48. "The Victory"
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Surely We have given to you a clear victory
That Allah may forgive your community their past faults and
those to follow and complete His favor to you and keep you on a right way,
And that Allah might help you with a mighty help.
He it is Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the
believers that they might have more of faith added to their faith— and Allah's
are the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is Knowing, Wise—
That He may cause the believing men and the believing women
to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow to abide therein and remove from
them their evil; and that is a grand achievement with Allah
And (that) He may punish the hypocritical men and the
hypocritical women, and the polytheistic men and the polytheistic women,
the entertainers of evil thoughts about Allah. On them is the evil turn, and
Allah is wroth with them and has cursed them and prepared hell for them,
and evil is the resort.
And Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth; and Allah
is Mighty, Wise.
Surely We have sent you as a witness and as a bearer of good
news and as a warner,
That you may believe in Allah and His Apostle and may aid him
and revere him; and (that) you may declare His glory, morning and evening.
Surely those who swear allegiance to you do but swear
allegiance to Allah; the hand of Allah is above their hands. Therefore
whoever breaks (his faith), he breaks it only to the injury of his own soul,
and whoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a
mighty reward.
Those of the dwellers of the desert who were left behind will
say to you: Our property and our families kept us busy, so ask forgiveness
for us. They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: Then
who can control anything for you from Allah if He intends to do you harm
or if He intends to do you good; nay, Allah is Aware of what you do:
Nay! you rather thought that the Apostle and the believers
would not return to their families ever, and that was made fairseeming to
your hearts and you thought an evil thought and you were a people doomed
to perish.
And whoever does not believe in Allah and His Apostle, then
surely We have prepared burning fire for the unbelievers.
And Allah's is the kingdom. of the heavens and the earth; He
forgives whom He pleases and punishes whom He pleases, and Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
Those who are left behind will say when you set forth for the
gaining of acquisitions: Allow us (that) we may follow you. They desire to
change the world of Allah. Say: By no means shall you follow us; thus did
Allah say before. But they will say: Nay! you are jealous of us. Nay! they do
not understand but a little.
Say to those of the dwellers of the desert who were left behind:
You shall soon be invited (to fight) against a people possessing mighty
prowess; you will fight against them until they submit; then if you obey,
Allah will grant you a good reward; and if you turn back as you turned back
before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.
There is no harm in the blind, nor is there any harm in the lame,
nor is there any harm in the sick (if they do not go forth); and whoever
obeys Allah and His Apostle, He will cause him to enter gardens beneath
which rivers flow, and whoever turns back, He will punish him with a painful
punishment.
Certainly Allah was well pleased with the believers when they
swore allegiance to you under the tree, and He knew what was in their
hearts, so He sent down tranquillity on them and rewarded them with a near
victory,
And many acquisitions which they will take; and Allah is
Mighty, Wise.
Allah promised you many acquisitions which you will take, then
He hastened on this one for you and held back the hands of men from you,
and that it may be a sign for the believers and that He may guide you on a
right path.
And others which you have not yet been able to achieve Allah
has surely encompassed them, and Allah has power over all things.
And if those who disbelieve fight with you, they would certainly
turn (their) backs, then they would not find any protector or a helper.
Such has been the course of Allah that has indeed run before,
and you shall not find a change in Allah's course.
And He it is Who held back their hands from you and your
hands from them in the valley of Mecca after He had given you victory over
them; and Allah is Seeing what you do.
It is they who disbelieved and turned you away from the Sacred
Mosque and (turned off) the offering withheld from arriving at its destined
place; and were it not for the believing men and the believing women,
whom, not having known, you might have trodden down, and thus
something hateful might have afflicted you on their account without
knowledge— so that Allah may cause to enter into His mercy whomsoever
He pleases; had they been widely separated one from another, We would
surely have punished those who disbelieved from among them with a painful
punishment.
When those who disbelieved harbored in their hearts (feelings
of) disdain, the disdain of (the days of) ignorance, but Allah sent down His
tranquillity on His Apostle and on the believers, and made them keep the
word of guarding (against evil), and they were entitled to it and worthy of
it; and Allah is Cognizant of all things.
Certainly Allah had shown to His Apostle the vision with truth:
you shall most certainly enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah pleases, in
security, (some) having their heads shaved and (others) having their hair cut,
you shall not fear, but He knows what you do not know, so He brought
about a near victory before that.
He it is Who sent His Apostle with the guidance and the true
religion that He may make it prevail over all the religions; and Allah is
enough for a witness.
Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah, and those with him are firm
of heart against the unbelievers, compassionate among themselves; you will
see them bowing down, prostrating themselves, seeking grace from Allah
and pleasure; their marks are in their faces because of the effect of
prostration; that is their description in the Taurat and their description in the
Injeel; like as seed-produce that puts forth its sprout, then strengthens it, so
it becomes stout and stands firmly on its stem, delighting the sowers that He
may enrage the unbelievers on account of them; Allah has promised those
among them who believe and do good, forgiveness and a great reward.
