُلْقِي فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ فَاضْرِبُوا فَوْقَ الْأَعْنَاقِ وَاضْرِبُوا مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانٍ ١٢ ▶
إِذْ idh When يُوحِي yūḥī inspired رَبُّكَ rabbuka your Lord إِلَى ilā to الْمَلَائِكَةِ l-malāikati the Angels أَنِّي annī I am مَعَكُمْ maʿakum with you فَثَبِّتُوا fathabbitū so strengthen الَّذِينَ alladhīna those who آمَنُوا āmanū believed سَأُلْقِي sa-ul'qī I will cast فِي fī in قُلُوبِ qulūbi (the) hearts الَّذِينَ alladhīna (of) those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieved الرُّعْبَ l-ruʿ'ba the terror فَاضْرِبُوا fa-iḍ'ribū so strike فَوْقَ fawqa above الْأَعْنَاقِ l-aʿnāqi the necks وَاضْرِبُوا wa-iḍ'ribū and strike مِنْهُمْ min'hum from them كُلَّ kulla every بَنَانٍ banānin fingertip[s]
12. [Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."
Roots in this verse: و ح ي ر ب ب م ل ك ث ب ت أ م ن ل ق ي ق ل ب ك ف ر ض ر ب ف و ق ك ل ل
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ شَاقُّوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ١٣ ▶
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That بِأَنَّهُمْ bi-annahum (is) because they شَاقُّوا shāqqū opposed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah وَرَسُولَهُ warasūlahu and His Messenger وَمَن waman And whoever يُشَاقِقِ yushāqiqi opposes اللَّهَ l-laha Allah وَرَسُولَهُ warasūlahu and His Messenger فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah شَدِيدُ shadīdu (is) severe الْعِقَابِ l-ʿiqābi in [the] penalty
13. That is because they opposed Allāh and His Messenger. And whoever opposes Allāh and His Messenger - indeed, Allāh is severe in penalty.
Roots in this verse: ش ق ق أ ل ه ر س ل ش د د ع ق ب
ذَٰلِكُمْ فَذُوقُوهُ وَأَنَّ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابَ النَّارِ ١٤ ▶
ذَٰلِكُمْ dhālikum That فَذُوقُوهُ fadhūqūhu So taste it وَأَنَّ wa-anna And that لِلْكَافِرِينَ lil'kāfirīna for the disbelievers عَذَابَ ʿadhāba (is the) punishment النَّارِ l-nāri (of) the Fire
14. "That [is yours], so taste it." And indeed for the disbelievers is the punishment of the Fire.
Roots in this verse: ذ و ق ك ف ر ع ذ ب ن و ر
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا زَحْفًا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ الْأَدْبَارَ ١٥ ▶
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you الَّذِينَ alladhīna who آمَنُوا āmanū believe إِذَا idhā When لَقِيتُمُ laqītumu you meet الَّذِينَ alladhīna those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieve زَحْفًا zaḥfan advancing فَلَا falā then (do) not تُوَلُّوهُمُ tuwallūhumu turn to them الْأَدْبَارَ l-adbāra the backs
15. O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [in battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight].
Roots in this verse: أ ي ي أ م ن ل ق ي ك ف ر و ل ي د ب ر
وَمَن يُوَلِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ دُبُرَهُ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفًا لِّقِتَالٍ أَوْ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٍ فَقَدْ بَاءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَمَأْوَاهُ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ١٦ ▶
وَمَن waman And whoever يُوَلِّهِمْ yuwallihim turns to them يَوْمَئِذٍ yawma-idhin that day دُبُرَهُ duburahu his back إِلَّا illā except مُتَحَرِّفًا mutaḥarrifan (as) a strategy لِّقِتَالٍ liqitālin of war أَوْ aw or مُتَحَيِّزًا mutaḥayyizan (to) join إِلَىٰ ilā to فِئَةٍ fi-atin a group فَقَدْ faqad certainly بَاءَ bāa (he has) incurred بِغَضَبٍ bighaḍabin wrath مِّنَ mina of اللَّهِ l-lahi Allah وَمَأْوَاهُ wamawāhu and his abode جَهَنَّمُ jahannamu (is) Hell وَبِئْسَ wabi'sa a wretched الْمَصِيرُ l-maṣīru destination
16. And whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allāh, and his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.
Roots in this verse: و ل ي ي و م د ب ر ق ت ل ف أ ي ب و أ غ ض ب أ ل ه أ و ي ب أ س ص ي ر
فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَىٰ وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَاءً حَسَنًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ١٧ ▶
فَلَمْ falam And not تَقْتُلُوهُمْ taqtulūhum you kill them وَلَٰكِنَّ walākinna but اللَّهَ l-laha Allah قَتَلَهُمْ qatalahum killed them وَمَا wamā And not رَمَيْتَ ramayta you threw إِذْ idh when رَمَيْتَ ramayta you threw وَلَٰكِنَّ walākinna but اللَّهَ l-laha Allah رَمَىٰ ramā threw وَلِيُبْلِيَ waliyub'liya and that He may test الْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers مِنْهُ min'hu from Him بَلَاءً balāan (with) a trial حَسَنًا ḥasanan good إِنَّ inna Indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah سَمِيعٌ samīʿun (is) All-Hearing عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun All-Knowing
17. And you did not kill them, but it was Allāh who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muḥammad], when you threw, but it was Allāh who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Roots in this verse: ق ت ل أ ل ه ب ل و أ م ن ح س ن س م ع ع ل م
ذَٰلِكُمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ مُوهِنُ كَيْدِ الْكَافِرِينَ ١٨ ▶
ذَٰلِكُمْ dhālikum That (is the case) وَأَنَّ wa-anna and that اللَّهَ l-laha Allah (is) مُوهِنُ mūhinu one who makes weak كَيْدِ kaydi (the) plan الْكَافِرِينَ l-kāfirīna (of) the disbelievers
18. That [is so], and [also] that Allāh will weaken the plot of the disbelievers.
Roots in this verse: أ ل ه ك ي د ك ف ر
إِن تَسْتَفْتِحُوا فَقَدْ جَاءَكُمُ الْفَتْحُ وَإِن تَنتَهُوا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَإِن تَعُودُوا نَعُدْ وَلَن تُغْنِيَ عَنكُمْ فِئَتُكُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَوْ كَثُرَتْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٩ ▶
إِن in If تَسْتَفْتِحُوا tastaftiḥū you ask for victory فَقَدْ faqad then certainly جَاءَكُمُ jāakumu has come to you الْفَتْحُ l-fatḥu the victory وَإِن wa-in And if تَنتَهُوا tantahū you desist فَهُوَ fahuwa then it (is) خَيْرٌ khayrun good لَّكُمْ lakum for you وَإِن wa-in but if تَعُودُوا taʿūdū you return نَعُدْ naʿud We will return (too) وَلَن walan And never تُغْنِيَ tugh'niya will avail عَنكُمْ ʿankum you فِئَتُكُمْ fi-atukum your forces شَيْئًا shayan anything وَلَوْ walaw even if كَثُرَتْ kathurat (they are) numerous وَأَنَّ wa-anna And that اللَّهَ l-laha Allah مَعَ maʿa (is) with الْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers
19. If you [disbelievers] seek the decision [i.e., victory] - the decision [i.e., defeat] has come to you. And if you desist [from hostilities], it is best for you; but if you return [to war], We will return, and never will you be availed by your [large] company at all, even if it should increase; and [that is] because Allāh is with the believers.
