[9.1] (This
is a declaration of) immunity by Allah and His Apostle towards those of the idolaters with
whom you made an agreement.
[9.2] So go
about in the land for four months and know that you cannot weaken Allah and that Allah
will bring disgrace to the unbelievers.
[9.3] And an
announcement from Allah and His Apostle to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage
that Allah and His Apostle are free from liability to the idolaters; therefore if you
repent, it will be better for you, and if you turn back, then know that you will not
weaken Allah; and announce painful punishment to those who disbelieve.
[9.4] Except
those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement, then they have not failed you in
anything and have not backed up any one against you, so fulfill their agreement to the end
of their term; surely Allah loves those who are careful (of their duty).
[9.5] So
when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them,
and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if
they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them; surely
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9.6] And if
one of the idolaters seek protection from you, grant him protection till he hears the word
of Allah, then make him attain his place of safety; this is because they are a people who
do not know.
[9.7] How
can there be an agreement for the idolaters with Allah and with His Apostle; except those
with whom you made an agreement at the Sacred Mosque? So as long as they are true to you,
be true to them; surely Allah loves those who are careful (of their duty).
[9.8] How
(can it be)! while if they prevail against you, they would not pay regard in your case to
ties of relationship, nor those of covenant; they please you with their mouths while their
hearts do not consent; and most of them are transgressors.
[9.9] They
have taken a small price for the communications of Allah, so they turn away from His way;
surely evil is it that they do.
[9.10] They
do not pay regard to ties of relationship nor those of covenant in the case of a believer;
and these are they who go beyond the limits.
[9.11] But
if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith;
and We make the communications clear for a people who know.
[9.12] And
if they break their oaths after their agreement and (openly) revile your religion, then
fight the leaders of unbelief -- surely their oaths are nothing -- so that they may
desist.
[9.13] What!
will you not fight a people who broke their oaths and aimed at the expulsion of the
Apostle, and they attacked you first; do you fear them? But Allah is most deserving that
you should fear Him, if you are believers.
[9.14] Fight
them, Allah will punish them by your hands and bring them to disgrace, and assist you
against them and heal the hearts of a believing people.
[9.15] And
remove the rage of their hearts; and Allah turns (mercifully) to whom He pleases, and
Allah is Knowing, Wise.
[9.16] What!
do you think that you will be left alone while Allah has not yet known those of you who
have struggled hard and have not taken any one as an adherent besides Allah and His
Apostle and the believers; and Allah is aware of what you do.
[9.17] The
idolaters have no right to visit the mosques of Allah while bearing witness to unbelief
against themselves, these it is whose doings are null, and in the fire shall they abide.
[9.18] Only
he shall visit the mosques of Allah who believes in Allah and the latter day, and keeps up
prayer and pays the poor-rate and fears none but Allah; so (as for) these, it may be that
they are of the followers of the right course.
[9.19] What!
do you make (one who undertakes) the giving of drink to the pilgrims and the guarding of
the Sacred Mosque like him who believes in Allah and the latter day and strives hard in
Allah's way? They are not equal with Allah; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.
[9.20] Those
who believed and fled (their homes), and strove hard in Allah's way with their property
and their souls, are much higher in rank with Allah; and those are they who are the
achievers (of their objects).
[9.21] Their
Lord gives them good news of mercy from Himself and (His) good pleasure and gardens,
wherein lasting blessings shall be theirs;
[9.22]
Abiding therein for ever; surely Allah has a Mighty reward with Him.
[9.23] O you
who believe! do not take your fathers and your brothers for guardians if they love
unbelief more than belief; and whoever of you takes them for a guardian, these it is that
are the unjust.
[9.24] Say:
If your fathers and your sons and your brethren and your mates and your kinsfolk and
property which you have acquired, and the slackness of trade which you fear and dwellings
which you like, are dearer to you than Allah and His Apostle and striving in His way, then
wait till Allah brings about His command: and Allah does not guide the transgressing
people.
[9.25]
Certainly Allah helped you in many battlefields and on the day of Hunain, when your great
numbers made you vain, but they availed you nothing and the earth became strait to you
notwithstanding its spaciousness, then you turned back retreating.
[9.26] Then
Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Apostle and upon the believers, and sent down
hosts which you did not see, and chastised those who disbelieved, and that is the reward
of the unbelievers.
