THE SPOILS (al-Anfal)
In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
1.
They
ask you about the bounties. Say, “The bounties are for God and the Mes-senger.”
So be mindful of God, and settle your differences, and obey God and His
Messenger, if you are believers.
2.
The
believers are those whose hearts tremble when God is mentioned, and when His
revelations are recited to them, they strengthen them in faith, and upon their
Lord they rely.
3.
Those
who perform the prayer, and from Our provisions to them, they spend.
4.
These
are the true believers. They have high standing with their Lord, and
for-giveness, and a generous provision.
5.
Even
as your Lord brought you out of your home with the truth, some believers were
reluctant.
6.
Arguing
with you about the truth after it was made clear, as if they were being driv-en
to death as they looked on.
7.
God
has promised you one of the two groups—that it would be yours—but you wanted
the unarmed group to be yours.
God intends to
prove the truth with His words, and to uproot the disbelievers.
8. In order to confirm the truth and nullify falsehood, even
though the guilty dislike it.
9. When you appealed to your Lord for help, He answered you, “I
am reinforcing you with one thousand angels in succes-sion.”
10. God only made it a message of hope, to set your hearts at
rest. Victory comes only from God. God is Mighty and Wise.
11. He made drowsiness overcome you, as a security from Him. And
He sent down upon you water from the sky, to cleanse you with it, and to rid
you of Satan’s pol-lution, and to fortify your hearts, and to strengthen your
foothold.
12. Your Lord inspired the angels: “I am with you, so support
those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve.
So strike above the necks, and strike off every fingertip of theirs.”
13. That is because they opposed God and His Messenger. Whoever
opposes God and His Messenger—God is severe in ret-ribution.
14. “Here it is; so taste it.” For the disbe-lievers there is
the suffering of the Fire.
15. O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve on the
march, never turn your backs on them.
16. Anyone who turns his back on them on that Day, except while
maneuvering for
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battle, or to join another
group, has in-curred wrath from God, and his abode is Hell—what a miserable
destination!
17. It was not you who killed them, but it was God who killed
them. And it was not you who launched when you launched, but it was God who
launched. That He may bestow upon the believers an excel-lent reward. God is
Hearing and Knowing.
18. Such is the case. God will undermine the strategy of the
disbelievers.
19. If you desire a verdict, the verdict has come to you. If you
desist, it would be best for you. If you return, We will return; and your
troops, however numerous, will not benefit you. God is with the believers.
20. O you who believe! Obey God and His Messenger, and do not
turn away from him when you hear.
21. And be not like those who say, “We hear,” when they do not
hear.
22. The worst of animals to God are the deaf and dumb—those who
do not reason.
23. Had God recognized any good in them, He would have made them
hear; and had He made them hear, they would have turned away defiantly.
24. O you who believe! Respond to God and to the Messenger when
He calls you to what will revive you. And know that God stands between a man
and his heart, and that to Him you will be gathered.
25. And beware of discord which does not afflict the wrongdoers
among you exclu-
sively; and know
that God is severe in ret-ribution.
26. And remember when you were few, oppressed in the land,
fearing that people may capture you; but He sheltered you, and supported you
with His victory, and provided you with good things—so that you may be
thankful.
27. O you who believe! Do not betray God and the Messenger, nor
betray your trusts, while you know.
28. And know that your possessions and your children are a test;
and that God pos-sesses an immense reward.
29. O you who believe! If you remain con-scious of God, He will
give you a criterion, and remit from you your sins, and forgive you. God is
possessor of infinite grace.
30. When the disbelievers plotted against you, to imprison you,
or kill you, or expel you. They planned, and God planned, but God is the Best
of planners.
31. And when Our revelations are recited to them, they say, “We
have heard. Had we wanted, we could have said the like of this; these are
nothing but myths of the ancients.”
32. And they said, “Our God, if this is the truth from You, then
rain down on us stones from the sky, or visit us with a painful affliction.”
33. But God would not punish them while you are amongst them. And
God would not punish them as long as they seek for-giveness.
34. Yet why should God not punish them, when they are turning
others away from the Sacred Mosque, although they are not its custodians? Its
rightful custodians are the pious; but most of them do not know.
35. Their prayer at the House was nothing but whistling and
clapping—so taste the punishment for your blasphemy.
36. Those who disbelieve spend their wealth to repel from God’s
path. They will spend it, then it will become a source of sorrow for them, and
then they will be defeated. Those who disbelieve will be herded into Hell.
37. That God may distinguish the bad from the good, and heap the
bad on top of one another, and pile them together, and throw them in Hell.
These are the losers.
38. Say to those who disbelieve: if they de-sist, their past
will be forgiven. But if they persist—the practice of the ancients has passed
away.
39. Fight them until there is no more per-secution, and religion
becomes exclusively for God. But if they desist—God is Seeing of what they do.
40. And if they turn away, know that God is your Protector. The
Best Protector, and the Best Supporter.
41. And know that whatever spoils you gain, to God belongs its
fifth, and to the Messenger, and the relatives, and the or-phans, and the poor,
and to the wayfarer, provided you believe in God and in what We revealed to Our
servant on the Day of
Distinction, the
day when the two armies met. God is Capable of everything.