Roots in this verse: ف ت ح ج ي أ ن ه ي خ ي ر ع و د غ ن ي ف أ ي ش ي أ ك ث ر أ ل ه أ م ن
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَا تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ ٢٠ ▶
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you الَّذِينَ alladhīna who آمَنُوا āmanū believe أَطِيعُوا aṭīʿū Obey اللَّهَ l-laha Allah وَرَسُولَهُ warasūlahu and His Messenger وَلَا walā And (do) not تَوَلَّوْا tawallaw turn away عَنْهُ ʿanhu from him وَأَنتُمْ wa-antum while you تَسْمَعُونَ tasmaʿūna hear
20. O you who have believed, obey Allāh and His Messenger and do not turn from him while you hear [his order].
Roots in this verse: أ ي ي أ م ن ط و ع أ ل ه ر س ل و ل ي س م ع
وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ ٢١ ▶
وَلَا walā And (do) not تَكُونُوا takūnū be كَالَّذِينَ ka-alladhīna like those who قَالُوا qālū say سَمِعْنَا samiʿ'nā We heard وَهُمْ wahum while they لَا lā (do) not يَسْمَعُونَ yasmaʿūna hear
21. And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear.
Roots in this verse: ك و ن ق و ل س م ع
إِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَابِّ عِندَ اللَّهِ الصُّمُّ الْبُكْمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ٢٢ ▶
إِنَّ inna Indeed شَرَّ sharra worst الدَّوَابِّ l-dawābi (of) the living creatures عِندَ ʿinda near اللَّهِ l-lahi Allah الصُّمُّ l-ṣumu (are) the deaf الْبُكْمُ l-buk'mu the dumb الَّذِينَ alladhīna those who لَا lā (do) not يَعْقِلُونَ yaʿqilūna use (their) intellect
22. Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allāh are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason [i.e., the disbelievers].
Roots in this verse: ش ر ر د ب ب ع ن د أ ل ه ص م م ع ق ل
وَلَوْ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ وَلَوْ أَسْمَعَهُمْ لَتَوَلَّوا وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ٢٣ ▶
وَلَوْ walaw And if عَلِمَ ʿalima (had) known اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah فِيهِمْ fīhim in them خَيْرًا khayran any good لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ la-asmaʿahum surely, He (would) have made them hear وَلَوْ walaw And if أَسْمَعَهُمْ asmaʿahum He had made them hear لَتَوَلَّوا latawallaw surely they would have turned away وَّهُم wahum while they مُّعْرِضُونَ muʿ'riḍūna (were) averse
23. Had Allāh known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.
Roots in this verse: ع ل م أ ل ه خ ي ر س م ع و ل ي ع ر ض
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَأَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ٢٤ ▶
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you الَّذِينَ alladhīna who آمَنُوا āmanū believe اسْتَجِيبُوا is'tajībū Respond لِلَّهِ lillahi to Allah وَلِلرَّسُولِ walilrrasūli and His Messenger إِذَا idhā when دَعَاكُمْ daʿākum he calls you لِمَا limā to what يُحْيِيكُمْ yuḥ'yīkum gives you life وَاعْلَمُوا wa-iʿ'lamū And know أَنَّ anna that اللَّهَ l-laha Allah يَحُولُ yaḥūlu comes بَيْنَ bayna (in) between الْمَرْءِ l-mari a man وَقَلْبِهِ waqalbihi and his heart وَأَنَّهُ wa-annahu and that إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to Him تُحْشَرُونَ tuḥ'sharūna you will be gathered
24. O you who have believed, respond to Allāh and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allāh intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him you will be gathered.
Roots in this verse: أ ي ي أ م ن ج و ب أ ل ه ر س ل د ع و ح ي ي ع ل م ح و ل ب ي ن م ر أ ق ل ب ح ش ر
وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنكُمْ خَاصَّةً وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ٢٥ ▶
وَاتَّقُوا wa-ittaqū And fear فِتْنَةً fit'natan a trial لَّا lā not تُصِيبَنَّ tuṣībanna which will afflict الَّذِينَ alladhīna those who ظَلَمُوا ẓalamū do wrong مِنكُمْ minkum among you خَاصَّةً khāṣṣatan exclusively وَاعْلَمُوا wa-iʿ'lamū And know أَنَّ anna that اللَّهَ l-laha Allah شَدِيدُ shadīdu (is) severe الْعِقَابِ l-ʿiqābi (in) the penalty
25. And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively, and know that Allāh is severe in penalty.
Roots in this verse: و ق ي ف ت ن ص و ب ظ ل م ع ل م أ ل ه ش د د ع ق ب
وَاذْكُرُوا إِذْ أَنتُمْ قَلِيلٌ مُّسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَخَافُونَ أَن يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ النَّاسُ فَآوَاكُمْ وَأَيَّدَكُم بِنَصْرِهِ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ٢٦ ▶
وَاذْكُرُوا wa-udh'kurū And remember إِذْ idh when أَنتُمْ antum you قَلِيلٌ qalīlun (were) few مُّسْتَضْعَفُونَ mus'taḍʿafūna (and) deemed weak فِي fī in الْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth تَخَافُونَ takhāfūna fearing أَن an that يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ yatakhaṭṭafakumu might do away with you النَّاسُ l-nāsu the men فَآوَاكُمْ faāwākum then He sheltered you وَأَيَّدَكُم wa-ayyadakum and strengthened you بِنَصْرِهِ binaṣrihi with His help وَرَزَقَكُم warazaqakum and provided you مِّنَ mina of الطَّيِّبَاتِ l-ṭayibāti the good things لَعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may تَشْكُرُونَ tashkurūna (be) thankful
26. And remember when you were few and oppressed in the land, fearing that people might abduct you, but He sheltered you, supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things - that you might be grateful.
Roots in this verse: ذ ك ر ق ل ل ض ع ف أ ر ض خ و ف أ ن س أ و ي أ ي د ن ص ر ر ز ق ط ي ب ش ك ر
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَخُونُوا اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ وَتَخُونُوا أَمَانَاتِكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ٢٧ ▶
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you الَّذِينَ alladhīna who آمَنُوا āmanū believe لَا lā (Do) not تَخُونُوا takhūnū betray اللَّهَ l-laha Allah وَالرَّسُولَ wal-rasūla and the Messenger وَتَخُونُوا watakhūnū or betray أَمَانَاتِكُمْ amānātikum your trusts وَأَنتُمْ wa-antum while you تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna know
27. O you who have believed, do not betray Allāh and the Messenger or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence].
Roots in this verse: أ ي ي أ م ن خ و ن أ ل ه ر س ل ع ل م
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ عِندَهُ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ ٢٨ ▶
وَاعْلَمُوا wa-iʿ'lamū And know أَنَّمَا annamā that أَمْوَالُكُمْ amwālukum your wealth وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ wa-awlādukum and your children فِتْنَةٌ fit'natun (are) a trial وَأَنَّ wa-anna And that اللَّهَ l-laha Allah عِندَهُ ʿindahu with Him أَجْرٌ ajrun (is) a reward عَظِيمٌ ʿaẓīmun great
28. And know that your properties and your children are but a trial and that Allāh has with Him a great reward.
Roots in this verse: ع ل م م و ل و ل د ف ت ن أ ل ه ع ن د أ ج ر ع ظ م
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تَتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّكُمْ فُرْقَانًا وَيُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ ٢٩ ▶
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you الَّذِينَ alladhīna who آمَنُوا āmanū believe إِن in If تَتَّقُوا tattaqū you fear اللَّهَ l-laha Allah يَجْعَل yajʿal He will grant لَّكُمْ lakum you فُرْقَانًا fur'qānan a criterion وَيُكَفِّرْ wayukaffir and will remove عَنكُمْ ʿankum from you سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ sayyiātikum your evil deeds وَيَغْفِرْ wayaghfir and forgive لَكُمْ lakum you وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah ذُو dhū (is) the Possessor الْفَضْلِ l-faḍli (of) Bounty الْعَظِيمِ l-ʿaẓīmi the Great
29. O you who have believed, if you fear Allāh, He will grant you a criterion and will remove from you your misdeeds and forgive you. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.
