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The Accessions
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the
Merciful.
[8.1] They ask you about the windfalls. Say: The windfalls
are for Allah and the Apostle. So be careful of (your duty
to) Allah and set aright matters of your
difference, and obey Allah and His Apostle if you are
believers.
[8.2] Those only are believers whose hearts become full of
fear when Allah is mentioned, and when His communications
are recited to them they increase them in
faith, and in their Lord do they trust.
[8.3] Those who keep up prayer and spend (benevolently) out
of what We have given them.
[8.4] These are the believers in truth; they shall have
from their Lord exalted grades and forgiveness and an
honorable sustenance.
[8.5] Even as your Lord caused you to go forth from your
house with the truth, though a party of the believers were
surely averse;
[8.6] They disputed with you about the truth after it had
become clear, (and they went forth) as if they were being
driven to death while they saw (it).
[8.7] And when.Allah promised you one of the two parties
that it shall be yours and you loved that the one not armed
should he yours and Allah desired to manifest the truth of
what was true by His words and to cut off the root of the
unbelievers.
[8.8] That He may manifest the truth of what was true and
show the falsehood of what was false, though the guilty
disliked.
[8.9] When you sought aid from your Lord, so He answered
you: I will assist you with a thousand of the angels
following one another.
[8.10] And Allah only gave it as a good news and that your
hearts might be at ease thereby; and victory is only from
Allah; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[8.11] When He caused calm to fall on you as a security
from Him and sent down upon you water from the cloud that
He might thereby purify you, and take away
from you the uncleanness of the Shaitan, and that He might
fortify your hearts and steady (your) footsteps thereby.
[8.12] When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with
you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast
terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve.
Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every
fingertip of them.
[8.13] This is because they acted adversely to Allah and
His Apostle; and whoever acts adversely to Allah and His
Apostle-- then surely Allah is severe in
requiting (evil).
[8.14] This-- taste it, and (know) that for the unbelievers
is the chastisement of fire.
[8.15] O you who believe! when you meet those who
disbelieve marching for war, then turn not your backs to
them.
[8.16] And whoever shall turn his back to them on that
day-- unless he turn aside for the sake of fighting or
withdraws to a company-- then he, indeed,
becomes deserving of Allah's wrath, and his abode is hell;
and an evil destination shall it be.
[8.17] So you did not slay them, but it was Allah Who slew
them, and you did not smite when you smote (the enemy), but
it was Allah Who smote, and that He might
confer upon the believers a good gift from Himself; surely
Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
[8.18] This, and that Allah is the weakener of the struggle
of the unbelievers.
[8.19] If you demanded a judgment, the judgment has then
indeed come to you; and if you desist, it will be better
for you; and if you turn back (to fight), We
(too) shall turn back, and your forces shall avail you
nothing, though they may be many, and (know) that Allah is
with the believers.
[8.20] O you who believe! obey Allah and His Apostle and do
not turn back from Him while you hear.
[8.21] And be not like those who said, We hear, and they
did not obey.
[8.22] Surely the vilest of animals, in Allah's sight, are
the deaf, the dumb, who do not understand.
[8.23] And if Allah had known any good in them He would
have made them hear, and if He makes them hear they would
turn back while they withdraw.
[8.24] O you who believe! answer (the call of) Allah and
His Apostle when he calls you to that which gives you life;
and know that Allah intervenes between man and his heart,
and that to Him you shall be gathered.
[8.25] And fear an affliction which may not smite those of
you in particular who are unjust; and know that Allah is
severe in requiting (evil).
[8.26] And remember when you were few, deemed weak in the
land, fearing lest people might carry you off by force, but
He sheltered you and strengthened you with His aid and gave
you of the good things that you may give thanks.
[8.27] O you who believe! be not unfaithful to Allah and
the Apostle, nor be unfaithful to your trusts while you
know.
[8.28] And know that your property and your children are a
temptation, and that Allah is He with Whom there is a
mighty reward.
