Hizb 52

Allah was certainly pleased with the faithful when they swore allegiance to you under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down composure on them, and requited them with a victory near at hand

and abundant spoils that they will capture, and Allah is all-mighty, all-wise.

Allah has promised you abundant spoils, which you will capture. He has expedited this one for you, and withheld men’s hands from you, so that it may be a sign for the faithful, and that He may guide you to a straight path.

And other [spoils as well] which you have not yet captured: Allah has comprehended them, and Allah has power over all things.

If the faithless fight you, they will turn their backs [to flee]. Then they will not find any protector or helper.

[It is] Allah’s precedent that has passed before, and you will never find any change in Allah’s precedent.

It is He who withheld their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the valley of Makkah, after He had given you victory over them, and Allah sees best what you do.

They are the ones who disbelieved and barred you from the Sacred Mosque, and kept the offering from reaching its destination. And were it not for [certain] faithful men and faithful women, whom you did not know—lest you should trample them, and thus the blame for [killing] them should fall on you unawares; [He held you back] so that Allah may admit into His mercy whomever He wishes. Had they been separate, We would have surely punished the faithless among them with a painful punishment.

When the faithless nourished bigotry in their hearts, the bigotry of pagan ignorance, Allah sent down His composure upon His Apostle and the faithful, and made them abide by the word of Godwariness, for they were the worthiest of it and deserved it, and Allah has knowledge of all things.

Certainly Allah has fulfilled His Apostle’s vision in all truth: You will surely enter the Sacred Mosque, God willing, in safety and without any fear, with your heads shaven or hair cropped. So He knew what you did not know, and He assigned [you] besides that a victory near at hand.

It is He who has sent His Apostle with guidance and the true religion, that He may make it prevail over all religions, and Allah suffices as witness.

Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah, and those who are with him are hard against the faithless and merciful amongst themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in worship], seeking Allah’s grace, and [His] pleasure. Their mark is [visible] on their faces, from the effect of prostration. Such is their description in the Torah and their description in the Evangel. Like a tillage that sends out its shoots and builds them up, and they grow stout and settle on their stalks, impressing the sowers, so that He may enrage the faithless by them. Allah has promised those of them who have faith and do righteous deeds forgiveness and a great reward.

O you who have faith! Do not venture ahead of Allah and His Apostle, and be wary of Allah. Indeed Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.

O you who have faith! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not speak aloud to him like you shout to one another, lest your works should fail without your being aware.

Indeed those who lower their voices in the presence of the Apostle of Allah—they are the ones whose hearts Allah has tested for Godwariness. For them will be forgiveness and a great reward.

Indeed those who call you from behind the apartments, most of them do not use their reason.

Had they been patient until you came out for them, it would have been better for them, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

O you who have faith! If a vicious character brings you some news, verify it, lest you should visit [harm] on some people out of ignorance, and then become regretful for what you have done.

Know that the Apostle of Allah is among you. Should he comply with you in many matters, you would surely suffer. But Allah has endeared faith to you and made it appealing in your hearts, and He has made hateful to you faithlessness, transgression and disobedience. It is such who are the right-minded—

a grace and blessing from Allah, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

If two groups of the faithful fight one another, make peace between them. But if one party of them aggresses against the other, fight the one which aggresses until it returns to Allah’s ordinance. Then, if it returns, make peace between them fairly, and do justice. Indeed Allah loves the just.

The faithful are indeed brothers. Therefore, make peace between your brothers and be wary of Allah, so that you may receive [His] mercy.

O you who have faith! Let not any people ridicule another people: it may be that they are better than they are; nor let women [ridicule] women: it may be that they are better than they are. And do not defame one another, nor insult one another by [calling] nicknames. How evil are profane names subsequent to faith! As for those who are not penitent [of their past conduct]—such are the wrongdoers.

O you who have faith! Avoid much suspicion; indeed some suspicions are sins. And do not spy on one another or backbite. Will any of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it. Be wary of Allah; indeed Allah is all-clement, all-merciful.

O mankind! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you nations and tribes that you may identify yourselves with one another. Indeed the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the most Godwary among you. Indeed Allah is all-knowing, all-aware.

The Bedouins say, ‘We have faith.’ Say, ‘You do not have faith yet; rather, say, ‘‘We have embraced Islam,’’ for faith has not yet entered into your hearts. Yet if you obey Allah and His Apostle, He will not stint anything of [the reward of] your works. Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.’

The faithful are only those who have attained faith in Allah and His Apostle and then have never doubted, and who wage jihad with their possessions and their persons in the way of Allah. It is they who are the truthful.

Say, ‘Will you inform Allah about your faith while Allah knows whatever there is in the heavens and whatever there is in the earth, and Allah has knowledge of all things?’

They count it as a favour to you that they have embraced Islam. Say, ‘Do not count your embracing of Islam as a favour to me. No, it is Allah who has done you a favour in that He has guided you to faith, if you are truthful [in your claim].

Indeed Allah knows the Unseen of the heavens and the earth, and Allah watches what you do.’