Roots in this verse: أ ي ي أ م ن و ق ي أ ل ه ج ع ل ف ر ق ك ف ر س و أ غ ف ر ف ض ل ع ظ م
وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ ٣٠ ▶
وَإِذْ wa-idh And when يَمْكُرُ yamkuru plotted بِكَ bika against you الَّذِينَ alladhīna those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieved لِيُثْبِتُوكَ liyuth'bitūka that they restrain you أَوْ aw or يَقْتُلُوكَ yaqtulūka kill you أَوْ aw or يُخْرِجُوكَ yukh'rijūka drive you out وَيَمْكُرُونَ wayamkurūna And they were planning وَيَمْكُرُ wayamkuru and (also) was planning اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah خَيْرُ khayru is (the) Best الْمَاكِرِينَ l-mākirīna (of) the Planners
30. And [remember, O Muḥammad], when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they plan, and Allāh plans. And Allāh is the best of planners.
Roots in this verse: م ك ر ك ف ر ث ب ت ق ت ل خ ر ج أ ل ه خ ي ر
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا قَالُوا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ٣١ ▶
وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when تُتْلَىٰ tut'lā are recited عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim to them آيَاتُنَا āyātunā Our Verses قَالُوا qālū they say قَدْ qad Verily سَمِعْنَا samiʿ'nā we have heard لَوْ law if نَشَاءُ nashāu we wish لَقُلْنَا laqul'nā surely, we could say مِثْلَ mith'la like هَٰذَا hādhā this إِنْ in Not هَٰذَا hādhā is this إِلَّا illā but أَسَاطِيرُ asāṭīru tales الْأَوَّلِينَ l-awalīna (of) the former (people)
31. And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."
Roots in this verse: ت ل و أ ي ي ق و ل س م ع ش ي أ م ث ل س ط ر أ و ل
وَإِذْ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ أَوِ ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٣٢ ▶
وَإِذْ wa-idh And when قَالُوا qālū they said اللَّهُمَّ l-lahuma O Allah إِن in If كَانَ kāna was هَٰذَا hādhā this هُوَ huwa [it] الْحَقَّ l-ḥaqa the truth مِنْ min [of] عِندِكَ ʿindika from You فَأَمْطِرْ fa-amṭir then (send) rain عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā upon us حِجَارَةً ḥijāratan (of) stones مِّنَ mina from السَّمَاءِ l-samāi the sky أَوِ awi or ائْتِنَا i'tinā bring (upon) us بِعَذَابٍ biʿadhābin a punishment أَلِيمٍ alīmin painful
32. And [remember] when they said, "O Allāh, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."
Roots in this verse: ق و ل أ ل ه ك و ن ح ق ق ع ن د م ط ر ح ج ر س م و أ ت ي ع ذ ب أ ل م
وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنتَ فِيهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٣٣ ▶
وَمَا wamā But not كَانَ kāna is اللَّهُ l-lahu (for) Allah لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ liyuʿadhibahum that He punishes them وَأَنتَ wa-anta while you فِيهِمْ fīhim (are) among them وَمَا wamā and not كَانَ kāna is اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah مُعَذِّبَهُمْ muʿadhibahum the One Who punishes them وَهُمْ wahum while they يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ yastaghfirūna seek forgiveness
33. But Allāh would not punish them while you, [O Muḥammad], are among them, and Allāh would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.
Roots in this verse: ك و ن أ ل ه ع ذ ب غ ف ر
وَمَا لَهُمْ أَلَّا يُعَذِّبَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُوا أَوْلِيَاءَهُ إِنْ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٣٤ ▶
وَمَا wamā But what لَهُمْ lahum (is) for them أَلَّا allā that not يُعَذِّبَهُمُ yuʿadhibahumu (should) punish them اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah وَهُمْ wahum while they يَصُدُّونَ yaṣuddūna hinder (people) عَنِ ʿani from الْمَسْجِدِ l-masjidi Al-Masjid الْحَرَامِ l-ḥarāmi Al-Haraam وَمَا wamā while not كَانُوا kānū they are أَوْلِيَاءَهُ awliyāahu its guardians إِنْ in Not (can be) أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ awliyāuhu its guardians إِلَّا illā except الْمُتَّقُونَ l-mutaqūna the ones who fear Allah وَلَٰكِنَّ walākinna but أَكْثَرَهُمْ aktharahum most of them لَا lā (do) not يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna know
34. But why should Allāh not punish them while they obstruct [people] from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām and they were not [fit to be] its guardians? Its [true] guardians are not but the righteous, but most of them do not know.
Roots in this verse: ع ذ ب أ ل ه ص د د س ج د ح ر م ك و ن و ل ي و ق ي ك ث ر ع ل م
وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةً فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ٣٥ ▶
وَمَا wamā And not كَانَ kāna was صَلَاتُهُمْ ṣalātuhum their prayer عِندَ ʿinda at الْبَيْتِ l-bayti the House إِلَّا illā except مُكَاءً mukāan whistling وَتَصْدِيَةً wataṣdiyatan and clapping فَذُوقُوا fadhūqū So taste الْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba the punishment بِمَا bimā because كُنتُمْ kuntum you used to تَكْفُرُونَ takfurūna disbelieve
35. And their prayer at the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] was not except whistling and handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved [i.e., practiced of deviations].
Roots in this verse: ك و ن ص ل و ع ن د ب ي ت ذ و ق ع ذ ب ك ف ر
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ لِيَصُدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَسَيُنفِقُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً ثُمَّ يُغْلَبُونَ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ يُحْشَرُونَ ٣٦ ▶
إِنَّ inna Indeed الَّذِينَ alladhīna those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieve يُنفِقُونَ yunfiqūna they spend أَمْوَالَهُمْ amwālahum their wealth لِيَصُدُّوا liyaṣuddū to hinder (people) عَن ʿan from سَبِيلِ sabīli (the) way اللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah فَسَيُنفِقُونَهَا fasayunfiqūnahā So they will spend it ثُمَّ thumma then تَكُونُ takūnu it will be عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim for them حَسْرَةً ḥasratan a regret ثُمَّ thumma then يُغْلَبُونَ yugh'labūna they will be overcome وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna And those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieve إِلَىٰ ilā to جَهَنَّمَ jahannama Hell يُحْشَرُونَ yuḥ'sharūna they will be gathered
36. Indeed, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to avert [people] from the way of Allāh. So they will spend it; then it will be for them a [source of] regret; then they will be overcome. And those who have disbelieved - unto Hell they will be gathered.
Roots in this verse: ك ف ر ن ف ق م و ل ص د د س ب ل أ ل ه ك و ن ح س ر غ ل ب ح ش ر
لِيَمِيزَ اللَّهُ الْخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ وَيَجْعَلَ الْخَبِيثَ بَعْضَهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَيَرْكُمَهُ جَمِيعًا فَيَجْعَلَهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ ٣٧ ▶
لِيَمِيزَ liyamīza That may distinguish اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah الْخَبِيثَ l-khabītha the wicked مِنَ mina from الطَّيِّبِ l-ṭayibi the good وَيَجْعَلَ wayajʿala and place الْخَبِيثَ l-khabītha the wicked بَعْضَهُ baʿḍahu some of them عَلَىٰ ʿalā on بَعْضٍ baʿḍin others فَيَرْكُمَهُ fayarkumahu and heap them جَمِيعًا jamīʿan all together فَيَجْعَلَهُ fayajʿalahu and put them فِي fī in جَهَنَّمَ jahannama Hell أُولَٰئِكَ ulāika Those هُمُ humu they الْخَاسِرُونَ l-khāsirūna (are) the losers
37. [It is] so that Allāh may distinguish the wicked from the good and place the wicked some of them upon others and heap them all together and put them into Hell. It is those who are the losers.
Roots in this verse: أ ل ه خ ب ث ط ي ب ج ع ل ب ع ض ج م ع خ س ر
قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِن يَنتَهُوا يُغْفَرْ لَهُم مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَ وَإِن يَعُودُوا فَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّتُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ٣٨ ▶
قُل qul Say لِّلَّذِينَ lilladhīna to those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieve إِن in if يَنتَهُوا yantahū they cease يُغْفَرْ yugh'far will be forgiven لَهُم lahum for them مَّا mā what قَدْ qad [verily] سَلَفَ salafa (is) past وَإِن wa-in But if يَعُودُوا yaʿūdū they return فَقَدْ faqad then verily مَضَتْ maḍat preceded سُنَّتُ sunnatu (the) practice الْأَوَّلِينَ l-awalīna (of) the former (people)
38. Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them. But if they return [to hostility] - then the precedent of the former [rebellious] peoples has already taken place.
