In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ When the waverers¹ come to thee they say: “We bear witness that thou art the messenger of God.”² But God knows that thou art His messenger, and God bears witness that the waverers³ are liars.

² They have taken their oaths¹ as a cover,² then they turned away from³ the path of God⁴ — evil is what they did —

³ For it is that¹ they believed, then denied! Then were their hearts sealed, and they understand not.²

⁴ And when thou seest them, their forms please thee; and if they speak, thou listenest to their speech as if they were propped up pieces of dry wood.¹ They think every blast² is against them. They are the enemy; so beware thou of them. May God curse them!³ How are they deluded!

⁵ And when it is said to them: “Come, the messenger of God will ask forgiveness for you,” they turn aside their heads; and thou seest them turning away, waxing proud.

⁶ It is the same for them whether thou askest forgiveness for them or hast not asked forgiveness for them: God will never forgive them; God guides not the perfidious¹ people.

⁷ Those are they who say: “Spend not on those with the messenger of God until they disband.”¹ And to God belong the treasuries of the heavens and the earth; but the waverers² understand not.

⁸ They say: “If we return to the city, the more honoured will drive therefrom the meaner.”¹ But to God belong power and glory,² and to His messenger, and to the believers;³ but the waverers⁴ know not.

⁹ O you who heed warning:¹ let not your wealth or your children divert you from the remembrance² of God;³ and whoso does that, it is they who are the losers.

¹⁰ And spend of what We have provided you before death comes to one among you and he says: “My Lord: hadst Thou but delayed me¹ to a near term, that I might give charity and be among the righteous!”

¹¹ But God delays¹ no soul when its term comes; and God is aware of what you do.