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موضوع: Surah At-Tawbah الجمعة 12 أغسطس 2022, 1:40 pm

Surah At-Tawbah
(The Repentance)
Also called Surah Baraa’ah
(The disassociation from the idolaters who broke the peace treaty with the Muslims)
It is 129 Verses 16 Units (Ruku’): Revealed at Madinah
1.This is a declaration of disassociation from Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad) toward those of the polytheists with whom you made a treat and violated it).
2. So travel freely (O polytheists who broke the peace treaty with the Muslims) in the land for four months (as a respite to you that you may repent), and know that you cannot cause failure to Allah (God), and that Allah will bring Disgrace to the deniers of the Truth (the enemies of Peace).
3. And (it is) a Declaration from Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) to
the people on the day of the greater Pilgrimage that Allah is disassociated from the polytheists (who broke the peace treaty) and (so is) His Messenger; so if you repent (O polytheists), it is better for you, but if you turn away, then know that you cannot cause failure to Allah (God), and announce a painful
Torment to those who associate partners with Allah.
4. Except those of the polytheists with whom you (Muslims) made a treaty, then they have not failed you in anything, nor have they supported any one against you, so fulfill their treaty with them until (the end of) their term; surely Allah loves those who are careful to keep to His Commandments.
5. So when the Sacred Months (the periods of truce) are over, then kill the (Meccan) polytheists (who broke the peace treaty with you and who are at war with you) wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and sit in wait for them in every ambush, but if they should repent (from polytheism, disbelief, hostility, and insolence, etc.) and establish the prayer and pay the poor-rate, then let them go on their way. Surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
6. And if any of the pagans seek asylum from you, grant him it, so that he may hear the Words of Allah (God), then escort him to where he can be secure (from all harm); this is because they are a people without knowledge.
7. How can there be a treaty for the Pagans (of Quraysh) with Allah and with His Messenger? Except those (of them) with whom you made a treaty at the Sacred Mosque? (As for those of whom you have an agreement with), as long as they are upright to you, be upright to them; surely Allah loves those who guard against evil and keep to His Commandments.
8. How (else could it be)? Since, if they (those who are hostile to you) prevail against you, they will observe toward you neither ties of relationship, nor any covenant. They seek to please you with their mouths but their hearts are averse to you, and most of them are defiantly disobedient.
9. They have sold the Verses of Allah for a small price (i.e., they chose
their transitory worldly gains over the Divine Guidance), so they turn away from His Way; surely evil is it that they do.
10. They do not observe toward a believer any ties of relationship or covenant; and it is they who are the transgressors.
11. But if they repent (from polytheism, disbelief, atheism) and perform the prayer perfectly (at their prescribed times) and pay the poor-rate (to its beneficiaries), they are your brothers in Faith; and We detail the Verses for a people who know.
12. And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion,
then fight the leaders of faithlessness - surely their oaths are nothing to them - (fight them) so they may cease (from their aggression).
13. Will you not fight a people who broke their oaths and aimed at the
expulsion of the Messenger (of Allah), and they attacked you first; do you fear them? But Allah (God) is most deserving that you should fear Him (alone), if you are believers.
14. Fight them, Allah will chastise them by your hands and bring them to disgrace, and assist you against them and heal the hearts of a believing people,
15. And remove the rage of their (the believers’) hearts; and Allah (God)
turns (mercifully) to whom He wills, for Allah is All-Knowing, Truly Wise.
16. Do you think that you will be left alone while Allah has not yet made
evident those of you who have struggled hard (in His Cause) and do not take other than Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) and the believers as intimates, and Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
17. The polythiests have no right to maintain the Mosques of Allah while
bearing witness to disbelief against themselves, these it is whose (supposedly good) doings are in vain, and in the Hellfire they will abide.
18. Only he shall maintain the Mosques of Allah who believes in Allah and the Last Day, and performs the prayer (perfectly, at their prescribed times), and pays the poor-rate (to its beneficiaries), and fears none but Allah; so (as for)
these, they may hope to be among the rightly guided.
