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Sura Ix. Tauba Or Baraat

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

p. 436 p. 437 p. 438

Sra Ix.

\"TAUBA" (repentance) Or \"BARAT" (immunity).

1. A
(declaration) of immunity

From God and His Apostle,

To those of the Pagans

With whom ye have contracted

Mutual alliances:--

2.
Go ye, then, for four months,

Backwards and forwards,

(As ye will), throughout the land,

But know ye that ye cannot

Frustrate God (lay your falsehood)

But that God will cover

With shame those who reject Him.

3.
And an announcement from God

And His Apostle, to the people

(Assembled) on the day

Of the Great Pilgrimage,--

That God and His Apostle

Dissolve (treaty) obligations

With the Pagans.

If, then, ye repent,

It were best for you;

But if ye turn away,

p. 439

Know ye that ye cannot

Frustrate God. And proclaim

A grievous penalty to those

Who reject Faith.

4.
(But the treaties are)not dissolved

With those Pagans with whom

Ye have entered into alliance

And who have not subsequently

Failed you in aught,

Nor aided any one against you.

So fulfil your engagements

With them to the end

Of their term: for God

Loveth the righteous.

5.
But when the forbidden months

Are past, then fight and slay

The Pagans wherever ye find them,

And seize them, beleaguer them,

And lie in wait for them

In every stratagem (of war);

But if they repent,

And establish regular prayers

And practise regular charity,

Then open the way for them:

For God is Oft-forgiving,

Most Merciful.

p. 440

6.
If one amongst the Pagans

Ask thee for asylum,

Grant it to him,

So that he may hear the Word

Of God; and then escort him

To where he can be secure.

That is because they are

Men without knowledge.

Section 2.

7.
How can there be a league,

Before God and His Apostle,

With the Pagans, except those

With whom ye made a treaty

Near the Sacred Mosque?

As long as these stand true

To you, stand ye true to them:

For God doth love the righteous.

8.
How (can there be such a league),

Seeing that if they get an advantage

Over you, they respect not

In you the ties either of kinship

p. 441

Or of covenant? With (fair words

From
) their mouths they entice you,

But their hearts are averse

From you; and most of them

Are rebellious and wicked.

9.
The Signs of God have they sold

For a miserable price,

And (many) have they hindered

From His Way: evil indeed

Are the deeds they have done.

10.
In a Believer they respect not

The ties either of kinship

Or of covenant! It is they

Who have transgressed all bounds.

11.
But (even so), if they repent,

Establish regular prayers,

And practise regular charity,--

They are your brethren in Faith:

(Thus) do We explain the Signs

in detail, for those who understand.

12.
But if they violate their oaths

After their covenant,

And taunt you for your Faith,--

Fight ye the chiefs of Unfaith:

For their oaths are nothing to them:

That thus they may be restrained.

13.
Will ye not fight people

Who violated their oaths,

p. 442

Plotted to expel the Apostle,

And took the aggressive

By being the first (to assault) you?

Do ye fear them? Nay,

It is God Whom ye should

More justly fear, if ye believe!

14.
Fight them, and God will

Punish them by your hands,

Cover them with shame,

Help you (to victory) over them,

Heal the breasts of Believers,

15.
And still the indignation of their hearts!

For God will turn (in mercy)

To whom He will; and God

Is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

16.
Or think ye that ye

Shall be abandoned,

As though God did not know'

Those among you who strive

With might and main, and take

None for friends and protectors

Except God, His Apostle,

And the (community of) Believers?

But God is well-acquainted

With (all) that ye do.

p. 443

Section 3.

17.
It is not for such

As join gods with God,

To visit or maintain

The mosques of God

While they witness

Against their own souls

To infidelity. The works

Of such bear no fruit:


In Fire shall they dwell.

18.
The mosques of God

Shall be visited and maintained

By such as believe in God

And the Last Day, establish

Regular prayers, and practise

Regular charity, and fear

None (at all) except God.

It is they who are expected

To be on true guidance!

19.
Do ye make the giving

Of drink to pilgrims,

p. 444

Or the maintenance of

The Sacred Mosque, equal

To (the pious service of) those

Who believe in God

And the Last Day, and strive

With might and main

In the cause of God?

