(9:1) This is a declaration of disavowal by
Allah and His Messenger to those who associate
others with Allah in His divinity and with whom
you have made treaties:
(9:2) 'You may go about freely in the land, for
four months, but know well that you will not be
able to frustrate Allah, and that Allah will
bring disgrace upon those who deny the truth.'
(9:3) This is a public proclamation by Allah and
His Messenger to all men on the day of the Great
Pilgrimage: 'Allah is free from all obligations
to those who associate others with Allah in His
divinity; and so is His Messenger. If you
repent, it shall be for your own good; but if
you turn away, then know well that you will not
be able to frustrate Allah. So give glad tidings
of a painful chastisement to those who
disbelieve.
(9:4) In exception to those who associate others
with Allah in His divinity are those with whom
you have made treaties and who have not violated
their treaties nor have backed up anyone against
you. Fulfil you treaties with them till the end
of their term. Surely Allah loves the pious.'
(9:5) But when the sacred months expire, slay
those who associate others with Allah in His
divinity wherever you find them; seize them, and
besiege them, and lie in wait for them. But if
they repent and establish the Prayer and Pay
Zakah, leave them alone. Surely Allah is
All-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.
(9:6) And if any of those who associate others
with Allah in His divinity seeks asylum, grant
him asylum that he may hear the Word of Allah,
and then escort him to safety for they are a
people bereft of all understanding.
(9:7) How can there be a covenant with those who
associate others with Allah in His divinity on
the part of Allah and His Messenger except those
with whom you made a covenant near the Sacred
Mosque? Behave in a straight way with them so
long as they behave straight with you for Allah
loves the God fearing.
(9:8) How can there be any covenant with the
rest who associate others with Allah in His
divinity for were they to prevail against you,
they will respect neither kinship nor agreement.
They seek to please you with their tongues while
their hearts are averse to you, and most of them
are wicked.
(9:9) They have sold the revelations of Allah
for a paltry price and have firmly hindered
people from His path. Evil indeed is what they
have done.
(9:10) They neither have any respect for kinship
nor for agreement in respect of the believers.
Such are indeed transgressors.
(9:11) But if they repent and establish Prayer
and give Zakah they are your brothers in faith.
Thus do We expound Our revelations to those who
know.
(9:12) But if they break their pledges after
making them and attack your faith, make war on
the leaders of unbelief that they may desist,
for they have no regard for their pledge words.
(9:13) Will you not fight against those who
broke their pledges and did all they could to
drive the Messenger away and initiated
hostilities against you? Do you fear them?
Surely Allah has greater right that you should
fear Him, if you are true believers.
(9:14) Make war on them. Allah will chastise
them through you and will humiliate them. He
will grant you victory over them, and will
soothe the bosoms of those who believe;
(9:15) And will rage from their hearts, and will
enable whomsoever He will to repent. Allah is
All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(9:16) Do you imagine that you will be spared
without being subjected to any test? Know well
that Allah has not yet determined who strove
hard (in His cause), and has not taken any
others beside His Messenger and the believers as
his trusted allies? Allah is well aware of all
that you do.
(9:17) It does not become those who associate
others with Allah in His divinity to visit and
tend Allah's mosques while they bear witness of
unbelief against themselves. All their works
have gone to waste. They shall abide in the
Fire.
(9:18) It only becomes those who believe in
Allah and the Last Day and establish Prayer and
pay Zakah and fear none but Allah to visit and
tend the mosques of Allah. These are likely to
be guided aright.
(9:19) Do you consider providing water to the
Pilgrims and tending the Sacred Mosque equal in
worth to believing in Allah and the Last Day and
striving in the cause of Allah? The two are not
equal with Allah. Allah does not guide the
wrong-doing folk.
(9:20) The higher rank with Allah is for those
who believed and migrated and strove in His
cause with their belongings and their persons.
It is they who are triumphant.
(9:21) Their Lord gives them glad tidings of
mercy from Him and of His good pleasure. For
them await Gardens of eternal bliss.
(9:22) Therein they shall abide for ever. Surely
with Allah there is a mighty reward.
(9:23) Believers! Do not take you fathers and
your brothers for your allies if they choose
unbelief in preference to belief. Whosoever of
you takes them as allies those are wrong-doers.
(9:24) Tell them (O Prophet!): 'If your fathers
and your sons and your brothers and your wives
and your tribe and the riches you have acquired
and the commerce of which you fear a slackening,
and the dwellings that you love, are dearer to
you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in
His cause, then wait until Allah brings about
His decree. Allah does not guide the evil-doing
folk.'
