Surah At-Tawba

يُبَشِّرُهُمْرَبُّهُمبِرَحْمَةٍۢمِّنْهُوَرِضْوَٰنٍۢوَجَنَّٰتٍۢلَّهُمْفِيهَانَعِيمٌۭمُّقِيمٌ

Their Sustainer gives them the glad tiding of the grace [that flows] from Him, and of [His] goodly acceptance, and of the gardens which await them, full of lasting bliss,

خَٰلِدِينَفِيهَآأَبَدًاإِنَّٱللَّهَعِندَهُۥٓأَجْرٌعَظِيمٌۭ

therein to abide beyond the count of time. Verily, with God is a mighty reward!

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ءَابَآءَكُمْوَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْأَوْلِيَآءَإِنِٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ٱلْكُفْرَعَلَىٱلْإِيمَٰنِوَمَنيَتَوَلَّهُممِّنكُمْفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not take your fathers and your brothers for allies if a denial of the truth is dearer to them than faith: for those of you who ally themselves with them-it is they, they who are evildoers!

قُلْإِنكَانَءَابَآؤُكُمْوَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْوَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْوَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْوَعَشِيرَتُكُمْوَأَمْوَٰلٌٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَاوَتِجَٰرَةٌۭتَخْشَوْنَكَسَادَهَاوَمَسَٰكِنُتَرْضَوْنَهَآأَحَبَّإِلَيْكُممِّنَٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦوَجِهَادٍۢفِىسَبِيلِهِۦفَتَرَبَّصُوا۟حَتَّىٰيَأْتِىَٱللَّهُبِأَمْرِهِۦوَٱللَّهُلَايَهْدِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

Say: "If your fathers and your sons and your brothers and your spouses and your clan, and the worldly goods which you have acquired, and the commerce whereof you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you take pleasure - [if all these] are dearer to you than God and His Apostle and the struggle in His cause, then wait until God makes manifest His will; and [know that] God does not grace iniquitous folk with His guidance."

لَقَدْنَصَرَكُمُٱللَّهُفِىمَوَاطِنَكَثِيرَةٍۢوَيَوْمَحُنَيْنٍإِذْأَعْجَبَتْكُمْكَثْرَتُكُمْفَلَمْتُغْنِعَنكُمْشَيْـًۭٔاوَضَاقَتْعَلَيْكُمُٱلْأَرْضُبِمَارَحُبَتْثُمَّوَلَّيْتُممُّدْبِرِينَ

Indeed, God has succoured you on many battlefields, [when you were few;] and [He did so, too,] on the Day of Hunayn, when you took pride in your great numbers and they proved of no avail whatever to you -for the earth, despite all its vastness, became [too] narrow for you and you turned back, retreating:

ثُمَّأَنزَلَٱللَّهُسَكِينَتَهُۥعَلَىٰرَسُولِهِۦوَعَلَىٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَأَنزَلَجُنُودًۭالَّمْتَرَوْهَاوَعَذَّبَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟وَذَٰلِكَجَزَآءُٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

whereupon God bestowed from on high His [gift of] inner peace upon His Apostle and upon the believers, and bestowed [upon you] from on high forces which you could not see, and chastised those who were bent on denying the truth: for such is the recompense of all who deny the truth!

ثُمَّيَتُوبُٱللَّهُمِنۢبَعْدِذَٰلِكَعَلَىٰمَنيَشَآءُوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

But with all this, God will turn in His mercy unto whom He wills: for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِنَّمَاٱلْمُشْرِكُونَنَجَسٌۭفَلَايَقْرَبُوا۟ٱلْمَسْجِدَٱلْحَرَامَبَعْدَعَامِهِمْهَٰذَاوَإِنْخِفْتُمْعَيْلَةًۭفَسَوْفَيُغْنِيكُمُٱللَّهُمِنفَضْلِهِۦٓإِنشَآءَإِنَّٱللَّهَعَلِيمٌحَكِيمٌۭ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God are nothing but impure: and so they shall not approach the Inviolable House of Worship from this year onwards And should you fear poverty, then [know that] in time God will enrich you out of His bounty, if He so wills: for, verily, God is all-knowing, wise!

قَٰتِلُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱللَّهِوَلَابِٱلْيَوْمِٱلْءَاخِرِوَلَايُحَرِّمُونَمَاحَرَّمَٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥوَلَايَدِينُونَدِينَٱلْحَقِّمِنَٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَحَتَّىٰيُعْطُوا۟ٱلْجِزْيَةَعَنيَدٍۢوَهُمْصَٰغِرُونَ

[And] fight against those who - despite having been vouchsafed revelation [aforetime] -do not [truly] believe either in God or the Last Day, and do not consider forbidden that which God and His Apostle have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of truth [which God has enjoined upon them] till they [agree to] pay the exemption tax with a willing hand, after having been humbled [in war].

وَقَالَتِٱلْيَهُودُعُزَيْرٌٱبْنُٱللَّهِوَقَالَتِٱلنَّصَٰرَىٱلْمَسِيحُٱبْنُٱللَّهِذَٰلِكَقَوْلُهُمبِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْيُضَٰهِـُٔونَقَوْلَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟مِنقَبْلُقَٰتَلَهُمُٱللَّهُأَنَّىٰيُؤْفَكُونَ

AND THE JEWS say, "Ezra is God's son," while the Christians say, "The Christ is God's son." Such are the sayings which they utter with their mouths, following in spirit assertions made in earlier times by people who denied the truth! [They deserve the imprecation:] "May God destroy them!" How perverted are their minds!

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟أَحْبَارَهُمْوَرُهْبَٰنَهُمْأَرْبَابًۭامِّندُونِٱللَّهِوَٱلْمَسِيحَٱبْنَمَرْيَمَوَمَآأُمِرُوٓا۟إِلَّالِيَعْبُدُوٓا۟إِلَٰهًۭاوَٰحِدًۭالَّآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَسُبْحَٰنَهُۥعَمَّايُشْرِكُونَ

They have taken their rabbis and their monks-as well as the Christ, son of Mary-for their lords beside God, although they had been bidden to worship none but the One God, save whom there is no deity: the One who is utterly remote, in His limitless glory, from anything to which they may ascribe a share in His divinity!

يُرِيدُونَأَنيُطْفِـُٔوا۟نُورَٱللَّهِبِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْوَيَأْبَىٱللَّهُإِلَّآأَنيُتِمَّنُورَهُۥوَلَوْكَرِهَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

They want to extinguish God's [guiding] light with their utterances: but God will not allow [this to pass], for He has willed to spread His light in all its fullness, however hateful this may be to all who deny the truth.

هُوَٱلَّذِىٓأَرْسَلَرَسُولَهُۥبِٱلْهُدَىٰوَدِينِٱلْحَقِّلِيُظْهِرَهُۥعَلَىٱلدِّينِكُلِّهِۦوَلَوْكَرِهَٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ

He it is who has sent forth His Apostle with the [task of spreading] guidance and the religion of truth, to the end that He may cause it to prevail over all [false] religion -however hateful this may be to those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِنَّكَثِيرًۭامِّنَٱلْأَحْبَارِوَٱلرُّهْبَانِلَيَأْكُلُونَأَمْوَٰلَٱلنَّاسِبِٱلْبَٰطِلِوَيَصُدُّونَعَنسَبِيلِٱللَّهِوَٱلَّذِينَيَكْنِزُونَٱلذَّهَبَوَٱلْفِضَّةَوَلَايُنفِقُونَهَافِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِفَبَشِّرْهُمبِعَذَابٍأَلِيمٍۢ

O you who have attained to faith! Behold, many of the rabbis and monks do indeed wrongfully devour men's possessions and turn [others] away from the path of God. But as for all who lay up treasures of gold and silver and do not spend them for the sake of God - give them the tiding of grievous suffering [in the life to come]:

يَوْمَيُحْمَىٰعَلَيْهَافِىنَارِجَهَنَّمَفَتُكْوَىٰبِهَاجِبَاهُهُمْوَجُنُوبُهُمْوَظُهُورُهُمْهَٰذَامَاكَنَزْتُمْلِأَنفُسِكُمْفَذُوقُوا۟مَاكُنتُمْتَكْنِزُونَ

on the Day when that [hoarded wealth] shall be heated in the fire of hell and their foreheads and their sides and their backs branded therewith, [those sinners shall be told:] "These are the treasures which you have laid up for yourselves! Taste, then, [the evil of] your hoarded treasures!"