They are not comparable

In the sight of God:


And God guides not

Those who do wrong.

20.
Those who believe, and suffer

Exile and strive with might

And main, in God's cause,

With their goods and their persons,

Have the highest rank

In the sight of God:


They are the people

Who will achieve (salvation).

21.
Their Lord doth give them

Glad tidings of a Mercy

From Himself, of His good pleasure,

And of Gardens for them,

Wherein are delights

That endure:

22.
They will dwell therein

For ever. Verily in God's presence

Is a reward, the greatest (of all).

23. O
ye who believe! Take not

For protectors your fathers

And your brothers if they love

Infidelity above Faith:

p. 445

If any of you do so,

They do wrong.

24.
Say; If it be that your fathers,

Your sons, your brothers,

Your mates, or your kindred;

The wealth that ye have gained;

The commerce in which ye fear

A decline: or the dwellings

In which ye delight--

Are dearer to you than God,

Or His Apostle, or the striving

In His cause;--then wait

Until God brings about

His Decision: and God

Guides not the rebellious.

Section 4.

25.
Assuredly God did help you

In many battle-fields

And on the day of unain:


Behold! your great numbers

Elated you, but they availed

You naught: the land,

For all that it is wide,

Did. constrain you, and ye

p. 446

Turned back in retreat.

26.
But God did pour His calm

On the Apostle and on the Believers,

And sent down forces which ye

Saw not: He punished

The Unbelievers: thus doth He

Reward those without Faith.

27.
Again will God, after this,

Turn (in mercy) to whom

He will: for God

Is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

28. O
ye who believe! Truly

The Pagans are unclean;

So let them not,

After this year of theirs,

p. 447

Approach the Sacred Mosque.

And if ye fear poverty,

Soon will God enrich you,

If He wills, out of His bounty,

For God is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

29.
Fight those who believe not

In God nor the Last Day,

Nor hold that forbidden

Which hath been forbidden

By God and His Apostle,

Nor acknowledge the Religion

Of Truth, (even if they are)

Of the People of the Book,

Until they pay the "Jizya"

With willing submission,

And feel themselves subdued.

p. 448

Section 5.

30.
The Jews call 'Uzair a son

Of God, and the Christians

Call Christ the Son of God.

That is a saying from their mouth;

(In this) they but imitate

What the Unbelievers of old

Used to say. God's curse

Be on them: how they are deluded

Away from the Truth!

31.
They take their priests

And their anchorites to be

Their lords in derogation of God,

And (they take as their Lord)

Christ the son of Mary;

Yet they were commanded

To worship but One God:


There is no god but He.

Praise and glory to Him

(Far is He) from having

The partners they associate

(With Him).

p. 449

32.
Fain would they extinguish

God's Light with their mouths,

But God will not allow

But that His Light should be

Perfected, even though the Unbelievers

May detest (it).

33.
It is He Who hath sent

His Apostle with Guidance

And the Religion of Truth,

To proclaim it

Over all religion,

Even though the Pagans

May detest (it).

34. O
ye who believe! There are

Indeed many among the priests

And anchorites, who in falsehood

Devour the substance of men

And hinder (them) from the Way

Of God. And there are those

Who bury gold and silver

And spend it not in the Way.

Of God: announce unto them

A most grievous penalty--

p. 450

35.
On the Day when heat

Will be produced out of

That (wealth) in the fire

Of Hell, and with it will be

Branded their foreheads,

Their flanks, and their backs.

--"This is the (treasure) which ye

Buried for yourselves: taste ye,

Then, the (treasures) ye buried!"

36.
The number of months

In the sight of God

Is twelve (in a year)

So ordained by Him

The day He created

The heavens and the earth;

Of them four are sacred:


That is the straight usage.

So wrong not yourselves

Therein, and fight the Pagans

p. 451

All together as they

Fight you all together.

But know that God

Is with those who restrain

Themselves.