19. Do you consider (one who undertakes) the giving of drink to the pilgrims, and the tending of the Sacred Mosque (at Makkah) like him who believes in Allah and the Last day and strives hard in Allah’s Way? They are not equal in the Sight of Allah; and Allah does not guide the defiant wrongdoing people.
20. Those who believed and emigrated, and strove hard in Allah’s Way with their wealth and their lives are much higher in rank with Allah; and these are the successful ones.
21. Their Lord (Allah) gives them good news of Mercy from Himself and (His) Good Pleasure and Gardens wherein lasting blessings will be theirs;
22. Abiding therein forever; surely Allah has a Great Reward with Him.
23. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Do not take your fathers and your brothers as trusted allies if they prefer faithlessness over faith. And whoever among you takes them as a trusted ally, then these are the unjust.
24. Say: If your fathers and your sons and your brothers and your wives and your relatives and the wealth which you have acquired, and your trade which you fear a decline, and the dwellings with which you delight - are dearer to you than Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad) and striving hard in
(Allah’s) Way, then wait til Allah brings about His Command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
25. Certainly Allah helped you in many battlefields, and on the day of Hunain when you rejoiced at your great number, but they benefited you nothing and the earth became strait to you despite its spaciousness, then you turned back retreating.

موضوع: رد: Surah At-Tawbah الجمعة 12 أغسطس 2022, 1:41 pm

26. Then Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger (Muhammad) and upon the believers, and sent down soldiers (Angels) which you did not see, and punished those who disbelieved (in Allah and His Messengers), and that is the recompense of the disbelievers.
27. Then after this, Allah will turn (Mercifully) to whom He wills, for Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
28. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Indeed the polytheists are (spiritually) impure, so let them not come near the Sacred Mosque (at Makkah) after this year; and if you fear poverty, then Allah will enrich you out of His bounty if He wills; surely Allah is All-Knowing, Truly Wise.
29. Fight those who do not believe in (the Oneness of) Allah, nor in the
LastDay (in all its aspects), nor do they prohibit what Allah (God)and His Messenger (Muhammad) have prohibited (such as usury, eating the flesh of swine, drinking alcohol, taking drugs, sexual immorality, etc.), nor follow the religion of Truth (but follow superstitions and erroneous beliefs, such as that
Jesus Christ is the manifestation, human personification, or incarnation of the One God - Allah, the doctrine of the trinity, adoring the cross, the theology that God requires the shedding of blood in order to forgive mankind, the false
belief that there are lords or gods beside Allah, etc.), of those who have been given the (past) Scriptures (the Jews, Christians, and the Magians), until they (agree to) pay the Jizyah (protection tax, for those who are able) with a willing
hand, while they are humbled.
30. And (some) Jews said: Ezra is the son of God; and the Christians say: The Messiah (Jesus) is the son of God; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved (in the Truth) before; Allah Himself fights them, (either they will bend to Him in true repentance or they will perish); how deluded they are (from the Truth).
31. They have taken their rabbis and their monks for lords besides Allah, and (also) the Messiah, the son of Mary and they were enjoined that they should worship none but One God (Allah), there is no god (worthy of worship) except Him. Glorified is He above what they associate (with Him).
32. They desire to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah refuses except to perfect His Light, though the disbelievers are averse (to it).
33. He it is Who sent His Messenger (Muhammad) with Guidance and the
religion of Truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all (false) religions, even though the polytheists are averse (to it).
34. O believers! Most surely many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) priests consume the wealth of the people unlawfully, and turn (them) from Allah’s Way; and (as for) those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it in Allah’s Way, announce to them a painful Torment,
35. On the Day when it will be heated in the Fire of Hell, then their foreheads and their sides and their backs shall be branded with it; this is what you hoarded up for yourselves, therefore taste what you hoarded.