(9:25) Surely Allah has succoured you before on
many a battlefield and (you have yourselves
witnessed His succour to you) on the day of
Hunayn when your numbers made you proud, but
they did you no good, and the earth, for all its
vastness, constrained you, and you turned your
backs in retreat.
(9:26) Then Allah caused His tranquillity to
descend upon His Messenger and upon the
believers, and He sent down hosts whom you did
not see, and chastised those who disbelieved.
Such is the recompense of those who deny the
truth.
(9:27) Then (after so chastising the
unbelievers). Allah enables whomsoever He wills,
to repent. Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Merciful.
(9:28) Believers! Those who associate others
with Allah in His divinity are unclean. So,
after the expiry of this year, let them not even
go near the Sacred Mosque. And should you fear
poverty, Allah will enrich you out of His
bounty, if He wills. Surely Allah is
All-Knowing, All-wise.
(9:29) Those who do not believe in Allah and the
Last Day – even thought they were given the
scriptures, and who do not hold as unlawful that
which Allah and His Messenger have declared to
be unlawful, and who do not follow the true
religion – fight against them until they pay
tribute out of their hand and are utterly
subdued.
(9:30) The Jews say: 'Ezra ('Uzyr) is Allah's
son,' is Allah's son,' and the Christians say:
'The Messiah is the son of Allah.' These are
merely verbal assertions in imitation of the
sayings of those unbelievers who preceded them.
May Allah ruin them. How do they turn away from
the truth?
(9:31) They take their rabbis and their monks
for their Lords beside Allah, and also the
Messiah, son of Mary, whereas they were
commanded to worship none but the One God. There
is no god but He. Exalted be He above those whom
they associated with Him in His divinity.
(9:32) They seek to extinguish the light of
Allah by blowing through their mouths; but Allah
refuses everything except that He will perfect
His light even though the unbelievers might
abhor it.
(9:33) He it is Who has sent His Messenger with
the guidance and the true religion that He may
make it prevail over all religions, howsoever
those who associate other with Allah in Hid
divinity might detest it.
(9:34) Believers! Many of the rabbis and monks
wrongfully devour men's possession and hinder
people from the way of Allah. And there are
those who amass gold and silver and do not spend
it in the way of Allah. Announce to them the
tidings of a painful chastisement
(9:35) On a Day when they shall be heated in the
Fire of Hell, and their foreheads and their
sides and their backs shall be branded with it,
[and they shall be told]: 'This is the treasure
which you hoarded for yourselves. Taste, then,
the punishment for what you have hoarded.'
(9:36) Surely the reckoning of months, in the
sight of Allah, in the sight of Allah, is twelve
months, laid down in Allah's decree on the day
when He created the heavens and the earth; and
out of these months four are sacred. That is the
true ordainment. Do not, therefore, wrong
yourselves, with respect to these months. And
fight all together against those who associate
other with Allah in His divinity in the manner
which they fight against you all together
against those who associate others with Allah in
His divinity in the manner which they fight
against you all together, and know well that
Allah is with the God-fearing.
(9:37) The intercalation [of sacred months] is
an act of gross infidelity, which causes the
unbelievers to be led further astray. They
declare a month to be lawful in one year and
forbidden in another year in order that they may
conform to the number of months that Allah has
declared as sacred, and at the same time make
lawful what Allah has forbidden. Their foul acts
seem fair to them. Allah does not provide
guidance to those who deny the truth.
(9:38) Believers! What is amiss with you that
when it is said to you: 'March forth in the
cause of Allah,' you cling heavily to the earth?
Do you prefer the worldly life to the Hereafter?
Know well that all the enjoyment of this world,
in comparison with the Hereafter, is trivial.
(9:39) If you do not march forth, Allah will
chastise you grievously and will replace you by
another people, while you will in no way be able
to harm Him. Allah has power over everything.
(9:40) It will matter little if you do not help
the Prophet, for Allah surely helped him when
the unbelievers drove him out of him home and he
was but one of the two when they were in the
cave, and when he said to his companion: 'Do not
grieve. Allah is with us.' Then Allah caused His
tranquillity to descend upon him and supported
him with hosts you did not see; and He humbled
the word of the unbelievers. And Allah's word is
inherently uppermost. Allah is All-Powerful,
All-Wise.
(9:41) March forth whether light or heavy, and
strive in the way of Allah with your belongings
and your lives. That is best for you if you only
knew it.
