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Verily, We have granted you a decisive victory,

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so that God would forgive your past and future sins, fulfill His goodness to you, guide you on the straight path,

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and sustain you by a mighty help.

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He is the One, Who has sent Assurance into the hearts of the believers to add still more belief to their belief. To God belong the hosts of Heavens and earth. In truth, God is all-knowing and wise!

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He will admit the believers, men and women, into the Gardens under which the rivers flow to abide in them for ever. He will absolve them from evil deeds. In the eyes of God this is truly a great success!

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He will punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and the Associators, men and women. Their evil ideas about God encircle them in evil. The wrath of God is upon them. He has cursed them and prepared for them Hellfire — what an evil outcome!

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To God belong the hosts of Heavens and earth. God is truly all-mighty and wise!

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— [O Muhammad!] We have sent you as a witness, a carrier of good news, and a Warner

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to let everyone believe in God and His Messenger, assist Him, and glorify Him mornings and evenings.

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Verily, those who pledge allegiance to you, pledge allegiance to God. The hand of God is over their hands! Whoever breaks an oath, breaks it to his soul’s harm, and whoever fulfills his Covenant with God shall soon receive from Him a great reward.

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The Arab nomads who stayed behind will say to you: “We’ve to mind our property and households, so ask forgiveness for us.” Their tongues say what is not in their hearts. Say: “Then, who would intercede before God in your behalf if He intended to hurt or benefit you?” God is truly well aware of your deeds.

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You thought that the Messenger and the believers will never return to their households. This was a bad idea made attractive to your hearts. And now you are a people of losers!

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We have prepared a Fire for the disbelievers who have not believed in God and His Messenger!

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God is the Sovereign of Heavens and earth. He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. God is truly forgiving and merciful!

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When you will set forth for the spoils, those who stayed behind will say: “Allow us to follow you!” This is how they wish to breach God’s decision! Say: “No! You’ll not go with us, as God has already told you!” Then they will say: “You envy us!” How little do they understand!

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Say to the Arab nomads who stayed behind: “You’ll be called against a people skilled in violent war, and you’ll have to fight them till they surrender. If you obey, God will give you a good reward, but if you betray, as you’ve betrayed before, He’ll punish you by a painful retribution.”

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There is no blame upon the blind, as there is no blame upon the lame and the sick [for not fighting]. [God] will admit whoever obeys God and His Messenger into the Gardens under which the rivers flow, and if any one retreats, He will punish him by a painful retribution.

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God has been satisfied with the believers when they pledged you allegiance under a tree. He knew what was in their hearts and He sent the Sakina down upon them. He will reward them with an upcoming victory

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and a rich booty that will be their lot. God is truly mighty and wise!

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God promised you a rich booty that will be your lot. He rushed it to you, while restraining from you the people’s hands, so that it might become a Sign for the believers, and He might guide you to the straight path.

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And there is another booty not within your reach — it is in the power of God. God truly has power over all things!

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If the disbelievers fight you, they will surely retreat without finding a protector or a helper.

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Such was God’s decree in the past, and you will find no change in God’s decrees!

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He is the One, Who in the valley of Mecca has restrained their hands from you and your hands from them after He had granted you victory over them. God truly sees well all that you do.

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They are among the ones who disbelieved, kept you away from the Sacred Mosque, and prevented animal offerings from reaching their destination. But [had you fought] at the time, you could have unknowingly trampled some believing men and believing women, thus unwillingly committing sin. God [has restrained your hands] to admit to His mercy anyone He chooses. If [the believers] had stood apart, We would have certainly inflicted a severe punishment upon the disbelievers.

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While the disbelievers were filling their hearts with violence — the violence of the time of Ignorance, God has been sending down His Sakina upon His Messenger and the believers. They deserved it and were worthy of it. [God] made them respect the word of devotion. God is truly well aware of all things!

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God has truly fulfilled His Messenger’s vision! God willing, you shall enter the Sacred Mosque in full security, your heads shaven, your hair cut short, and without fear. [God] knew what you did not know. And besides that, He granted you a speedy victory.

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He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the religion of Truth to exalt it above all religions. Sufficient is God as a witness!

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Muhammad is God’s Messenger. His followers are firm with the disbelievers and compassionate to one another. You see how they bow and prostrate themselves, hoping for God’s favors and [His] approval. Their faces are marked by the traces of prostrations. This is how they are represented in the Torah. Their image in the Evangel is a sprouting seed. It grows strong and becomes a straight stalk that pleases the sowers and angers the disbelievers. To those who have believed and have done good works, God has promised forgiveness and a great reward.

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