The Spoils of War) - سورة الأنفال

They
ask you, [O Muhammad], about the bounties [of war]. Say,
"The [decision concerning] bounties is for Allah and the
Messenger." So fear Allah and amend that which is between you
and obey Allah and His Messenger, if you should be believers.








The
believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their
hearts become fearful, and when His verses are recited to them,
it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they rely -








The ones who establish prayer, and from what We have provided them, they spend.








Those
are the believers, truly. For them are degrees [of high
position] with their Lord and forgiveness and noble provision.








[It
is] just as when your Lord brought you out of your home
[for the battle of Badr] in truth, while indeed, a party among
the believers were unwilling,

Arguing
with you concerning the truth after it had become clear, as
if they were being driven toward death while they were looking
on.






[Remember,
O believers], when Allah promised you one of the two groups -
that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed
one would be yours. But Allah intended to establish the truth
by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers








That He should establish the truth and abolish falsehood, even if the criminals disliked it.








[Remember]
when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you,
"Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels,
following one another."








And
Allah made it not but good tidings and so that your hearts
would be assured thereby. And victory is not but from Allah .
Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.








[Remember]
when He overwhelmed you with drowsiness [giving] security from
Him and sent down upon you from the sky, rain by which to
purify you and remove from you the evil [suggestions] of Satan
and to make steadfast your hearts and plant firmly thereby
your feet.








[Remember]
when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so
strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the
hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the
necks and strike from them every fingertip."








That
is because they opposed Allah and His Messenger. And whoever
opposes Allah and His Messenger - indeed, Allah is severe in
penalty.








"That [is yours], so taste it." And indeed for the disbelievers is the punishment of the Fire.








O
you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve
advancing [for battle], do not turn to them your backs [in
flight].








And
whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless
swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company,
has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allah , and
his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.








And
you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And
you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah
who threw that He might test the believers with a good test.
Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.








That [is so], and [also] that Allah will weaken the plot of the disbelievers.








If
you [disbelievers] seek the victory - the defeat has come
to you. And if you desist [from hostilities], it is best for
you; but if you return [to war], We will return, and never
will you be availed by your [large] company at all, even if
it should increase; and [that is] because Allah is with the
believers.








O you who have believed, obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn from him while you hear [his order].







Sahih InternationalAnd do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear.








Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason.








Had
Allah known any good in them, He would have made them hear.
And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned
away, while they were refusing.








O
you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger
when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that
Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him
you will be gathered.








And
fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged
among you exclusively, and know that Allah is severe in penalty.








And
remember when you were few and oppressed in the land,
fearing that people might abduct you, but He sheltered you,
supported you with His victory, and provided you with good
things - that you might be grateful.








O
you who have believed, do not betray Allah and the Messenger
or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence].








And know that your properties and your children are but a trial and that Allah has with Him a great reward.






O
you who have believed, if you fear Allah , He will grant you
a criterion and will remove from you your misdeeds and
forgive you. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty.








And
[remember, O Muhammad], when those who disbelieved plotted
against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from
Makkah]. But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of
planners.


And
when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have
heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This
is not but legends of the former peoples."








And
[remember] when they said, "O Allah , if this should be the
truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or
bring us a painful punishment."








But
Allah would not punish them while you, [O Muhammad], are among
them, and Allah would not punish them while they seek
forgiveness.

But
why should Allah not punish them while they obstruct [people]
from al-Masjid al- Haram and they were not [fit to be] its
guardians? Its [true] guardians are not but the righteous, but
most of them do not know.








And
their prayer at the House was not except whistling and
handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved.








Indeed,
those who disbelieve spend their wealth to avert [people]
from the way of Allah . So they will spend it; then it will
be for them a [source of] regret; then they will be overcome.
And those who have disbelieved - unto Hell they will be
gathered.








[This
is] so that Allah may distinguish the wicked from the good
and place the wicked some of them upon others and heap them
all together and put them into Hell. It is those who are the
losers.








Say
to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has
previously occurred will be forgiven for them. But if they
return [to hostility] - then the precedent of the former
[rebellious] peoples has already taken place.








And
fight them until there is no fitnah and [until] the
religion, all of it, is for Allah . And if they cease - then
indeed, Allah is Seeing of what they do.








But
if they turn away - then know that Allah is your protector.
Excellent is the protector, and Excellent is the helper.








And
know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed,
for Allah is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for
[his] near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the
[stranded] traveler, if you have believed in Allah and in that
which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion -
the day when the two armies met. And Allah , over all
things, is competent.