Roots in this verse: ق و ل ك ف ر ن ه ي غ ف ر ع و د س ن ن أ و ل
وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ لِلَّهِ فَإِنِ انتَهَوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ٣٩ ▶
وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ waqātilūhum And fight them حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until لَا lā not تَكُونَ takūna there is فِتْنَةٌ fit'natun oppression وَيَكُونَ wayakūna and is الدِّينُ l-dīnu the religion كُلُّهُ kulluhu all of it لِلَّهِ lillahi for Allah فَإِنِ fa-ini But if انتَهَوْا intahaw they cease فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah بِمَا bimā of what يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna they do بَصِيرٌ baṣīrun (is) All-Seer
39. And fight against them until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion [i.e., worship], all of it, is for Allāh. And if they cease - then indeed, Allāh is Seeing of what they do.
Roots in this verse: ق ت ل ك و ن ف ت ن د ي ن ك ل ل أ ل ه ن ه ي ع م ل ب ص ر
وَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ مَوْلَاكُمْ نِعْمَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ ٤٠ ▶
وَإِن wa-in And if تَوَلَّوْا tawallaw they turn away فَاعْلَمُوا fa-iʿ'lamū then know أَنَّ anna that اللَّهَ l-laha Allah مَوْلَاكُمْ mawlākum (is) your Protector نِعْمَ niʿ'ma Excellent الْمَوْلَىٰ l-mawlā (is) the Protector وَنِعْمَ waniʿ'ma and Excellent النَّصِيرُ l-naṣīru (is) the Helper
40. But if they turn away - then know that Allāh is your protector. Excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.
Roots in this verse: و ل ي ع ل م أ ل ه ن ع م ن ص ر
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ إِن كُنتُمْ آمَنتُم بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا يَوْمَ الْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٤١ ▶
وَاعْلَمُوا wa-iʿ'lamū And know أَنَّمَا annamā that what غَنِمْتُم ghanim'tum you obtain (as) spoils of war مِّن min of شَيْءٍ shayin anything فَأَنَّ fa-anna then that لِلَّهِ lillahi for Allah خُمُسَهُ khumusahu (is) one fifth of it وَلِلرَّسُولِ walilrrasūli and for the Messenger وَلِذِي walidhī and for the الْقُرْبَىٰ l-qur'bā near relatives وَالْيَتَامَىٰ wal-yatāmā and the orphans وَالْمَسَاكِينِ wal-masākīni and the needy وَابْنِ wa-ib'ni and the السَّبِيلِ l-sabīli wayfarer إِن in if كُنتُمْ kuntum you آمَنتُم āmantum believe بِاللَّهِ bil-lahi in Allah وَمَا wamā and (in) what أَنزَلْنَا anzalnā We sent down عَلَىٰ ʿalā to عَبْدِنَا ʿabdinā Our slave يَوْمَ yawma (on the) day الْفُرْقَانِ l-fur'qāni (of) the criterion يَوْمَ yawma (the) day الْتَقَى l-taqā (when) met الْجَمْعَانِ l-jamʿāni the two forces وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah عَلَىٰ ʿalā (is) on كُلِّ kulli every شَيْءٍ shayin thing قَدِيرٌ qadīrun All-Powerful
41. And know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed, for Allāh is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler, if you have believed in Allāh and in that which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion [i.e., decisive encounter] - the day when the two armies met [at Badr]. And Allāh, over all things, is competent.
Roots in this verse: ع ل م ش ي أ أ ل ه ر س ل ق ر ب ي ت م س ك ن ب ن ي س ب ل ك و ن أ م ن ن ز ل ع ب د ي و م ف ر ق ل ق ي ج م ع ك ل ل ق د ر
إِذْ أَنتُم بِالْعُدْوَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُم بِالْعُدْوَةِ الْقُصْوَىٰ وَالرَّكْبُ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ وَلَوْ تَوَاعَدتُّمْ لَاخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الْمِيعَادِ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَقْضِيَ اللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا لِّيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَن بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَىٰ مَنْ حَيَّ عَن بَيِّنَةٍ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَسَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٤٢ ▶
إِذْ idh When أَنتُم antum you (were) بِالْعُدْوَةِ bil-ʿud'wati on side of the valley الدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā the nearer وَهُم wahum and they بِالْعُدْوَةِ bil-ʿud'wati (were) on the side الْقُصْوَىٰ l-quṣ'wā the farther وَالرَّكْبُ wal-rakbu and the caravan أَسْفَلَ asfala (was) lower مِنكُمْ minkum than you وَلَوْ walaw And if تَوَاعَدتُّمْ tawāʿadttum you (had) made an appointment لَاخْتَلَفْتُمْ la-ikh'talaftum certainly you would have failed فِي fī in الْمِيعَادِ l-mīʿādi the appointment وَلَٰكِن walākin But لِّيَقْضِيَ liyaqḍiya that might accomplish اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah أَمْرًا amran a matter كَانَ kāna (that) was مَفْعُولًا mafʿūlan destined لِّيَهْلِكَ liyahlika that (might be) destroyed مَنْ man (those) who هَلَكَ halaka (were to be) destroyed عَن ʿan on بَيِّنَةٍ bayyinatin a clear evidence وَيَحْيَىٰ wayaḥyā and (might) live مَنْ man (those) who حَيَّ ḥayya (were to) live عَن ʿan on بَيِّنَةٍ bayyinatin a clear evidence وَإِنَّ wa-inna And indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَسَمِيعٌ lasamīʿun (is) All-Hearing عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun All-Knowing
42. [Remember] when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to meet], you would have missed the appointment. But [it was] so that Allāh might accomplish a matter already destined - that those who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence; and indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Roots in this verse: ع د و د ن و ر ك ب س ف ل و ع د خ ل ف ق ض ي أ ل ه أ م ر ك و ن ف ع ل ه ل ك ب ي ن ح ي ي س م ع ع ل م
إِذْ يُرِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَنَامِكَ قَلِيلًا وَلَوْ أَرَاكَهُمْ كَثِيرًا لَّفَشِلْتُمْ وَلَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ سَلَّمَ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ ٤٣ ▶
إِذْ idh When يُرِيكَهُمُ yurīkahumu you (where) shown them اللَّهُ l-lahu (by) Allah فِي fī in مَنَامِكَ manāmika your dream قَلِيلًا qalīlan (as) few وَلَوْ walaw and if أَرَاكَهُمْ arākahum He had shown them to you كَثِيرًا kathīran (as) many لَّفَشِلْتُمْ lafashil'tum surely you would have lost courage وَلَتَنَازَعْتُمْ walatanāzaʿtum and surely you would have disputed فِي fī in الْأَمْرِ l-amri the matter وَلَٰكِنَّ walākinna but اللَّهَ l-laha Allah سَلَّمَ sallama saved (you) إِنَّهُ innahu Indeed, He عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun (is) All-Knower بِذَاتِ bidhāti of what is in الصُّدُورِ l-ṣudūri the breasts
43. [Remember, O Muḥammad], when Allāh showed them to you in your dream as few; and if He had shown them to you as many, you [believers] would have lost courage and would have disputed in the matter [of whether to fight], but Allāh saved [you from that]. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
Roots in this verse: ر أ ي أ ل ه ق ل ل ك ث ر ن ز ع أ م ر س ل م ع ل م ص د ر
وَإِذْ يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ إِذِ الْتَقَيْتُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ قَلِيلًا وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ لِيَقْضِيَ اللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الْأُمُورُ ٤٤ ▶
وَإِذْ wa-idh And when يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ yurīkumūhum He showed them to you إِذِ idhi when الْتَقَيْتُمْ l-taqaytum you met فِي fī in أَعْيُنِكُمْ aʿyunikum your eyes قَلِيلًا qalīlan (as) few وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ wayuqallilukum and He made you (appear) as few فِي fī in أَعْيُنِهِمْ aʿyunihim their eyes لِيَقْضِيَ liyaqḍiya that might accomplish اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah might accomplish أَمْرًا amran a matter كَانَ kāna (that) was مَفْعُولًا mafʿūlan (already) destined وَإِلَى wa-ilā And to اللَّهِ l-lahi Allah تُرْجَعُ tur'jaʿu return الْأُمُورُ l-umūru (all) the matters
44. And [remember] when He showed them to you, when you met, as few in your eyes, and He made you [appear] as few in their eyes so that Allāh might accomplish a matter already destined. And to Allāh are [all] matters returned.