(9:42) Were it again at hand or a short journey,
they would have surely followed you, but the
distance seemed too far to them. Still they will
swear by Allah: 'If only we could, we would
surely have gone forth with you.' They merely
bring ruin upon themselves. Allah knows well
that they are liars.
(9:43) Allah forgives you! Why did you give them
leave to stay behind before it became clear to
you as to whom were truthful and who were liars.
(9:44) Those who believe in Allah and the Last
Day will never ask you leave to be excused from
striving (in the cause of Allah) with their
belongings and their lives. Allah fully knows
the God-fearing.
(9:45) It is only those who do not believe in
Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts are
filled with doubt that seeks exemption from
striving (in the cause of Allah). They keep
tossing to and fro in their doubt.
(9:46) Had they truly intended to march forth to
fight, they would have certainly made some
preparation for it. But Allah was averse to
their going forth, so He made them lag behind,
and they were told: 'Stay behind with those that
are staying behind.
(9:47) Had they gone forth with you, they would
have only added to your trouble, and would have
run about in your midst seeking to stir up
sedition between you, whereas there are among
you some who are prone to give ears to them.
Allah knows well the wrong-doers.
(9:48) Surely they sought even earlier to stir
up sedition, and turned things upside down to
frustrate you until the truth came and the
decree of Allah appeared however hateful this
may have been to them.
(9:49) And among them is he who says: 'Grant me
leave to stay behind, and do not expose me to
temptation.' Lo! They have already fallen into
temptation. Surely the Hell encompasses the
unbelievers.
(9:50) If good fortune befalls you, it vexes
them; and if an affliction befalls you, they
turn away in jubilation and say: 'We have taken
due care of our affairs in good time.'
(9:51) Say: 'Nothing will befall us except what
Allah has decreed for us; He is our Protector.'
Let the believers, then, put all their trust in
Allah.
(9:52) Tell them: 'What you await to befall upon
us is nothing but one of the two good things!
And what we await for you is that Allah visits
you with chastisement from Him or chastise you
at our hands. So continue waiting; we too shall
wait with you.'
(9:53) Tell them: 'Whether you spend you money
willingly or unwillingly, it shall not find
acceptance (with Allah) for you are an
evil-doing folk.'
(9:54) Nothing prevents that their expending be
accepted except that they disbelieve in Allah
and His Messenger, and whenever they come to the
Prayer they do so lazily, and whenever they
spend they do so grudgingly.
(9:55) Let neither their riches nor their
children excite your admiration. Allah only
wants to chastise them through these things in
the present life, and to cause them to die while
they are unbelievers.
(9:56) They swear by Allah that they belong with
you whereas they are certainly not of you. They
are merely a people who dread you.
(9:57) If they could find any shelter or any
cavern, or any retreat, they would turn around
and rush headlong into it.
(9:58) (O Prophet!) Some of them find fault with
you in the distribution of alms. If they are
given something thereof they are pleased, and if
they are given nothing they are angry.
(9:59) Would that they were content with what
Allah and His Messenger gave them, and were to
say: 'Allah suffices for us, and Allah will give
us out of His bounty and so will His Messenger.
It is to Allah alone that we turn with hope.'
(9:60) The alms are meant only for the poor and
the needy and those who are in charge thereof,
those whose hearts are to be reconciled; and to
free those in bondage, and to help those
burdened with debt, and for expenditure in the
way of Allah and for the wayfarer. This is an
obligation from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise.
(9:61) And of them there are some who distress
the Prophet, saying: 'He is all ears.' Tell
them: 'He listens for your good. He believes in
Allah and trusts the believers. And is mercy for
those of you who believe. A painful punishment
lies in store for those who cause distress to
the Messenger of Allah.'
(9:62) They swear by Allah to please you, while
it is Allah and His Messenger whose pleasure
they should seek if they truly believe.
(9:63) Are they not aware that Hell-fire awaits
whosoever opposes Allah and His Messenger, and
in it he shall abide? That surely is the great
humiliation.
(9:64) The hypocrites are afraid lest a surah
should be revealed concerning them intimating to
the believers what lay hidden in their hearts.
Them (O Prophet!): “Continue your mockery if you
will. Allah will surely being to light all that
disclosure of which you dread.'
(9:65) Should you question them what they were
talking about they would certainly say: 'We were
merely jesting and being playful. Tell them:
'Was it Allah and His Messenger and His
revelation that you were mocking?
(9:66) Now, make no excuses. The truth is, you
have fallen into unbelief after having believed.
Even if We were to forgive some of you. We will
surely chastise other because they are guilty.
