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The Immunity
[9.1] (This is a declaration of)
immunity by Allah and His
Apostle towards those of the idolaters with whom you made
an agreement.
[9.2] So go about in the land for four months and know that
you cannot weaken Allah and that Allah will bring disgrace
to the unbelievers.
[9.3] And an announcement from Allah and His Apostle to the
people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allah and
His Apostle are free from liability to the
idolaters; therefore if you repent, it will be better for
you, and if you turn back, then know that you will not
weaken Allah; and announce painful punishment
to those who disbelieve.
[9.4] Except those of the idolaters with whom you made an
agreement, then they have not failed you in anything and
have not backed up any one against you, so
fulfill their agreement to the end of their term; surely
Allah loves those who are careful (of their duty).
[9.5] So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay
the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them
captives and besiege them and lie in wait
for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up
prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them;
surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9.6] And if one of the idolaters seek protection from you,
grant him protection till he hears the word of Allah, then
make him attain his place of safety; this
is because they are a people who do not know.
[9.7] How can there be an agreement for the idolaters with
Allah and with His Apostle; except those with whom you made
an agreement at the Sacred Mosque? So as long as they are
true to you, be true to them; surely Allah loves those who
are careful (of their duty).
[9.8] How (can it be)! while if they prevail against you,
they would not pay regard in your case to ties of
relationship, nor those of covenant; they please
you with their mouths while their hearts do not consent;
and most of them are transgressors.
[9.9] They have taken a small price for the communications
of Allah, so they turn away from His way; surely evil is it
that they do.
[9.10] They do not pay regard to ties of relationship nor
those of covenant in the case of a believer; and these are
they who go beyond the limits.
[9.11] But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the
poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and We make the
communications clear for a people who know.
[9.12] And if they break their oaths after their agreement
and (openly) revile your religion, then fight the leaders
of unbelief-- surely their oaths are nothing-- so that they
may desist.
[9.13] What! will you not fight a people who broke their
oaths and aimed at the expulsion of the Apostle, and they
attacked you first; do you fear them? But
Allah is most deserving that you should fear Him, if you
are believers.
[9.14] Fight them, Allah will punish them by your hands and
bring them to disgrace, and assist you against them and
heal the hearts of a believing people.
[9.15] And remove the rage of their hearts; and Allah turns
(mercifully) to whom He pleases, and Allah is Knowing,
Wise.
[9.16] What! do you think that you will be left alone while
Allah has not yet known those of you who have struggled
hard and have not taken any one as an adherent besides
Allah and His Apostle and the believers; and Allah is aware
of what you do.
[9.17] The idolaters have no right to visit the mosques of
Allah while bearing witness to unbelief against themselves,
these it is whose doings are null, and in the fire shall
they abide.
[9.18] Only he shall visit the mosques of Allah who
believes in Allah and the latter day, and keeps up prayer
and pays the poor-rate and fears none but Allah;
so (as for) these, it may be that they are of the followers
of the right course.
[9.19] What! do you make (one who undertakes) the giving of
drink to the pilgrims and the guarding of the Sacred Mosque
like him who believes in Allah and the latter day and
strives hard in Allah's way? They are not equal with
Allah; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.
[9.20] Those who believed and fled (their homes), and
strove hard in Allah's way with their property and their
souls, are much higher in rank with Allah; and
those are they who are the achievers (of their objects).
[9.21] Their Lord gives them good news of mercy from
Himself and (His) good pleasure and gardens, wherein
lasting blessings shall be theirs;
[9.22] Abiding therein for ever; surely Allah has a Mighty
reward with Him.
[9.23] O you who believe! do not take your fathers and your
brothers for guardians if they love unbelief more than
belief; and whoever of you takes them for a guardian, these
it is that are the unjust.
