Saboteurs in War: Qur’an Verses

وَاِنَّ مِنْكُمْ لَمَنْ لَيُبَطِّئَنَّۚ فَاِنْ اَصَابَتْكُمْ مُص۪يبَةٌ قَالَ قَدْ اَنْعَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيَّ اِذْ لَمْ اَكُنْ مَعَهُمْ شَه۪يدًا

And, behold, there are indeed among you such as would lag behind, and then, if calamity befalls you, say, "Allah has bestowed His favour upon me in that I did not accompany them."

وَلَئِنْ اَصَابَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَاَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ مَوَدَّةٌ يَا لَيْتَن۪ي كُنْتُ مَعَهُمْ فَاَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظ۪يمًا

But if good fortune comes to you from Allah, such a person is sure to say – just as if there had never been any question of love between you and him -: "Oh, would that I had been with them, and thus had a [share in their] mighty triumph!"

فَمَا لَكُمْ فِي الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ فِئَتَيْنِ وَاللّٰهُ اَرْكَسَهُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُواۜ اَتُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ تَهْدُوا مَنْ اَضَلَّ اللّٰهُۜ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ سَب۪يلًا

How, then, could you be of two minds about the hypocrites, seeing that Allah [Himself] has disowned them because of their guilt? Do you, perchance, seek to guide those whom Allah has let go astray – when for him whom Allah lets go astray thou canst never find any way?

وَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَٓاءً فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْهُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ حَتّٰى يُهَاجِرُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْۖ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَص۪يرًاۙ

They would love to see you deny the truth even as they have denied it, so that you should be like them. Do not, therefore, take them for your allies until they forsake the domain of evil for the sake of Allah; and if they revert to [open] enmity, seize them and slay them wherever you may find them. And do not take any of them for your ally or giver of succour,

اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ يَصِلُونَ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ م۪يثَاقٌ اَوْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُهُمْ اَنْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ اَوْ يُقَاتِلُوا قَوْمَهُمْۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَسَلَّطَهُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ فَلَقَاتَلُوكُمْۚ فَاِنِ اعْتَزَلُوكُمْ فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ وَاَلْقَوْا اِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَۙ فَمَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَب۪يلًا

unless it be such [of them] as have ties with people to whom you yourselves are bound by a covenant, or such as come unto you because their hearts shrink from [the thought of] making war either on you or on their own folk – although, if Allah had willed to make them stronger than you, they would certainly have made war on you. Thus, if they let you be, and do not make war on you, and offer you peace, Allah does not allow you to harm them.

سَتَجِدُونَ اٰخَر۪ينَ يُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُوا قَوْمَهُمْۜ كُلَّمَا رُدُّٓوا اِلَى الْفِتْنَةِ اُرْكِسُوا ف۪يهَاۚ فَاِنْ لَمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُٓوا اِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّٓوا اَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكُمْ جَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانًا مُب۪ينًا۟

You will find [that there are] others who would like to be safe from you as well as safe from their own folk, [but who,] whenever they are faced anew with temptation to evil, plunge into it headlong. Hence, if they do not let you be, and do not offer you peace, and do not stay their hands, seize them and slay them whenever you come upon them: for it is against these that We have clearly empowered you [to make war].

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَا لَكُمْ اِذَا ق۪يلَ لَكُمُ انْفِرُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ اثَّاقَلْتُمْ اِلَى الْاَرْضِۜ اَرَض۪يتُمْ بِالْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْاٰخِرَةِۚ فَمَا مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ اِلَّا قَل۪يلٌ

O YOU who have attained to faith! What is amiss with you that, when you are called upon, "Go forth to war in Allah's cause," you cling heavily to the earth? Would you content yourselves with [the comforts of] this worldly life in preference to [the good of] the life to come? But the enjoyment of life in this world is but a paltry thing when compared with the life to come!

اِلَّا تَنْفِرُوا يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا اَل۪يمًا وَيَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّوهُ شَيْـًٔاۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

If you do not go forth to war [in Allah's cause], He will chastise you with grievous chastisement, and will place another people in your stead – whereas you shall in no wise harm Him: for, Allah has the power to will anything.