[9.27] Then
will Allah after this turn (mercifully) to whom He pleases, and Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
[9.28] O you
who believe! the idolaters are nothing but unclean, so they shall not approach the Sacred
Mosque after this year; and if you fear poverty then Allah will enrich you out of His
grace if He please; surely Allah is Knowing Wise.
[9.29] Fight
those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah
and His Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have
been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are
in a state of subjection.
[9.30] And
the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of
Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who
disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away!
[9.31] They
have taken their doctors of law and their monks for lords besides Allah, and (also) the
Messiah son of Marium and they were enjoined that they should serve one God only, there is
no god but He; far from His glory be what they set up (with Him).
[9.32] They
desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, and Allah will not consent save to
perfect His light, though the unbelievers are averse.
[9.33] He it
is Who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth, that He might cause it to
prevail over all religions, though the polytheists may be averse.
[9.34] O you
who believe! most surely many of the doctors of law and the monks eat away the property of
men falsely, and turn (them) from Allah's way; and (as for) those who hoard up gold and
silver and do not spend it in Allah's way, announce to them a painful chastisement,
[9.35] On
the day when it shall be heated in the fire of hell, then their foreheads and their sides
and their backs shall be branded with it; this is what you hoarded up for yourselves,
therefore taste what you hoarded.
[9.36]
Surely the number of months with Allah is twelve months in Allah's ordinance since the day
when He created the heavens and the earth, of these four being sacred; that is the right
reckoning; therefore be not unjust to yourselves regarding them, and fight the polytheists
all together as they fight you all together; and know that Allah is with those who guard
(against evil).
[9.37]
Postponing (of the sacred month) is only an addition in unbelief, wherewith those who
disbelieve are led astray, violating it one year and keeping it sacred another, that they
may agree in the number (of months) that Allah has made sacred, and thus violate what
Allah has made sacred; the evil of their doings is made fair seeming to them; and Allah
does not guide the unbelieving people.
Repentance - Part B
[9.38] O you
who believe! What (excuse) have you that when it is said to you: Go forth in Allah's way,
you should incline heavily to earth; are you contented with this world's life instead of
the hereafter? But the provision of this world's life compared with the hereafter is but
little.
[9.39] If
you do not go forth, He will chastise you with a painful chastisement and bring in your
place a people other than you, and you will do Him no harm; and Allah has power over all
things.
[9.40] If
you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him when those who disbelieved expelled him,
he being the second of the two, when they were both in the cave, when he said to his
companion: Grieve not, surely Allah is with us. So Allah sent down His tranquillity upon
him and strengthened him with hosts which you did not see, and made lowest the word of
those who disbelieved; and the word of Allah, that is the highest; and Allah is Mighty,
Wise.
[9.41] Go
forth light and heavy, and strive hard in Allah's way with your property and your persons;
this is better for you, if you know.
[9.42] Had
it been a near advantage and a short journey, they would certainly have followed you, but
the tedious journey was too long for them; and they swear by Allah: If we had been able,
we would certainly have gone forth with you; they cause their own souls to perish, and
Allah knows that they are most surely liars.
[9.43] Allah
pardon you! Why did you give them leave until those who spoke the truth had become
manifest to you and you had known the liars?
[9.44] They
do not ask leave of you who believe in Allah and the latter day (to stay away) from
striving hard with their property and their persons, and Allah knows those who guard
(against evil).
[9.45] They
only ask leave of you who do not believe in Allah and the latter day and their hearts are
in doubt, so in their doubt do they waver.
[9.46] And
if they had intended to go forth, they would certainly have provided equipment for it, but
Allah did not like their going forth, so He withheld them, and it was said (to them): Hold
back with those who hold back.
[9.47] Had
they gone forth with you, they would not have added to you aught save corruption, and they
would certainly have hurried about among you seeking (to sow) dissension among you, and
among you there are those who hearken for their sake; and Allah knows the unjust.
[9.48]
Certainly they sought (to sow) dissension before, and they meditated plots against you
until the truth came, and Allah's commandment prevailed although they were averse (from
it).
[9.49] And
among them there is he who says: Allow me and do not try me. Surely into trial have they
already tumbled down, and most surely hell encompasses the unbelievers.
[9.50] If
good befalls you, it grieves them, and if hardship afflicts you, they say: Indeed we had
taken care of our affair before; and they turn back and are glad.
[9.51]
Say: Nothing will afflict us save what Allah has ordained for us; He is our Patron; and on
Allah let the believers rely.
[9.52] Say:
Do you await for us but one of two most excellent things? And we await for you that Allah
will afflict you with punishment from Himself or by our hands. So wait; we too will wait
with you.