[9.24] Say: If your fathers and your sons and your brethren
and your mates and your kinsfolk and property which you
have acquired, and the slackness of trade
which you fear and dwellings which you like, are dearer to
you than Allah and His Apostle and striving in His way,
then wait till Allah brings about His command: and Allah
does not guide the transgressing people.
[9.25] Certainly Allah helped you in many battlefields and
on the day of Hunain, when your great numbers made you
vain, but they availed you nothing and the
earth became strait to you notwithstanding its
spaciousness, then you turned back retreating.
[9.26] Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His
Apostle and upon the believers, and sent down hosts which
you did not see, and chastised those who
disbelieved, and that is the reward of the unbelievers.
[9.27] Then will Allah after this turn (mercifully) to whom
He pleases, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9.28] O you who believe! the idolaters are nothing but
unclean, so they shall not approach the Sacred Mosque after
this year; and if you fear poverty then
Allah will enrich you out of His grace if He please; surely
Allah is Knowing Wise.
[9.29] Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the
latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle
have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of
those who have been given the Book, until they pay the
tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a
state of subjection.
[9.30] And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the
Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are
the words of their mouths; they imitate
the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah
destroy them; how they are turned away!
[9.31] They have taken their doctors of law and their monks
for lords besides Allah, and (also) the Messiah son of
Marium and they were enjoined that they
should serve one God only, there is no god but He; far from
His glory be what they set up (with Him).
[9.32] They desire to put out the light of Allah with their
mouths, and Allah will not consent save to perfect His
light, though the unbelievers are averse.
[9.33] He it is Who sent His Apostle with guidance and the
religion of truth, that He might cause it to prevail over
all religions, though the polytheists may
be averse.
[9.34] O you who believe! most surely many of the doctors
of law and the monks eat away the property of men falsely,
and turn (them) from Allah's way; and (as
for) those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it
in Allah's way, announce to them a painful chastisement,
[9.35] On the day when it shall be heated in the fire of
hell, then their foreheads and their sides and their backs
shall be branded with it; this is what you hoarded up for
yourselves, therefore taste what you hoarded.
[9.36] Surely the number of months with Allah is twelve
months in Allah's ordinance since the day when He created
the heavens and the earth, of these four
being sacred; that is the right reckoning; therefore be not
unjust to yourselves regarding them, and fight the
polytheists all together as they fight you all
together; and know that Allah is with those who guard
(against evil).
[9.37] Postponing (of the sacred month) is only an addition
in unbelief, wherewith those who disbelieve are led astray,
violating it one year and keeping it sacred another, that
they may agree in the number (of months) that Allah has
made sacred, and thus violate what Allah has made sacred;
the evil of their doings is made fairseeming to them; and
Allah does not guide the unbelieving people.
[9.38] O you who believe! What (excuse) have you that when
it is said to you: Go forth in Allah's way, you should
incline heavily to earth; are you contented
with this world's life instead of the hereafter? But the
provision of this world's life compared with the hereafter
is but little.
[9.39] If you do not go forth, He will chastise you with a
painful chastisement and bring in your place a people other
than you, and you will do Him no harm; and Allah has power
over all things.
[9.40] If you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him
when those who disbelieved expelled him, he being the
second of the two, when they were both in
the cave, when he said to his companion: Grieve not, surely
Allah is with us. So Allah sent down His tranquillity upon
him and strengthened him with hosts which
you did not see, and made lowest the word of those who
disbelieved; and the word of Allah, that is the highest;
and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[9.41] Go forth light and heavy, and strive hard in Allah's
way with your property and your persons; this is better for
you, if you know.
[9.42] Had it been a near advantage and a short journey,
they would certainly have followed you, but the tedious
journey was too long for them; and they swear
by Allah: If we had been able, we would certainly have gone
forth with you; they cause their own souls to perish, and
Allah knows that they are most surely
[9.43] Allah pardon you! Why did you give them leave until
those who spoke the truth had become manifest to you and
you had known the liars?