اِلَّا تَنْصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللّٰهُ اِذْ اَخْرَجَهُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ اِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ اِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِه۪ لَا تَحْزَنْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مَعَنَاۚ فَاَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ سَك۪ينَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاَيَّدَهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا السُّفْلٰىۜ وَكَلِمَةُ اللّٰهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَاۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

If you do not succour the Apostle, then [know that Allah will do so -just as] Allah succoured him at the time when those who were bent on denying the truth drove him away, [and he was but] one of two: when these two were [hiding] in the cave, [and] the Apostle said to his companion, "Grieve not: verily, Allah is with us." And thereupon Allah bestowed upon him from on high His (gift of] inner peace, and brought utterly low the cause of those who were bent on denying the truth, whereas the cause of Allah remained supreme: for Allah is almighty, wise.

اِنْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا وَجَاهِدُوا بِاَمْوَالِكُمْ وَاَنْفُسِكُمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Go forth to war, whether it be easy or difficult [for you], and strive hard in Allah's cause with your possessions and your lives: this is for your own good -if you but knew it!

لَوْ كَانَ عَرَضًا قَر۪يبًا وَسَفَرًا قَاصِدًا لَاتَّبَعُوكَ وَلٰكِنْ بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّقَّةُۜ وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ لَوِ اسْتَطَعْنَا لَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْۚ يُهْلِكُونَ اَنْفُسَهُمْۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ اِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ۟

Had there been [a prospect of] immediate gain, and an easy journey, they would certainly have followed thee, [O Prophet:] but the distance was too great for them. And yet, [after your return, O believers,] they will swear by Allah, "Had we been able to do so, we would certainly have set out with you!" – [and by thus falsely swearing] they will be destroying their own selves: for Allah knows indeed that they are lying!

عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَنْكَۚ لِمَ اَذِنْتَ لَهُمْ حَتّٰى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكَ الَّذ۪ينَ صَدَقُوا وَتَعْلَمَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

May Allah pardon thee [O Prophet]! Why didst thou grant them permission [to stay at home] ere it had become obvious to thee as to who was speaking the truth, and [ere] thou camest to know. [who were] the liars?

لَا يَسْتَأْذِنُكَ الَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ اَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا بِاَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاَنْفُسِهِمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِالْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Those who [truly] believe in Allah and the Last Day do not ask thee for exemption from struggling with their possessions and their lives [in Allah's cause]-and Allah has full knowledge as to who is conscious of Him-:

اِنَّمَا يَسْتَأْذِنُكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَارْتَابَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ فَهُمْ ف۪ي رَيْبِهِمْ يَتَرَدَّدُونَ

only those ask thee for exemption who do not [truly] believe in Allah and the Last Day and whose hearts have become a prey to doubt, so that in their doubting they waver between one thing and another.

وَلَوْ اَرَادُوا الْخُرُوجَ لَاَعَدُّوا لَهُ عُدَّةً وَلٰكِنْ كَرِهَ اللّٰهُ انْبِعَاثَهُمْ فَثَبَّطَهُمْ وَق۪يلَ اقْعُدُوا مَعَ الْقَاعِد۪ينَ

For, had they been [truly] desirous of setting out [with thee], they would surely have made some preparation therefor: but Allah was averse to their taking the field, and so He caused them to hold back when it was said, "[You may] stay at home with all [the others] who stay at home."

لَوْ خَرَجُوا ف۪يكُمْ مَا زَادُوكُمْ اِلَّا خَبَالًا وَلَا۬اَوْضَعُوا خِلَالَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ الْفِتْنَةَۚ وَف۪يكُمْ سَمَّاعُونَ لَهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِالظَّالِم۪ينَ

Had these [hypocrites] set out with_ you, [O believers,] they would have added nothing to you save the evil of corruption, and would surely have scurried to and fro in your midst, seeking to stir up discord among you, seeing that there are in your midst such as would have lent them ear: but Allah has full knowledge of the evildoers.