37.
Verily the transposing

(Of a prohibited month)

Is an addition to Unbelief:

The Unbelievers are led

To wrong thereby: for they make

It lawful one year,

And forbidden another year,

In order to adjust the number

Of months forbidden by God

And make such forbidden ones

Lawful. The evil of their course

Seems pleasing to them.

But God guideth not

Those who reject Faith.

Section 6.

38. O
ye who believe! what

Is the matter with you,

That, when ye are asked

To go forth in the Cause of God,

Ye cling heavily to the earth?

Do ye prefer the life

Of this world to the Hereafter?

But little is the comfort

Of this life, as compared

With the Hereafter.

p. 452

39.
Unless ye go forth,

He will punish you

With a grievous penalty,

And put others in your place;

But Him ye would not harm

In the least. For God

Hath power over all things.

40.
If ye help not (your Leader),

(it is no matter): for God

Did indeed help him,

When the Unbelievers

Drove him out: he had

No more than one companion:


They two were in the Cave,

And he said to his companion,

"Have no fear, for God

Is with us
": then God

Sent down His peace upon him,

And strengthened him with forces

Which ye saw not, and humbled

To the depths the word

Of the Unbelievers.

But the word of God

Is exalted to the heights:


For God is Exalted in might, Wise

p. 453

41.
Go ye forth, (whether equipped)

Lightly or heavily, and strive

And struggle, with your goods

And your persons, in the Cause

Of God. That is best

For you, if ye (but) knew.

42.
If there had been

Immediate gain (in sight),

And the journey easy,

They would (all) without doubt

Have followed thee, but

The distance was long,

(And weighed) on them.

They would indeed swear

By God, "If we only could,

We should certainly

Have come out with you:"

They would destroy their own souls;

For God doth know

That they are certainly lying.

p. 454

Section 7.

43.
God give thee grace! Why

Didst thou grant them exemption

Until those who told the truth

Were seen by thee in a clear light,

And thou hadst proved the liars?

44.
Those who believe in God

And the Last Day ask thee

For no exemption from fighting

With their goods and persons.

And God knoweth well

Those who do their duty.

45.
Only those ask thee for exemption

Who believe not in God

And the Last Day, and

Whose hearts are in doubt,

So that they are tossed

In their doubts to and fro.

46.
If they had intended

To come out, they would

Certainly have made

Some preparation therefor;

But God was averse

To their being sent forth;

So He made them lag behind,

And they were told,

"Sit ye among those

Who sit (inactive)."

47.
If they had come out

With you, they would not

p. 455

Have added to your (strength)

But only (made for) disorder,

Hurrying to and fro in your midst

And sowing sedition among you,

And there would have been

Some among you

Who would have listened to them.

But God knoweth well

Those who do wrong.

48.
Indeed they had plotted

Sedition before, and upset

Matters for thee,--until

The Truth arrived, and the Decree

Of God became manifest,

Much to their disgust.

49.
Among them is (many) a man

Who says: "Grant me exemption

And draw me not.

Into trial.
" Have they not

Fallen into trial already?

And indeed Hell surrounds

The Unbelievers (on all sides).

50.
If good befalls thee,

It grieves them; but if

A misfortune befalls thee,

They say, "We took indeed

Our precautions beforehand,"

And they turn away rejoicing.

p. 456

51.
Say: "Nothing will happen to us

Except what God has decreed

For us: He is our Protector":


And on God let the Believers

Put their trust.

52.
Say: "Can you expect for us

(Any fate) other than one

Of two glorious things--

(Martyrdom or victory)?

But we can expect for you

Either that God will send

His punishment from Himself,

Or by our hands. So wait

(Expectant); we too

Will wait with you."

53.
Say: "Spend (for the Cause)

Willingly or unwillingly:

Not from you will it be

Accepted: for ye are indeed

A people rebellious and wicked."

54.
The only reasons why

Their contributions are not

Accepted are: that they reject

God and His Apostle;

That they come to prayer

Without earnestness; and that

They offer contributions unwillingly.

55.
Let not their wealth rats

Nor their (following in) sons

p. 457

Dazzle thee: in reality

God's Plan is to punish them

With these things in this life,

And that their souls may perish

In their (very) denial of God.