[8.29] O you who believe! If you are careful of (your duty
to) Allah, He will grant you a distinction and do away with
your evils and forgive you; and Allah is the Lord of mighty
grace.
[8.30] And when those who disbelieved devised plans against
you that they might confine you or slay you or drive you
away; and they devised plans and Allah too
had arranged a plan; and Allah is the best of planners.
[8.31] And when Our communications are recited to them,
they say: We have heard indeed; if we pleased we could say
the like of it; this is nothing but the
stories of the ancients.
[8.32] And when they said: O Allah! if this is the truth
from Thee, then rain upon us stones from heaven or inflict
on us a painful punishment.
[8.33] But Allah was not going to chastise them while you
were among them, nor is Allah going to chastise them while
yet they ask for forgiveness.
[8.34] And what (excuse) have they that Allah should not
chastise them while they hinder (men) from the Sacred
Mosque and they are not (fit to be) guardians
of it; its guardians are only those who guard (against
evil), but most of them do not know.
[8.35] And their prayer before the House is nothing but
whistling and clapping of hands; taste then the
chastisement, for you disbelieved.
[8.36] Surely those who disbelieve spend their wealth to
hinder (people) from the way of Allah; so they shall spend
it, then it shall be to them an intense
regret, then they shall be overcome; and those who
disbelieve shall be driven together to hell.
[8.37] That Allah might separate the impure from the good,
and put the impure, some of it upon the other, and pile it
up together, then cast it into hell; these it is that are
the losers.
[8.38] Say to those who disbelieve, if they desist, that
which is past shall be forgiven to them; and if they
return, then what happened to the ancients has
already passed.
[8.39] And fight with them until there is no more
persecution and religion should be only for Allah; but if
they desist, then surely Allah sees what they
do.
[8.40] And if they turn back, then know that Allah is your
Patron; most excellent is the Patron and most excellent the
Helper.
[8.41] And know that whatever thing you gain, a fifth of it
is for Allah and for the Apostle and for the near of kin
and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, if you
believe in Allah and in that which We revealed to Our
servant, on the day of distinction, the day on which the
two parties met; and Allah has power over all things.
[8.42] When you were on the nearer side (of the valley) and
they were on the farthest side, while the caravan was in a
lower place than you; and if you had mutually made an
appointment, you would certainly have broken away from the
appointment, but-- in order that Allah might bring about a
matter which was to be done, that he who would perish might
perish by clear proof, and he who would
live might live by clear proof; and most surely Allah is
Hearing, Knowing;
[8.43] When Allah showed them to you in your dream as few;
and if He had shown them to you as many you would certainly
have become weak-hearted and you would have disputed about
the matter, but Allah saved (you); surely He is the Knower
of what is in the breasts.
[8.44] And when He showed them to you, when you met, as few
in your eyes and He made you to appear little in their
eyes, in order that Allah might bring about a
matter which was to be done, and to Allah are all affairs
returned.
[8.45] O you who believe! when you meet a party, then be
firm, and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.
[8.46] And obey Allah and His Apostle and do not quarrel
for then you will be weak in hearts and your power will
depart, and be patient; surely Allah is with
the patient.
[8.47] And be not like those who came forth from their
homes in great exultation and to be seen of men, and (who)
turn away from the way of Allah, and Allah
comprehends what they do.
[8.48] And when the Shaitan made their works fair seeming
to them, and said: No one can overcome you this day, and
surely I am your protector: but when the two
parties came in sight of each other he turned upon his
heels, and said: Surely I am clear of you, surely I see
what you do not see, surely I fear Allah; and
Allah is severe in requiting (evil).
[8.49] When the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was
disease said: Their religion has deceived them; and whoever
trusts in Allah, then surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[8.50] And had you seen when the angels will cause to die
those who disbelieve, smiting their faces and their backs,
and (saying): Taste the punishment of burning.