[9.53] Say:
Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you; surely you are a
transgressing people.
[9.54] And
nothing hinders their spending being accepted from them, except that they disbelieve in
Allah and in His Apostle and they do not come to prayer but while they are sluggish, and
they do not spend but while they are unwilling.
[9.55] Let
not then their property and their children excite your admiration; Allah only wishes to
chastise them with these in this world's life and (that) their souls may depart while they
are unbelievers.
[9.56] And
they swear by Allah that they are most surely of you, and they are not of you, but they
are a people who are afraid (of you).
[9.57] If
they could find a refuge or cave or a place to enter into, they would certainly have
turned thereto, running away in all haste.
[9.58] And
of them there are those who blame you with respect to the alms; so if they are given from
it they are pleased, and if they are not given from it, lo! they are full of rage.
[9.59] And
if they were content with what Allah and His Apostle gave them, and had said: Allah is
sufficient for us; Allah will soon give us (more) out of His grace and His Apostle too;
surely to Allah do we make our petition.
[9.60] Alms
are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials (appointed) over them, and those
whose hearts are made to incline (to truth) and the (ransoming of) captives and those in
debts and in the way of Allah and the wayfarer; an ordinance from Allah; and Allah is
knowing, Wise.
[9.61] And
there are some of them who molest the Prophet and say: He is one who believes every thing
that he hears; say: A hearer of good for you (who) believes in Allah and believes the
faithful and a mercy for those of you who believe; and (as for) those who molest the
Apostle of Allah, they shall have a painful punishment.
[9.62] They
swear to you by Allah that they might please you and, Allah, as well as His Apostle, has a
greater right that they should please Him, if they are believers.
[9.63] Do
they not know that whoever acts in opposition to Allah and His Apostle, he shall surely
have the fire of hell to abide in it? That is the grievous abasement.
[9.64] The
hypocrites fear lest a chapter should be sent down to them telling them plainly of what is
in their hearts. Say: Go on mocking, surely Allah will bring forth what you fear.
[9.65] And
if you should question them, they would certainly say: We were only idly discoursing and
sporting. Say: Was it at Allah and His communications and His Apostle that you mocked?
[9.66] Do
not make excuses; you have denied indeed after you had believed; if We pardon a party of
you, We will chastise (another) party because they are guilty.
[9.67] The
hypocritical men and the hypocritical women are all alike; they enjoin evil and forbid
good and withhold their hands; they have forsaken Allah, so He has forsaken them; surely
the hypocrites are the transgressors.
[9.68] Allah
has promised the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women and the unbelievers the fire
of hell to abide therein; it is enough for them; and Allah has cursed them and they shall
have lasting punishment.
[9.69] Like
those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and
children, so they enjoyed their portion; thus have you enjoyed your portion as those
before you enjoyed their portion; and you entered into vain discourses like the vain
discourses in which entered those before you. These are they whose works are null in this
world and the hereafter, and these are they who are the losers.
[9.70] Has
not the news of those before them come to them; of the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood,
and the people of Ibrahim and the dwellers of Madyan and the overthrown cities; their
apostles came to them with clear arguments; so it was not Allah Who should do them
injustice, but they were unjust to themselves.
[9.71] And
(as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are guardians of each other; they
enjoin good and forbid evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and
His Apostle; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[9.72] Allah
has promised to the believing men and the believing women gardens, beneath which rivers
flow, to abide in them, and goodly dwellings in gardens of perpetual abode; and best of
all is Allah's goodly pleasure; that is the grand achievement.
[9.73] O
Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them;
and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination.
[9.74] They
swear by Allah that they did not speak, and certainly they did speak, the word of
unbelief, and disbelieved after their Islam, and they had determined upon what they have
not been able to effect, and they did not find fault except because Allah and His Apostle
enriched them out of His grace; therefore if they repent, it will be good for them; and if
they turn back, Allah will chastise them with a painful chastisement in this world and the
hereafter, and they shall not have in the land any guardian or a helper.
[9.75] And
there are those of them who made a covenant with Allah: If He give us out of His grace, we
will certainly give alms and we will certainly be of the good.
[9.76] But
when He gave them out of His grace, they became niggardly of it and they turned back and
they withdrew.
[9.77] So He
made hypocrisy to follow as a consequence into their hearts till the day when they shall
meet Him because they failed to perform towards Allah what they had promised with Him and
because they told lies.