[9.44] They do not ask leave of you who believe in Allah
and the latter day (to stay away) from striving hard with
their property and their persons, and Allah
knows those who guard (against evil).
[9.45] They only ask leave of you who do not believe in
Allah and the latter day and their hearts are in doubt, so
in their doubt do they waver.
[9.46] And if they had intended to go forth, they would
certainly have provided equipment for it, but Allah did not
like their going forth, so He withheld them,
and it was said (to them): Hold back with those who hold
back.
[9.47] Had they gone forth with you, they would not have
added to you aught save corruption, and they would
certainly have hurried about among you seeking (to
sow) dissension among you, and among you there are those
who hearken for their sake; and Allah knows the unjust.
[9.48] Certainly they sought (to sow) dissension before,
and they meditated plots against you until the truth came,
and Allah's commandment prevailed although they were averse
(from it).
[9.49] And among them there is he who says: Allow me and do
not try me. Surely into trial have they already tumbled
down, and most surely hell encompasses the
unbelievers.
[9.50] If good befalls you, it grieves them, and if
hardship afflicts you, they say: Indeed we had taken care
of our affair before; and they turn back and are
glad.
[9.51] Say: Nothing will afflict us save what Allah has
ordained for us; He is our.Patron; and on Allah let the
believers rely.
[9.52] Say: Do you await for us but one of two most
excellent things? And we await for you that Allah will
afflict you with punishment from Himself or by our
hands. So wait; we too will wait with you.
[9.53] Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be
accepted from you; surely you are a transgressing people.
[9.54] And nothing hinders their spendings being accepted
from them, except that they disbelieve in Allah and in His
Apostle and they do not come to prayer but
while they are sluggish, and they do not spend but while
they are unwilling.
[9.55] Let not then their property and their children
excite your admiration; Allah only wishes to chastise them
with these in this world's life and (that)
their souls may depart while they are unbelievers.
[9.56] And they swear by Allah that they are most surely of
you, and they are not of you, but they are a people who are
afraid (of you).
[9.57] If they could find a refuge or cave or a place to
enter into, they would certainly have turned thereto,
running away in all haste.
[9.58] And of them there are those who blame you with
respect to the alms; so if they are given from it they are
pleased, and if they are not given from it, lo!
they are full of rage.
[9.59] And if they were content with what Allah and His
Apostle gave them, and had said: Allah is sufficient for
us; Allah will soon give us (more) out of His
grace and His Apostle too; surely to Allah do we make our
petition.
[9.60] Alms are only for the poor and the needy, and the
officials (appointed) over them, and those whose hearts are
made to incline (to truth) and the (ransoming of) captives
and those in debts and in the way of Allah and the
wayfarer; an ordinance from Allah; and Allah is knowing,
Wise.
[9.61] And there are some of them who molest the Prophet
and say: He is one who believes every thing that he hears;
say: A hearer of good for you (who) believes
in Allah and believes the faithful and a mercy for those of
you who believe; and (as for) those who molest the Apostle
of Allah, they shall have a painful punishment.
[9.62] They swear to you by Allah that they might please
you and, Allah, as well as His Apostle, has a greater right
that they should please Him, if they are
believers.
[9.63] Do they not know that whoever acts in opposition to
Allah and His Apostle, he shall surely have the fire of
hell to abide in it? That is the grievous abasement.
[9.64] The hypocrites fear lest a chapter should be sent
down to them telling them plainly of what is in their
hearts. Say: Go on mocking, surely Allah will
bring forth what you fear.
[9.65] And if you should question them, they would
certainly say: We were only idly discoursing and sporting.
Say: Was it at Allah and His communications and
His Apostle that you mocked?
[9.66] Do not make excuses; you have denied indeed after
you had believed; if We pardon a party of you, We will
chastise (another) party because they are guilty.
[9.67] The hypocritical men and the hypocritical women are
all alike; they enjoin evil and forbid good and withhold
their hands; they have forsaken Allah, so He has forsaken
them; surely the hypocrites are the transgressors.
