Surah Al-Anfaal

وَلَاتَكُونُوا۟كَٱلَّذِينَقَالُوا۟سَمِعْنَاوَهُمْلَايَسْمَعُونَ

and be not like those who say, "We have heard", the while they do not hearken.

إِنَّشَرَّٱلدَّوَآبِّعِندَٱللَّهِٱلصُّمُّٱلْبُكْمُٱلَّذِينَلَايَعْقِلُونَ

Verily, the vilest of all creatures in the sight of God are those deaf, those dumb ones who do not use their reason.

وَلَوْعَلِمَٱللَّهُفِيهِمْخَيْرًۭالَّأَسْمَعَهُمْوَلَوْأَسْمَعَهُمْلَتَوَلَّوا۟وَّهُممُّعْرِضُونَ

For, if God had seen any good in them, He would certainly have made them hear: but [as it is,] even if He had made them hear, they would surely have turned away in their obstinacy.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟لِلَّهِوَلِلرَّسُولِإِذَادَعَاكُمْلِمَايُحْيِيكُمْوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَيَحُولُبَيْنَٱلْمَرْءِوَقَلْبِهِۦوَأَنَّهُۥٓإِلَيْهِتُحْشَرُونَ

O you who have attained to faith! Respond to the call of God and the Apostle whenever he calls you unto that which will give you life; and know that God intervenes between man and [the desires of] his heart, and that unto Him you shall be gathered.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟فِتْنَةًۭلَّاتُصِيبَنَّٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟مِنكُمْخَآصَّةًۭوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَشَدِيدُٱلْعِقَابِ

And beware of that temptation to evil which does not befall only those among you who are bent on denying the truth, to the exclusion of others; and know that God is severe in retribution.

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟إِذْأَنتُمْقَلِيلٌۭمُّسْتَضْعَفُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِتَخَافُونَأَنيَتَخَطَّفَكُمُٱلنَّاسُفَـَٔاوَىٰكُمْوَأَيَّدَكُمبِنَصْرِهِۦوَرَزَقَكُممِّنَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِلَعَلَّكُمْتَشْكُرُونَ

And remember the time when you were few [and] helpless on earth, fearful lest people do away with you - whereupon He sheltered you, and strengthened you with His succour, and provided for you sustenance out of the good things of life, so that you might have cause to be grateful.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتَخُونُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱلرَّسُولَوَتَخُونُوٓا۟أَمَٰنَٰتِكُمْوَأَنتُمْتَعْلَمُونَ

[Hence,] O you who have attained to faith, do not be false to God and the Apostle, and do not knowingly be false to the trust that has been reposed in you;

وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّمَآأَمْوَٰلُكُمْوَأَوْلَٰدُكُمْفِتْنَةٌۭوَأَنَّٱللَّهَعِندَهُۥٓأَجْرٌعَظِيمٌۭ

and know that your worldly goods and your children are but a trial and a temptation, and that with God there is a tremendous reward.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِنتَتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَيَجْعَللَّكُمْفُرْقَانًۭاوَيُكَفِّرْعَنكُمْسَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْوَيَغْفِرْلَكُمْوَٱللَّهُذُوٱلْفَضْلِٱلْعَظِيمِ

O you who have attained to faith! If you remain conscious of God. He will endow you with a standard by which to discern the true from the false, and will efface your bad deeds, and will forgive you your sins: for God is limitless in His great bounty.

وَإِذْيَمْكُرُبِكَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لِيُثْبِتُوكَأَوْيَقْتُلُوكَأَوْيُخْرِجُوكَوَيَمْكُرُونَوَيَمْكُرُٱللَّهُوَٱللَّهُخَيْرُٱلْمَٰكِرِينَ

AND [remember, O Prophet,] how those who were bent on denying the truth were scheming against thee, in order to restrain thee [from preaching], or to slay thee, or to drive thee away: thus have they [always] schemed: but God brought their scheming to nought-for God is above all schemers.

وَإِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتُنَاقَالُوا۟قَدْسَمِعْنَالَوْنَشَآءُلَقُلْنَامِثْلَهَٰذَآإِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّآأَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

And whenever Our messages were conveyed to them, they would say, "We have heard [all this] before; if we wanted, we could certainly compose sayings like these [ourselves]: they are nothing but fables of ancient times!"

وَإِذْقَالُوا۟ٱللَّهُمَّإِنكَانَهَٰذَاهُوَٱلْحَقَّمِنْعِندِكَفَأَمْطِرْعَلَيْنَاحِجَارَةًۭمِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِأَوِٱئْتِنَابِعَذَابٍأَلِيمٍۢ

And, lo, they would say, "O God! If this. be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from the skies, or inflict [some other] grievous suffering on us!"

وَمَاكَانَٱللَّهُلِيُعَذِّبَهُمْوَأَنتَفِيهِمْوَمَاكَانَٱللَّهُمُعَذِّبَهُمْوَهُمْيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

But God did not choose thus to chastise them whip thou [O Prophet] wert still among them, nor would God chastise them when they [might yet] ask for forgiveness.

وَمَالَهُمْأَلَّايُعَذِّبَهُمُٱللَّهُوَهُمْيَصُدُّونَعَنِٱلْمَسْجِدِٱلْحَرَامِوَمَاكَانُوٓا۟أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓإِنْأَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓإِلَّاٱلْمُتَّقُونَوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَ

But what have they [now] in their favour that God should not chastise them-seeing that they bar [the believers] from the Inviolable House of Worship, although they are not its [rightful] guardians? None but the God-conscious can be its guardians: but of this most of these [evildoers] are unaware;

وَمَاكَانَصَلَاتُهُمْعِندَٱلْبَيْتِإِلَّامُكَآءًۭوَتَصْدِيَةًۭفَذُوقُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَكْفُرُونَ

and their prayers before the Temple are nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. Taste then, [O unbelievers,] this chastisement as an outcome of your persistent denial of the truth!

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟يُنفِقُونَأَمْوَٰلَهُمْلِيَصُدُّوا۟عَنسَبِيلِٱللَّهِفَسَيُنفِقُونَهَاثُمَّتَكُونُعَلَيْهِمْحَسْرَةًۭثُمَّيُغْلَبُونَوَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟إِلَىٰجَهَنَّمَيُحْشَرُونَ

Behold, those who are bent on denying the truth are spending their riches in order to turn others away from the path of God; and they will go on spending them until they become [a source of] intense regret for them; and then they will be overcome! And those who [until their death] have denied the truth shall be gathered unto hell,

لِيَمِيزَٱللَّهُٱلْخَبِيثَمِنَٱلطَّيِّبِوَيَجْعَلَٱلْخَبِيثَبَعْضَهُۥعَلَىٰبَعْضٍۢفَيَرْكُمَهُۥجَمِيعًۭافَيَجْعَلَهُۥفِىجَهَنَّمَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

so that God might separate the bad from the good, and join the bad with one another, and link them all together [within His condemnation], and then place them in hell. They, they are the lost!

قُللِّلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟إِنيَنتَهُوا۟يُغْفَرْلَهُممَّاقَدْسَلَفَوَإِنيَعُودُوا۟فَقَدْمَضَتْسُنَّتُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Tell those who are bent on denying the truth that if they desist, all that is past shall be forgiven them; but if they revert [to their wrongdoing], let them remember what happened to the like of them in times gone by.

وَقَٰتِلُوهُمْحَتَّىٰلَاتَكُونَفِتْنَةٌۭوَيَكُونَٱلدِّينُكُلُّهُۥلِلَّهِفَإِنِٱنتَهَوْا۟فَإِنَّٱللَّهَبِمَايَعْمَلُونَبَصِيرٌۭ

And fight against them until there is no more oppression and all worship is devoted to God alone. And if they desist-behold, God sees all that they do;

وَإِنتَوَلَّوْا۟فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَمَوْلَىٰكُمْنِعْمَٱلْمَوْلَىٰوَنِعْمَٱلنَّصِيرُ

and if they turn away [from righteousness], know that God is your Lord Supreme: [and] how excellent is this Lord Supreme, and how excellent this Giver of Succour!