[9.78] Do
they not know that Allah knows their hidden thoughts and their secret counsels, and that
Allah is the great Knower of the unseen things?
[9.79] They
who taunt those of the faithful who give their alms freely, and those who give to the
extent of their earnings and scoff at them; Allah will pay them back their scoffing, and
they shall have a painful chastisement.
[9.80] Ask
forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; even if you ask forgiveness for
them seventy times, Allah will not forgive them; this is because they disbelieve in Allah
and His Apostle, and Allah does not guide the transgressing people.
[9.81] Those
who were left behind were glad on account of their sitting behind Allah's Apostle and they
were averse from striving m Allah's way with their property and their persons, and said:
Do not go forth in the heat. Say: The fire of hell is much severe in heat. Would that they
understood (it).
[9.82]
Therefore they shall laugh little and weep much as a recompense for what they earned.
[9.83]
Therefore if Allah brings you back to a party of them and then they ask your permission to
go forth, say: By no means shall you ever go forth with me and by no means shall you fight
an enemy with me; surely you chose to sit the first time, therefore sit (now) with those
who remain behind.
[9.84] And
never offer prayer for any one of them who dies and do not stand by his grave; surely they
disbelieve in Allah and His Apostle and they shall die in transgression.
[9.85] And
let not their property and their children excite your admiration; Allah only wishes to
chastise them with these in this world and (that) their souls may depart while they are
unbelievers
[9.86] And
whenever a chapter is revealed, saying: Believe in Allah and strive hard along with His
Apostle, those having ampleness of means ask permission of you and say: Leave us (behind),
that we may be with those who sit.
[9.87] They
preferred to be with those who remained behind, and a seal is set on their hearts so they
do not understand.
[9.88] But
the Apostle and those who believe with him strive hard with their property and their
persons; and these it is who shall have the good things and these it is who shall be
successful.
[9.89] Allah
has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them; that is the
great achievement.
[9.90] And
the defaulters from among the dwellers of the desert came that permission may be given to
them and they sat (at home) who lied to Allah and His Apostle; a painful chastisement
shall afflict those of them who disbelieved.
[9.91] It
shall be no crime in the weak, nor in the sick, nor in those who do not find what they
should spend (to stay behind), so long as they are sincere to Allah and His Apostle; there
is no way (to blame) against the doers of good; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;
[9.92] Nor
in those who when they came to you that you might carry them, you said: I cannot find that
on which to carry you; they went back while their eyes overflowed with tears on account of
grief for not finding that which they should spend.
[9.93] The
way (to blame) is only against those who ask permission of you though they are rich; they
have chosen to be with those who remained behind, and Allah has set a seal upon their
hearts so they do not know.
[9.94] They
will excuse themselves to you when you go back to them. Say: Urge no excuse, by no means
will we believe you; indeed Allah has informed us of matters relating to you; and now
Allah and His Apostle will see your doings, then you shall be brought back to the Knower
of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you did.
[9.95] They
will swear to you by Allah when you return to them so that you may turn aside from them;
so do turn aside from them; surely they are unclean and their abode is hell; a recompense
for what they earned.
[9.96] They
will swear to you that you may be pleased with them; but if you are pleased with them, yet
surely Allah is not pleased with the transgressing people.
[9.97] The
dwellers of the desert are very hard in unbelief and hypocrisy, and more disposed not to
know the limits of what Allah has revealed to His Apostle; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
[9.98] And
of the dwellers of the desert are those who take what they spend to be a fine, and they
wait (the befalling of) calamities to you; on them (will be) the evil calamity; and Allah
is Hearing, Knowing.
[9.99] And
of the dwellers of the desert are those who believe in Allah and the latter day and take
what they spend to be (means of) the nearness of Allah and the Apostle's prayers; surely
it shall be means of nearness for them; Allah will make them enter into His mercy; surely
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9.100] And
(as for) the foremost, the first of the Muhajirs and the Ansars, and those who followed
them in goodness, Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him, and
He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them for ever;
that is the mighty achievement.
[9.101] And
from among those who are round about you of the dwellers of the desert there are
hypocrites, and from among the people of Medina (also); they are stubborn in hypocrisy;
you do not know them; We know them; We will chastise them twice then shall they be turned
back to a grievous chastisement.
[9.102] And
others have confessed their faults, they have mingled a good deed and an evil one; may be
Allah will turn to them (mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9.103] Take
alms out of their property, you would cleanse them and purify them thereby, and pray for
them; surely your prayer is a relief to them; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
[9.104] Do
they not know that Allah accepts repentance from His servants and takes the alms, and that
Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful?