36. Surely the number of months with Allah is twelve (lunar) months in Allah’s Ordinance since the Day when He created the heavens and the earth, of these four being sacred (the 1st, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of God,s calendar); that is the right reckoning; therefore do not do injustice to yourselves nor to each other (by waging wars or committing oppression) during these (sacred
monthsin particular, and during all the months of the year in general), and fight the polytheists all together as (and when) they fight you all together; and know that Allah is with those who observe His Commandments and guard against evil.
37. Indeed, the postponing (of restrictions within the sacred months) is only an increase in disbelief, wherewith those who disbelieve (in the Truth) are led astray, violating it one year and keeping it sacred another, that they may make up the number (of months) that Allah (God) has made sacred, and thus violate what Allah has made sacred; the evil of their doings is made fair seeming to them; and Allah does not guide the defiant disbelieving people.
38. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! What (excuse) have you that when it is said to you: Go forth (for war) in Allah’s Cause (against the forces of evil), you incline heavily to the earth. Are you content with this world’s life instead of the Hereafter? But the provision of this world’s life compared with the Hereafter is but a little.
39. If you do not go forth (for war in the Cause of Allah against the forces of evil), He will chastise you with a painful Chastisement and bring in your place a people other than you (who will aid Islam, Allah’s true religion), and you cannot harm Him (Allah) at all; and Allah has Power over all things.
40. If you do not aid him (the Prophet Muhammad), Allah certainly aided him when those who disbelieved (in the Truth) expelled him, he being the second of the two (the Prophet and Abu-Bakr As-Sideeq), when they were both in the cave, when he (the Prophet) said to his companion (Abu-Bakr): Do not grieve, surely Allah is with us. So Allah sent down His tranquility upon him (the Prophet) and strengthened him with soldiers (Angels) which you did not see, and made lowest the word of those who disbelieved (in the Truth); and the Word of Allah, that is the Highest; for Allah is All-Mighty, Truly Wise.
41. Go forth (for war in the Cause of Allah against the forces of evil) light and heavy, and strive hard in Allah’s Way (the moral Way to Peace) with your wealth and your lives; this is better for you, if you only knew.
42. Had it been a near (or easy) gain (war booty in sight) and a short journey, they (the hypocrites) would have followed you, but the distance (of the expedition of Tabuk) was too long for them; and they swear by Allah (God): If we had been able, we would certainly have gone forth with you; they cause their own selves to perish, and Allah knows that they are most surely liars.
43. (May) Allah forgive you! Why did you give them permission (to stay at home) until those who spoke the Truth had become manifest to you and you had known the liars?
44. They do not ask permission of you, those who believe in Allah and the Last Day, (to stay away) from striving hard with their wealth and their lives, and Allah knows those who observe His Commandments and guard against evil.
45. They only ask of you permission (to be exempted from fighting and striving hard in Allah’s Way) those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and their hearts are in doubt, so in their doubt do they waver.
46. And if they had any intentions to go forth (for war in Allah’s Cause), they would certainly have made ready preparation for it; but Allah did not like their going forth into battle, so He made them lag behind, and it was said (to them):‘Sit you among those who sit (at home).’
47. Had they gone forth with you into battle, they would not have added to you anything except corruption, and they would certainly have hurried about among you seeking (to sow) dissension among you, and among you there are those who would have listened to them. And Allah knows the evildoers.
48. Certainly they sought (to sow) dissension before, and they had upset matters for you until the truth (victory) came, and Allah’s Commandment prevailed, although they were averse (to it).
49. And among them there is he who says: Grant me permission (to remain at home) and do not put me into trial. Surely into trial they have fallen, and most surely Hell encompasses the disbelievers.
50. If good befalls you, it grieves them, but if hardship afflicts you, they say: Indeed we had taken care of our affair before; and they turn back while they are rejoicing.

موضوع: رد: Surah At-Tawbah الجمعة 12 أغسطس 2022, 1:41 pm

51. Say: ‘Nothing will afflict us except what Allah has decreed for us; He is our (real) Protector (Guardian, Savior).’ And on Allah (alone) let the believers rely.
52. Say: Do you await for us (anything) except one of two most excellent things (martyrdom or victory)? And we await for you that Allah will afflict you with Punishment from Himself or by our hands. So wait! We too are waiting with you.
53. Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you; surely you are a defiantly disobedient people.
54. And nothing hinders their spending being accepted from them, except that they disbelieve in Allah and in His Messenger (Muhammad), and they do not come to prayer except in a lazy state, and they do not spend but while they are unwilling.
55. Let not then their wealth and their children excite your admiration; Allah only intends to chastise them through them in this world’s life and (that) their souls may depart while they are disbelievers.
56. And they swear by Allah that they are most surely of you, and they are not of you, but they are a people (hypocrites) who are afraid (to appear in their true nature).
57. If they could find a refuge or cave or a place to enter into, they would certainly have turned thereto, running away in all haste.
58. And of them there are those who blame you with respect to the (distribution of) the alms; so if they are given from it they are pleased, and if they are not given from it, at once they are full of rage.
59. And if they were content with what Allah (God) and His Messenger gave them and had said: ‘Allah is Sufficient for us; Allah will soon give us (more) out of His bounty and His Messenger too; surely to Allah alone do we turn with hope.’
60. Alms (the obligatory charity) are for the poor and the needy, and for those employed to collect and administer it, and for those whose hearts are inclined (toward Islam), and for the freeing of human beings from bondage and for those who are over burdened with debts and (those fighting) in Allah’s Cause, and for the (stranded) traveler; an Ordinance from Allah; and Allah is All-Knowing, Truly Wise.
61. And there are some of them who hurt the Prophet (Muhammad) and say: He is one who believes everything that he hears; say: A hearer of good for you (who) believes in Allah and believes the faithful and a mercy for those of you who believe (in the Truth); and (as for) those who hurt the Messenger of Allah, they will have a painful Torment.
62. They swear to you by Allah so they may please you, but Allah as well as His Messenger (Muhammad) have a greater right that they should be pleased, if they are indeed believers (like they claim).
63. Do they not know that whoever opposes Allah (God) and His Messenger (anddies as such), surely for him is the Fire of Hell to abide therein? That is the ultimate disgrace.
64. The hypocrites fear lest a Chapter (of the Qur’an) should be sent down about them telling them plainly of what is in their hearts. Say: Go on mocking, surely Allah will bring forth what you fear.
65. And if you should question them, they would certainly say: We were only talking idly and joking. Say: Was it at Allah and His Verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?
66. Do not make excuses! You have disbelieved (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad) after you had believed; if We pardon a party of you, We shall chastise (another) party because they were defiant unbelievers.
67. The hypocrites, men and women, are of one another; they enjoin evil and forbid good and withhold their hands (from spending in the Cause of Allah); they have forgotten Allah (i.e., neglected the devotion that was due to Him), so He has forgotten them (i.e., abandoned them in the Fire); surely the hypocrites, it is they who are the defiantly disobedient.
68. Allah (God) has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and the disbelievers, the Fire of Hell to abide therein; it is enough for them; and Allah has cursed them and they shall have a lasting Torment.
69. (You disbelievers are) like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion (of worldly pleasures); and you have enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed theirs; and you entered into vain discourses like the vain discourses they entered into before. These are the ones whose (supposedly good) works are null in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the real losers.
70. Has not the news of those before them come to them; of the people of Noah and (the tribes of) ‘Aad and Thamud, and the people of Abraham and the dwellers of Midian and the overthrown cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah); their Messengers came to them with clear Proofs; so it was not Allah (God) that did them injustice, but to themselves they used to be unjust.
71. And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are helpers of each other; they enjoin good and forbid evil and perform the prayer perfectly (at their prescribed times) and pay the poor-rate (to its beneficiaries), and obey Allah (God) and His Messenger (Muhammad); (as for) these, Allah will have Mercy on them; surely Allah is All-Mighty, Truly Wise.
72. Allah (God) has promised the believing men and the believing women, Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein, and goodly dwellings in Gardens of Eden; and Allah’s Pleasure (with them) is greater still (than all of this); that is the Great Achievement.