Roots in this verse: ر أ ي ل ق ي ع ي ن ق ل ل ق ض ي أ ل ه أ م ر ك و ن ف ع ل ر ج ع
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُوا وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ٤٥ ▶
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you الَّذِينَ alladhīna who آمَنُوا āmanū believe إِذَا idhā When لَقِيتُمْ laqītum you meet فِئَةً fi-atan a force فَاثْبُتُوا fa-uth'butū then be firm وَاذْكُرُوا wa-udh'kurū and remember اللَّهَ l-laha Allah كَثِيرًا kathīran much لَّعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may تُفْلِحُونَ tuf'liḥūna (be) successful
45. O you who have believed, when you encounter a company [from the enemy forces], stand firm and remember Allāh much that you may be successful.
Roots in this verse: أ ي ي أ م ن ل ق ي ف أ ي ث ب ت ذ ك ر أ ل ه ك ث ر ف ل ح
وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَا تَنَازَعُوا فَتَفْشَلُوا وَتَذْهَبَ رِيحُكُمْ وَاصْبِرُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ ٤٦ ▶
وَأَطِيعُوا wa-aṭīʿū And obey اللَّهَ l-laha Allah وَرَسُولَهُ warasūlahu and His Messenger وَلَا walā and (do) not تَنَازَعُوا tanāzaʿū dispute فَتَفْشَلُوا fatafshalū lest you lose courage وَتَذْهَبَ watadhhaba and (would) depart رِيحُكُمْ rīḥukum your strength وَاصْبِرُوا wa-iṣ'birū and be patient إِنَّ inna Indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah مَعَ maʿa (is) with الصَّابِرِينَ l-ṣābirīna the patient ones
46. And obey Allāh and His Messenger, and do not dispute and [thus] lose courage and [then] your strength would depart; and be patient. Indeed, Allāh is with the patient.
Roots in this verse: ط و ع أ ل ه ر س ل ن ز ع ذ ه ب ر و ح ص ب ر
وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِن دِيَارِهِم بَطَرًا وَرِئَاءَ النَّاسِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ ٤٧ ▶
وَلَا walā And (do) not تَكُونُوا takūnū be كَالَّذِينَ ka-alladhīna like those who خَرَجُوا kharajū came forth مِن min from دِيَارِهِم diyārihim their homes بَطَرًا baṭaran boastfully وَرِئَاءَ wariāa and showing off النَّاسِ l-nāsi (to) the people وَيَصُدُّونَ wayaṣuddūna and hinder (them) عَن ʿan from سَبِيلِ sabīli (the) way اللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah بِمَا bimā of what يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna they do مُحِيطٌ muḥīṭun (is) All-Encompassing
47. And do not be like those who came forth from their homes insolently and to be seen by people and avert [them] from the way of Allāh. And Allāh is encompassing of what they do.
Roots in this verse: ك و ن خ ر ج د و ر ر أ ي أ ن س ص د د س ب ل أ ل ه ع م ل ح و ط
وَإِذْ زَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ وَقَالَ لَا غَالِبَ لَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَإِنِّي جَارٌ لَّكُمْ فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَتِ الْفِئَتَانِ نَكَصَ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ وَقَالَ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّنكُمْ إِنِّي أَرَىٰ مَا لَا تَرَوْنَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللَّهَ وَاللَّهُ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ٤٨ ▶
وَإِذْ wa-idh And when زَيَّنَ zayyana made fair-seeming لَهُمُ lahumu to them الشَّيْطَانُ l-shayṭānu the Shaitaan أَعْمَالَهُمْ aʿmālahum their deeds وَقَالَ waqāla and he said لَا lā No (one) غَالِبَ ghāliba (can) overcome لَكُمُ lakumu [to] you الْيَوْمَ l-yawma today مِنَ mina from النَّاسِ l-nāsi the people وَإِنِّي wa-innī and indeed, I am جَارٌ jārun a neighbor لَّكُمْ lakum for you فَلَمَّا falammā But when تَرَاءَتِ tarāati came in sight الْفِئَتَانِ l-fi-atāni the two forces نَكَصَ nakaṣa he turned away عَلَىٰ ʿalā on عَقِبَيْهِ ʿaqibayhi his heels وَقَالَ waqāla and said إِنِّي innī Indeed, I am بَرِيءٌ barīon free مِّنكُمْ minkum of you إِنِّي innī Indeed, I أَرَىٰ arā see مَا mā what لَا lā not تَرَوْنَ tarawna you see إِنِّي innī indeed, I أَخَافُ akhāfu [I] fear اللَّهَ l-laha Allah وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah شَدِيدُ shadīdu (is) severe الْعِقَابِ l-ʿiqābi (in) the penalty
48. And [remember] when Satan made their deeds pleasing to them and said, "No one can overcome you today from among the people, and indeed, I am your protector." But when the two armies sighted each other, he turned on his heels and said, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I see what you do not see; indeed, I fear Allāh. And Allāh is severe in penalty."
Roots in this verse: ز ي ن ش ط ن ع م ل ق و ل غ ل ب ي و م أ ن س ج و ر ر أ ي ف أ ي ع ق ب ب ر أ خ و ف أ ل ه ش د د
إِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ غَرَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ دِينُهُمْ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ٤٩ ▶
إِذْ idh When يَقُولُ yaqūlu said الْمُنَافِقُونَ l-munāfiqūna the hypocrites وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those who فِي fī in قُلُوبِهِم qulūbihim their hearts مَّرَضٌ maraḍun (was) a disease غَرَّ gharra (Had) deluded هَٰؤُلَاءِ hāulāi these (people) دِينُهُمْ dīnuhum their religion وَمَن waman But whoever يَتَوَكَّلْ yatawakkal puts (his) trust عَلَى ʿalā in اللَّهِ l-lahi Allah فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah عَزِيزٌ ʿazīzun (is) All-Mighty حَكِيمٌ ḥakīmun All-Wise
49. [Remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was disease [i.e., arrogance and disbelief] said, "Their religion has deluded those [Muslims]." But whoever relies upon Allāh - then indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Roots in this verse: ق و ل ن ف ق ق ل ب م ر ض غ ر ر د ي ن و ك ل أ ل ه ع ز ز ح ك م
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ يَتَوَفَّى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ ٥٠ ▶
وَلَوْ walaw And if تَرَىٰ tarā you (could) see إِذْ idh when يَتَوَفَّى yatawaffā take away souls الَّذِينَ alladhīna (of) those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieve الْمَلَائِكَةُ l-malāikatu the Angels يَضْرِبُونَ yaḍribūna striking وُجُوهَهُمْ wujūhahum their faces وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ wa-adbārahum and their backs وَذُوقُوا wadhūqū Taste عَذَابَ ʿadhāba (the) punishment الْحَرِيقِ l-ḥarīqi (of) the Blazing Fire
50. And if you could but see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved... They are striking their faces and their backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.