56.
They swear by God

That they are indeed

Of you; but they are not

Of you: yet they are afraid

(To appear in their true colours).

57.
If they could find

A place to flee to,

Or caves, or a place

Of concealment, they would

Turn straightway thereto,

With an obstinate rush.

58.
And among them are men

Who slander thee in the matter

Of (the distribution of) the alms:

If they are given part ther,

They are pleased, but if not,

Behold! they are indignant!

59.
If only they had been content

With what God and His Apostle

Gave them, and had said,

"Sufficient unto us is God!

God and His Apostle will soon

Give us of His bounty:


To God do we turn our hopes!"

(That would have been the right course).

p. 458

Section 8.

60.
Alms are for the poor

And the needy, and those

Employed to administer the (funds);

For those whose hearts

Have been (recently) reconciled

(To Truth); for those in bondage

And in debt; in the cause

Of God; and for the wayfarer:

(Thus is it) ordained by God,

And God is full of knowledge

And wisdom.

61.
Among them are men

Who molest the Prophet

And say, "He is (all) ear."

Say, "He listens to what is

Best for you: he believes

In God, has faith

In the Believers, and is a Mercy

To those of you who believe."

But those who molest the Apostle

Will have a grievous penalty.

62.
To you they swear by God.

In order to please you:

But it is more fitting

That they should please

God and His Apostle,

If they are Believers.

p. 459

63.
Know they not that for those

Who oppose God and His Apostle,

Is the Fire of Hell?--

Wherein they shall dwell.

That is the supreme disgrace.

64.
The Hypocrites are afraid

Lest a Sra should be sent down

About them, showing them what

Is (really passing) in their hearts.

Say: "Mock ye! But verily

God will bring to light all

That ye fear (should be revealed).

65.
If thou dost question them,

They declare (with emphasis):

"We were only talking idly

And in play.
" Say: "Was it

At God, and His Signs,

And His Apostle, that ye

Were mocking?"

66.
Make ye no excuses:


Ye have rejected Faith

After ye had accepted it.

If We pardon some of you,

We will punish others amongst you,

For that they are in sin.

Section 9.

67.
The Hypocrites, men and women,

(Have an understanding) with each other:

p. 460

They enjoin evil, and forbid

What is just, and are close

With their hands. They have

Forgotten God; so He

Hath forgotten them. Verily

The Hypocrites are rebellious

And perverse.

68.
God hath promised the Hypocrites

Men and women, and the rejecters,

Of Faith, the fire of Hell:

Therein shall they dwell:


Sufficient is it for them:

For them is the curse of God,

And an enduring punishment,--

69.
As in the case of those

Before you: they were

Mightier than you in power,

And more flourishing in wealth

And children. They had

Their enjoyment of their portion:

And ye have of yours, as did

Those before you; and ye

Indulge in idle talk

As they did. They!--

Their works are fruitless

In this world and in the Hereafter,

And they will lose

(All spiritual good).

70.
Hath not the story reached them

Of those before them?--

The people of Noah, and 'd,

And Thamd; the people

p. 461

Of Abraham, the men

Of Midian, and the Cities overthrown.

To them came their apostles

With Clear Signs. It is

Not God Who wrongs them,

But they wrong their own souls.

71.
The Believers, men

And women, are protectors,

One of another: they enjoin

What is just, and forbid

What is evil: they observe

Regular prayers, practise

Regular charity, and obey

God and His Apostle.

On them will God pour

His mercy: for God

Is Exalted in power, Wise:

72.
God hath promised to Believers,

Men and women, Gardens

Under which rivers flow,

To dwell therein,

And beautiful mansions

In Gardens of everlasting bliss.

But the greatest bliss

Is the Good Pleasure of God:


That is the supreme felicity.

p. 462

Section 10.

73. O
Prophet! strive hard against

The Unbelievers and the Hypocrites,

And be firm against them.

Their abode is Hell,--

An evil refuge indeed.

74.
They swear by God that they

Said nothing (evil), but indeed

They uttered blasphemy,

And they did it after accepting

Islam; and they meditated

A plot which they were unable

To carry out: this revenge

Of theirs was (their) only return

For the bounty with which

God and His Apostle had enriched

Them! If they repent,

It will be best for them;

But if they turn back

(To their evil ways),

God will punish them

With a grievous penalty

In this life and in the Hereafter:

They shall have none on earth

To protect or help them.