73. O Prophet (Muhammad)! Strive hard against the disbelievers (by showing them the ways of peace and salvation, and you may fight them if they oppose and stand against Islam, the Message of Love, Peace, Justice, and Morality), and (against) the hypocrites (by implementing Allah’s Law and Justice on them), and be hard on them (when you meet them in war); and their home is Hell, and evil is that destination.
74. They (the hypocrites) swear by Allah that they did not say (anything against the believers), while certainly they had said the word of disbelief, and disbelieved after their Islam, and they had resolved that (plot to murder the Prophet Muhammad) which they were unable to carry out, and they did not find fault except that Allah and His Messenger enriched them out of His bounty; therefore if they repent, it is better for them, but if they turn back, Allah will chastise them with a painful torment in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will not have in the land any protector nor helper.

موضوع: رد: Surah At-Tawbah الجمعة 12 أغسطس 2022, 1:42 pm

75. And there are those of them who made a Covenant with Allah (saying): If He gives us out of His bounty, we shall certainly give charity and we shall certainly be of the righteous.
76. But when He gave them out of His bounty, they became niggardly of it and they turned away while they withdrew.
77. So He punished them by placing hypocrisy in their hearts until the Day when they meet Him, because they failed to perform toward Allah what they had promised to Him, and because they used to tell lies.
78. Do they not know that Allah knows their hidden thoughts and their secret counsels, and that Allah is the Great Knower of the unseen?
79. Those who slander such of the believers who give charity voluntarily, and those who give to the extent of their earnings, and mock at them; Allah will pay them back their mockery, and they shall have a painful Torment.
80. (Whether you) ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; even if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah will not forgive them; this is because they have disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad), and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
81. Those (hypocrites) who were left behind rejoiced in their staying away (from fighting in Allah’s Cause) after (the departure of) Allah’s Messenger (to the expedition of Tabuk) and they were averse to striving in Allah’s Way with their wealth and their lives, and said (to one another): Do not go forth in the heat. Say: The Fire of Hell is much more severe in heat. If they only could understand.
82. So let them laugh a little; and they will weep much as a recompense for what they were earning (of evil).
83. Therefore if Allah brings you back to a party of them and then they ask your permission to go forth (to war with you), say: You shall never go forth with me and you shall never fight an enemy with me; surely you chose to sit the first time, therefore sit (now) with those who remain behind.
84. And never offer prayer for any one of them (the hypocrites) who dies and do not stand by his grave; surely they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) and they died while they were defiantly disobedient.
85. And let not their wealth and their children amaze you; Allah only intends to chastise them with these things in this world and (that) their souls may depart while they are disbelievers.
86. And whenever a Chapter (of the Qur’an) is revealed, saying: Believe in Allah and strive hard along with His Messenger, such of them who are well
able (to go to war) ask permission of you and say:‘Leave us (behind), that we may be with those who sit (at home).’
87. They preferred to be with those who remained behind (at home), and a seal is set on their hearts, so they do not understand.
88. But the Messenger (Muhammad) and those who believe with him fight and strive hard with their wealth and their lives; and these it is who shall have the good things, and these it is who shall be successful.
89. Allah has prepared for them Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein; that is the Great Achievement.
90. And there came (to the Messenger) some of the dwellers of the desert who had some excuses to offer (with the request) that they be granted exemption (from fighting), and those who were untrue to Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) remained behind (at home with no excuse); a painful Torment will afflict those of them who disbelieved (in Allah and His Messengers).
91. No blame (to stay behind) shall be on the weak, nor the sick, nor those who have no means, as long as they are sincere to Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad); there is no way (of blame) against the doers of good; and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful;
92. Nor (shall blame be on) those who when they came to you that you might provide them with mounts, and you said: ‘I can find nothing for you to ride upon.’ They went back while their eyes overflowed with tears because of grief for not finding anything to spend (in the Cause of Allah).
93. The cause (for blame) is only against those who ask permission from you while they are rich; they have chosen to be with those who remained behind (at home), and Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and they do not know (what they are missing of reward).