Roots in this verse: ر أ ي و ف ي ك ف ر م ل ك ض ر ب و ج ه د ب ر ذ و ق ع ذ ب
ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ ٥١ ▶
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That بِمَا bimā (is) for what قَدَّمَتْ qaddamat sent forth أَيْدِيكُمْ aydīkum your hands وَأَنَّ wa-anna And indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَيْسَ laysa (is) not بِظَلَّامٍ biẓallāmin unjust لِّلْعَبِيدِ lil'ʿabīdi to His slaves
51. That is for what your hands have put forth [of evil] and because Allāh is not ever unjust to [His] servants."
Roots in this verse: ق د م ي د ي أ ل ه ل ي س ظ ل م ع ب د
كَدَأْبِ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ٥٢ ▶
كَدَأْبِ kadabi Like (the) way آلِ āli (of) people فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna (of) Firaun وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those who مِن min (were) from قَبْلِهِمْ qablihim before them كَفَرُوا kafarū They disbelieved بِآيَاتِ biāyāti in (the) Signs اللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah فَأَخَذَهُمُ fa-akhadhahumu so seized them اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah بِذُنُوبِهِمْ bidhunūbihim for their sins إِنَّ inna Indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah قَوِيٌّ qawiyyun (is) All-Strong شَدِيدُ shadīdu (and) severe الْعِقَابِ l-ʿiqābi (in) the penalty
52. [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allāh, so Allāh seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and severe in penalty.
Roots in this verse: أ و ل ق ب ل ك ف ر أ ي ي أ ل ه أ خ ذ ذ ن ب ق و ي ش د د ع ق ب
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٥٣ ▶
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That بِأَنَّ bi-anna (is) because اللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَمْ lam not يَكُ yaku is مُغَيِّرًا mughayyiran One Who changes نِّعْمَةً niʿ'matan a favor أَنْعَمَهَا anʿamahā which He had bestowed عَلَىٰ ʿalā on قَوْمٍ qawmin a people حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until يُغَيِّرُوا yughayyirū they change مَا mā what بِأَنفُسِهِمْ bi-anfusihim (is) in themselves وَأَنَّ wa-anna And indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah سَمِيعٌ samīʿun (is) All-Hearing عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun All-Knowing
53. That is because Allāh would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Roots in this verse: أ ل ه ك و ن غ ي ر ن ع م ق و م ن ف س س م ع ع ل م
كَدَأْبِ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَكُلٌّ كَانُوا ظَالِمِينَ ٥٤ ▶
كَدَأْبِ kadabi Like (the) way آلِ āli (of) people فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna (of) Firaun وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those who مِن min (were) from قَبْلِهِمْ qablihim before them كَذَّبُوا kadhabū They denied بِآيَاتِ biāyāti (the) Signs رَبِّهِمْ rabbihim (of) their Lord فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُم fa-ahlaknāhum so We destroyed them بِذُنُوبِهِمْ bidhunūbihim for their sins وَأَغْرَقْنَا wa-aghraqnā and We drowned آلَ āla (the) people فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna (of) Firaun وَكُلٌّ wakullun and (they) all كَانُوا kānū were ظَالِمِينَ ẓālimīna wrongdoers
54. [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all [of them] were wrongdoers.
Roots in this verse: أ و ل ق ب ل ك ذ ب أ ي ي ر ب ب ه ل ك ذ ن ب غ ر ق ك ل ل ك و ن ظ ل م
إِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَابِّ عِندَ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٥٥ ▶
إِنَّ inna Indeed شَرَّ sharra (the) worst الدَّوَابِّ l-dawābi (of) the living creatures عِندَ ʿinda near اللَّهِ l-lahi Allah الَّذِينَ alladhīna (are) those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieve فَهُمْ fahum and they لَا lā (will) not يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna believe
55. Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allāh are those who have disbelieved, and they will not [ever] believe-
Roots in this verse: ش ر ر د ب ب ع ن د أ ل ه ك ف ر أ م ن
الَّذِينَ عَاهَدتَّ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَتَّقُونَ ٥٦ ▶
الَّذِينَ alladhīna Those who عَاهَدتَّ ʿāhadtta you made a covenant مِنْهُمْ min'hum with them ثُمَّ thumma then يَنقُضُونَ yanquḍūna they break عَهْدَهُمْ ʿahdahum their covenant فِي fī [in] كُلِّ kulli every مَرَّةٍ marratin time وَهُمْ wahum and they لَا lā (do) not يَتَّقُونَ yattaqūna fear (Allah)
56. The ones with whom you made a treaty but then they break their pledge every time, and they do not fear Allāh.
Roots in this verse: ع ه د ك ل ل م ر ر و ق ي
فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِم مَّنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ٥٧ ▶
فَإِمَّا fa-immā So if تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ tathqafannahum you gain dominance over them فِي fī in الْحَرْبِ l-ḥarbi the war فَشَرِّدْ fasharrid disperse بِهِم bihim by them مَّنْ man (those) who خَلْفَهُمْ khalfahum (are) behind them لَعَلَّهُمْ laʿallahum so that they may يَذَّكَّرُونَ yadhakkarūna take heed
57. So if you, [O Muḥammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded.
Roots in this verse: ح ر ب خ ل ف ذ ك ر
وَإِمَّا تَخَافَنَّ مِن قَوْمٍ خِيَانَةً فَانبِذْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَاءٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْخَائِنِينَ ٥٨ ▶
وَإِمَّا wa-immā And if تَخَافَنَّ takhāfanna you fear مِن min from قَوْمٍ qawmin a people خِيَانَةً khiyānatan betrayal فَانبِذْ fa-inbidh throw back إِلَيْهِمْ ilayhim to them عَلَىٰ ʿalā on سَوَاءٍ sawāin equal (terms) إِنَّ inna Indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَا lā (does) not يُحِبُّ yuḥibbu love الْخَائِنِينَ l-khāinīna the traitors
58. If you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms. Indeed, Allāh does not like traitors.
Roots in this verse: خ و ف ق و م خ و ن ن ب ذ س و ي أ ل ه ح ب ب
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَبَقُوا إِنَّهُمْ لَا يُعْجِزُونَ ٥٩ ▶
وَلَا walā And (let) not يَحْسَبَنَّ yaḥsabanna think الَّذِينَ alladhīna those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieve سَبَقُوا sabaqū they can outstrip إِنَّهُمْ innahum Indeed, they لَا lā (can) not يُعْجِزُونَ yuʿ'jizūna escape
59. And let not those who disbelieve think they will escape. Indeed, they will not cause failure [to Allāh].
Roots in this verse: ح س ب ك ف ر س ب ق ع ج ز
وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُم مَّا اسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن قُوَّةٍ وَمِن رِّبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَآخَرِينَ مِن دُونِهِمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَهُمُ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِن شَيْءٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ ٦٠ ▶
وَأَعِدُّوا wa-aʿiddū And prepare لَهُم lahum for them مَّا mā whatever اسْتَطَعْتُم is'taṭaʿtum you able (to) مِّن min of قُوَّةٍ quwwatin force وَمِن wamin and of رِّبَاطِ ribāṭi tethered الْخَيْلِ l-khayli horses تُرْهِبُونَ tur'hibūna (to) terrify بِهِ bihi therewith عَدُوَّ ʿaduwwa (the) enemy اللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah وَعَدُوَّكُمْ waʿaduwwakum and your enemy وَآخَرِينَ waākharīna and others مِن min from دُونِهِمْ dūnihim besides them لَا lā not تَعْلَمُونَهُمُ taʿlamūnahumu (do) you know them اللَّهُ l-lahu (but) Allah يَعْلَمُهُمْ yaʿlamuhum knows them وَمَا wamā And whatever تُنفِقُوا tunfiqū you spend مِن min from شَيْءٍ shayin (any) thing فِي fī in سَبِيلِ sabīli (the) way اللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah يُوَفَّ yuwaffa it will be fully repaid إِلَيْكُمْ ilaykum to you وَأَنتُمْ wa-antum and you لَا lā (will) not تُظْلَمُونَ tuẓ'lamūna be wronged
60. And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allāh and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but] whom Allāh knows. And whatever you spend in the cause of Allāh will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.
