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9. "Repentance"
  
     
1.
 Freedom from obligation is proclaimed from Allah and His messenger toward those of the idolaters with whom you made a treaty.
 
2.
 Travel freely in the land four months, and know that you cannot escape Allah and that Allah will confound the disbelievers in His Guidance.
 
3.
 And a proclamation from Allah and His messenger to all men on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage that Allah is free from obligation to the idolaters, and so is His messenger. So, if you repent, it will be better for you; but if you are averse, then know that you cannot escape Allah. Give tidings O Messenger of a painful doom to those who disbelieve,
 
4.
 Excepting those of the idolaters with whom you Muslims have a treaty, and who have since abated nothing of your right nor have supported anyone against you. As for these, fulfil their treaty to them till their term. Behold! Allah loveth those who keep their duty unto Him.
 
5.
 Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captive, and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Behold! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
 
6.
 And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh thy protection O Messenger, then protect him so that he may hear the Word of Allah, and afterward convey him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who know not.
 
7.
 How can there be a treaty with Allah and with His messenger for the idolaters except those with whom you made a treaty at the Inviolable Place of Worship? So long as they are true to you, be true to them. Behold! Allah loveth those who keep their duty.
 
8.
 How can there be any treaty for the others when, if they have the upper hand of you, they regard not pact nor honour in respect of you? They satisfy you with their mouths the while their hearts refuse. And most of them are wrongdoers.  
9.
 They have purchased with the revelations of Allah a little gain, so they debar men from His way. Behold! evil is that which they are wont to do.
 
10.
 And they observe toward a believer neither pact nor honour. These are they who are transgressors.
 
11.
 But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then are they your brethren in religion. We detail Our revelations for a people who have knowledge.
 
12.
 And if they break their pledges after their treaty has been made with you and assail your religion, then fight the heads of disbelief - Behold! they have no binding oaths - in order that they may desist.
 
13.
 Will you not fight a people who broke their solemn pledges, and purposed to drive out the messenger and did attack you first? What! Fear you them? Now Allah has more right that you should fear Him, if you are believers
 
14.
 Fight them! Allah will chastise them at your hands, and He will lay them low and give you victory over them, and He will heal the breasts of people who are believers.
 
15.
 And He will remove the anger of their hearts. Allah relenteth toward whom He will. Allah is Knower, Wise.
 
16.
 Or deemed you that you would be left in peace when Allah yet knows not those of you who strive, choosing for familiar none except Allah and His messenger and the believers? Allah is Informed of what you do.
 
17.
 It is not for the idolaters to tend Allah's sanctuaries, bearing witness against themselves of disbelief. As for such, their works are vain and in the Fire they will abide.
 
18.
 He only shall tend Allah's sanctuaries who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due and fears none except Allah. For such only is it possible that they can be of the rightly guided.
 
19.
 Count you the slaking of a pilgrim's thirst and tendance of the Inviolable Place of Worship as equal to the worth of him who believeth in Allah and the Last Day, and strives in the way of Allah? They are not equal in the sight of Allah. Allah guides not wrongdoing people.
 
20.
 Those who believe, and have left their homes and striven with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way are of much greater worth in Allah's sight. These are they who are triumphant.
 
21.
 Their Lord gives them good tidings of mercy from Him, and acceptance, and Gardens where enduring pleasure will be theirs;
 
22.
 There they will abide for ever. Behold! with Allah there is immense reward.  
23.
 O you who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for friends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of you takes them for friends, such are wrong-doers.
 
24.
 Let it be said: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your tribe, and the wealth you have acquired, and merchandise for which you fear that there will no sale, and dwellings you desire are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah brings His command to pass. Allah guides not wrongdoing people.
 
25.
 Allah has given you victory on many fields and on the day of Huneyn, when you exulted in your multitude but it availed you nothing, and the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you; then you turned back in flight;
 
26.
 Then Allah sent His peace of reassurance down upon His messenger and upon the believers, and sent down hosts you could not see, and punished those who disbelieved. Such is the reward of disbelievers.
 
27.
 Then afterward Allah will relent toward whom He will; for Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
 
28.
 O you who believe! The idolaters only are unclean. So let them not come near the Inviolable Place of Worship after this their youar. If you fear poverty from the loss of their merchandise Allah shall preserve you of His bounty if He will. Behold! Allah is Knower, Wise.
 