75.
Amongst them are men

Who made a Covenant with God,

That if He bestowed on them

Of His bounty, they would give

(Largely) in charity, and be truly

Amongst those who are righteous.

p. 463

76.
But when He did bestow

Of His bounty, they became

Covetous, and turned back

(From their Covenant), averse

(From its fulfilment).

77.
So He hath put as a consequence

Hypocrisy into their hearts,

(To last) till the Day whereon

They shall meet Him: because

They broke their Covenant

With God, and because they

Lied (again and again).

78.
Know they not that God

Doth know their secret (thoughts)

And their secret counsels,

And that God knoweth well

All things unseen?

79.
Those who slander such

Of the Believers as give themselves

Freely to (deeds of) charity,

As well as such as can find

Nothing to give except

The fruits of their labour,--

And throw ridicule on them,--

God will throw back

p. 464

Their ridicule on them:

And they shall have

A grievous penalty.

80.
Whether thou ask

For their forgiveness,

Or not, (their sin is unforgivable):

If thou ask seventy times

For their forgiveness, God

Will not forgive them:


Because they have rejected

God and His Apostle: and God

Guideth not those

Who are perversely rebellious.

Section 11.

81.
Those who were left behind

(In the Tabk expedition)

Rejoiced in their inaction

Behind the back of the Apostle

Of God: they hated to strive

And fight, with their goods

And their persons, in the Cause

Of God: they said,

"Go not forth in the heat."

Say, "The fire of Hell

Is fiercer in heat.
" If

Only they could understand!

82. Let them laugh a little:


Much will they weep:

p. 465

A
recompense for the (evil)

That they do.

83.
If, then, God bring thee back

To any of them, and they ask

Thy permission to come out

(With thee), say: "Never shall ye

Come out with me, nor fight

An enemy with me:


For ye preferred to sit

Inactive on the first occasion:

Then sit ye (now)

With those who lag behind."

84.
Nor do thou ever pray

For any of them that dies,

Nor stand at his grave;

For they rejected God

And His Apostle, and died

In a state of perverse rebellion.

85.
Nor let their wealth

Nor their (following in) sons

Dazzle thee: God's Plan

Is to punish them

With these things in this world,

And that their souls may perish

In their (very) denial of God.

p. 466

86.
When a Sra comes down,

Enjoining them to believe

In God and to strive and fight

Along with His Apostle,

Those with wealth and influence

Among them ask thee

For exemption, and say:


"Leave us (behind): we

Would be with those

Who sit (at home)."

87.
They prefer to be with (the women),

Who remain behind (at home):

Their hearts are sealed

And so they understand not.

88.
But the Apostle, and those

Who believe with him,

Strive and fight with their wealth

And their persons: for them

Are (all) good things:


And it is they

Who will prosper.

89.
God hath prepared for them

Gardens under which rivers flow,

p. 467

To dwell therein:

That is the supreme felicity.

Section 12.

90.
And there were, among

The desert Arabs (also),

Men who made excuses

And came to claim exemption;

And those who were false

To God and His Apostle

(Merely) sat inactive.

Soon will a grievous penalty

Seize the Unbelievers

Among them.

91.
There is no blame

On those who are infirm,

p. 468

Or ill, or who find

No resources to spend

(On the Cause), if they

Are sincere (in duty) to God

And His Apostle:


No ground (of complaint)

Can there be against such

As do right: and God

Is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

92.
Nor (is there blame)

On those who came to thee

To be provided with mounts,

And when thou saidst,

"I can find no mounts

For you, "they turned back,

Their eyes streaming with tears

Of grief that they had

No resources wherewith

To provide the expenses.

93.
The ground (of complaint)

Is against such as claim

Exemption while they are rich.