94. They (the hypocrites) will give excuses to you when you go back to them.
Say: Make no excuses, we shall never believe you; indeed Allah has already informed us of news relating to you; and now Allah will see your deeds, and (so will) His Messenger; then you will be taken back to (Allah) the Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you used to do.
95. They (the hypocrites) will swear to you by Allah when you return to them, so that you may leave them alone; so turn away from them - surely they are (spiritually) impure, and their home is Hell; a recompense for what they used to earn (of evil).
96. They (the hypocrites) will swear to you that you may be pleased with them; but if you are pleased with them, then certainly Allah is not pleased with the defiantly disobedient people.
97. (The hypocrites among) the dwellers of the desert are the most stubborn in (their) refusal to acknowledge the Truth and in (their) hypocrisy, and (they are) more disposed not to know the set Limits of what Allah has revealed to His Messenger (Muhammad); and Allah is All-Knowing, Truly Wise.
98. And among the dwellers of the desert there are such that regard all that they spend (in Allah’s Cause) as a fine, and wait (the befalling of) calamities upon you; on them (will be) the evil calamity; and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
99. However, among the dwellers of the desert there are (also) such that believe in Allah and the Last Day, and take what they spend to be (a means of) nearness to Allah and (for) the Messenger’s prayers; surely it will be a means of nearness for them; Allah will make them enter into His Mercy; surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
100. And (as for) the first and foremost of those who emigrated (from Makkah to Madinah for the Sake of their religion) and the helpers (of Madinah who helped and gave aid to those who emigrated), and those who followed them in goodness, Allah is well Pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever; that is the Great Achievement.

موضوع: رد: Surah At-Tawbah الجمعة 12 أغسطس 2022, 1:42 pm

101. And among those who are around you of the dwellers of the desert there are hypocrites, and among the people of Medina (also); there are some who persist in (their) hypocrisy; you do not know them; but We know them; We shall chastise them twice (in this world and then in their graves), then they will be turned back to a Grievous Torment (of Hell in the Hereafter).
102. And (there are) others who have confessed their sins, they have mixed a good deed with bad one; it may be that Allah will turn to them (mercifully); surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
103. Take charity from their wealth, by which you may purify them and cause them increase, and pray for them; surely your prayer is a source of relief for them; and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
104. Do they not know that Allah accepts the repentance from His humble servants and approves of their charities (that they give in good causes, seeking His Good Pleasure), and that Allah is the Oft-Returning (to Mercy), the Most Merciful?
105. And say: ‘Work.’ And Allah will see your work, and (so will) His Messenger and the believers; and you will be returned to (Allah) the Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you used to do.
106. And (there are yet) others (whose cases are) deferred, who await Allah’s Command; He will either chastise them or turn again to them (mercifully), and Allah is All-Knowing, Truly Wise.
107. And as for those who built a mosque to cause harm and for disbelief and to cause division among the believers and a base for those who made war against Allah (God) and His Messenger before; and they will certainly swear: We did not intend anything but good; and Allah bears witness that they are most surely liars.
108. Never stand therein; certainly the mosque founded on piety from the very first day is more deserving that you should stand therein (to pray), in it are men who love to purify themselves; and Allah loves those who purify themselves.
109. Is he therefore better, who lays his foundation on piety (pure intentions and sincerity) to Allah and (His) Good Pleasure, or he who lays his foundation on the edge of a cracking hollowed bank, so it broke down with him into the Fire of Hell, and Allah does not guide the defiant wrongdoing people.
110. The building which they have built will ever continue to be a source of discord in their hearts, unless their hearts are torn to pieces (i.e., til their death); and Allah is All-Knowing, Truly Wise.
111. Surely Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their wealth for this, that they shall have Paradise; they fight in Allah’s Way, so they kill (the enemies of Allah who fight them or oppose the spreading of Truth, justice, and peace in the land) and are killed (for the sake of the Truth and their keeping of the peace); this is a true Promise binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an; and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you have made; and that is the Great Achievement.