[9.68] Allah has promised the hypocritical men and the
hypocritical women and the unbelievers the fire of hell to
abide therein; it is enough for them; and
Allah has cursed them and they shall have lasting
punishment.
[9.69] Like those before you; they were stronger than you
in power and more abundant in wealth and children, so they
enjoyed their portion; thus have you enjoyed your portion
as those before you enjoyed their portion; and you entered
into vain discourses like the vain discourses in which
entered those before you. These are they whose works are
null in this world and the hereafter, and these
are they who are the losers.
[9.70] Has not the news of those before them come to them;
of the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood, and the people of
Ibrahim and the dwellers of Madyan and the
overthrown cities; their apostles came to them with clear
arguments; so it was not Allah Who should do them
injustice, but they were unjust to themselves.
[9.71] And (as for) the believing men and the believing
women, they are guardians of each other; they enjoin good
and forbid evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate,
and obey Allah and His Apostle; (as for) these, Allah will
show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[9.72] Allah has promised to the believing men and the
believing women gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to
abide in them, and goodly dwellings in gardens of
perpetual abode; and best of all is Allah's goodly
pleasure; that is the grand achievement.
[9.73] O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and
the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode
is hell, and evil is the destination.
[9.74] They swear by Allah that they did not speak, and
certainly they did speak, the word of unbelief, and
disbelieved after their Islam, and they had
determined upon what they have not been able to effect, and
they did not find fault except because Allah and His
Apostle enriched them out of His grace;
therefore if they repent, it will be good for them; and if
they turn back, Allah will chastise them with a painful
chastisement in this world and the hereafter,
and they shall not have in the land any guardian or a
helper.
[9.75] And there are those of them who made a covenant with
Allah: If He give us out of His grace, we will certainly
give alms and we will certainly be of the
good.
[9.76] But when He gave them out of His grace, they became
niggardly of it and they turned back and they withdrew.
[9.77] So He made hypocrisy to follow as a consequence into
their hearts till the day when they shall meet Him because
they failed to perform towards Allah what they had promised
with Him and because they told lies.
[9.78] Do they not know that Allah knows their hidden
thoughts and their secret counsels, and that Allah is the
great Knower of the unseen things?
[9.79] They who taunt those of the faithful who give their
alms freely, and those who give to the extent of their
earnings and scoff at them; Allah will pay
them back their scoffing, and they shall have a painful
chastisement.
[9.80] Ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness
for them; even if you ask forgiveness for them seventy
times, Allah will not forgive them; this is
because they disbelieve in Allah and His Apostle, and Allah
does not guide the transgressing people.
[9.81] Those who were left behind were glad on account of
their sitting behind Allah's Apostle and they were averse
from striving m Allah's way with their property and their
persons, and said: Do not go forth in the heat. Say: The
fire of hell is much severe in heat. Would that they
understood (it).
[9.82] Therefore they shall laugh little and weep much as a
recompense for what they earned.
[9.83] Therefore if Allah brings you back to a party of
them and then they ask your permission to go forth, say: By
no means shall you ever go forth with me
and by no means shall you fight an enemy with me; surely
you chose to sit the first time, therefore sit (now) with
those who remain behind.
[9.84] And never offer prayer for any one of them who dies
and do not stand by his grave; surely they disbelieve in
Allah and His Apostle and they shall die in
transgression. 85 And let not their property and their
children excite your admlration; Allah only wishes to
chastise them with these in this world and
(that) their souls may depart while they are unbelievers
[9.86] And whenever a chapter is revealed, saying: Believe
in Allah and strive hard along with His Apostle, those
having ampleness of means ask permission of
you and say: Leave us (behind), that we may be with those
who sit.
[9.87] They preferred to be with those who remained behind,
and a seal is set on their hearts so they do not
understand.