They prefer to stay

With the (women) who remain

Behind: God hath sealed

Their hearts; so they know not

(What they miss).

p. 469

94.
They will present their excuses

To you when ye return

To them. Say thou: "Present

No excuses: we shall not

Believe you: God hath already

Informed us of the true state

Of matters concerning you:

It is your actions that God

And His Apostle will observe:

In the end will ye

Be brought back to Him

Who knoweth what is hidden

And what is open:


Then will He show you

The truth of all

That ye did."

95.
They will swear to you by God,

When ye return to them,

That ye may leave them alone.

So leave them alone:


For they are an abomination,

And Hell is their dwelling-place,--

A fitting recompense

For the (evil) that they did.

96.
They will swear unto you,

That ye may be pleased with them,

But if ye are pleased with them,

God is not pleased

With those who disobey.

97.
The Arabs of the desert

Are the worst in unbelief

And hypocrisy, and most fitted

To be in ignorance

Of the command which God

Hath sent down to His Apostle:

But God is All-Knowing,

All-Wise.

98.
Some of the desert Arabs

Look upon their payments

p. 470

As a fine, and watch

For disasters for you: on them

Be the disaster of Evil:

For God is He that heareth

And knoweth (all things).

99.
But some of the desert Arabs

Believe in God and the Last Day,

And look on their payments

As pious gifts bringing them

Nearer to God and obtaining

The prayers of the Apostle.

Aye, indeed they bring them

Nearer (to Him): soon will God

Admit them to His Mercy:

For God is Oft-Forgiving,

Most Merciful.

Section 13.

100.
The vanguard (of Islam)--

The first of those who forsook

(Their homes) and of those

Who gave them aid, and (also)

Those who follow them

In (all) good deeds,--

Well-pleased is God with them,

As are they with Him:

p. 471

For them hath He prepared

Gardens under which rivers flow,

To dwell therein for ever:

That is the supreme Felicity.

101.
Certain of the desert Arabs

Round about you are Hypocrites,

As well as (desert Arabs) among

The Medina folk: they are

Obstinate in hypocrisy: thou

Knowest them not: We know them:

Twice shall We punish them:

And in addition shall they be

Sent to a grievous Penalty.

102.
Others (there are who) have

Acknowledged their wrong-doings:

They have mixed an act

That was good with another

That was evil. Perhaps God

Will turn unto them (in mercy):

For God is Oft-Forgiving,

Most Merciful.

103.
Of their goods take alms,

That so thou mightest

Purify and sanctify them;

And pray on their behalf.

Verily thy prayers are a source

Of security for them:


And God is One

Who heareth and knoweth.

p. 472

104.
Know they not that God

Doth accept repentance from

His votaries and receives

Their gifts of charity, and that

God is verily He,

The Oft-Returning, Most Merciful?

105. And say: "Work (righteousness):


Soon will God observe your work,

And His Apostle, and the Believers:

Soon will ye be brought back

To the Knower of what is

Hidden and what is open:


Then will He show you

The truth of all that ye did."

106.
There are (yet) others,

Held in suspense for the command

Of God, whether He will

Punish them, or turn in mercy

To them: and God

Is All-Knowing, Wise.

107.
And there are those

Who put up a mosque

p. 473

By way of mischief and infidelity--

To disunite the Believers

And in preparation for one

Who warred against God

And His Apostle aforetime.

They will indeed swear

That their intention is nothing

But good; but God doth declare

That they are certainly liars.

108.
Never stand thou forth therein.

There is a mosque whose foundation

Was laid from the first day

On piety; it is more worthy

Of thy standing forth (for prayer)

Therein. In it are men who

Love to be purified; and God

Loveth those who make themselves pure.

109.
Which then is best?--he that

Layeth his foundation

On piety to God

And His Good Pleasure?--or he

That layeth his foundation

On an undermined sand-cliff

Ready to crumble to pieces?

And it doth crumble to pieces

With him, into the fire

Of Hell. And God guideth not

People that do wrong.

110.
The foundation of those

Who so build is never free

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From suspicion and shakiness

In their hearts, until

Their hearts are cut to pieces.

And God is All-Knowing, Wise.

Section 14.