(9:67) The hypocrites, be they men or women, are
all alike. They enjoin what is evil, and forbid
what is good, and withhold their hands from
doing good. They forgot Allah, so Allah also
forgot them. Surely the hypocrites are wicked.
(9:68) has promised Hell-Fire to the hypocrites,
both men, and women, and to the unbelievers.
They shall abide in it: a sufficient recompense
for them. Allah has cursed them, and theirs is a
lasting torment.
(9:69) Yours ways are like the ways of those who
have gone before you. They were mightier than
you in power, and more abundant in riches and
children. They enjoyed their lot for a while as
you have enjoyed your lot, and you also engaged
in idle talk as they did. They works have come
to a naught in this world and in the Hereafter
they are surely the losers.
(9:70) They have not heard the accounts of those
who came before them – of the people of Noah and
'Ad and Thamud, and the people of Abraham and
the dwellers of Madyan (Midian), and the Ruined
Cities? Their Messengers came to them with clear
signs. Then, it was not Allah Who caused them
any wrong; they rather wronged themselves.
(9:71) The believers, both men and women, are
allies of one another. They enjoin good, forbid
evil, establish Prayer, pay Zakah, and obey
Allah and His Messenger. Surely Allah will show
mercy to them. Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
(9:72) Allah has promised the believing men and
believing women Gardens beneath which rivers
flow. They shall abide in it. There are
delightful dwelling places for them in the
Gardens of Eternity. They shall, above all,
enjoy the good pleasure of Allah. That is the
great achievement.
(9:73) O Prophet! Strive against the unbelievers
and the hypocrites, and be severe to them. Hell
shall be their abode – what an evil destination!
(9:74) They swear by Allah that they said
nothing blasphemous whereas they indeed
blasphemed, and fell into unbelief after
believing, and also had evil designs, which they
could not carry into effect. They are spiteful
against Muslims for no other reason than that
Allah and His Messenger have enriched them
through His bounty! So, if they repent, it will
be to their own good. But if they turn away,
Allah will sternly punish them in this world and
in the Hereafter. None in the world will be able
to protect or help them.
(9:75) Some of them made a covenant with Allah:
'If Allah gives us out of His bounty, we will
give alms and act righteously.'
(9:76) Then, when He gave them out of His bounty
they grew niggardly and turned their backs (upon
their covenant)
(9:77) So He caused hypocrisy to take root in
their hearts and to remain therein until the Day
they meet him because they broke their promise
with Allah and because they lied.
(9:78) Are they not aware that Allah knows what
they conceal and what they secretly discuss, and
that Allah has full knowledge even of All that
is beyond the reach of perception?
(9:79) As for those who taunt the believers who
voluntarily give alms and scoff at those who
have nothing to give except what they earn
through their hard toil, Allah scoffs at them in
return. A grievous chastisement awaits them.
(9:80) (O Prophet!) It is the same whether or no
you ask for their forgiveness. Even if you were
to ask for forgiveness for them seventy times,
Allah shall not forgive them. That is because
they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger; and
Allah does not bestow His guidance on such
evil-doing folk.
(9:81) Those who were allowed to stay behind
rejoiced at remaining behind and not
accompanying the Messenger of Allah. They were
averse to striving in the cause of Allah with
their belongings and their lives and told
others: 'Do not go forth in this fierce heat.'
Tell them: 'The Hell is far fiercer in heat.'
Would that they understand!
(9:80) Let them, then, laugh little, and weep
much at the contemplation of the punishment for
the evil they have committed!
(9:81) Then if Allah brings you face to face
with a party with of them, and they ask your
leave to go forth (to fight in the cause of
Allah), tell them: 'You shall not go forth with
me, and shall never fight against any enemy
along with me. You were well-pleased to remain
at home the first time, so now continue to
remain with those who have stayed behind.'
(9:82) Do not ever pray over any of them who
dies, nor stand over his grave. They disbelieved
in Allah and His Messenger and died in iniquity.
(9:83) Let not their riches or their children
excite your admiration. Through these Allah
seeks to chastise them in this world, and that
their lives may depart them a while they are
unbelievers.
(9:84) And whenever any Surah is revealed
enjoining: 'Believe in Allah and strive (in His
cause) along with His Messenger,' the affluent
among them ask you to excuse them, saying:
'Leave us with those who will sit back at home.'
(9:87) They were content to stay behind with the
womenfolk. Their hearts were sealed, leaving
them bereft of understanding.
