Surah At-Tawba

وَمِمَّنْحَوْلَكُممِّنَٱلْأَعْرَابِمُنَٰفِقُونَوَمِنْأَهْلِٱلْمَدِينَةِمَرَدُوا۟عَلَىٱلنِّفَاقِلَاتَعْلَمُهُمْنَحْنُنَعْلَمُهُمْسَنُعَذِّبُهُممَّرَّتَيْنِثُمَّيُرَدُّونَإِلَىٰعَذَابٍعَظِيمٍۢ

But among the bedouin who dwell around you there are hypocrites; and among the people of the [Prophet's] City [too] there are such as have grown insolent in [their] hypocrisy. Thou dost not [always] know them, [O Muhammad - but] We know them. We shall cause them to suffer doubly [in this world]; and then they will be given over to awesome suffering [in the life to come].

وَءَاخَرُونَٱعْتَرَفُوا۟بِذُنُوبِهِمْخَلَطُوا۟عَمَلًۭاصَٰلِحًۭاوَءَاخَرَسَيِّئًاعَسَىٱللَّهُأَنيَتُوبَعَلَيْهِمْإِنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌ

And [there are] others - [people who] have become conscious of their sinning after having done righteous deeds side by side with evil ones; [and] it may well be that God will accept their repentance: for, verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser' of grace.

خُذْمِنْأَمْوَٰلِهِمْصَدَقَةًۭتُطَهِّرُهُمْوَتُزَكِّيهِمبِهَاوَصَلِّعَلَيْهِمْإِنَّصَلَوٰتَكَسَكَنٌۭلَّهُمْوَٱللَّهُسَمِيعٌعَلِيمٌ

[Hence, O Prophet,] accept that [part] of their possessions which is offered for the sake of God, so that thou mayest cleanse them thereby and cause them to grow in purity, and pray for them: behold, thy prayer will be [a source of] comfort to them-for God is all-hearing, all-knowing.

أَلَمْيَعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَهُوَيَقْبَلُٱلتَّوْبَةَعَنْعِبَادِهِۦوَيَأْخُذُٱلصَّدَقَٰتِوَأَنَّٱللَّهَهُوَٱلتَّوَّابُٱلرَّحِيمُ

Do they not know that it is God alone who can accept the repentance of His servants and is the [true] recipient of whatever is offered for His sake - and that God alone is an acceptor of repentance, a dispenser of grace?

وَقُلِٱعْمَلُوا۟فَسَيَرَىٱللَّهُعَمَلَكُمْوَرَسُولُهُۥوَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَوَسَتُرَدُّونَإِلَىٰعَٰلِمِٱلْغَيْبِوَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِفَيُنَبِّئُكُمبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

And say [unto them, O Prophet]: "Act! And God will behold your deeds, and [so will] His Apostle, and the believers: 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 understand what you have been doing."

وَءَاخَرُونَمُرْجَوْنَلِأَمْرِٱللَّهِإِمَّايُعَذِّبُهُمْوَإِمَّايَتُوبُعَلَيْهِمْوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌحَكِيمٌۭ

And [there are yet] others-[people whose cases are] deferred until God wills to judge them: He will either chastise them or turn again unto them in His mercy-for God is all-knowing, wise.

وَٱلَّذِينَٱتَّخَذُوا۟مَسْجِدًۭاضِرَارًۭاوَكُفْرًۭاوَتَفْرِيقًۢابَيْنَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَإِرْصَادًۭالِّمَنْحَارَبَٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥمِنقَبْلُوَلَيَحْلِفُنَّإِنْأَرَدْنَآإِلَّاٱلْحُسْنَىٰوَٱللَّهُيَشْهَدُإِنَّهُمْلَكَٰذِبُونَ

AND [there are hypocrites] who have established a [separate] house of worship in order to create mischief, and to promote apostasy and disunity among the believers, and to provide an outpost for all who from the outset have been warring against God and His Apostle. And they will surely swear [to you, O believers], "We had but the best of intentions!" -the while God [Himself] bears witness that they are lying.