لَقَدِ ابْتَغَوُا الْفِتْنَةَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَقَلَّبُوا لَكَ الْاُمُورَ حَتّٰى جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ وَهُمْ كَارِهُونَ

Indeed, even before this time have they tried to stir up discord and devised all manner of plots against thee, [O Prophet,] until the truth was revealed and Allah's will became manifest, however hateful this may have been to them.

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ ائْذَنْ ل۪ي وَلَا تَفْتِنّ۪يۜ اَلَا فِي الْفِتْنَةِ سَقَطُواۜ وَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُح۪يطَةٌ بِالْكَافِر۪ينَ

And among them there was [many a one] who said," Grant me permission [to remain at home], and do not put me to too hard a test!" Oh, verily, [by making such a request] they had [already failed in their test and] succumbed to a temptation to evil: and, behold, hell will indeed encompass all who refuse to acknowledge the truth!

اِنْ تُصِبْكَ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْۚ وَاِنْ تُصِبْكَ مُص۪يبَةٌ يَقُولُوا قَدْ اَخَذْنَٓا اَمْرَنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَيَتَوَلَّوْا وَهُمْ فَرِحُونَ

Should good fortune alight on thee, [O Prophet,] it will grieve them; and should misfortune befall thee, they will say [to themselves], "We have already taken our precautions beforehand!" – and will turn away, and will rejoice.

قُلْ لَنْ يُص۪يبَنَٓا اِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لَنَاۚ هُوَ مَوْلٰينَاۚ وَعَلَى اللّٰهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Say: "Never can anything befall us save what Allah has decreed! He is our Lord Supreme; and in Allah let the believers place their trust!"

قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَٓا اِلَّٓا اِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِۜ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ اَنْ يُص۪يبَكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِنْ عِنْدِه۪ٓ اَوْ بِاَيْد۪ينَاۘ فَتَرَبَّصُٓوا اِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُتَرَبِّصُونَ

Say: "Are you, perchance, hopefully waiting for something [bad] to happen to us-[the while nothing can happen to us] save one of the two best things? But as far as you are concerned, we are hopefully waiting for Allah to inflict chastisement upon you, [either] from Himself or by our hands! Wait, then, hopefully; behold, we shall hopefully wait with you!"

قُلْ اَنْفِقُوا طَوْعًا اَوْ كَرْهًا لَنْ يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنْكُمْۜ اِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا فَاسِق۪ينَ

Say: "You may spend [anything], willingly-or unwillingly, [pretending that you do it for the sake of Allah:] it shall never be accepted from you -for, verily, you are people bent on iniquity!"

وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ اَنْ تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَاتُهُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَبِرَسُولِه۪ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلٰوةَ اِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالٰى وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَ اِلَّا وَهُمْ كَارِهُونَ

For, only this prevents their spending from being accepted from them: they are bent on refusing to acknowledge Allah and His Apostle, and never pray without reluctance, and never spend [on righteous causes] without resentment.

فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ اَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَوْلَادُهُمْۜ اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِهَا فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ اَنْفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَافِرُونَ

Let not, then, their worldly goods or [the happiness which they may derive from] their children excite thy admiration: Allah but wants to chastise them by these means in this worldly life, and [to cause] their souls to depart while they are [still] denying the truth.

وَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ اِنَّهُمْ لَمِنْكُمْۜ وَمَا هُمْ مِنْكُمْ وَلٰكِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ يَفْرَقُونَ

And they swear by Allah that they do indeed belong to you -the while they do not belong to you, but are [only] people ridden by fear:

لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَـًٔا اَوْ مَغَارَاتٍ اَوْ مُدَّخَلًا لَوَلَّوْا اِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ

if they could but find a place of refuge, or any cavern, or a crevice [in the earth], they would turn towards it in headlong haste.

فَرِحَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ بِمَقْعَدِهِمْ خِلَافَ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَكَرِهُٓوا اَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا بِاَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاَنْفُسِهِمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَقَالُوا لَا تَنْفِرُوا فِي الْحَرِّۜ قُلْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ اَشَدُّ حَرًّاۜ لَوْ كَانُوا يَفْقَهُونَ

THOSE [hypocrites] who were left behind rejoiced in their staying away [from war] after [the departure of] Allah's Apostle, for they hated the thought of striving with their possessions and their lives in Allah's cause; and they had [even] said [to the others], "Do not go forth to war in this heat!" Say: "The fire of hell is hotter by far!" Had they but grasped this truth!

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَل۪يلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا كَث۪يرًاۚ جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Let them, then, laugh a little – for they will weep a lot in return for what they have earned.

فَاِنْ رَجَعَكَ اللّٰهُ اِلٰى طَٓائِفَةٍ مِنْهُمْ فَاسْتَأْذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُلْ لَنْ تَخْرُجُوا مَعِيَ اَبَدًا وَلَنْ تُقَاتِلُوا مَعِيَ عَدُوًّاۜ اِنَّكُمْ رَض۪يتُمْ بِالْقُعُودِ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَاقْعُدُوا مَعَ الْخَالِف۪ينَ

Hence, [O Prophet,] if Allah brings thee again face to face with some of them," and then they ask thy leave to go forth [to war with thee], say: "Never shall you go forth with me. nor shall you fight an enemy together with me! Behold, you were well-pleased to stay at home on that first occasion: stay at home, then, with, those who [are obliged to] remain behind!"

وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلٰٓى اَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ اَبَدًا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلٰى قَبْرِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

And never shalt thou pray over any of them that has died, and never shalt thou stand by his grave: for, behold, they were bent on denying Allah and His Apostle, and they died in this their iniquity.

وَاِذَٓا اُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ اَنْ اٰمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَجَاهِدُوا مَعَ رَسُولِهِ اسْتَأْذَنَكَ اُو۬لُوا الطَّوْلِ مِنْهُمْ وَقَالُوا ذَرْنَا نَكُنْ مَعَ الْقَاعِد۪ينَ

[They are indeed denying it:] for, when they were called upon through revelation, "Believe in Allah, and strive hard [in His cause] together with His Apostle," [even] such of them as were well able [to go to war] asked thee for exemption, saying, "Allow us to stay behind with those who remain at home!"

رَضُوا بِاَنْ يَكُونُوا مَعَ الْخَوَالِفِ وَطُبِعَ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

They were well-pleased to remain with those who were left behind – where for their hearts have been sealed, so that they cannot grasp the truth.

لٰكِنِ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُ جَاهَدُوا بِاَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاَنْفُسِهِمْۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ الْخَيْرَاتُۘ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

The Apostle, however, and all who share his faith strive hard [in Allah's cause] with, their possessions and their lives: and it is they whom the most excellent things await [in the life to come], and it is they, they who shall attain to a happy state!

اَعَدَّ اللّٰهُ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۜ ذٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظ۪يمُ۟

Allah has readied for them gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide: and this is the triumph supreme!

لَيْسَ عَلَى الضُّعَفَٓاءِ وَلَا عَلَى الْمَرْضٰى وَلَا عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ مَا يُنْفِقُونَ حَرَجٌ اِذَا نَصَحُوا لِلّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ۜ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ مِنْ سَب۪يلٍۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌۙ

[But] no blame shall attach to the weak, nor to the sick, nor to those who have no means. [to equip themselves], provided that they are sincere towards Allah and His Apostle: there is no cause to reproach the doers of good, for Allah is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَلَا عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ اِذَا مَٓا اَتَوْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ قُلْتَ لَٓا اَجِدُ مَٓا اَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِۖ تَوَلَّوْا وَاَعْيُنُهُمْ تَف۪يضُ مِنَ الدَّمْعِ حَزَنًا اَلَّا يَجِدُوا مَا يُنْفِقُونَۜ

Nor [shall blame attach] to those who, when they came unto thee [O Prophet, with the request] that thou provide them with mounts, were told by thee, "I cannot find anything whereon to mount you" – [whereupon] they turned away, their eyes overflowing with tears out of sorrow that they had no means to spend [on their equipment].