(9:88) But the Messenger and those who shared
his faith strove with their belongings and their
lives. It is they who shall have all kinds of
good. It is they who shall prosper.
(9:89) Allah has prepared for them Gardens
beneath which rivers flow. There shall they
abide. That is the supreme triumph.
(9:90) Many of the Bedouin Arabs came with
excuses, seeking leave to stay behind. Thus
those who were false to their covenant remained
behind. A painful chastisement shall befall
those of them that disbelieved.
(9:91) There is blame on the weak nor the sick
nor on those who have no means for Jihad if they
stay behind provided that they are sincere to
Allah and to His Messenger. There is no cause
for reproach against those who do good. Allah is
All-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.
(9:92) Nor can there by any cause for reproach
against those who, when they came to you
demanding mounts to go to the battle front, but
who went back, their eyes overflowing with tears
when you told them that you had no mounts for
them, grieving that they had no resources to
enable them to take part in fighting.
(9:93) There are grounds for reproach against
those who seek leave to stay behind even though
they are affluent. They are the ones who were
content to be with the womenfolk who stay
behind. Allah has a set a seal on their hearts,
leaving them bereft of understanding.
(9:94) They will put up excuses before you when
you return to them. Tell them: 'Make no excuses.
We will not believe you. Allah has already
informed us of the truth about you. Allah will
observe you conduct, and so will His Messenger;
then you will be brought back to Him Who knows
alike what lies beyond human perception and what
lies within the reach of human perception, and
He will let you know what you did.
(9:95) When you return to them they will surely
swear to you in the name of Allah that you may
leave them alone. So do leave them alone; they
are unclean. Hell shall be their home, a
recompense for what they did.
(9:96) They will swear to you in order to please
you. But even if you become pleased with them,
Allah will not be pleased with such an
evil-doing folk.
(9:97) The bedouin Arabs surpass all in unbelief
and hypocrisy and are most likely to be unaware
of the limits prescribed by Allah in what He has
revealed to His Messenger. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise.
(9:98) And among the bedouin Arabs there are
such as regard whatever they spend (in the cause
of Allah) as a fine and wait for some misfortune
befall them! Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
(9:99) And of the bedouin Arabs are those who
believe in Allah and the Last Day, and regard
their spending (in the cause of Allah) as a
means of drawing them near to Allah and of
deserving the prayers of the Messenger. Indeed,
this shall be a means of drawing near to Allah.
Allah will surely admit them to His mercy. Allah
is All-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.
(9:100) And of those who led the way- the first
of Emigrants (Muhajirun) and the Helpers (Ansar)
and those who followed them in the best possible
manner – Allah is well-pleased with them and
they are well pleased with Allah. He has
prepared for them Garden beneath which rivers
flow; therein they will abide for ever. That is
the supreme triumph.
(9:101) As for the bedouin Arabs around you,
some are hypocrites; and so are some of the
people of Madina who have become injured to
hypocrisy. You do not know them, but We know
them. We will chastise them doubly, and then
they shall be sent to an awesome suffering.
(9:102) There are others who have confessed
their faults. They intermixed thee good deeds
with evil. It is likely that Allah will turn to
them in mercy, for Allah is All-Forgiving,
Ever-Merciful.
(9:103) (O Prophet!) Take alms out of their
riches and thereby cleanse them and bring about
their growth (in righteousness), and pray for
them. Indeed you prayer is a source of
tranquillity for them. Allah is All-Hearing,
All-Knowing.
(9:104) Are they not aware that it is Allah who
accepts the repentance of His servants and takes
alms, and that it is Allah Who is Oft-Relenting,
Ever-Merciful?
(9:105) And tell them (O Prophet!): 'Keep
working: Allah will behold your works and so
will His Messenger and the believers; and you
shall be brought back to Him Who knows that
which is beyond the reach of human perception
and that which is within the reach of human
perception. He will then declare to you all what
you have been doing.
(9:106) There are others in whose regard Allah's
decree is awaited: whether He will chastise or
relent towards them. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise.
(9:107) Then there are others who have set up a
mosque to hurt the true faith, to promote to
hurt the true faith, to promote unbelief, and
cause division among believers, and as an ambush
for one who had earlier made war on Allah and
His Messenger. They will surely swear: 'We
intended nothing but good', whereas Allah bears
witness that they are liars.
(9:108) Never stand therein. Surely a mosque
founded from the first day on piety is more
worthy that you should stand in it for Prayer.
In it are men who love to purify themselves, and
Allah loves those that purify themselves.