لَاتَقُمْفِيهِأَبَدًۭالَّمَسْجِدٌأُسِّسَعَلَىٱلتَّقْوَىٰمِنْأَوَّلِيَوْمٍأَحَقُّأَنتَقُومَفِيهِفِيهِرِجَالٌۭيُحِبُّونَأَنيَتَطَهَّرُوا۟وَٱللَّهُيُحِبُّٱلْمُطَّهِّرِينَ

Never set foot in such a place! Only a house of worship founded, from the very first day, upon God-consciousness is worthy of thy setting foot therein -[a house of worship] wherein there are men desirous of growing in purity: for God loves all who purify themselves.

أَفَمَنْأَسَّسَبُنْيَٰنَهُۥعَلَىٰتَقْوَىٰمِنَٱللَّهِوَرِضْوَٰنٍخَيْرٌأَممَّنْأَسَّسَبُنْيَٰنَهُۥعَلَىٰشَفَاجُرُفٍهَارٍۢفَٱنْهَارَبِهِۦفِىنَارِجَهَنَّمَوَٱللَّهُلَايَهْدِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Which. then, is the better: he who has founded his building on God-consciousness and [a desire for] His goodly acceptance-or he who has founded his building on the edge of a water-worn, crumbling river-bank, so that it [is bound to] tumble down with him into the fire of hell? For, God does not grace with His guidance people who [deliberately] do wrong:

لَايَزَالُبُنْيَٰنُهُمُٱلَّذِىبَنَوْا۟رِيبَةًۭفِىقُلُوبِهِمْإِلَّآأَنتَقَطَّعَقُلُوبُهُمْوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌحَكِيمٌ

the building which they have built will never cease to be a source of deep disquiet in their hearts until their hearts crumble to pieces. And God is all-knowing, wise.

إِنَّٱللَّهَٱشْتَرَىٰمِنَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَأَنفُسَهُمْوَأَمْوَٰلَهُمبِأَنَّلَهُمُٱلْجَنَّةَيُقَٰتِلُونَفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِفَيَقْتُلُونَوَيُقْتَلُونَوَعْدًاعَلَيْهِحَقًّۭافِىٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِوَٱلْإِنجِيلِوَٱلْقُرْءَانِوَمَنْأَوْفَىٰبِعَهْدِهِۦمِنَٱللَّهِفَٱسْتَبْشِرُوا۟بِبَيْعِكُمُٱلَّذِىبَايَعْتُمبِهِۦوَذَٰلِكَهُوَٱلْفَوْزُٱلْعَظِيمُ

BEHOLD, God has bought of the believers their lives and their possessions, promising them paradise in return, [and so] they fight in God'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 God? Rejoice, then, in the bargain which you have made with Him: for this, this is the triumph supreme!

ٱلتَّٰٓئِبُونَٱلْعَٰبِدُونَٱلْحَٰمِدُونَٱلسَّٰٓئِحُونَٱلرَّٰكِعُونَٱلسَّٰجِدُونَٱلْءَامِرُونَبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِوَٱلنَّاهُونَعَنِٱلْمُنكَرِوَٱلْحَٰفِظُونَلِحُدُودِٱللَّهِوَبَشِّرِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

[It is a triumph of] those who turn [unto God] in repentance [whenever they have sinned], and who worship and praise [Him], and go on and on [seeking His goodly acceptance], and bow down [before Him] and prostrate themselves in adoration, and enjoin the doing of what is right and forbid the doing of what is wrong, and keep to the bounds set by God. And give thou [O Prophet] the glad tiding [of God's promise] to all believers.

مَاكَانَلِلنَّبِىِّوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟أَنيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟لِلْمُشْرِكِينَوَلَوْكَانُوٓا۟أُو۟لِىقُرْبَىٰمِنۢبَعْدِمَاتَبَيَّنَلَهُمْأَنَّهُمْأَصْحَٰبُٱلْجَحِيمِ

IT DOES NOT behove the Prophet and those who have attained to faith to pray that they who ascribed divinity to aught beside God be forgiven [by Him] even though they happened to be [their] near of kin -after it has been made clear unto them that those [dead sinners] are destined for. the blazing fire.

وَمَاكَانَٱسْتِغْفَارُإِبْرَٰهِيمَلِأَبِيهِإِلَّاعَنمَّوْعِدَةٍۢوَعَدَهَآإِيَّاهُفَلَمَّاتَبَيَّنَلَهُۥٓأَنَّهُۥعَدُوٌّۭلِّلَّهِتَبَرَّأَمِنْهُإِنَّإِبْرَٰهِيمَلَأَوَّٰهٌحَلِيمٌۭ

And Abraham's prayer that his father be forgiven was but due to a promise which he had given the latter [in his lifetime]; but when it was made clear unto him that he had been God's enemy, [Abraham] disavowed him - [although;] behold, Abraham was most tender-hearted. most clement.