Roots in this verse: ع د د ط و ع ق و ي ر ه ب ع د و أ ل ه أ خ ر د و ن ع ل م ن ف ق ش ي أ س ب ل و ف ي ظ ل م
وَإِن جَنَحُوا لِلسَّلْمِ فَاجْنَحْ لَهَا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ٦١ ▶
وَإِن wa-in And if جَنَحُوا janaḥū they incline لِلسَّلْمِ lilssalmi to peace فَاجْنَحْ fa-ij'naḥ then you (also) incline لَهَا lahā to it وَتَوَكَّلْ watawakkal and put (your) trust عَلَى ʿalā in اللَّهِ l-lahi Allah إِنَّهُ innahu Indeed هُوَ huwa He السَّمِيعُ l-samīʿu (is) All-Hearer الْعَلِيمُ l-ʿalīmu All-Knower
61. And if they incline to peace, then incline to it [also] and rely upon Allāh. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Knowing.
Roots in this verse: ج ن ح س ل م و ك ل أ ل ه س م ع ع ل م
وَإِن يُرِيدُوا أَن يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ اللَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٦٢ ▶
وَإِن wa-in But if يُرِيدُوا yurīdū they intend أَن an to يَخْدَعُوكَ yakhdaʿūka deceive you فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed حَسْبَكَ ḥasbaka is sufficient for you اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah هُوَ huwa He الَّذِي alladhī (is) the One Who أَيَّدَكَ ayyadaka supported you بِنَصْرِهِ binaṣrihi with His help وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ wabil-mu'minīna and with the believers
62. But if they intend to deceive you - then sufficient for you is Allāh. It is He who supported you with His help and with the believers
Roots in this verse: ر و د ح س ب أ ل ه أ ي د ن ص ر أ م ن
وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ لَوْ أَنفَقْتَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَّا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ٦٣ ▶
وَأَلَّفَ wa-allafa And He (has) put affection بَيْنَ bayna between قُلُوبِهِمْ qulūbihim their hearts لَوْ law If أَنفَقْتَ anfaqta you (had) spent مَا mā whatever فِي fī (is) in الْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth جَمِيعًا jamīʿan all مَّا mā not أَلَّفْتَ allafta (could) you (have) put affection بَيْنَ bayna between قُلُوبِهِمْ qulūbihim their hearts وَلَٰكِنَّ walākinna but اللَّهَ l-laha Allah أَلَّفَ allafa (has) put affection بَيْنَهُمْ baynahum between them إِنَّهُ innahu Indeed, He عَزِيزٌ ʿazīzun (is) All-Mighty حَكِيمٌ ḥakīmun All-Wise
63. And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allāh brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Roots in this verse: أ ل ف ب ي ن ق ل ب ن ف ق أ ر ض ج م ع أ ل ه ع ز ز ح ك م
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَسْبُكَ اللَّهُ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٦٤ ▶
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O النَّبِيُّ l-nabiyu Prophet حَسْبُكَ ḥasbuka Sufficient for you اللَّهُ l-lahu (is) Allah وَمَنِ wamani and whoever اتَّبَعَكَ ittabaʿaka follows you مِنَ mina of الْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers
64. O Prophet, sufficient for you is Allāh and for whoever follows you of the believers.
Roots in this verse: أ ي ي ن ب أ ح س ب أ ل ه ت ب ع أ م ن
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ إِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ وَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُم مِّائَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا أَلْفًا مِّنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ ٦٥ ▶
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O النَّبِيُّ l-nabiyu Prophet حَرِّضِ ḥarriḍi Urge الْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers عَلَى ʿalā to الْقِتَالِ l-qitāli [the] fight إِن in If يَكُن yakun (there) are مِّنكُمْ minkum among you عِشْرُونَ ʿish'rūna twenty صَابِرُونَ ṣābirūna steadfast يَغْلِبُوا yaghlibū they will overcome مِائَتَيْنِ mi-atayni two hundred وَإِن wa-in And if يَكُن yakun (there) are مِّنكُم minkum among you مِّائَةٌ mi-atun a hundred يَغْلِبُوا yaghlibū they will overcome أَلْفًا alfan a thousand مِّنَ mina of الَّذِينَ alladhīna those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieve بِأَنَّهُمْ bi-annahum because they قَوْمٌ qawmun (are) a people لَّا lā (who do) not يَفْقَهُونَ yafqahūna understand
65. O Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among you twenty [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you one hundred [who are steadfast], they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved because they are a people who do not understand.
Roots in this verse: أ ي ي ن ب أ أ م ن ق ت ل ك و ن ع ش ر ص ب ر غ ل ب م أ ي أ ل ف ك ف ر ق و م ف ق ه
الْآنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفًا فَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُم مِّائَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ وَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ أَلْفٌ يَغْلِبُوا أَلْفَيْنِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ ٦٦ ▶
الْآنَ al-āna Now خَفَّفَ khaffafa has (been) lightened اللَّهُ l-lahu (by) Allah عَنكُمْ ʿankum for you وَعَلِمَ waʿalima and He knows أَنَّ anna that فِيكُمْ fīkum in you ضَعْفًا ḍaʿfan (there) is weakness فَإِن fa-in So if يَكُن yakun (there) are مِّنكُم minkum among you مِّائَةٌ mi-atun a hundred صَابِرَةٌ ṣābiratun steadfast يَغْلِبُوا yaghlibū they will overcome مِائَتَيْنِ mi-atayni two hundred وَإِن wa-in And if يَكُن yakun (there) are مِّنكُمْ minkum among you أَلْفٌ alfun a thousand يَغْلِبُوا yaghlibū they will overcome أَلْفَيْنِ alfayni two thousand بِإِذْنِ bi-idh'ni with (the) permission اللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah مَعَ maʿa (is) with الصَّابِرِينَ l-ṣābirīna the steadfast
66. Now, Allāh has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allāh. And Allāh is with the steadfast.
Roots in this verse: خ ف ف أ ل ه ع ل م ض ع ف ك و ن م أ ي ص ب ر غ ل ب أ ل ف أ ذ ن
مَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَن يَكُونَ لَهُ أَسْرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يُثْخِنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ تُرِيدُونَ عَرَضَ الدُّنْيَا وَاللَّهُ يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ٦٧ ▶
مَا mā Not كَانَ kāna is لِنَبِيٍّ linabiyyin for a Prophet أَن an that يَكُونَ yakūna (there) should be لَهُ lahu for him أَسْرَىٰ asrā prisoners of war حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until يُثْخِنَ yuth'khina he has battled strenuously فِي fī in الْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the land تُرِيدُونَ turīdūna You desire عَرَضَ ʿaraḍa (the) commodities الدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā (of) the world وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu but Allah يُرِيدُ yurīdu desires الْآخِرَةَ l-ākhirata (for you) the Hereafter وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah عَزِيزٌ ʿazīzun (is) All-Mighty حَكِيمٌ ḥakīmun All-Wise
67. It is not for a prophet to have captives [of war] until he inflicts a massacre [upon Allāh's enemies] in the land. You [i.e., some Muslims] desire the commodities of this world, but Allāh desires [for you] the Hereafter. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Roots in this verse: ك و ن ن ب أ أ ر ض ر و د ع ر ض د ن و أ ل ه أ خ ر ع ز ز ح ك م
لَّوْلَا كِتَابٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَا أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ٦٨ ▶
لَّوْلَا lawlā Had not كِتَابٌ kitābun an ordainment مِّنَ mina from اللَّهِ l-lahi Allah سَبَقَ sabaqa preceded لَمَسَّكُمْ lamassakum surely (would) have touched you فِيمَا fīmā for what أَخَذْتُمْ akhadhtum you took عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun a punishment عَظِيمٌ ʿaẓīmun great
