048 : Victory
48:1
Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory:
48:2
That Allah may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to
follow; fulfil His favour to thee; and guide thee on the Straight Way;
48:3
And that Allah may help thee with powerful help.
48:4
It is He Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the
Believers, that they may add faith to their faith;- for to Allah belong the
Forces of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Full of Knowledge and
Wisdom;-
48:5
That He may admit the men and women who believe, to Gardens
beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye, and remove their ills
from them;- and that is, in the sight of Allah, the highest achievement (for
man),-
48:6
And that He may punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and the
Polytheists men and women, who imagine an evil opinion of Allah. On them is a
round of Evil: the Wrath of Allah is on them: He has cursed them and got Hell
ready for them: and evil is it for a destination.
48:7
For to Allah belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and
Allah is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
48:8
We have truly sent thee as a witness, as a bringer of Glad
Tidings, and as a Warner:
48:9
In order that ye (O men) may believe in Allah and His Messenger,
that ye may assist and honour Him, and celebrate His praise morning and
evening.
48:10
Verily those who plight their fealty to thee do no less than
plight their fealty to Allah: the Hand of Allah is over their hands: then any
one who violates his oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, and any one
who fulfils what he has covenanted with Allah,- Allah will soon grant him a
great Reward.
48:11
The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee: "We were
engaged in (looking after) our flocks and herds, and our families: do thou
then ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not in
their hearts. Say: "Who then has any power at all (to intervene) on your
behalf with Allah, if His Will is to give you some loss or to give you some
profit? But Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do.
48:12
"Nay, ye thought that the Messenger and the Believers would
never return to their families; this seemed pleasing in your hearts, and ye
conceived an evil thought, for ye are a people lost (in wickedness)."
48:13
And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have
prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!
48:14
To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: He
forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills: but Allah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
48:15
Those who lagged behind (will say), when ye (are free to)
march and take booty (in war): "Permit us to follow you." They wish to
change Allah's decree: Say: "Not thus will ye follow us: Allah has already
declared (this) beforehand": then they will say, "But ye are jealous of
us." Nay, but little do they understand (such things).
48:16
Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind: "Ye shall be
summoned (to fight) against a people given to vehement war: then shall ye
fight, or they shall submit. Then if ye show obedience, Allah will grant you
a goodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish you
with a grievous Penalty."
48:17
No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the
lame, nor on one ill (if he joins not the war): But he that obeys Allah and
his Messenger,- (Allah) will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow;
and he who turns back, (Allah) will punish him with a grievous Penalty.
48:18
Allah's Good Pleasure was on the Believers when they swore
Fealty to thee under the Tree: He knew what was in their hearts, and He
sent down Tranquillity to them; and He rewarded them with a speedy
Victory;
48:19
And many gains will they acquire (besides): and Allah is Exalted
in Power, Full of Wisdom.
48:20
Allah has promised you many gains that ye shall acquire, and He
has given you these beforehand; and He has restrained the hands of men from
you; that it may be a Sign for the Believers, and that He may guide you to
a Straight Path;
48:21
And other gains (there are), which are not within your power,
but which Allah has compassed: and Allah has power over all things.
48:22
If the Unbelievers should fight you, they would certainly turn
their backs; then would they find neither protector nor helper.
48:23
(Such has been) the practice (approved) of Allah already in the
past: no change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of Allah.
48:24
And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your
hands from them in the midst of Makka, after that He gave you the victory
over them. And Allah sees well all that ye do.
48:25
They are the ones who denied Revelation and hindered you from
the Sacred Mosque and the sacrificial animals, detained from reaching their
place of sacrifice. Had there not been believing men and believing women
whom ye did not know that ye were trampling down and on whose account a
crime would have accrued to you without (your) knowledge, (Allah would have
allowed you to force your way, but He held back your hands) that He may
admit to His Mercy whom He will. If they had been apart, We should
certainly have punished the Unbelievers among them with a grievous
Punishment.
48:26
While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant -
the heat and cant of ignorance,- Allah sent down His Tranquillity to his
Messenger and to the Believers, and made them stick close to the command of
self-restraint; and well were they entitled to it and worthy of it. And Allah
has full knowledge of all things.
48:27
Truly did Allah fulfil the vision for His Messenger: ye shall
enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, with minds secure, heads shaved,
hair cut short, and without fear. For He knew what ye knew not, and He
granted, besides this, a speedy victory.
48:28
It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the
Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is Allah for
a Witness.
48:29
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; and those who are with him are
strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other. Thou
wilt see them bow and prostrate themselves (in prayer), seeking Grace from
Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. On their faces are their marks, (being) the
traces of their prostration. This is their similitude in the Taurat; and
their similitude in the Gospel is: like a seed which sends forth its blade,
then makes it strong; it then becomes thick, and it stands on its own stem,
(filling) the sowers with wonder and delight. As a result, it fills the
Unbelievers with rage at them. Allah has promised those among them who
believe and do righteous deeds forgiveness, and a great Reward.
048 : Victory
|