اِنَّمَا السَّب۪يلُ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يَسْتَأْذِنُونَكَ وَهُمْ اَغْنِيَٓاءُۚ رَضُوا بِاَنْ يَكُونُوا مَعَ الْخَوَالِفِۙ وَطَبَعَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Only they may rightly be reproached who asked thee for exemption even though they were fully able [to go to war]. They were well-pleased to remain with those who were left behind -wherefore Allah has sealed their hearts, so that they do not know [what they are doing].

يَعْتَذِرُونَ اِلَيْكُمْ اِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ اِلَيْهِمْۜ قُلْ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ قَدْ نَبَّاَنَا اللّٰهُ مِنْ اَخْبَارِكُمْۜ وَسَيَرَى اللّٰهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ اِلٰى عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

[And] they will [still] be offering excuses to you when you return to them, [from the campaign]! Say: "Do not offer [empty] excuses, [for] we shall not believe you: Allah has already enlightened us about you. And Allah will behold your [future] deeds, and [so will] His Apostle; and in the end you will be brought before Him who knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being's perception as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature's senses or mind, and then He will make you truly understand what you were doing [in life]."

سَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ لَكُمْ اِذَا انْقَلَبْتُمْ اِلَيْهِمْ لِتُعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْۜ فَاَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْۜ اِنَّهُمْ رِجْسٌۘ وَمَأْوٰيهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۚ جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

When you will have returned to them, (O believers,] they will swear to you by Allah, [repeating their excuses,] with a view to your letting them be. Let them be, then: behold, they are loathsome, and hell is their goal in recompense for what they were wont to do.

يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ لِتَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْۚ فَاِنْ تَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَرْضٰى عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ

They will swear to you with a view to making you pleased with them: but [even] should you be pleased with them, verily, Allah shall never be pleased with iniquitous folk.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ اشْتَرٰى مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَاَمْوَالَهُمْ بِاَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَۜ يُقَاتِلُونَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا فِي التَّوْرٰيةِ وَالْاِنْج۪يلِ وَالْقُرْاٰنِۜ وَمَنْ اَوْفٰى بِعَهْدِه۪ مِنَ اللّٰهِ فَاسْتَبْشِرُوا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذ۪ي بَايَعْتُمْ بِه۪ۜ وَذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظ۪يمُ

BEHOLD, Allah has bought of the believers their lives and their possessions, promising them paradise in return, [and so] they fight in Allah's cause, and slay, and are slain: a promise which in truth He has willed upon Himself in [the words of] the Torah, and the Gospel, and the Qur'an. And who could be more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice, then, in the bargain which you have made with Him: for this, this is the triumph supreme!

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ اِذْ جَٓاءَتْكُمْ جُنُودٌ فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ ر۪يحًا وَجُنُودًا لَمْ تَرَوْهَاۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرًاۚ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Call to mind the blessings which Allah bestowed on you (at the time) when [enemy] hosts came down upon you, where­upon We let loose against them a storm wind and [heavenly] hosts that you could not see: yet Allah saw all that you did.

اِذْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَاِذْ زَاغَتِ الْاَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا

[Remember what you felt] when they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when [your] eyes became dim and [your] hearts came up to [your] throats, and [when] most conflicting thoughts about Allah passed through your minds:

هُنَالِكَ ابْتُلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا زِلْزَالًا شَد۪يدًا

[for] there and then were the believers tried, and shaken with a shock severe.

وَاِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ مَا وَعَدَنَا اللّٰهُ وَرَسُولُهُٓ اِلَّا غُرُورًا

And [remember how it was] when the hypo­crites and those with hearts diseased said [to one another], “Allah and His Apostle have promised us nothing but delusions!”