29.
 Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah has forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low.
 
30.
 And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah Himself fighteth against them. How perverse are they!
 
31.
 They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only One God. There is no God except Him. Be He Glorified from all that they ascribe as partner unto Him!
 
32.
 Fain would they put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah despises anyway can except that He shall perfect His light, however much the disbelievers are averse.
 
33.
 It is He Who has sent His messenger with the guidance and the Religion of Truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion, however much the idolaters may be averse.
 
34.
 O you who believe! Behold! many of the Jewish rabbis and the Christian monks devour the wealth of humanity wantonly and debar men from the way of Allah. They who hoard up gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah, unto them give tidings O Messenger of a painful doom,
 
35.
 On the day when it will all be heated in the fire of hell, and their foreheads and their flanks and their backs will be branded therewith and it will be said unto them: Here is that which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard.
 
36.
 Behold! the number of the months with Allah is twelve months by Allah's ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not yourselves in them. And wage war on all evil wherever you find it, but do not commit falsity, murder nor evil acts. And know that Allah is with those who keep their duty unto Him.
 
37.
 Postponement of a sacred month is only an excess of disbelief whereby those who disbelieve are misled; they allow it one youar and forbid it another youar, that they may make up the number of the months which Allah has hallowed, so that they allow that which Allah has forbidden. The evil of their deeds is made fairseeming unto them. Allah guides not the disbelieving people.
 
38.
 O you who believe! What aileth you that when it is said unto you: Go forth in the way of Allah, you are bowed down to the ground with heaviness. Take you pleasure in the life of the world rather than in the Hereafter? The comfort of the life of the world is but little in the Hereafter.
 
39.
 If you go not forth He will afflict you with a painful doom, and will choose instead of you a people other than you. Ye cannot harm Him at all. Allah is Able to do all things.
 
40.
 If you help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Behold! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts you cannot see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
 
41.
 Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah! That is best for you if you but knew.
 
42.
 Had it been a near adventure and an easy journey they had followed thee, but the distance seemed too far for them. Yet will they swear by Allah saying: If we had been able we would surely have set out with you. They destroy their souls, and Allah knows that they truly are liars.
 
43.
 Allah forgive you O Messenger! Wherefor didst you grant them leave ere those who told the truth were manifest to you and you didst know the liars?
 
44.
 Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask no leave of you lest they should strive with their wealth and their lives. Allah is Aware of those who keep their duty unto Him.
 
45.
 They alone ask leave of you who believe not in Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they waver.
 
46.
 And if they had wished to go forth they would assuredly have made ready some equipment, but Allah was averse to their being sent forth and held them back and it was said unto them: Sit you with the sedentary!
 
47.
 Had they gone forth among you they had added to you nothing except trouble and had hurried to and fro among you, seeking to cause sedition among you; and among you there are some who would have listened to them. Allah is Aware of evil- doers.
 
48.
 Before this time they sought to cause sedition and raised difficulties for you till the Truth came and the decree of Allah was made manifest, though they were loth.
 
49.
 Of them is he who says: Grant me leave to stay at home and tempt me not. Surely it is into temptation that they thus have fallen. Behold! hell truly is all around the disbelievers.
 
50.
 If good befalls you O Messenger it afflicteth them, and if calamity befalls thee, they say: We took precaution, and they turn away well pleased.
 
51.
 Let it be said: Nothing befalls us except that which Allah has decreed for us. He is our Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust!
 
52.
 Let it be said: Can you await for us anyway can except one of two good things death or victory in Allah's way? while we await for you that Allah will afflict you with a doom from Him or at our hands. Await then! Behold! We are awaiting with you.
 
53.
 Let it be said: Pay your contribution, willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Behold! you were ever forward people.
 
54.
 And nothing preventeth that their contributions should be accepted from them except that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His messenger, and they come not to worship except as idlers, and pay not their contribution except reluctantly.
 
55.
 So let not their riches nor their children please you O Messenger. Allah thereby intendeth but to judge them in the life of the world and that their souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers.
 
56.
 And they swear by Allah that they are in truth of you, when they are not of you, but they are people who are afraid.
 