[9.88] But the Apostle and those who believe with him
strive hard with their property and their persons; and
these it is who shall have the good things and
these it is who shall be successful.
[9.89] Allah has prepared for them gardens beneath which
rivers flow, to abide in them; that is the great
achievement. And the defaulters from among the
dwellers of the desert came that permission may be given to
them and they sat (at home) who lied to Allah and His
Apostle; a painful chastisement shall afflict those of them
who disbelieved.
[9.91] It shall be no crime in the weak, nor in the sick,
nor in those who do not find what they should spend (to
stay behind), so long as they are sincere to
Allah and His Apostle; there is no way (to blame) against
the doers of good; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;
[9.92] Nor in those who when they came to you that you
might carry them, you said: I cannot find that on which to
carry you; they went back while their eyes
overflowed with tears on account of grief for not finding
that which they should spend.
[9.93] The way (to blame) is only against those who ask
permission of you though they are rich; they have chosen to
be with those who remained behind, and Allah
has set a seal upon their hearts so they do not know.
[9.94] They will excuse themselves to you when you go back
to them. Say: Urge no excuse, by no means will we believe
you; indeed Allah has informed us of matters
relating to you; and now Allah and His Apostle will see
your doings, then you shall be brought back to the Knower
of the unseen and the seen, then He will
inform you of what you did.
[9.95] They will swear to you by Allah when you return to
them so that you may turn aside from them; so do turn aside
from them; surely they are unclean and their abode is hell;
a recompense for what they earned.
[9.96] They will swear to you that you may be pleased with
them; but if you are pleased with them, yet surely Allah is
not pleased with the transgressing people.
[9.97] The dwellers of the desert are very hard in unbelief
and hypocrisy, and more disposed not to know the limits of
what Allah has revealed to His Apostle;
and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
[9.98] And of the dwellers of the desert are those who take
what they spend to be a fine, and they wait (the befalling
of) calamities to you; on them (will be)
the evil calamity; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
[9.99] And of the dwellers of the desert are those who
believe in Allah and the latter day and take what they
spend to be (means of) the nearness of Allah and
the Apostle's prayers; surely it shall be means of nearness
for them; Allah will make them enter into His mercy; surely
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9.100] And (as for) the foremost, the first of the
Muhajirs and the Ansars, and those who followed them in
goodness, Allah is well pleased with them and they
are well pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them
gardens beneath which rivers flOw, to abide in them for
ever; that is the mighty achievement.
[9.101] And from among those who are round about you of the
dwellers of the desert there are hypocrites, and from among
the people of Medina (also); they are stubborn in
hypocrisy; you do not know them; We know them; We will
chastise them twice then shall they be turned back to a
grievous chastisement
[9.102] And others have confessed their faults, they have
mingled a good deed and an evil one; may be Allah will turn
to them (mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9.103] Take alms out of their property, you would cleanse
them and purify them thereby, and pray for them; surely
your prayer is a relief to them; and Allah is
Hearing, Knowing.
[9.104] Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from
His servants and takes the alms, and that Allah is the
Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful?
[9.105] And say: Work; so Allah will see your work and (so
will) His Apostle and the believers; and you shall be
brought back to the Knower of the unseen and the
seen, then He will inform you of what you did.
[9.106] And others are made to await Allah's command,
whether He chastise them or whether He turn to them
(mercifully), and Allah is Knowing, Wise. 107 And
those who built a masjid to cause harm and for unbelief and
to cause disunion among the believers and an ambush to him
who made war against Allah and His Apostle before; and they
will certainly swear: We did not desire aught but good;
and Allah bears witness that they are most surely liars.
[9.108] Never stand in it; certainly a masjid founded on
piety from the very first day is more deserving that you
should stand in it; in it are men who love
that they should be purified; and Allah loves those who
purify themselves.
[9.109] Is he, therefore, better who lays his foundation on
fear of Allah and (His) good pleasure, or he who lays his
foundation on the edge of a cracking hollowed bank, so it
broke down with him into the fire of hell; and Allah does
not guide the unjust people.