42. Recall when you were on the nearer bank, and they were on
the further bank, and the caravan was below you. Had you planned for this
meeting, you would have disagreed on the timing, but God was to carry out a
predetermined matter, so that those who perish would perish by clear evidence,
and those who survive would survive by clear evidence. God is Hearing and
Knowing.
43. God made them appear in your dream as few. Had He made them
appear as many, you would have lost heart, and dis-puted in the matter. But God
saved the situation. He knows what the hearts con-tain.
44. When you met, He made them appear as few in your eyes, and
made you appear fewer in their eyes, so that God may con-clude a predetermined
matter. To God all matters revert.
45. O you who believe! When you meet a force, stand firm, and
remember God much, so that you may prevail.
46. And obey God and His Messenger, and do not dispute, lest you
falter and lose your courage. And be steadfast. God is with the steadfast.
47. And do not be like those who left their homes boastfully,
showing off before the people, and barring others from the path of God. God
comprehends what they do.
48. Satan made their deeds appear good to them, and said, “You
cannot be defeated by any people today, and I am at your side.” But when the
two armies came in sight of one another, he turned on his heels, and said, “I
am innocent of you; I see what you do not see; I fear God; God is severe in
punishment.”
49. The hypocrites and those in whose hearts is sickness said,
“Their religion has deluded these people.” But whoever puts his trust in
God—God is Mighty and Wise.
50. If only you could see, as the angels take away those who
disbelieve, striking their faces and their backs: “Taste the agony of the
Burning.”
51. “That is because of what your hands have committed, and
because God is not unjust to the servants.”
52. Like the behavior of the people of Phar-aoh, and those before
them. They rejected the signs of God, so God seized them for their sins. God is
Powerful, Severe in pun-ishment.
53. That is because God would never change a blessing He has
bestowed on a people unless they change what is within themselves, and because God
is Hearing and Knowing.
54. Such was the case with the people of Pharaoh, and those
before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We an-nihilated them for
their wrongs, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh—they were all evildoers.
55. The worst of creatures in God's view are those who
disbelieve. They have no faith.
56. Those of them with whom you made a treaty, but they violate
their agreement every time. They are not righteous.
57. If you confront them in battle, make of them a fearsome
example for those who follow them, that they may take heed.
58. If you fear treachery on the part of a people, break off
with them in a like man-ner. God does not like the treacherous.
59. Let not the disbelievers assume that they are ahead. They
will not escape.
60. And prepare against them all the power you can muster, and
all the cavalry you can mobilize, to terrify thereby God’s en-emies and your
enemies, and others be-sides them whom you do not know, but God knows them.
Whatever you spend in God’s way will be repaid to you in full, and you will not
be wronged.
61. But if they incline towards peace, then incline towards it,
and put your trust in God. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
62. If they intend to deceive you—God is sufficient for you. It
is He who supported you with His aid, and with the believers.
63. And He united their hearts. Had you spent everything on
earth, you would not have united their hearts, but God united them together. He
is Mighty and Wise.
64.O prophet! Count on God, and on the believers who have followed you
65. O prophet! Rouse the believers to bat-tle. If there are
twenty steadfast among you, they will defeat two hundred; and if there are a
hundred of you, they will de-feat a thousand of those who disbelieve; because
they are a people who do not un-derstand.
66. God has now lightened your burden, knowing that there is
weakness in you. If there are a hundred steadfast among you, they will defeat
two hundred; and if there are a thousand of you, they will defeat two thousand
by God’s leave. God is with the steadfast.
67. It is not for a prophet to take prisoners before he has
subdued the land. You de-sire the materials of this world, but God desires the
Hereafter. God is Strong and Wise.
68. Were it not for a predetermined decree from God, an awful
punishment would have afflicted you for what you have taken.
69. So consume what you have gained, le-gitimate and wholesome,
and remain con-scious of God. God is Forgiving and Mer-ciful.
70. O prophet! Say to those you hold pris-oners, “If God finds
any good in your hearts, He will give you better than what was taken from you,
and He will forgive you. God is Forgiving and Merciful.”
71. But if they intend to betray you, they have already betrayed
God, and He has overpowered them. God is Knowing and Wise.
72. Those who believed, and emigrated, and struggled in God’s
cause with their possessions and their persons, and those who provided shelter
and support—these are allies of one another. As for those who believed, but did
not emigrate, you owe them no protection, until they have emi-grated. But if
they ask you for help in reli-gion, you must come to their aid, except against
a people with whom you have a treaty. God is Seeing of what you do.
73. As for those who disbelieve, they are allies of one another.
Unless you do this, there will be turmoil in the land, and much corruption.
74. Those who believed, and emigrated, and struggled for God’s
cause, and those who gave shelter and support—these are the true believers.
They will have for-giveness, and a bountiful provision.
75. As for those who believed afterwards, and emigrated and
struggled with you— these belong with you. But family mem-bers are nearer to
one another in the Book of God. God is Cognizant of everything.
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