Qaf. By the glorious Quran.

Indeed they consider it odd that a warner from among themselves should have come to them. So the faithless say, ‘This is an odd thing.’

‘What! When we are dead and have become dust, [shall we be raised again]? That is a far-fetched return!’

We know what the earth diminishes from them, and with Us is a preserving Book.

Indeed, they denied the truth when it came to them; so they are now in a perplexed state of affairs.

Have they not, then, observed the heaven above them, how We have built it and adorned it, and that there are no cracks in it?

And We spread out the earth, and cast in it firm mountains, and caused every delightful kind [of vegetation] to grow in it.

[In this there is] an insight and admonition for every penitent servant.

We send down from the sky salubrious water, with which We grow gardens and the grain which is harvested,

and tall date palms with regularly set spathes,

as a provision for Our servants, and with it We revive a dead country. Likewise will be the rising [from the dead].

The people of Noah denied before them, and [so did] the people of Rass and Thamud,

and ‘Ad, Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,

and the inhabitants of Aykah and the people of Tubbac. Each [of them] impugned the apostles, and so My threat became due [against them].

Have We been exhausted by the first creation? No, they are in doubt about a new creation.

Certainly We have created man and We know to what his soul tempts him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

When the twin recorders record [his deeds], seated on the right hand and on the left:

he says no word but that there is a ready observer beside him.

The throes of death bring the truth: ‘This is what you used to shun!’

And the Trumpet will be blown: ‘This is the promised day.’

Every soul will come accompanied by [two angels], a driver, and a witness:

[he will be told] ‘You were certainly oblivious of this. We have removed your veil from you, and so today your eyesight is acute.’

Then his companion [angel] will say, ‘This is what is ready with me [of his record of deeds].’

[The two angels accompany him will be told,] ‘Cast every obdurate ingrate into hell,

[every] hinderer of good, transgressor, and skeptic,

who had set up another god along with Allah and cast him into the severe punishment.’

His companion [devil] will say, ‘Our Lord! I did not incite him to rebel [against You], but he was [himself] in extreme error.’

He will say, ‘Do not wrangle in My presence, for I had already warned you in advance.

The word [of judgement] is unalterable with Me, and I am not tyrannical to My servants.’

The day when We shall say to hell, ‘Are you full?’ It will say, ‘Is there any more?’

And paradise will be brought near for the Godwary, it will not be distant [any more]:

‘This is what you were promised. [It is] for every penitent and dutiful [servant]

who fears the All-beneficent in secret and comes with a penitent heart.

Enter it in peace! This is the day of immortality.’

There they will have whatever they wish, and with Us there is yet more.

How many generations We have destroyed before them, who were stronger than these, insomuch that they ransacked the towns?! So, is there any escape [from Allah’s punishment]?

There is indeed an admonition in that for one who has a heart, or gives ear, being attentive.

Certainly We created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, in six days, and any fatigue did not touch Us.

So be patient at what they say, and celebrate the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before the sunset,

and glorify Him through part of the night and after the prostrations.

And be on the alert for the day when the caller calls from a close quarter,

the day when they hear the Cry in all truth. That is the day of rising [from the dead].

Indeed it is We who give life and bring death, and toward Us is the [final] destination.

The day the earth is split open for [disentombing] them, [they will come out] hastening. That mustering is easy for Us [to carry out].

We know well what they say, and you are not there to compel them. So admonish by the Quran those who fear My threat.

By the scattering [winds] that scatter [the clouds];

by the [rain] bearing [clouds] laden [with water];

by [the ships] which move gently [on the sea];

by [the angels] who dispense [livelihood] by [His] command:

indeed what you are promised is true,

and indeed the retribution will surely come to pass!

By the sky full of adornment [with stars],

indeed you are of different opinions!

He who has been turned away [from the truth] is turned away from it.

Perish the liars,

who are heedless in a stupor!

They ask, ‘When will be the Day of Retribution?’

It is the day when they will be tormented in the Fire,

[and will be told]: ‘Taste your torment. This is what you used to hasten.’

Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and springs,

receiving what their Lord has given them, for they had been virtuous aforetime.

They used to sleep a little during the night,

and at dawns they would plead for forgiveness,

and there was a share in their wealth for the beggar and the deprived.

In the earth are signs for those who have conviction,

and in your souls [as well]. Will you not then perceive?

And in the sky is your provision and what you are promised.

By the Lord of the sky and the earth, it is indeed the truth, just as [it is a fact that] you speak.

Did you receive the story of Abraham’s honoured guests?

When they entered into his presence, they said, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’ He answered, ‘[You are] an unfamiliar folk.’

Then he retired to his family and brought a fat [roasted] calf,

and put it near them. He said, ‘Will you not eat?’

Then he felt a fear of them. They said, ‘Do not be afraid!’ and they gave him the good news of a wise son.

Then his wife came forward crying [with joy]. She beat her face, and said, ‘A barren old woman!’

They said, ‘So has your Lord said. Indeed He is the All-wise, the All-knowing.’