وَاِذْ قَالَتْ طَٓائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ يَٓا اَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ فَارْجِعُواۚ وَيَسْتَأْذِنُ فَر۪يقٌ مِنْهُمُ النَّبِيَّ يَقُولُونَ اِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوْرَةٌ وَمَا هِيَ بِعَوْرَةٍۜ اِنْ يُر۪يدُونَ اِلَّا فِرَارًا

and when some of them said, “O you people of Yathrib! You cannot withstand [the enemy] here: hence, go back [to your homes]!” — Whereupon a party from among them asked leave of the Prophet, saying, “Behold, our houses are exposed [to attack]!” — The while they were not [really] exposed: they wanted nothing but to flee.

وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ اَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا الْفِتْنَةَ لَاٰتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا بِهَٓا اِلَّا يَس۪يرًا

Now if their town had been stormed, and they had been asked [by the enemy] to commit apos­tasy, [the hypocrites] would have done so without much delay

وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا عَاهَدُوا اللّٰهَ مِنْ قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ الْاَدْبَارَۜ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ اللّٰهِ مَسْؤُ۫لًا

although ere that they had vowed before Allah that they would never turn their backs [on His message]: and a vow made to Allah must surely be answered for!

قُلْ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ الْفِرَارُ اِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ اَوِ الْقَتْلِ وَاِذًا لَا تُمَتَّعُونَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلًا

Say: “Whether you flee from [natural] death or from being slain [in battle], flight will not profit you – for, however you fare, you are not [allowed] to enjoy life for more than a little while!”

قُلْ مَنْ ذَا الَّذ۪ي يَعْصِمُكُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ اِنْ اَرَادَ بِكُمْ سُٓوءًا اَوْ اَرَادَ بِكُمْ رَحْمَةًۜ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَص۪يرًا

Say: “Who is there that could keep you away from Allah if it be His will to harm you, or if it be His will to show you mercy?” For, [do they not know that] besides Allah they can find none to protect them, and none to bring them succour?

قَدْ يَعْلَمُ اللّٰهُ الْمُعَوِّق۪ينَ مِنْكُمْ وَالْقَٓائِل۪ينَ لِاِخْوَانِهِمْ هَلُمَّ اِلَيْنَاۚ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الْبَأْسَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلًاۙ

Allah is indeed aware of those of you who would divert others [from fighting in His cause], as well as of those who say to their brethren, “Come hither to us [and face the enemy]!” — The while they [themselves] join battle but seldom,

اَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْۚ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ الْخَوْفُ رَاَيْتَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَيْكَ تَدُورُ اَعْيُنُهُمْ كَالَّذ۪ي يُغْشٰى عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِۚ فَاِذَا ذَهَبَ الْخَوْفُ سَلَقُوكُمْ بِاَلْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ اَشِحَّةً عَلَى الْخَيْرِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا فَاَحْبَطَ اللّٰهُ اَعْمَالَهُمْۜ وَكَانَ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ يَس۪يرًا

begrudging you all help. But then, when danger threatens, thou canst see them looking to thee [for help, O Prophet], their eyes rolling [in terror] like [the eyes of] one who is overshadowed by death: yet as soon as the danger has passed, they will assail you [believers] with sharp tongues, begrudging you all that is good! [People like] these have never known faith – and therefore Allah will cause all their works to come to nought: for this is indeed easy for Allah.

يَحْسَبُونَ الْاَحْزَابَ لَمْ يَذْهَبُواۚ وَاِنْ يَأْتِ الْاَحْزَابُ يَوَدُّوا لَوْ اَنَّهُمْ بَادُونَ فِي الْاَعْرَابِ يَسْـَٔلُونَ عَنْ اَنْبَٓائِكُمْۜ وَلَوْ كَانُوا ف۪يكُمْ مَا قَاتَلُٓوا اِلَّا قَل۪يلًا۟

They think that the Confederates have not [really] withdrawn; and should the Confederates return, these [hypocrites] would prefer to be in the desert, among the bedouin, asking for news about you, [O believers, from far away;] and even were they to find themselves in your midst, they would but make a pretence at fighting [by your side].

لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ ف۪ي رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ اُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوا اللّٰهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْاٰخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللّٰهَ كَث۪يرًاۜ

VERILY, in the Apostle of Allah you have a good example for everyone who looks forward [with hope and awe] to Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah unceasingly.