وَمَاكَانَٱللَّهُلِيُضِلَّقَوْمًۢابَعْدَإِذْهَدَىٰهُمْحَتَّىٰيُبَيِّنَلَهُممَّايَتَّقُونَإِنَّٱللَّهَبِكُلِّشَىْءٍعَلِيمٌ

And God would never-after having invited them to His guidance -condemn people for going astray ere He has made [entirely] clear unto them of what they should beware. Verily, God has full knowledge of everything.

إِنَّٱللَّهَلَهُۥمُلْكُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِيُحْىِۦوَيُمِيتُوَمَالَكُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِمِنوَلِىٍّۢوَلَانَصِيرٍۢ

Verily, God's alone is the dominion over the heavens and the earth; He [alone] grants life and deals death; and there is none besides God who could protect you or bring you succour.

لَّقَدتَّابَٱللَّهُعَلَىٱلنَّبِىِّوَٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَوَٱلْأَنصَارِٱلَّذِينَٱتَّبَعُوهُفِىسَاعَةِٱلْعُسْرَةِمِنۢبَعْدِمَاكَادَيَزِيغُقُلُوبُفَرِيقٍۢمِّنْهُمْثُمَّتَابَعَلَيْهِمْإِنَّهُۥبِهِمْرَءُوفٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

INDEED, God has turned in His mercy unto the Prophet, as well as unto those who have forsaken the domain of evil and those who have sheltered and succoured the Faiths - [all] those who followed him in the hour of distress, when the hearts of some of the other believers had well-nigh swerved from faith. And once again: He has turned unto them in His mercy - for, behold, He is compassionate towards them, a dispenser of grace.

وَعَلَىٱلثَّلَٰثَةِٱلَّذِينَخُلِّفُوا۟حَتَّىٰٓإِذَاضَاقَتْعَلَيْهِمُٱلْأَرْضُبِمَارَحُبَتْوَضَاقَتْعَلَيْهِمْأَنفُسُهُمْوَظَنُّوٓا۟أَنلَّامَلْجَأَمِنَٱللَّهِإِلَّآإِلَيْهِثُمَّتَابَعَلَيْهِمْلِيَتُوبُوٓا۟إِنَّٱللَّهَهُوَٱلتَّوَّابُٱلرَّحِيمُ

And [He turned in His mercy, too,] towards the three [groups of believers] who had fallen prey to corruption, until in the end-after the earth, despite all its vastness, had become [too] narrow for them and their souls had become [utterly] constricted they came to know with certainty that there is no refuge from God other than [a return] unto Him; and thereupon He turned again unto them in His mercy, so that they might repent: for, verily, God alone is an acceptor of repentance, a dispenser of grace.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَكُونُوا۟مَعَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Remain conscious of God, and be among those who are true to their word!

مَاكَانَلِأَهْلِٱلْمَدِينَةِوَمَنْحَوْلَهُممِّنَٱلْأَعْرَابِأَنيَتَخَلَّفُوا۟عَنرَّسُولِٱللَّهِوَلَايَرْغَبُوا۟بِأَنفُسِهِمْعَننَّفْسِهِۦذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّهُمْلَايُصِيبُهُمْظَمَأٌۭوَلَانَصَبٌۭوَلَامَخْمَصَةٌۭفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِوَلَايَطَـُٔونَمَوْطِئًۭايَغِيظُٱلْكُفَّارَوَلَايَنَالُونَمِنْعَدُوٍّۢنَّيْلًاإِلَّاكُتِبَلَهُمبِهِۦعَمَلٌۭصَٰلِحٌإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايُضِيعُأَجْرَٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

It does not behove the people of the [Prophet's] City and the bedouin [who live] around them to hold back from following God's Apostle, or to care for their own selves more than for him -for, whenever they suffer from thirst or weariness or hunger in God's cause, and whenever they take any step which confounds those who deny the truth, and whenever there comes to them from the enemy whatever may be destined for them -[whenever anything thereof comes to pass,,] a good deed is recorded in their favour. Verily, God does not fail to requite the doers of good!