57.
 Had they but found a refuge, or caverns, or a place to enter, they surely had resorted thither swift as runaways.
 
58.
 And of them is he who defameth you in the matter of the alms. If they are given thereof they are content, and if they are not given thereof, behold! they are enraged.
 
59.
 How much more seemly had they been content with that which Allah and His messenger had given them and had said: Allah sufficeth us. Allah will give us of His bounty, and also His messenger. Unto Allah we are suppliants.
 
60.
 The alms are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect them, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the captives and the debtors, and for the cause of Allah, and for the wayfarer; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is Knower, Wise.
 
61.
 And of them are those who vex the Prophet and say: He is only a hearer. Let it be said: A hearer of good for you, who believeth in Allah and is true to the believers, and a mercy for such of you as believe. Those who vex the messenger of Allah, for them there is a painful doom of their own choosing.
 
62.
 They swear by Allah to you Muslims to please you, but Allah, with His messenger, has more right that they should please Him if they are believers.
 
63.
 Know they not that whoso opposeth Allah and His messenger, his truly is fire of hell, to abide therein? That is the extreme abasement.
 
64.
 The hypocrites fear lest a surah should be revealed concerning them, proclaiming what is in their hearts. Let it be said: Scoff your fill! Behold! Allah is disclosing what you fear.
 
65.
 And if you ask them O Messenger they will say: We did but talk and jest. Let it be said: Was it at Allah and His revelations and His messenger that you did scoff?
 
66.
 Make no excuse. Ye have disbelieved after your confession of belief. If We forgive a party of you, a party of you We shall judge because they have been guilty.
 
67.
 The hypocrites, both men and women, proceed one from another. They enjoin the wrong, and they forbid the right, and they withhold their hands from spending for the cause of Allah. They forget Allah, so He has forgotten them. Behold! the hypocrites, they are the transgressors.
 
68.
 Allah promiseth the hypocrites, both men and women, and the disbelievers fire of hell for their abode. It will suffice them. Allah admonishes them, and theirs is lasting torment.
 
69.
 Even as those before you who were mightier than you in strength, and more affluent than you in wealth and children. They enjoyed their lot awhile, so you enjoy your lot awhile even as those before you did enjoy their lot awhile. And you prate even as they prated. Such are they whose works have perished in the world and the Hereafter. Such are they who are the losers.
 
70.
 Has not the fame of those before them reached them - the people of Noah, A'ad, Thamud, the people of King AB-RA-MU (Abraham) of Ebla, the dwellers of Midian and the disasters which befell them? Their messengers from Allah came unto them with proofs of Allah's Sovereignty. So Allah surely wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves.
 
71.
 And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends one of another; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they establish worship and they pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His messenger. As for these, Allah will have mercy on them. Behold! Allah is Mighty, Wise.
 
72.
 Allah promiseth to the believers, men and women, Gardens of One Heaven within which rivers flow, wherein they will abide - blessed dwellings in Gardens of Eden. And - greater far! - acceptance from Allah. That is the supreme triumph.
 
73.
 O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be harsh with them. Their ultimate abode is hell, a hapless journey's end.
 
74.
 They swear by Allah that they said nothing wrong, yet they did say the word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their Surrender to Allah. And they purposed that which they could not attain, and they sought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich them of His bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn away, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the Hereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.
 
75.
 And of them is he who made a covenant with Allah saying: If He give us of His bounty we will give alms and become of the righteous.
 
76.
 Yet when He gave them of His bounty, they hoarded it and turned away, averse;
 
77.
 So He has made the consequence to be hypocrisy in their hearts until the day when they shall meet Him, because they broke their word to Allah that they promised Him, and because they lied.
 
78.
 Know they not that Allah knows both their secret and the thought that they confide, and that Allah is the Knower of Things Hidden?
 
79.
 Those who point at such of the believers as give the alms willingly and such as can find nothing to give but their endeavours, and deride them - Allah Himself derideth them. Theirs will be a painful doom of their own making.
 
80.
 Ask forgiveness for them O Messenger, or ask not forgiveness for them; though you ask forgiveness for them seventy times Allah will not forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and Allah guides not wrongdoing people.
 
81.
 Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting still behind the messenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way. And they said: Go not forth in the heat! Let it be said: The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if they but understood.
 
