- Those who disbelieve and turn (men) from the way of Allah, He
rendereth their actions vain.
- And those who believe and do good works and believe in that
which is revealed unto Muhammad - and it is the truth from their Lord
- He riddeth them of their ill-deeds and improveth their state.
- That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood and
because those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus Allah
coineth their similitudes for mankind.
- Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is
smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast
of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down
its burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could
have punished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may
try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way
of Allah, He rendereth not their actions vain.
- He will guide them and improve their state,
- And bring them in unto the Garden which He hath made known to
them.
- O ye who believe! If ye help Allah, He will help you and will
make your foothold firm.
- And those who disbelieve, perdition is for them, and He will
make their actions vain.
- That is because they are averse to that which Allah hath
revealed, therefor maketh He their actions fruitless.
- Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the
consequence for those who were before them ? Allah wiped them out. And
for the disbelievers there will be the like thereof.
- That is because Allah is patron of those who believe, and
because the disbelievers have no patron.
- Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do good works to
enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow; while those who disbelieve
take their comfort in this life and eat even as the cattle eat, and
the Fire is their habitation.
- And how many a township stronger than thy township (O
Muhammad) which hath cast thee out, have We destroyed, and they had no
helper!
- Is he who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord like those
for whom the evil that they do is beautified while they follow their
own lusts ?
- A similitude of the Garden which those who keep their duty (to
Allah) are promised: Therein are rivers of water unpolluted, and
rivers of milk whereof the flavour changeth not, and rivers of wine
delicious to the drinkers, and rivers of clear-run honey; therein for
them is every kind of fruit, with pardon from their Lord. (Are those
who enjoy all this) like those who are immortal in the Fire and are
given boiling water to drink so that it teareth their bowels ?
- Among them are some who give ear unto thee (Muhammad) till,
when they go forth from thy presence they say unto those who have been
given knowledge: What was that he said just now ? Those are they whose
hearts Allah hath sealed, and they follow their own lusts.
- While as for those who walk aright, He addeth to their
guidance, and giveth them their protection (against evil).
- Await they aught save the Hour, that it should come upon them
unawares ? And the beginnings thereof have already come. But how, when
it hath come upon them, can they take their warning ?
- So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah, and ask
forgiveness for thy sin and for believing men and believing women.
Allah knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest.
- And those who believe say: If only a surah were revealed! But
when a decisive surah is revealed and war is mentioned therein, thou
seest those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with the look
of men fainting unto death. Therefor woe unto them!
- Obedience and a civil word. Then, when the matter is
determined, if they are loyal to Allah it will be well for them.
- Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption
in the land and sever your ties of kinship ?
- Such are they whom Allah curseth so that He deafeneth them and
maketh blind their eyes.
- Will they then not meditate on the Qur'an, or are there locks
on the hearts ?
- Lo! those who turn back after the guidance hath been
manifested unto them, Satan hath seduced them, and He giveth them the
rein.
- That is because they say unto those who hate what Allah hath
revealed: We will obey you in some matters; and Allah knoweth their
secret talk.
- Then how (will it be with them) when the angels gather them,
smiting their faces and their backs!
- That will be because they followed that which angereth Allah,
and hated that which pleaseth Him. Therefor He hath made their actions
vain.
- Or do those in whose hearts is a disease deem that Allah will
not bring to light their (secret) hates ?
- And if We would, We could show them unto thee (Muhammad) so
that thou shouldst know them surely by their marks. And thou shalt
know them by the burden of their talk. And Allah knoweth your deeds.
- And verily We shall try you till We know those of you who
strive hard (for the cause of Allah) and the steadfast, and till We
test your record.
- Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and
oppose the messenger after the guidance hath been manifested unto
them, they hurt Allah not a jot, and He will make their actions
fruitless.
- O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and
render not your actions vain.
- Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and
then die disbelievers, Allah surely will not pardon them.
- So do not falter and cry out for peace when ye (will be) the
uppermost, and Allah is with you, and He will not grudge (the reward
of) your actions.
- The life of the world is but a sport and a pastime. And if ye
believe and ward off (evil). He will give you your wages, and will not
ask of you your wordly wealth.
- If He should ask it of you and importune you, ye would hoard
it, and He would bring to light your (secret) hates.
- Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah,
yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth,
he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the
poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk,
and they will not be the likes of you.