112. (Such believers are) the repentant ones who turn (to Allah frequently), who worship (Him alone without associating any partner with Him), who praise (and exalt Him), who travel in the land for His Sake (and those who fast), those who bow down (with humility to Allah) and prostrate, those who enjoin what is right (and just) and forbid what is wrong (and unjust), and who preserve the set Limits of Allah; and give glad tidings to the believers.
113. It is not for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even though they be near relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are inmates of the Hellfire.
114. And Abraham’s asking forgiveness for his father was only owing to a promise which he had made to him; but when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of Allah, he declared himself to be clear of him; most surely Abraham was compassionate, forbearing.
115.It is not (befitting for) Allah that He should lead a people astray after He has guided them, until He makes clear to them what they should guard against; surely Allah knows everything.
116.Surely Allah, unto him, belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and causes death; and there is not for you besides Allah (God) any protector (guardian, savior) or helper (intercessor).
117.Certainly Allah has turned (mercifully) to the Prophet and those who fled (their homes for His Sake) and the helpers who followed him in the hour of difficulty after the hearts of a part of them were about to deviate, then He turned to them (mercifully); surely to them He is Most Kind, Most Merciful.
118. And (He has turned mercifully) toward the three (companions of the Prophet: Ka,ab the son of Malik, Hilal the son of Umayyah, and Murarah the son of Rabi,ah) who stayed behind (and regretted their error) and whose case was deferred (for the Decree of Allah), to the point that the earth became straitened to them despite its spaciousness and their souls were also straitened to them; and they knew for certain that there was no refuge from Allah but to Him; then He turned to them (mercifully) that they might repent (to Him); surely Allah is the Oft-Returning (to Mercy), the Merciful.
119. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Adhere to the Commandments of Allah and be with the truthful.
120. It was not (proper) for the people of Medina and those round them of the dwellers of the desert to remain behind (after the departure of) Allah’s Messenger, nor should they desire (anything) for themselves in preference to him; this is because there afflicts them not thirst or fatigue or hunger in Allah’s Way, nor do they tread a path which enrages the disbelievers, nor do they attain from an enemy (to the Peace) what they attain, but a good deed is written down for them; surely Allah does not waste the reward of the doers of good;
121. Nor do they spend anything that may be spent, small or large, nor do they traverse a valley, but it is written down to their credit, that Allah may reward them for the best of what they have done.
122. And it is not (proper) for the believers to go forth (to battle against the forces of evil) all together. From within every group, if some remained behind to devote themselves to studies in the religion, and that they may admonish their people when they return to them, thus that they may be aware of the Commandments of Allah and that they may guard themselves (against evil).
123. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Fight those of the disbelievers who are adjacent to you (who wage war against you) and let them find in you harshness; and know that Allah is with those who observe His Commandments and guard (themselves) against evil.
124. And whenever a Chapter (of the Qur’an) is revealed, there are some of them (the hypocrites) who say: Which of you has it strengthened inFaith?
Then as for those who believe (in Allah, the One and solely True God, the Qur’an, Allah’s last Messenger Muhammad, and the Last Day), it strengthens them in Faith and they rejoice.
125. But as for those in whose hearts is a disease (the hypocrites), it adds filth to their uncleanness and they die while they are disbelievers,
126. Do they not see that they are being tested once or twice every year, yet they do not turn (to Allah) nor do they learn a lesson (from it).
127. And whenever a Chapter (of the Qur’an) is revealed, they cast glances at one another: Does any one see you? Then they turn away. Allah has turned away their hearts (from the Truth) for they are a people who will not grasp it.
128. Certainly a Messenger (the Prophet Muhammad) has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your falling into difficulty, full of concern for you; to the believers (he is) kind and merciful.
129. But if they turn away, say: Allah is Sufficient for me, there is no god (worthy of worship) except Him; on Him (alone) do I rely, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.

IZHAR UL-HAQ

إجازة الأستاذ أحمد لبن مدير المنتدى بقراءة الإمام عاصم الكوفي

Surah At-Tawbah