Quran Surah 48 - Al-Fath (The Victory)
Ayat 1 - WE HAVE GIVEN you a splendent victory
Ayat 2 - That God may save you from earlier and
subsequent blames, and complete His favours on you, and guide you on the straight path,
Ayat 3 - And help you with surpassing help.
Ayat 4 - It is He who sent down the sense of security
into the hearts of believers so that their faith may increase with belief, -- God´s are the armies of the heavens and the
earth; and God is all-knowing and all-wise; --
Ayat 5 - And that He may admit men and women who
believe into gardens with rivers running by, to live for ever there, and absolve their evil, -- This, in the sight of God, will
be the great fulfilment --
Ayat 6 - And that He may punish men and women (who
are) hypocrites, and idolaters and idolatresses who entertain evil notions of God: It is against them that the wheel of
misfortune will turn, and God will be wroth with them, and condemn them. For them He has prepared Hell, an evil destination!
Ayat 7 - For God´s are the armies of the heavens and
the earth; and God is all-knowing and all-wise.
Ayat 8 - We have sent you as witness (of the truth)
and harbinger of good news and a warner,
Ayat 9 - So that (men) may believe in God and His
Apostle, and honour Him and revere Him, and sing His praises morning and evening.
Ayat 10 - Those who swear allegiance to you indeed
swear allegiance to God; and God´s protection is over them. Then whosoever breaks the promise breaks it to his own loss; but
whosoever fulfills the promise made to God will receive a great reward from Him.
Ayat 11 - The Arabs of the desert who had stayed
behind will now say to you: "We were occupied with our flocks and herds and families, so ask forgiveness for us. They say with
their tongues what is not in their hearts. Tell them: "Who can prevail with God for you if He wish you harm or benefit? Surely
God is well aware of what you do.
Ayat 12 - In fact you imagined that the Prophet and
the faithful would never come back home; and this seemed pleasing to your hearts, and you entertained evil thoughts. You are a
people lost.
Ayat 13 - He who does not believe in God and His
Apostle (should know) We have prepared for unbelievers a blazing fire."
Ayat 14 - To God belongs the kingdom of the heavens
and the earth; He may forgive whosoever He please, and afflict whosoever He will. Yet God is forgiving and kind.
Ayat 15 - Those who had stayed behind will say:
"When you depart for taking the spoils, allow us to follow you." They wish to change the word of God. Tell them: "You will
not follow us. That is what God has already said before." They will say: "You are envious of our gain." The fact is they
understand but little.
Ayat 16 - Say to the desert Arabs who had stayed
behind: "You will be called against a formidable people. You will fight them till they surrender. If you obey, then He will
give you a good reward; but if you turn back, as you had done before, He will punish you with a grievous affliction."
Ayat 17 - It is not binding on the blind, the lame or
the sick (to follow this command); but those who obey God and His Apostle will be admitted by God to gardens with running
streams; but those who turn back will suffer a painful doom.
Ayat 18 - God was pleased with the believers when
they swore allegiance to you under the tree, for He knew well what was in their hearts, and sent down tranquility on them, and
rewarded them with an expeditious victory
Ayat 19 - And the many spoils that they were to take.
God is all-mighty and all-wise.
Ayat 20 - God had promised you many spoils that you
would capture; so He gave this soon enough to you, and stayed the hands of men from you that it may serve as a sign for
believers, and guide you on the straight path;
Ayat 21 - And other (benefits) which you have not yet
obtained, are within the compass of God, for God has power over everything.
Ayat 22 - Had the unbelievers fought you they would
have turned their backs and not found a protector or helper.
Ayat 23 - This is the law of God, effective as
before: You will not find any change in the law of God.
Ayat 24 - It was He who restrained their hands from
you in the heart of Makkah, and your hands from them, after He had given you victory over them, as God sees all that you do.
Ayat 25 - It were those who disbelieved who hindered
you from (going to) the Holy Mosque, preventing your offerings from arriving at the place of sacrifice. Had it not been for
(the presence of) believers, men and women, (among the unbelievers) of whom you were unaware, and whom you might have trampled
and thus incurred guilt unknowingly on account of them, (the matter would have been settled). (But this was not done) so that
God may admit into His favour whom He willed. If these (believers) had been separated from them, He would have inflicted a
grievous punishment on the unbelievers.
Ayat 26 - When the unbelievers fostered a sense of
honour in their hearts, a sense of pagan honour, God sent down a sense of tranquility on His Apostle and the believers, and
obliged them to an act of self-restraint, for they were deserving and worthy of it. God is cognisant of everything.
Ayat 27 - God has truly made the vision of His
Apostle come true: You will surely enter the Holy Mosque in security if God please, without any fear, having shaved your heads
and cut your hair. He knew what you did not know, and has vouchsafed you, apart from this, a victory near at hand.
Ayat 28 - It is He who has sent His Apostle with the
guidance and the true faith, so that He may exalt it over every other creed. God is sufficient as a witness.
Ayat 29 - Muhammad is the Prophet of God; and those
who are with him are severe with infidels but compassionate among themselves. You may see them kneeling and bowing in
reverence, seeking His favour and acceptance. Their mark is on their foreheads from the effect of prostrations. Their likeness
in the Torah, and their likeness in the Gospel, is like a seed that sends out a stalk, then makes it firm, and it becomes
strong and rises straight upon its stem, gladdening the cultivator´s heart, in order to fill the unbelievers with dismay. God
has promised those who believe and do the right forgiveness and a great reward.