[9.110] The building which they have built will ever
continue to be a source of disquiet in their hearts, except
that their hearts get cut into pieces; and
Allah is Knowing, Wise.
[9.111] Surely Allah has bought of the believers their
persons and their property for this, that they shall have
the garden; they fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are
slain; a promise which is binding on Him in the Taurat and
the Injeel and the Quran; and who is more faithful to his
covenant than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge which
you have made; and that is the mighty achievement.
[9.112] They who turn (to Allah), who serve (Him), who
praise (Him), who fast, who bow down, who prostrate
themselves, who enjoin what is good and forbid what
is evil, and who keep the limits of Allah; and give good
news to the believers.
[9.113] It is not (fit) for the Prophet and those who
believe that they should ask forgiveness for the
polytheists, even though they should be near relatives,
after it has become clear to them that they are inmates of
the flaming fire.
[9.114] And Ibrahim asking forgiveness for his sire was
only owing to a promise which he had made to him; but when
it became clear to him that he was an enemy
of Allah, he declared himself to be clear of him; most
surely Ibrahim was very tender-hearted forbearing.
[9.115] It is not (attributable to) Allah that He should
lead a people astray after He has guided them; He even
makes clear to them what they should guard
against; surely Allah knows all things.
[9.116] Surely Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and
the earth; He brings to life and causes to die; and there
is not for you besides Allah any Guardian or
Helper.
[9.117] Certainly Allah has turned (mercifully) to the
Prophet and those who fled (their homes) and the helpers
who followed him in the hour of straitness
after the hearts of a part of them were about to deviate,
then He turned to them (mercifully); surely to them He is
Compassionate, Merciful.
[9.118] And to the three who were left behind, until the
earth became strait to them notwithstanding its
spaciousness and their souls were also straitened to
them; and they knew it for certain that there was no refuge
from Allah but in Him; then He turned to them (mercifully)
that they might turn (to Him); surely Allah is the
Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.
[9.119] O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to)
Allah and be with the true ones.
[9.120] It did not beseem the people of Medina and those
round about them of the dwellers of the desert to remain
behind the Apostle of Allah, nor should they
desire (anything) for themselves in preference to him; this
is because there afflicts them not thirst or fatigue or
hunger in Allah's way, nor do they tread
a path which enrages the unbelievers, nor do they attain
from the enemy what they attain, but a good work is written
down to them on account of it; surely Allah does not waste
the reward of the doers of good;
[9.121] Nor do they spend anything that may be spent, small
or great, nor do they traverse a valley, but it is written
down to their credit, that Allah may reward them with the
best of what they have done.
[9.122] And it does not beseem the believers that they
should go forth all together; why should not then a company
from every party from among them go forth that they may
apply themselves to obtain understanding in religion, and
that they may warn their people when they come back to them
that they may be cautious?
[9.123] O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers
who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and
know that Allah is with those who guard
(against evil).
[9.124] And whenever a chapter is revealed, there are some
of them who say: Which of you has it strengthened in faith?
Then as for those who believe, it strengthens them in faith
and they rejoice.
[9.125] And as for those in whose hearts is a disease, it
adds uncleanness to their uncleanness and they die while
they are unbelievers.
[9.126] Do they not see that they are tried once or twice
in every year, yet they do not turn (to Allah) nor do they
mind.
[9.127] And whenever a chapter is revealed, they cast
glances at one another: Does any one see you? Then they
turn away: Allah has turned away their hearts
because they are a people who do not understand.
[9.128] Certainly an Apostle has come to you from among
yourselves; grievous to him is your falling into distress,
excessively solicitous respecting you; to the
believers (he is) compassionate,
[9.129] But if they turn back, say: Allah is sufficient for
me, there is no god but He; on Him do I rely, and He is the
Lord of mighty power.