[9.105] And
say: Work; so Allah will see your work and (so will) His Apostle and the believers; and
you shall be brought back to the Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform
you of what you did.
[9.106] And
others are made to await Allah's command, whether He chastise them or whether He turn to
them (mercifully), and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
[9.107] And
those who built a masjid to cause harm and for unbelief and to cause disunion among the
believers and an ambush to him who made war against Allah and His Apostle before; and they
will certainly swear: We did not desire aught but good; and Allah bears witness that they
are most surely liars.
[9.108]
Never stand in it; certainly a masjid founded on piety from the very first day is more
deserving that you should stand in it; in it are men who love that they should be
purified; and Allah loves those who purify themselves.
[9.109] Is
he, therefore, better who lays his foundation on fear of Allah and (His) good pleasure, or
he who lays his foundation on the edge of a cracking hollowed bank, so it broke down with
him into the fire of hell; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.
[9.110] The
building which they have built will ever continue to be a source of disquiet in their
hearts, except that their hearts get cut into pieces; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
[9.111]
Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that
they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain; a
promise which is binding on Him in the Taurat and the Injeel and the Qur’an; and who
is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you
have made; and that is the mighty achievement.
[9.112] They
who turn (to Allah), who serve (Him), who praise (Him), who fast, who bow down, who
prostrate themselves, who enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, and who keep the
limits of Allah; and give good news to the believers.
[9.113] It
is not (fit) for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask forgiveness for
the polytheists, even though they should be near relatives, after it has become clear to
them that they are inmates of the flaming fire.
[9.114] And
Ibrahim asking forgiveness for his sire was only owing to a promise which he had made to
him; but when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of Allah, he declared himself to
be clear of him; most surely Ibrahim was very tender-hearted forbearing.
[9.115] It
is not (attributable to) Allah that He should lead a people astray after He has guided
them; He even makes clear to them what they should guard against; surely Allah knows all
things.
[9.116]
Surely Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He brings to life and causes
to die; and there is not for you besides Allah any Guardian or Helper.
[9.117]
Certainly Allah has turned (mercifully) to the Prophet and those who fled (their homes)
and the helpers who followed him in the hour of straitness after the hearts of a part of
them were about to deviate, then He turned to them (mercifully); surely to them He is
Compassionate, Merciful.
[9.118] And
to the three who were left behind, until the earth became strait to them notwithstanding
its spaciousness and their souls were also straitened to them; and they knew it for
certain that there was no refuge from Allah but in Him; then He turned to them
(mercifully) that they might turn (to Him); surely Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy),
the Merciful.
[9.119] O
you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and be with the true ones.
[9.120] It
did not beseem the people of Medina and those round about them of the dwellers of the
desert to remain behind the Apostle of Allah, nor should they desire (anything) for
themselves in preference to him; this is because there afflicts them not thirst or fatigue
or hunger in Allah's way, nor do they tread a path which enrages the unbelievers, nor do
they attain from the enemy what they attain, but a good work is written down to them on
account of it; surely Allah does not waste the reward of the doers of good;
[9.121] Nor
do they spend anything that may be spent, small or great, nor do they traverse a valley,
but it is written down to their credit, that Allah may reward them with the best of what
they have done.
[9.122] And
it does not beseem the believers that they should go forth all together; why should not
then a company from every party from among them go forth that they may apply themselves to
obtain understanding in religion, and that they may warn their people when they come back
to them that they may be cautious?
[9.123] O
you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in
you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).
[9.124] And
whenever a chapter is revealed, there are some of them who say: Which of you has it
strengthened in faith? Then as for those who believe, it strengthens them in faith and
they rejoice.
[9.125] And
as for those in whose hearts is a disease, it adds uncleanness to their uncleanness and
they die while they are unbelievers.
[9.126] Do
they not see that they are tried once or twice in every year, yet they do not turn (to
Allah) nor do they mind.
[9.127] And
whenever a chapter is revealed, they cast glances at one another: Does any one see you?
Then they turn away: Allah has turned away their hearts because they are a people who do
not understand.
[9.128]
Certainly an Apostle has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your
falling into distress, excessively solicitous respecting you; to the believers (he is)
compassionate,
[9.129] But
if they turn back, say: Allah is sufficient for me, there is no god but He; on Him do I
rely, and He is the Lord of mighty power.