إِنَّعِدَّةَٱلشُّهُورِعِندَٱللَّهِٱثْنَاعَشَرَشَهْرًۭافِىكِتَٰبِٱللَّهِيَوْمَخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَمِنْهَآأَرْبَعَةٌحُرُمٌۭذَٰلِكَٱلدِّينُٱلْقَيِّمُفَلَاتَظْلِمُوا۟فِيهِنَّأَنفُسَكُمْوَقَٰتِلُوا۟ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَكَآفَّةًۭكَمَايُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْكَآفَّةًۭوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَمَعَٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

BEHOLD, the number of months, in the sight of God, is twelve months, [laid down] in God's decree on the day when He created the heavens and the earth; [and] out of these, four are sacred: this is the ever-true law [of God]. Do not, then, sin against yourselves with regard to these [months]. And fight against those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God, all together-just as they fight against you, [O believers,] all together -and know that God is with those who are conscious of Him.

إِنَّمَاٱلنَّسِىٓءُزِيَادَةٌۭفِىٱلْكُفْرِيُضَلُّبِهِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟يُحِلُّونَهُۥعَامًۭاوَيُحَرِّمُونَهُۥعَامًۭالِّيُوَاطِـُٔوا۟عِدَّةَمَاحَرَّمَٱللَّهُفَيُحِلُّوا۟مَاحَرَّمَٱللَّهُزُيِّنَلَهُمْسُوٓءُأَعْمَٰلِهِمْوَٱللَّهُلَايَهْدِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

The intercalation [of months] is but one more instance of [their] refusal to acknowledge the truth- [a means] by which those who are bent on denying the truth are led astray. They declare this [intercalation] to be permissible in one year and forbidden in [another] year, in order to conform [outwardly] to the number of months which God has hallowed: and thus they make allowable what God has forbidden. Goodly seems unto them the evil of their own doings, since God does not grace with His guidance people who refuse to acknowledge the truth.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟مَالَكُمْإِذَاقِيلَلَكُمُٱنفِرُوا۟فِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِٱثَّاقَلْتُمْإِلَىٱلْأَرْضِأَرَضِيتُمبِٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَامِنَٱلْءَاخِرَةِفَمَامَتَٰعُٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَافِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِإِلَّاقَلِيلٌ

O YOU who have attained to faith! What is amiss with you that, when you are called upon, "Go forth to war in God'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!

إِلَّاتَنفِرُوا۟يُعَذِّبْكُمْعَذَابًاأَلِيمًۭاوَيَسْتَبْدِلْقَوْمًاغَيْرَكُمْوَلَاتَضُرُّوهُشَيْـًۭٔاوَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢقَدِيرٌ

If you do not go forth to war [in God'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, God has the power to will anything.

إِلَّاتَنصُرُوهُفَقَدْنَصَرَهُٱللَّهُإِذْأَخْرَجَهُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ثَانِىَٱثْنَيْنِإِذْهُمَافِىٱلْغَارِإِذْيَقُولُلِصَٰحِبِهِۦلَاتَحْزَنْإِنَّٱللَّهَمَعَنَافَأَنزَلَٱللَّهُسَكِينَتَهُۥعَلَيْهِوَأَيَّدَهُۥبِجُنُودٍۢلَّمْتَرَوْهَاوَجَعَلَكَلِمَةَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ٱلسُّفْلَىٰوَكَلِمَةُٱللَّهِهِىَٱلْعُلْيَاوَٱللَّهُعَزِيزٌحَكِيمٌ

If you do not succour the Apostle, then [know that God will do so -just as] God 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, God is with us." And thereupon God 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 God remained supreme: for God is almighty, wise.