Surah Al-Fath

إِنَّافَتَحْنَالَكَفَتْحًۭامُّبِينًۭا

VERILY, [O Muhammad,] We have laid open before thee a manifest victory,

لِّيَغْفِرَلَكَٱللَّهُمَاتَقَدَّمَمِنذَنۢبِكَوَمَاتَأَخَّرَوَيُتِمَّنِعْمَتَهُۥعَلَيْكَوَيَهْدِيَكَصِرَٰطًۭامُّسْتَقِيمًۭا

so that God might show His forgiveness of all thy faults, past as well as future, and [thus] bestow upon thee the full measure of His blessings, and guide thee on a straight way,

وَيَنصُرَكَٱللَّهُنَصْرًاعَزِيزًا

and [show] that God will succour thee with [His] mighty succour.

هُوَٱلَّذِىٓأَنزَلَٱلسَّكِينَةَفِىقُلُوبِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَلِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟إِيمَٰنًۭامَّعَإِيمَٰنِهِمْوَلِلَّهِجُنُودُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَكَانَٱللَّهُعَلِيمًاحَكِيمًۭا

It is He who from on high has bestowed inner peace upon the hearts of the believers, so that - seeing that God’s are all the forces of the heavens and the earth, and that God is all-knowing, truly wise - they might grow yet more firm in their faith;

لِّيُدْخِلَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِجَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَاوَيُكَفِّرَعَنْهُمْسَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْوَكَانَذَٰلِكَعِندَٱللَّهِفَوْزًاعَظِيمًۭا

[and] that He might admit the believers, both men and women, into gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide, and that He might efface their [past bad] deeds: and that is, in the sight of God, indeed a triumph supreme!

وَيُعَذِّبَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَوَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِوَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَوَٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِٱلظَّآنِّينَبِٱللَّهِظَنَّٱلسَّوْءِعَلَيْهِمْدَآئِرَةُٱلسَّوْءِوَغَضِبَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِمْوَلَعَنَهُمْوَأَعَدَّلَهُمْجَهَنَّمَوَسَآءَتْمَصِيرًۭا

And [God has willed] to impose suffering [in the life to come] on the hypocrites, both men and women, and on those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him, both men and women: all who entertain evil thoughts about God. Evil encompasses them from all sides, and God’s condemnation rests upon them; and He has rejected them [from His grace], and has readied hell for them: and how evil a journey’s end!

وَلِلَّهِجُنُودُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَكَانَٱللَّهُعَزِيزًاحَكِيمًا

For, God’s are all the forces of the heavens and the earth; and God is indeed almighty, truly wise!

إِنَّآأَرْسَلْنَٰكَشَٰهِدًۭاوَمُبَشِّرًۭاوَنَذِيرًۭا

VERILY, [O Muhammad,] We have sent thee as a witness [to the truth], and as a herald of glad tidings and a warner –

لِّتُؤْمِنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦوَتُعَزِّرُوهُوَتُوَقِّرُوهُوَتُسَبِّحُوهُبُكْرَةًۭوَأَصِيلًا

so that you [O men] might believe in God and His Apostle, and might honour Him, and revere Him, and extol His limitless glory from morn to evening.

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَيُبَايِعُونَكَإِنَّمَايُبَايِعُونَٱللَّهَيَدُٱللَّهِفَوْقَأَيْدِيهِمْفَمَننَّكَثَفَإِنَّمَايَنكُثُعَلَىٰنَفْسِهِۦوَمَنْأَوْفَىٰبِمَاعَٰهَدَعَلَيْهُٱللَّهَفَسَيُؤْتِيهِأَجْرًاعَظِيمًۭا

Behold, all who pledge their allegiance to thee pledge their allegiance to God: the hand of God is over their hands. Hence, he who breaks his oath, breaks it only to his own hurt; whereas he who remains true to what he has pledged unto God, on him will He bestow a reward supreme.

سَيَقُولُلَكَٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَمِنَٱلْأَعْرَابِشَغَلَتْنَآأَمْوَٰلُنَاوَأَهْلُونَافَٱسْتَغْفِرْلَنَايَقُولُونَبِأَلْسِنَتِهِممَّالَيْسَفِىقُلُوبِهِمْقُلْفَمَنيَمْلِكُلَكُممِّنَٱللَّهِشَيْـًٔاإِنْأَرَادَبِكُمْضَرًّاأَوْأَرَادَبِكُمْنَفْعًۢابَلْكَانَٱللَّهُبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَخَبِيرًۢا

Those of the bedouin who stayed behind will say unto thee: “[The need to take care of] our chat­tels and our families kept us busy: do then, [O Prophet,] ask God to forgive us!” [Thus,] they will utter with their tongues something that is not in their hearts. Say: “Who, then, has it in his power to avert from you aught that God may have willed, whether it be His will to harm you or to confer a benefit on you? Nay, but God is fully aware of what you do!