[8.51] This is for what your own hands have sent on before,
and because Allah is not in the least unjust to the
servants;
[8.52] In the manner of the people of Firon and those
before them; they disbelieved in Allah's communications,
therefore Allah destroyed them on account
of their faults; surely Allah is strong, severe in
requiting (evil).
[8.53] This is because Allah has never changed a favor
which He has conferred upon a people until they change
their own condition; and because Allah is
Hearing, Knowing;
[8.54] In the manner of the people of Firon and those
before them; they rejected the communications of their
Lord, therefore We destroyed them on account of
their faults and We drowned Firon's people, and they were
all unjust.
[8.55] Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are
those who disbelieve, then they would not believe.
[8.56] Those with whom you make an agreement, then they
break their agreement every time and they do not guard
(against punishment).
[8.57] Therefore if you overtake them in fighting, then
scatter by (making an example of) them those who are in
their rear, that they may be mindful.
[8.58] And if you fear treachery on the part of a people,
then throw back to them on terms of equality; surely Allah
does not love the treacherous.
[8.59] And let not those who disbelieve think that they
shall come in first; surely they will not escape.
[8.60] And prepare against them what force you can and
horses tied at the frontier, to frighten thereby the enemy
of Allah and your enemy and others besides them, whom you
do not know (but) Allah knows them; and whatever thing
you will spend in Allah's way, it will be paid back to you
fully and you shall not be dealt with unjustly.
[8.61] And if they incline to peace, then incline to it and
trust in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[8.62] And if they intend to deceive you-- then surely
Allah is sufficient for you; He it is Who strengthened you
with His help and with the believers
[8.63] And united their hearts; had you spent all that is
in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but
Allah united them; surely He is Mighty,
Wise.
[8.64] O Prophet! Allah is sufficient for you and (for)
such of the believers as follow you.
[8.65] O Prophet! urge the believers to war; if there are
twenty patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred,
and if there are a hundred of you they shall overcome a
thousand of those who disbelieve, because they are a people
who do not understand.
[8.66] For the present Allah has made light your burden,
and He knows that there is weakness in you; so if there are
a hundred patient ones of you they shall
overcome two hundred, and if there are a thousand they
shall overcome two thousand by Allah's permission, and
Allah is with the patient.
[8.67] It is not fit for a prophet that he should take
captives unless he has fought and triumphed in the land;
you desire the frail goods of this world,
while Allah desires (for you) the hereafter; and Allah is
Mighty, Wise.
[8.68] Were it not for an ordinance from Allah that had
already gone forth, surely there would have befallen you a
great chastisement for what you had taken
to.
[8.69] Eat then of the lawful and good (things) which you
have acquired in war, and be careful of (your duty to)
Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[8.70] O Prophet! say to those of the captives who are in
your hands: If Allah knows anything good in your hearts, He
will give to you better than that which
has been taken away from you and will forgive you, and
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[8.71] And if they intend to act unfaithfully towards you,
so indeed they acted unfaithfully towards Allah before, but
He gave (you) mastery over them; and Allah is Knowing,
Wise.
[8.72] Surely those who believed and fled (their homes) and
struggled hard in Allah's way with their property and their
souls, and those who gave shelter and helped-- these are
guardians of each other; and (as for) those who believed
and did not fly, not yours is their guardianship until they
fly; and if they seek aid from you in the matter of
religion, aid is incumbent on you except against a
people between whom and you there is a treaty, and Allah
sees what you do.
[8.73] And (as for) those who disbelieve, some of them are
the guardians of others; if you will not do it, there will
be in the land persecution and great mischief.
[8.74] And (as for) those who believed and fled and
struggled hard in Allah's way, and those who gave shelter
and helped, these are the believers truly; they
shall have forgiveness and honorable provision.
[8.75] And (as for) those who believed afterwards and fled
and struggled hard along with you, they are of you; and the
possessors of relationships are nearer to each other in the
ordinance of Allah; surely Allah knows all things.