82.
 Then let them laugh a little: they will weep much, as the reward of what they used to earn.
 
83.
 If Allah bring you back from the campaign unto a party of them and they ask of you leave to go out to fight, then say unto them: Ye shall never more go out with me nor fight with me against a foe. Ye were content with sitting still the first time. So sit still, with the useless.
 
84.
 And never O Messenger pray for one of them who dieth, nor stand by his grave. Behold! they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and they died while they were evil-doers.
 
85.
 Let not their wealth nor their children please thee! Allah purposeth only to judge them thereby in the world, and that their souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers.
 
86.
 And when a surah is revealed which says: Believe in Allah and strive along with His messenger, the men of wealth among them still ask leave of you and say: Suffer us to be with those who sit at home.
 
87.
 They are content that they should be with the useless and their hearts are sealed, so that they apprehend not.
 
88.
 But the messenger and those who believe with him strive with their wealth and their lives. Such are they for whom are the good things. Such are they who are the successful.
 
89.
 Allah has made ready for them Gardens of One Heaven within which rivers flow, wherein they will abide. That is the supreme triumph.
 
90.
 And those among the wandering Arabs who had an excuse came in order that permission might be granted them. And those who lied to Allah and His messenger sat at home. A painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve.
 
91.
 Not unto the weak nor unto the sick nor unto those who can find nothing to spend is any fault to be imputed though they stay at home if they are true to Allah and His messenger. Not unto the good is there any road of blame. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
 
92.
 Nor unto those whom, when they came to you asking that you should mount them, you didst tell: I cannot find whereon to mount you. They turned back with eyes flowing with tears, for sorrow that they could not find the means to spend.
 
93.
 The road of blame is only against those who ask for leave of you to stay at home when they are rich. They are content to be with the useless. Allah has sealed their hearts so that they know not.
 
94.
 They will make excuse to you Muslims when you return unto them. Let it be said: Make no excuse, for we shall not believe you. Allah has told us tidings of you. Allah and His messenger will see your conduct, and then you will be brought back unto Him Who knows the Invisible as well as the Visible, and He will tell you what you used to do.
 
95.
 They will swear by Allah unto you, when you return unto them, that you may let them be. Let them be, for Lo and Behold! they are unclean, and their abode is hell as the reward for what they used to earn.
 
96.
 They swear unto you, that you may accept them. Though you accept them. Allah truly accepteth not wrongdoing people.
 
97.
 The wandering Arabs are more hard in disbelief and hypocrisy, and more likely to be ignorant of the limits which Allah has revealed unto His messenger. And Allah is Knower, Wise.
 
98.
 And of the wandering Arabs there is he who takes that which he expendeth for the cause of Allah as a loss, and awaiteth evil turns of fortune for you that he may be rid of it. The evil turn of fortune will be theirs. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
 
99.
 And of the wandering Arabs there is he who believeth in Allah and the Last Day, and takes that which he expendeth and also the prayers of the messenger as acceptable offerings in the sight of Allah. Behold! truly it is an acceptable offering for them. Allah will bring them into His mercy. Behold! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
 
100.
 And the first to lead the way, of the Muhajirin and the Ansar, and those who followed them in goodness - Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him, and He has made ready for them Gardens of One Heaven within which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the supreme triumph.
 
101.
 And among those around you of the wandering Arabs there are hypocrites, and among the townspeople of Al-Madinah there are some who persist in hypocrisy whom you O Messenger know not. We, We know them, and We shall chastise them twice; then they will be relegated to a painful doom of their own choosing.
 
102.
 And there are others who have acknowledged their faults. They mixed a righteous action with another that was bad. It may be that Allah will relent toward them. Behold! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
 
103.
 Take alms of their wealth, wherewith you mayst purify them and mayst make them grow, and pray for them. Behold! thy prayer is an assuagement for them. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
 
104.
 Know they not that Allah is He Who accepteth repentance from His servants and takes the alms, and that Allah is He Who is the Relenting, the Merciful.
 
105.
 And say unto them: Act! Allah will behold your actions, and so will His messenger and the believers, and you will be brought back to the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what you used to do.
 
106.
 And there are others who await Allah's decree, whether He will judge them or will forgive them. Allah is Knower, Wise.
 