[Remember]
when you were on the near side of the valley, and they
were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in
position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to meet],
you would have missed the appointment. But [it was] so that
Allah might accomplish a matter already destined - that those
who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and
those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence; and
indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.








[Remember,
O Muhammad], when Allah showed them to you in your dream as
few; and if He had shown them to you as many, you [believers]
would have lost courage and would have disputed in the matter
[of whether to fight], but Allah saved [you from that]. Indeed,
He is Knowing of that within the breasts.








And
[remember] when He showed them to you, when you met, as few
in your eyes, and He made you [appear] as few in their eyes
so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined. And
to Allah are [all] matters returned.








O
you who have believed, when you encounter a company [from
the enemy forces], stand firm and remember Allah much that you
may be successful.








And
obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute and [thus]
lose courage and [then] your strength would depart; and be
patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.








And
do not be like those who came forth from their homes
insolently and to be seen by people and avert [them] from the
way of Allah . And Allah is encompassing of what they do.








And
[remember] when Satan made their deeds pleasing to them and
said, "No one can overcome you today from among the people,
and indeed, I am your protector." But when the two armies
sighted each other, he turned on his heels and said, "Indeed,
I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I see what you do not
see; indeed I fear Allah . And Allah is severe in penalty."


[Remember]
when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was disease
said, "Their religion has deluded those [Muslims]." But whoever
relies upon Allah - then indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and
Wise.








And
if you could but see when the angels take the souls of
those who disbelieved... They are striking their faces and their
backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.








That is for what your hands have put forth [of evil] and because Allah is not ever unjust to His servants."








[Theirs
is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those
before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allah , so Allah
seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and
severe in penalty.








That
is because Allah would not change a favor which He had
bestowed upon a people until they change what is within
themselves. And indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.








[Theirs
is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those
before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We
destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of
Pharaoh. And all [of them] were wrongdoers.








Indeed,
the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are those
who have disbelieved, and they will not [ever] believe -








The
ones with whom you made a treaty but then they break their
pledge every time, and they do not fear Allah .


So
if you, [O Muhammad], gain dominance over them in war,
disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they
will be reminded.








If
you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw
[their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms.
Indeed, Allah does not like traitors.








And let not those who disbelieve think they will escape. Indeed, they will not cause failure [to Allah ].








And
prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of
steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and
your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but]
whom Allah knows. And whatever you spend in the cause of Allah
will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.







Sahih InternationalAnd
if they incline to peace, then incline to it [also] and
rely upon Allah . Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the
Knowing.








But
if they intend to deceive you - then sufficient for you is
Allah . It is He who supported you with His help and with
the believers








And
brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is
in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts
together; but Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted
in Might and Wise.








O Prophet, sufficient for you is Allah and for whoever follows you of the believers.








O
Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among
you twenty [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred.
And if there are among you one hundred [who are] steadfast,
they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved
because they are a people who do not understand.








Now,
Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that
among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred
[who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if
there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand
by permission of Allah . And Allah is with the steadfast.








It
is not for a prophet to have captives [of war] until he
inflicts a massacre [upon Allah 's enemies] in the land. Some
Muslims desire the commodities of this world, but Allah desires
[for you] the Hereafter. And Allah is Exalted in Might and
Wise.








If
not for a decree from Allah that preceded, you would have
been touched for what you took by a great punishment.


So
consume what you have taken of war booty [as being] lawful
and good, and fear Allah . Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and
Merciful.








O
Prophet, say to whoever is in your hands of the captives,
"If Allah knows [any] good in your hearts, He will give you
[something] better than what was taken from you, and He will
forgive you; and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."








But
if they intend to betray you - then they have already
betrayed Allah before, and He empowered [you] over them. And Allah
is Knowing and Wise.








Indeed,
those who have believed and emigrated and fought with their
wealth and lives in the cause of Allah and those who gave
shelter and aided - they are allies of one another. But those
who believed and did not emigrate - for you there is no
guardianship of them until they emigrate. And if they seek
help of you for the religion, then you must help, except
against a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty. And
Allah is Seeing of what you do.








And
those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do
not do so, there will be fitnah on earth and great corruption.








But
those who have believed and emigrated and fought in the
cause of Allah and those who gave shelter and aided - it is
they who are the believers, truly. For them is forgiveness
and noble provision.








And
those who believed after [the initial emigration] and
emigrated and fought with you - they are of you. But those
of [blood] relationship are more entitled [to inheritance] in
the decree of Allah . Indeed, Allah is Knowing of all things.