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Sura Viii. Anfal, Or The Spoils Of War. Section 5

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Viii.: Anfl, Or The Spoils Of War.

Section 5

38.
Qul lillatheena kafaroo in yantahoo yughfar lahum ma qad salafa wa-in yaAAoodoo faqad madat sunnatu al-awwaleenA

38.
Say to the Unbelievers,

If (now) they desist (from Unbelief),

Their past would be forgiven them;

But if they persist, the punishment

Of those before them is already

(A matter of warning for them).

39.
Waqatiloohum hatta la takoona fitnatun wayakoona aLddeenu kulluhu lillahi fa-ini intahaw fa-inna Allaha bima yaAAmaloona baseerUn

39.
And fight them on

Until there is no more

Tumult or oppression,

And there prevail

Justice and faith in God

Altogether and everywhere;

But if they cease, verily God

Doth see all that they do.

40.
Wa-in tawallaw faIAAlamoo anna Allaha mawlakum niAAma almawla waniAAma aLnnaseerU

40.
If they refuse, be sure

That God is your Protector--

The Best to protect

And the Best to help.

41.
WaIAAlamoo annama ghanimtum min shay-in faanna lillahi khumusahu waliLrrasooli walithee alqurba waAlyatama waAlmasakeeni waIbni aLssabeeli in kuntum amantum biAllahi wama anzalna AAala AAabdina yawma alfurqani yawma iltaqa aljamAAani waAllahu AAala kulli shay-in qadeerUn

41.
And know that out of

All the booty that ye

May acquire (in war),

A fifth share is assigned

To God,--and to the Apostle,

And to near relatives,

Orphans, the needy,

And the wayfarer,

If ye do believe in God

And in the revelation

We sent down to Our Servant

On the Day of Testing,--

The Day of the meeting

Of the two forces.

For God hath power

Over all things.

42.
Ith antum biAlAAudwati aLddunya wahum biAlAAudwati alquswa waALrrakbu asfala minkum walaw tawaAAadtum laIkhtalaftum fee almeeAAadi walakin liyaqdiya Allahu amran kana mafAAoolan liyahlika man halaka AAan bayyinatin wayahya man hayya AAan bayyinatin wa-inna Allaha lasameeAAun AAaleemUn

42.
Remember ye were

On the hither side

Of the valley, and they

On the farther side,

And the caravan

On lower ground than ye.

Even if ye had made

A mutual appointment

To meet, ye would certainly:


Have failed in the appointment:

But (thus ye met),

That God might accomplish

A matter already enacted;

That those who died might

Die after a clear Sign

(Had been given), and those who lived

Might live after a Clear Sign

(Had been given). And verily

God is He who heareth

And knoweth (all things).

43.
Ith yureekahumu Allahu fee manamika qaleelan walaw arakahum katheeran lafashiltum walatanazaAAtum fee al-amri walakinna Allaha sallama innahu AAaleemun bithati aLssudoorI

43.
Remember in thy dream

God showed them to thee

As few: if He had shown

Them to thee as many,

Ye would surely have been

Discouraged, and ye would

Surely have disputed

In (your) decision: but God

Saved (you): for He knoweth

Well the (secrets) of (all) hearts.

44.
Wa-ith yureekumoohum ithi iltaqaytum fee aAAyunikum qaleelan wayuqallilukum fee aAAyunihim liyaqdiya Allahu amran kana mafAAoolan wa-ila Allahi turjaAAu al-omoorU

44.
And remember when ye met,

He showed them to you

As few in your eyes,

And He made you appear

As contemptible in their eyes:


That God might accomplish

A matter already enacted.

For to God do all questions

Go back (for decision).

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