107.
 And as for those who chose a place of worship out of opposition and disbelief, and in order to cause dissent among the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against Allah and His messenger aforetime, they will surely swear: We purposed nothing except good. Allah beareth witness that they truly are liars.
 
108.
 Never stand to pray there. A place of worship which was found upon duty to Allah from the first day is more worthy that you should stand to pray therein, wherein are men who love to purify themselves. Allah loveth the purifiers.
 
109.
 Is he who founded his building upon duty to Allah and His good pleasure better; or he who founded his building on the brink of a crumbling, overhanging precipice so that it toppled with him into the fire of hell? Allah guides not wrongdoing people.
 
110.
 The building which they built will never cease to be a misgiving in their hearts unless their hearts be torn to pieces. Allah is Knower, Wise.
 
111.
 Behold! Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Gardens of One Heaven will be theirs: they shall live in the way of Allah and shall fight against evil, not committing evil acts themselves and die with honor. It is a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. Who fulfilleth His covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that you have made, for that is the supreme triumph.
 
112.
 Triumphant are those who turn repentant to Allah, those who serve Him, those who praise Him, those who fast, those who bow down, those who fall prostrate in worship, those who enjoin the right and who forbid the wrong and those who keep the limits ordained of Allah - And give glad tidings to believers!
 
113.
 It is not for the Prophet, and those who believe, to pray for the forgiveness of idolaters even though they may be near of kin to them after it has become clear that they are people of hell-fire.
 
114.
 The prayer of Abraham for the forgiveness of his father was only because of a promise he had promised him, but when it had become clear unto him that he his father was an enemy to Allah he Abraham disowned him. Behold! Abraham was soft of heart, long-suffering.
 
115.
 It was never Allah's part that He should send a people astray after He had guided them until He had made clear unto them what they should avoid. Behold! Allah is Aware of all things.
 
116.
 Behold! Allah! Unto Him belongs the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He quickens and He gives death. And you have, instead of Allah, no protecting friend nor helper.
 
117.
 Allah has turned in mercy to the Prophet, and to the Muhajirin and the Ansar who followed him in the hour of hardship. After the hearts of a party of them had almost swerved aside, then turned He unto them in mercy. Behold! He is Full of Pity, Merciful for them.
 
118.
 And to the three also did He turn in mercy who were left behind, when the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for them, and their own souls were straitened for them till they bethought them that there is no refuge from Allah except toward Him. Then turned He unto them in mercy that they too might turn repentant unto Him. Behold! Allah! He is the Relenting, the Merciful.
 
119.
 O you who believe! Be careful of your duty to Allah, and be with the truthful.
 
120.
 It is not for the townspeople of Al-Madinah and for those around them of the wandering Arabs so stay behind the messenger of Allah and prefer their lives to his life. That is because neither thirst nor toil nor hunger afflicteth them in the way of Allah, nor step they any step that angereth the disbelievers, nor gain they from the enemy a gain, but a good deed is recorded for them therefor. Behold! Allah loseth not the wages of the good.
 
121.
 Nor spend they any spending, small or great, nor do they cross a valley, but it is recorded for them, that Allah may repay them the best of what they used to do.
 
122.
 And the believers should not all go out to fight. Of every troop of them, a party only should go forth, that they who are left behind may gain sound knowledge in religion, and that they may warn their people when they return to them, so that they may beware.
 
123.
 O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty unto Him.
 
124.
 And whenever a surah is revealed there are some of them who say: Which one of you has thus increased in faith? As for those who believe, it has increased them in faith and they rejoice therefor.
 
125.
 But as for those in whose hearts is disease, it only addeth wickedness to their wickedness, and they die while they are disbelievers.
 
126.
 See they not that they are tested once or twice in every youar? Still they turn not in repentance, neither pay they heed.
 
127.
 And whenever a surah is revealed, they look one at another as who should say: Does anybody see you? Then they turn away. Allah turns away their hearts because they are a people who understand not.
 
128.
 There has come unto you a messenger, one of yourselves, unto whom anyway can that you are overburdened is grievous, full of concern for you, for the believers full of pity, merciful.
 
129.
 Now, if they turn away O Messenger say: Allah sufficeth me. There is no God except Him. In Him have I put my trust, and He is Lord of the Tremendous Throne.
 

 
 
 

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