بَلْظَنَنتُمْأَنلَّنيَنقَلِبَٱلرَّسُولُوَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَإِلَىٰٓأَهْلِيهِمْأَبَدًۭاوَزُيِّنَذَٰلِكَفِىقُلُوبِكُمْوَظَنَنتُمْظَنَّٱلسَّوْءِوَكُنتُمْقَوْمًۢابُورًۭا

Nay, you thought that the Apostle and the believers would never return to their kith and kin: and this seemed goodly to your hearts. And you entertained [such] evil thoughts because you have always been people devoid of all good!”

وَمَنلَّمْيُؤْمِنۢبِٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦفَإِنَّآأَعْتَدْنَالِلْكَٰفِرِينَسَعِيرًۭا

Now as for those who will not believe in God and His Apostle - verily, We have readied a blazing flame for all [such] deniers of the truth!

وَلِلَّهِمُلْكُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِيَغْفِرُلِمَنيَشَآءُوَيُعَذِّبُمَنيَشَآءُوَكَانَٱللَّهُغَفُورًۭارَّحِيمًۭا

But God’s is the dominion over the heavens and the earth: He forgives whomever He wills, and imposes suffering on whomever He wills - and [withal,] He is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

سَيَقُولُٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَإِذَاٱنطَلَقْتُمْإِلَىٰمَغَانِمَلِتَأْخُذُوهَاذَرُونَانَتَّبِعْكُمْيُرِيدُونَأَنيُبَدِّلُوا۟كَلَٰمَٱللَّهِقُللَّنتَتَّبِعُونَاكَذَٰلِكُمْقَالَٱللَّهُمِنقَبْلُفَسَيَقُولُونَبَلْتَحْسُدُونَنَابَلْكَانُوا۟لَايَفْقَهُونَإِلَّاقَلِيلًۭا

As soon as you [O believers] are about to set forth on a war that promises booty, those who stayed behind [aforetime] will surely say, “Allow us to go with you” - [thus showing that] they would like to alter the Word of God. Say: “By no means shall you go with us: God has declared aforetime [to whom all spoils shall belong].” Thereupon they will [surely] answer, “Nay, but you begrudge us [our share of booty]!” Nay, they can grasp but so little of the truth!

قُللِّلْمُخَلَّفِينَمِنَٱلْأَعْرَابِسَتُدْعَوْنَإِلَىٰقَوْمٍأُو۟لِىبَأْسٍۢشَدِيدٍۢتُقَٰتِلُونَهُمْأَوْيُسْلِمُونَفَإِنتُطِيعُوا۟يُؤْتِكُمُٱللَّهُأَجْرًاحَسَنًۭاوَإِنتَتَوَلَّوْا۟كَمَاتَوَلَّيْتُممِّنقَبْلُيُعَذِّبْكُمْعَذَابًاأَلِيمًۭا

Say unto those bedouin who stayed behind: “In time you will be called upon [to fight] against people of great prowess in war: you will have to fight against them [until you die] or they surrender. And then, if you heed [that call], God will bestow on you a goodly reward; but if you turn away as you turned away this time, He will chastise you with grievous chastisement.”

لَّيْسَعَلَىٱلْأَعْمَىٰحَرَجٌۭوَلَاعَلَىٱلْأَعْرَجِحَرَجٌۭوَلَاعَلَىٱلْمَرِيضِحَرَجٌۭوَمَنيُطِعِٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥيُدْخِلْهُجَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُوَمَنيَتَوَلَّيُعَذِّبْهُعَذَابًاأَلِيمًۭا

No blame attaches to the blind, nor does blame attach to the lame, nor does blame attach to the sick [for staying away from a war in God’s cause]; but whoever heeds [the call of] God and His Apostle [in deed or in heart], him will He admit into gardens through which running waters flow; whereas him who turns away will He chastise with grievous chastise­ment.

لَّقَدْرَضِىَٱللَّهُعَنِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَإِذْيُبَايِعُونَكَتَحْتَٱلشَّجَرَةِفَعَلِمَمَافِىقُلُوبِهِمْفَأَنزَلَٱلسَّكِينَةَعَلَيْهِمْوَأَثَٰبَهُمْفَتْحًۭاقَرِيبًۭا

INDEED, well-pleased was God with the believers when they pledged their allegiance unto thee [O Muhammad] under that tree, for He knew what was in their hearts; and so He bestowed inner peace upon them from on high, and rewarded them with [the glad tiding of] a victory soon to come

وَمَغَانِمَكَثِيرَةًۭيَأْخُذُونَهَاوَكَانَٱللَّهُعَزِيزًاحَكِيمًۭا

and [of] many war-gains which they would achieve: for God is indeed almighty, wise.

وَعَدَكُمُٱللَّهُمَغَانِمَكَثِيرَةًۭتَأْخُذُونَهَافَعَجَّلَلَكُمْهَٰذِهِۦوَكَفَّأَيْدِىَٱلنَّاسِعَنكُمْوَلِتَكُونَءَايَةًۭلِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَيَهْدِيَكُمْصِرَٰطًۭامُّسْتَقِيمًۭا

[O you who believe!] God has promised you many war-gains which you shall yet achieve; and He has vouchsafed you these [worldly gains] well in advance, and has stayed from you the hands of [hostile] people, so that this [your inner strength] may become a symbol to the believers [who will come after you], and that He may guide you all on a straight way.