68. If not for a decree from Allāh that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.
Roots in this verse: ك ت ب أ ل ه س ب ق م س س أ خ ذ ع ذ ب ع ظ م
فَكُلُوا مِمَّا غَنِمْتُمْ حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ٦٩ ▶
فَكُلُوا fakulū So eat مِمَّا mimmā from what غَنِمْتُمْ ghanim'tum you got as war booty حَلَالًا ḥalālan lawful طَيِّبًا ṭayyiban (and) good وَاتَّقُوا wa-ittaqū and fear اللَّهَ l-laha Allah إِنَّ inna Indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah غَفُورٌ ghafūrun (is) Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمٌ raḥīmun Most Merciful
69. So consume what you have taken of war booty [as being] lawful and good, and fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Roots in this verse: أ ك ل ح ل ل ط ي ب و ق ي أ ل ه غ ف ر ر ح م
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِّمَن فِي أَيْدِيكُم مِّنَ الْأَسْرَىٰ إِن يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ خَيْرًا يُؤْتِكُمْ خَيْرًا مِّمَّا أُخِذَ مِنكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ٧٠ ▶
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O النَّبِيُّ l-nabiyu Prophet قُل qul Say لِّمَن liman to whoever فِي fī (is) in أَيْدِيكُم aydīkum your hands مِّنَ mina of الْأَسْرَىٰ l-asrā the captives إِن in If يَعْلَمِ yaʿlami knows اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah فِي fī in قُلُوبِكُمْ qulūbikum your hearts خَيْرًا khayran any good يُؤْتِكُمْ yu'tikum He will give you خَيْرًا khayran better مِّمَّا mimmā than what أُخِذَ ukhidha was taken مِنكُمْ minkum from you وَيَغْفِرْ wayaghfir and He will forgive لَكُمْ lakum you وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah غَفُورٌ ghafūrun (is) Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمٌ raḥīmun Most Merciful
70. O Prophet, say to whoever is in your hands of the captives, "If Allāh knows [any] good in your hearts, He will give you [something] better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you; and Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful."
Roots in this verse: أ ي ي ن ب أ ق و ل ي د ي ع ل م أ ل ه ق ل ب خ ي ر أ ت ي أ خ ذ غ ف ر ر ح م
وَإِن يُرِيدُوا خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدْ خَانُوا اللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ فَأَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ٧١ ▶
وَإِن wa-in But if يُرِيدُوا yurīdū they intend خِيَانَتَكَ khiyānataka (to) betray you فَقَدْ faqad certainly خَانُوا khānū they have betrayed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah مِن min from قَبْلُ qablu before فَأَمْكَنَ fa-amkana So He gave (you) power مِنْهُمْ min'hum over them وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun (is) All-Knower حَكِيمٌ ḥakīmun All-Wise
71. But if they intend to betray you - then they have already betrayed Allāh before, and He empowered [you] over them. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
Roots in this verse: ر و د خ و ن أ ل ه ق ب ل م ك ن ع ل م ح ك م
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ آوَوا وَّنَصَرُوا أُولَٰئِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يُهَاجِرُوا مَا لَكُم مِّن وَلَايَتِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا وَإِنِ اسْتَنصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَاقٌ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ٧٢ ▶
إِنَّ inna Indeed الَّذِينَ alladhīna those who آمَنُوا āmanū believed وَهَاجَرُوا wahājarū and emigrated وَجَاهَدُوا wajāhadū and strove hard بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ bi-amwālihim with their wealth وَأَنفُسِهِمْ wa-anfusihim and their lives فِي fī in سَبِيلِ sabīli (the) way اللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those who آوَوا āwaw gave shelter وَّنَصَرُوا wanaṣarū and helped أُولَٰئِكَ ulāika those بَعْضُهُمْ baʿḍuhum some of them أَوْلِيَاءُ awliyāu (are) allies بَعْضٍ baʿḍin (of) another وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna But those who آمَنُوا āmanū believed وَلَمْ walam and (did) not يُهَاجِرُوا yuhājirū emigrate مَا mā (it is) not لَكُم lakum for you مِّن min (of) وَلَايَتِهِم walāyatihim their protection مِّن min (in) شَيْءٍ shayin (in) anything حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until يُهَاجِرُوا yuhājirū they emigrate وَإِنِ wa-ini And if اسْتَنصَرُوكُمْ is'tanṣarūkum they seek your help فِي fī in الدِّينِ l-dīni the religion فَعَلَيْكُمُ faʿalaykumu then upon you النَّصْرُ l-naṣru (is to) help them إِلَّا illā except عَلَىٰ ʿalā against قَوْمٍ qawmin a people بَيْنَكُمْ baynakum between you وَبَيْنَهُم wabaynahum and between them مِّيثَاقٌ mīthāqun (is) a treaty وَاللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah بِمَا bimā of what تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna you do بَصِيرٌ baṣīrun (is) All-Seer
72. Indeed, those who have believed and emigrated and fought with their wealth and lives in the cause of Allāh and those who gave shelter and aided - they are allies of one another. But those who believed and did not emigrate - for you there is no support of them until they emigrate. And if they seek help of you for the religion, then you must help, except against a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty. And Allāh is Seeing of what you do.
Roots in this verse: أ م ن ه ج ر ج ه د م و ل ن ف س س ب ل أ ل ه أ و ي ن ص ر ب ع ض و ل ي ش ي أ د ي ن ق و م ب ي ن و ث ق ع م ل ب ص ر
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرٌ ٧٣ ▶
وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna And those who كَفَرُوا kafarū disbelieve بَعْضُهُمْ baʿḍuhum some of them أَوْلِيَاءُ awliyāu (are) allies بَعْضٍ baʿḍin (to) another إِلَّا illā If not تَفْعَلُوهُ tafʿalūhu you do it تَكُن takun (there) will be فِتْنَةٌ fit'natun oppression فِي fī in الْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth وَفَسَادٌ wafasādun and corruption كَبِيرٌ kabīrun great
73. And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so [i.e., ally yourselves with other believers], there will be fitnah [i.e., disbelief and oppression] on earth and great corruption.
Roots in this verse: ك ف ر ب ع ض و ل ي ف ع ل ك و ن ف ت ن أ ر ض ف س د ك ب ر
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ آوَوا وَّنَصَرُوا أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَّهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ ٧٤ ▶
وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna And those who آمَنُوا āmanū believed وَهَاجَرُوا wahājarū and emigrated وَجَاهَدُوا wajāhadū and strove hard فِي fī in سَبِيلِ sabīli (the) way اللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those who آوَوا āwaw gave shelter وَّنَصَرُوا wanaṣarū and helped أُولَٰئِكَ ulāika those هُمُ humu they (are) الْمُؤْمِنُونَ l-mu'minūna the believers حَقًّا ḥaqqan (in) truth لَّهُم lahum For them مَّغْفِرَةٌ maghfiratun (is) forgiveness وَرِزْقٌ wariz'qun and a provision كَرِيمٌ karīmun noble
74. But those who have believed and emigrated and fought in the cause of Allāh and those who gave shelter and aided - it is they who are the believers, truly. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.
Roots in this verse: أ م ن ه ج ر ج ه د س ب ل أ ل ه أ و ي ن ص ر ح ق ق غ ف ر ر ز ق ك ر م
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِن بَعْدُ وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا مَعَكُمْ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مِنكُمْ وَأُولُو الْأَرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَىٰ بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ٧٥ ▶
وَالَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna And those who آمَنُوا āmanū believed مِن min from بَعْدُ baʿdu afterwards وَهَاجَرُوا wahājarū and emigrated وَجَاهَدُوا wajāhadū and strove hard مَعَكُمْ maʿakum with you فَأُولَٰئِكَ fa-ulāika then those مِنكُمْ minkum (are) of you وَأُولُو wa-ulū But those الْأَرْحَامِ l-arḥāmi (of) blood relationship بَعْضُهُمْ baʿḍuhum some of them أَوْلَىٰ awlā (are) nearer بِبَعْضٍ bibaʿḍin to another فِي fī in كِتَابِ kitābi (the) Book اللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah إِنَّ inna Indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah بِكُلِّ bikulli of every شَيْءٍ shayin thing عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun (is) All-Knower
75. And those who believed after [the initial emigration] and emigrated and fought with you - they are of you. But those of [blood] relationship are more entitled [to inheritance] in the decree of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of all things.
Roots in this verse: أ م ن ب ع د ه ج ر ج ه د ر ح م ب ع ض و ل ي ك ت ب أ ل ه ك ل ل ش ي أ ع ل م
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