(9:109) Is he, then, who has erected his
structure on fear of Allah and His good pleasure
better, or he who erects his string on the brink
of a crumbling bank, so that it crumbles down
with him into the Hell-fire? Allah does not
bestow His guidance on the wrong-doing folk.
(9:110) And the structure, which they have
erected, will ever inspire their hearts with
doubts unless it be that their very hearts are
cut into pieces. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(9:111) Surely Allah has purchased of the
believers their lives and their belongings and
in return has promised that they shall have
Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, and
slay and are slain. Such is the promise He has
made incumbent upon Himself in the Torah, and
the Gospel, and the Qur'an. Who is more faithful
to his promise than Allah? Rejoice then, in the
bargain you have made with Him. That indeed is
the might triumph.
(9:112) Those who constantly turn to Allah in
repentance, who ever worship Him, who praise
Him, who go about the world to serve His cause,
who bow down to Him, who prostrate themselves
before Him, who enjoin what is good and forbid
what is evil, and who keep the limits set by
Allah. To such believers announce glad tidings.
(9:113) After it has become clear that they are
condemn to the Flaming Fire, it is not for the
Prophet and those who believe to ask for the
forgiveness of those who associate others with
Allah in His divinity even if they be near of
kin.
(9:114) And Abraham's prayer for the forgiveness
of his father was only because of a promise,
which he had made to him. Then, when it became
clear to him that he was an enemy of Allah he
dissociated himself from him. Surely Abraham was
most tenderhearted, much-forbearing.
(9:115) It is not Allah's way to cause people to
stray in error after He has guided them and
until He has made clear to them what they should
guard against. Surely Allah knows everything.
(9:116) Allah's deed is the Kingdom of the
heavens and the earth. He it is who confers life
and causes death. You have no protector or
helper besides Allah.
(9:117) Surely Allah has relented towards the
Prophet, and towards the Muhajirun (Emigrants)
and the Ansar (Helpers) who stood by him in the
hour of distress when the hearts of a party of
them had well-nigh swerved. (But when they gave
up swerving from the right course and followed
the Prophet) Allah relented towards them. Surely
to them He is Most Tender, Most Merciful.
(9:118) And He also relented towards the three
whose cases had been deferred. When the earth,
for all its spaciousness, became constrained to
them, and their lives became a burden to them,
and the realized that there was no refuge from
Allah except in Him, He relented towards them
that they may turn back to Him. Surely, it is
Allah Who is Much-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.
(9:119) Believers! Have fear of Allah and stand
with those that are truthful.
(9:120) It did no behove the people of Madina
and the bedouin Arabs around them that they
should refrain from accompanying the Messenger
of Allah and stay behind and prefer their own
security to his. For whenever they suffer from
thirst or weariness or hunger in the cause of
Allah, and whenever they tread a place which
enrages the unbelievers; (whenever anything of
this comes to pass) a good deed is recorded in
their favour. Allah does not cause the work of
the doers of good to go to waste.
(9:121) Likewise, each amount they spend, be it
small or large, and each journey they undertake,
shall be recorded in their favour so that Allah
may bestow upon them reward for their good
deeds.
(9:122) It was not necessary for the believers
to go forth all together (to receive religious
instructions), but why did not a party of them
go forth that they may grow in religious
understanding, and that they may warn their
people when they return to them, so that they
may avoid (wrongful attitudes).
(9:123) Believers! Fight against the unbelievers
who live around you; and let them find in you
sternness. Know that Allah is with the
God-fearing.
(9:124) And whenever a new Surah is revealed
some of the hypocrites ask the believers (in
jest): 'Whose faith has increased because of
this?' As for those who believe, it will
certainly increase their faith, and they are
joyful over that.
(9:125) As for those whose hearts are affected
with the disease (of hypocrisy), every new Surah
added a fresh abomination to their abomination.
They remained unbelievers till their death.
(9:126) Do they not see that they are tried
every year once or twice? Yet they neither
repent nor take heed.
(9:127) And whenever a Surah is revealed, they
glance at each other as though saying: 'Is
anyone watching?' Then they slip away. Allah has
turned away their hearts for they are a people
who are bereft of understanding.
(9:128) There has come to you a Messenger of
Allah from amongst yourselves; one who grieves
at you suffering losses, who is ardently
desirous of you welfare, and who is tender and
merciful to those that believe.
(9:129) Yet, if they should turn away, then tell
them: 'Allah is sufficient for me; there is no
God but Him. In Him I have put my trust. He is
the Lord of the Mighty Throne.'