M.Asad · MealMerkezi.Net

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PROPHET! Remain conscious of God, and defer not to the deniers of the truth and the hypocrites: for God is truly all-knowing, wise.

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And follow (but) that which comes unto thee through revelation from thy Sustainer: for God is truly aware of all that you do, (O men).

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And place thy trust in God (alone): for none is as worthy of trust as God.

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NEVER has God endowed any man with two hearts in one body: and (just as) He has never made your wives whom you may have declared to be “as unlawful to you as your mothers’ bodies” (truly) your mothers, so, too, has He never made your adopted sons (truly) your sons: these are but (figures of) speech uttered by your mouths - whereas God speaks the (absolute) truth: and it is He alone who can show (you) the right path.

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(As for your adopted children,) call them by their (real) fathers’ names: this is more equitable in the sight of God; and if you know not who their fathers were, (call them) your brethren in faith and your friends. However, you will incur no sin if you err in this respect: (what really matters is) but what your hearts intend - for God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!

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The Prophet has a higher claim on the believers than (they have on) their own selves, (seeing that he is as a father to them) and his wives are their mothers: and they who are (thus) closely related have, in accordance with God’s decree, a higher claim upon one another than (was even the case between) the believers (of Yathrib) and those who had migrated (there for the sake of God). None the less, you are to act with utmost goodness towards your (other) close friends as well: this (too) is written down in God’s decree.

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AND LO! We did accept a solemn pledge from all the prophets from thee, (O Muhammad,) as well as from Noah, and Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary -: for We accepted a most weighty, solemn pledge from (all of) them,

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so that (at the end of time) He might ask those men of truth as to (what response) their truthfulness (had received on earth). And grievous suffering has He readied for all who deny the truth!

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O YOU who have attained to faith! Call to mind the blessings which God bestowed on you (at the time) when (enemy) hosts came down upon you, whereupon We let loose against them a storm wind and (heavenly) hosts that you could not see: yet God saw all that you did.

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(Remember what you felt) when they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when (your) eyes became dim and (your) hearts came up to (your) throats, and (when) most conflicting thoughts about God passed through your minds:

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(for) there and then were the believers tried, and shaken with a shock severe.

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And (remember how it was) when the hypocrites and those with hearts diseased said (to one another), “God and His Apostle have promised us nothing but delusions!”

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and when some of them said, “O you people of Yathrib! You cannot withstand (the enemy) here: hence, go back (to your homes)!” — Whereupon a party from among them asked leave of the Prophet, saying, “Behold, our houses are exposed (to attack)!” — The while they were not (really) exposed: they wanted nothing but to flee.

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Now if their town had been stormed, and they had been asked (by the enemy) to commit apostasy, (the hypocrites) would have done so without much delay

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although ere that they had vowed before God that they would never turn their backs (on His message): and a vow made to God must surely be answered for!

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Say: “Whether you flee from (natural) death or from being slain (in battle), flight will not profit you - for, however you fare, you are not (allowed) to enjoy life for more than a little while!”

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Say: “Who is there that could keep you away from God if it be His will to harm you, or if it be His will to show you mercy?” For, (do they not know that) besides God they can find none to protect them, and none to bring them succour?

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God is indeed aware of those of you who would divert others (from fighting in His cause), as well as of those who say to their brethren, “Come hither to us (and face the enemy)!” — The while they (themselves) join battle but seldom,

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begrudging you all help. But then, when danger threatens, thou canst see them looking to thee (for help, O Prophet), their eyes rolling (in terror) like (the eyes of) one who is overshadowed by death: yet as soon as the danger has passed, they will assail you (believers) with sharp tongues, begrudging you all that is good! (People like) these have never known faith - and therefore God will cause all their works to come to nought: for this is indeed easy for God.

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They think that the Confederates have not (really) withdrawn; and should the Confederates return, these (hypocrites) would prefer to be in the desert, among the bedouin, asking for news about you, (O believers, from far away;) and even were they to find themselves in your midst, they would but make a pretence at fighting (by your side).

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VERILY, in the Apostle of God you have a good example for everyone who looks forward (with hope and awe) to God and the Last Day, and remembers God unceasingly.

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And (so,) when the believers saw the Confederates (advancing against them), they said, “This is what God and His Apostle have promised us!”- and, “Truly spoke God and His Apostle !“ and all this but increased their faith and their readiness to surrender themselves unto God.

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Among the believers are men who have (always) been true to what they have vowed before God; and among them are such as have (already) redeemed their pledge by death, and such as yet await (its fulfillment) without having changed (their resolve) in the least.

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(Such trials are imposed upon man) so that God may reward the truthful for having been true to their word, and cause the hypocrites to suffer - if that be His will - or (if they repent,) accept their repentance: for, verily, God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!

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Thus, for all their fury, God repulsed those who were bent on denying the truth; no advantage did they gain, since God was enough to (protect) the believers in battle - seeing that God is most powerful, almighty;

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and He brought down from their strongholds those of the followers of earlier revelation who had aided the aggressors, and cast terror into their hearts: some you slew, and some you made captive;

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and He made you heirs to their lands, and their houses, and their goods - and (promised you) lands on which you had never yet set foot: for God has indeed the power to will anything.

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O PROPHET! Say unto thy wives: “If you desire (but) the life of this world and its charms - well, then, I shall provide for you and release you in a becoming manner;

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but if you desire God and His Apostle, and (thus the good of) the life in the hereafter, then (know that), verily, for the doers of good among you God has readied a mighty reward!”

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O wives of the Prophet! If any of you were to become guilty of manifestly immoral conduct, double (that of other sinners) would be her suffering (in the hereafter): for that is indeed easy for God.

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