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Verily We have granted
thee a manifest Victory: |
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That God may forgive
thee thy faults of the past and those to follow;
fulfill His favor to thee; and guide thee on the
Straight Way; |
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And that God may help
thee with powerful help. |
48:4 |
It is He Who sent down
tranquility into the hearts of the Believers,
that they may add faith to their faith;- for to
God belong the Forces of the heavens and the
earth; and God is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom;-
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That He may admit the
men and women who believe, to Gardens beneath
which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye, and
remove their ills from them;- and that is, in
the sight of God, the highest achievement (for
man),- |
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And that He may punish
the Hypocrites, men and women, and the
Polytheists men and women, who imagine an evil
opinion of God. On them is a round of Evil: the
Wrath of God is on them: He has cursed them and
got Hell ready for them: and evil is it for a
destination. |
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For to God belong the
Forces of the heavens and the earth; and God is
Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom. |
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We have truly sent
thee as a witness, as a bringer of Glad Tidings,
and as a Warner: |
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In order that ye (O
men) may believe in God and His Apostle, that ye
may assist and honour Him, and celebrate His
praise morning and evening. |
48:10 |
Verily those who
plight their fealty to thee do no less than
plight their fealty to God: the Hand of God is
over their hands: then any one who violates his
oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, and
any one who fulfils what he has covenanted d
with God,- God will soon grant him a great
Reward. |
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The desert Arabs who
lagged behind will say to thee: "We were engaged
in (looking after) our flocks and herds, and our
families: do thou then ask forgiveness for us."
They say with their tongues what is not in their
hearts. Say: "Who then has any power at all (to
intervene) on your behalf with God, if His Will
is to give you some loss or to give you some
profit? But God is well acquainted with all that
ye do. |
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"Nay, ye thought that
the Apostle and the Believers would never return
to their families; this seemed pleasing in your
hearts, and ye conceived an evil thought, for ye
are a people lost (in wickedness)." |
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And if any believe not
in God and His Apostle, We have prepared, for
those who reject God, a Blazing Fire! |
48:14 |
To God belongs the
dominion of the heavens and the earth: He
forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He
wills: but God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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48:15 |
Those who lagged
behind (will say), when ye (are free to) march
and take booty (in war): "Permit us to follow
you." They wish to change God's decree: Say:
"Not thus will ye follow us: God has already
declared (this) beforehand": then they will say,
"But ye are jealous of us." Nay, but little do
they understand (such things). |
48:16 |
Say to the desert
Arabs who lagged behind: "Ye shall be summoned
(to fight) against a people given to vehement
war: then shall ye fight, or they shall submit.
Then if ye show obedience, God will grant you a
goodly reward, but if ye turn back a s ye did
before, He will punish you with a grievous
Penalty." |
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No blame is there on
the blind, nor is there blame on the lame, nor
on one ill (if he joins not the war): But he
that obeys God and his Apostle,- (God) will
admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow;
and he who turns back, (God) will punis h him
with a grievous Penalty. |
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God's Good Pleasure
was on the Believers when they swore Fealty to
thee under the Tree: He knew what was in their
hearts, and He sent down Tranquility to them;
and He rewarded them with a speedy Victory; |
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And many gains will
they acquire (besides): and God is Exalted in
Power, Full of Wisdom. |
48:20 |
God has promised you
many gains that ye shall acquire, and He has
given you these beforehand; and He has
restrained the hands of men from you; that it
may be a Sign for the Believers, and that He may
guide you to a Straight Path; |
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And other gains (there
are), which are not within your power, but which
God has compassed: and God has power over all
things. |
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If the Unbelievers
should fight you, they would certainly turn
their backs; then would they find neither
protector nor helper. |
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(Such has been) the
practice (approved) of God already in the past:
no change wilt thou find in the practice
(approved) of God. |
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And it is He Who has
restrained their hands from you and your hands
from them in the midst of Makah, after that He
gave you the victory over them. And God sees
well all that ye do. |
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They are the ones who
denied Revelation and hindered you from the
Sacred Mosque and the sacrificial animals,
detained from reaching their place of sacrifice.
Had there not been believing men and believing
women whom ye did not know that ye wer e
trampling down and on whose account a crime
would have accrued to you without (your)
knowledge, (God would have allowed you to force
your way, but He held back your hands) that He
may admit to His Mercy whom He will. If they had
been apart, We should certainly have punished
the Unbelievers among them with a grievous
Punishment. |
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While the Unbelievers
got up in their hearts heat and cant - the heat
and cant of ignorance,- God sent down His
Tranquility to his Apostle and to the Believers,
and made them stick close to the command of
self-restraint; and well were they en titled to
it and worthy of it. And God has full knowledge
of all things. |
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Truly did God fulfill
the vision for His Apostle: ye shall enter the
Sacred Mosque, if God wills, with minds secure,
heads shaved, hair cut short, and without fear.
For He knew what ye knew not, and He granted,
besides this, a speedy victory. |
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It is He Who has sent
His Apostle with Guidance and the Religion of
Truth, to proclaim it over all religion: and
enough is God for a Witness. |
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Muhammad is the
apostle of God; and those who are with him are
strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate
amongst each other. Thou wilt see them bow and
prostrate themselves (in prayer), seeking Grace
from God and (His) Good Pleasure. On their faces
are their marks, (being) the traces of their
prostration. This is their similitude in the
Taurat; and their similitude in the Gospel is:
like a seed which sends forth its blade, then
makes it strong; it then becomes thick, and it
stands on its own stem, (filling) the sowers
with wonder and delight. As a result, it fills
the Unbelievers with rage at them. God has
promised those among them who believe and do
righteous deeds forgiveness, and a great Reward.
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