{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq048.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq048.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq048.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn\u00a0 the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. Verily We have granted\n Thee a manifest Victory:\n2. That God may forgive thee\n Thy faults of the past\n And those to follow;\n Fulfil His favour to thee;\n And guide thee\n On the Straight Way;\n3. And that God may help\n Thee with powerful help.\n4. It is He Who sent\n Down Tranquillity\n Into the hearts of\n The Believers, that they may\n Add Faith to their Faith;\u2014\n For to God belong\nThe Forces of the heavens\n And the earth; and God is\n Full of Knowledge and Wisdom;\u2014\n5. That He may admit\n The men and women\n Who believe, to Gardens\n Beneath which rivers flow,\n To dwell therein for aye,\n And remove their ills\n From them;\u2014and that is,\n In the sight of God,\n The highest achievement\n (For man),\u2014\n6. And that He may punish\n The Hypocrites, men and\n Women, and the Polytheists,\n Men and women, who imagine\n An evil opinion of God.\n On them is a round\n Of Evil: the Wrath of God\n Is on them: He has cursed\n Them and got Hell ready\n For them: and evil\n Is it for a destination.\n7. For to God belong\n The Forces of the heavens\n And the earth; and God is\n Exalted in Power,\n Full of Wisdom.\n8. We have truly sent thee\n As a witness, as a\n Bringer of Glad Tidings,\n And as a Warner:\n9. In order that ye\n (O men) may believe\n In God and His Apostle,\n That ye may assist\n And honour Him,\n And celebrate His praises\n Morning and evening.\n10. Verily those who plight\n Their fealty to thee\n Do no less than plight\n Their fealty to God:\n The Hand of God is\n Over their hands:\n Then any one who violates\n His oath, does so\n To the harm of his own\n Soul, and any one who\n Fulfils what he has\n Covenanted with God,\u2014\n God will soon grant him\n A great Reward.\n11. The desert Arabs who\n Lagged behind will\nSay to thee:\n \"We were engaged in\n (Looking after) our flocks\n And herds, and our families:\n Do thou then ask\n Forgiveness for us.\n They say with their tongues\n What is not in their hearts.\n Say: \"Who then has\n Any power at all\n (To intervene) on your behalf\n With God, if His Will\n Is to give you some loss\n Or to give you some profit?\n But God is well acquainted\n With all that ye do.\n12. \"Nay, ye thought that\n The Apostle and the Believers\n Would never return to\n Their families; this seemed\n Pleasing in your hearts, and\n Ye conceived an evil thought,\n For ye are a people\n Lost (in wickedness).\"\n13. And if any believe not\n In God and His Apostle,\n We have prepared,\n For those who reject God,\n A Blazing Fire!\n14. To God belongs the dominion\n Of the heavens and the earth:\n He forgives whom He wills,\n And He punishes whom He\nWills: but God is\n Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n15. Those who lagged behind\n (Will say), when ye (are\n Free to) march and take\n Booty (in war): \"Permit us\n To follow you.\" They wish\n To change God's decree:\n Say: \"Not thus\n Will ye follow us:\n God has already declared\n (This) beforehand\": then they\n Will say, \"But ye are\n Jealous of us.\" Nay,\n But little do they understand\n (Such things).\n16. Say to the desert Arabs\n Who lagged behind: \"Ye\n Shall be summoned (to fight)\n Against a people given to\n Vehement war: then shall ye\n Fight, or they shall submit.\n Then if ye show obedience,\n God will grant you\n A goodly reward, but if\n Ye turn back as ye\nDid before, He will punish\n You with a grievous Penalty.\"\n17. No blame is there\n On the blind, nor is\n There blame on the lame,\n Nor on one ill (if he\n Joins not the war):\n But he that obeys God\n And His Apostle,\u2014(God)\n Will admit him to Gardens\n Beneath which rivers flow;\n And he who turns back,\n (God) will punish him\n With a grievous Penalty.\n18. God's Good Pleasure\n Was on the Believers\n When they swore Fealty\n To thee under the Tree:\n He knew what was\n In their hearts, and He\n Sent down Tranquillity\n To them; and He rewarded\n Them with a speedy Victory;\n19. And many gains will they\n Acquire (besides): and God\n Is Exalted in Power,\n Full of Wisdom.\n20. God has promised you\n Many gains that ye shall\n Acquire, and He has given\n You these beforehand; and\n He has restrained the hands\n Of men from you; that it\n May be a Sign for\n The Believers, and that\n He may guide you\n To a Straight Path;\n21. And other gains (there are),\n Which are not within\n Your power, but which\n God has compassed: and God\n Has power over all things.\n22. If the Unbelievers\n Should fight you, they would\n Certainly turn their backs;\n Then would they find\n Neither protector nor helper.\n23. (Such has been) the practice\n (Approved) of God already\n In the past: no change\n Wilt thou find in\n The practice (approved) of God.\n24. And it is He Who\n Has restrained their hands\nFrom you and your hands\n From them in the midst\n Of Mecca, after that He\n Gave you the victory\n Over them. And God sees\n Well all that ye do.\n25. They are the ones who\n Denied revelation and hindered you\n From the Sacred Mosque\n And the sacrificial animals,\n Detained from reaching their\n Place of sacrifice. Had there\n Not been believing men\n And believing women whom\n Ye did not know that\n Ye were trampling down\n And on whose account\n A crime would have accrued\n To you without (your) knowledge,\n (God would have allowed you\n To force your way, but\n He held back your hands)\n That He may admit\n To His Mercy whom He will.\n If they had been\n Apart, We should\nCertainly have punished\n The Unbelievers among them\n With a grievous punishment.\n26. While the Unbelievers\n Got up in their hearts\n Heat and cant\u2014the heat\n And cant of Ignorance,\u2014\n God sent down His Tranquillity\n To his Apostle and to\n The Believers, and made them\n Stick close to the command\n Of self-restraint; and well\n Were they entitled to it\n And worthy of it.\n And God has full knowledge\n Of all things.\n27. Truly did God fulfil\n The vision for His Apostle:\n Ye shall enter the Sacred\n Mosque, if God wills,\n With minds secure, heads shaved,\n Hair cut short, and without fear.\n For He knew what ye\n Knew not, and He granted,\n Besides this, a speedy victory.\n28. It is He Who has sent\n His Apostle with Guidance\n And the Religion of Truth,\n To proclaim it over\nAll religion: and enough\n Is God for a Witness.\n29. Muhammad is the Apostle\n Of God; and those who are\n With him are strong\n Against Unbelievers, (but)\n Compassionate amongst each other.\n Thou wilt see them bow\n And prostrate themselves\n (In prayer), seeking Grace\n From God and (His) Good\n Pleasure.\n On their faces are their\n Marks, (being) the traces\n Of their prostration.\n This is their similitude\n In the Taur\u0101t;\n And their similitude\n In the Gospel is:\n Like a seed which sends\n Forth its blade, then\n Makes it strong; it then\n Becomes thick, and it stands\nOn its own stem, (filling)\n The sowers with wonder\n And delight. As a result,\n It fills the Unbelievers\n With rage at them.\n God has promised those\n Among them who believe\n And do righteous deeds\n Forgiveness,\n And a great Reward.","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra XLVIII. Fat-\u1e25 or Victory.","type":"page"}