111.
God hath purchased of the Believers

Their persons and their goods;

For theirs (in return)

Is the Garden (of Paradise):


They fight in His Cause,

And slay and are slain:

A promise binding on Him

In Truth, through the Law,

The Gospel, and the Qur-n:


And who is more faithful

To his Covenant than God?

Then rejoice in the bargain

Which ye have concluded:


That is the achievement supreme.

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112.
Those that turn (to God)

In repentance; that serve Him,

And praise Him; that wander

In devotion to the Cause of God;

That bow down and prostrate themselves

In prayer; that enjoin good

And forbid evil; and observe

The limits set by God;--

(These do rejoice). So proclaim

The glad tidings to the Believers.

113.
It is not fitting,

For the Prophet and those

Who believe, that they should

Pray for forgiveness

For Pagans, even though

They be of kin, after it is

Clear to them that they

Are companions of the Fire.

114.
And Abraham prayed

For his father's forgiveness

Only because of a promise

He had made to him.

But when it became clear

To him that he was

An enemy to God, he

Dissociated himself from him:


For Abraham was most

Tender-hearted, forbearing.

115.
And God will not mislead

A people after He hath

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Guided them, in order that

He may make clear to them

What to fear (and avoid)--

For God hath knowledge

Of all things.

116.
Unto God belongeth

The dominion of the heavens

And the earth. He giveth life

And He taketh it. Except for Him

Ye have no protector

Nor helper.

117.
God turned with favour

To the Prophet, the Muhjirs,

And the Anr,--who followed

Him in a time of distress,

After that the hearts of a part

Of them had nearly swerved

(From duty); but He turned

To them (also): for He is

Unto them Most Kind,

Most Merciful.

118.
(He turned in mercy also)

To the three who were left

Behind; (they felt guilty)

To such a degree that the earth

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Seemed constrained to them,

For all its speciousness,

And their (very) Souls seemed

Straitened to them,

And they perceived that

There is no fleeing from God

(And no refuge) but to Himself.

Then He turned to them,

That they might repent:


For God is Oft-Returning,

Most Merciful.

Section 15.

119. O
ye who believe! Fear God

And be with those

Who are true (in word and deed).

120.
It was not fitting

For the people of Medina

And the Bedouin Arabs

Of the neighbourhood, to refuse

To follow God's Apostle,

Nor to prefer their own lives

To his: because nothing

Could they suffer or do,

But was reckoned to their credit

As a deed of righteousness,--

Whether they suffered thirst,

Or fatigue, or hunger, in the Cause

Of God, or trod paths

To raise the ire of the Unbelievers,

Or received any injury

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Whatever from an enemy:

For God suffereth not

The reward to be lost

Of those who do good;--

121,
Nor could they spend anything

(For the Cause)--small or great--

Nor cut across a valley,

But the deed is inscribed

To their credit; that God

May requite their deed

With the best (possible reward).

122.
Nor should the Believers

All go forth together:

If a contingent

From every expedition

Remained behind,

They could devote themselves

To studies in religion,

And admonish the people

When they return to them,--

That thus they (may learn)

To guard themselves (against evil)

Section 16.

123. O
ye who believe! Fight

The Unbelievers who gird you about,

And let them find firmness

In you: and know that God

Is with those who fear Him.

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124.
Whenever there cometh down'

A Sra, some of them say:

"Which of you has had

His faith increased by it?"

Yea, those who believe,--

Their faith is increased,

And they do rejoice.

125.
But those in whose hearts

Is a disease,--it will add doubt

To their doubt, and they will die

In a state of Unbelief.

126.
See they not that they

Are tried every year

Once or twice? Yet they

Turn not in repentance,

And they take no heed.

127.
Whenever there cometh down

A Sra, they look at each other,

(Saying), "Doth anyone see you?"

Then they turn aside:

God hath turned their hearts

(From the light); for they

Are a people that understand not.

128.
Now hath come unto you

An Apostle from amongst

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Yourselves: it grieves him

That ye should perish:

Ardently anxious is he

Over you: to the Believers

Is he most kind and merciful.

129. But if they turn away,

Say: "God sufficeth me:


There is no god but He:

On Him is my trust,

He the Lord of the Throne

(Of Glory) Supreme!

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