⁵⁰ See thou how they invent lies¹ about God; and it suffices as an obvious sin.²

⁵¹ Hast thou not considered¹ those given a portion of the Writ,² believing in³ fictions⁴ and idols,⁵ and saying of those who ignore warning:⁶ “These are better guided in the path than those who heed warning”?⁷

⁵² Those are they whom God has cursed; and he whom God curses, thou wilt not find for him a helper.

⁵³ If¹ they have a portion of dominion:² then³ will they not give mankind a speck on a date-stone.⁴

⁵⁴ If¹ they envy men what God gave them of His bounty:² then We had given the house of Abraham the Writ³ and wisdom;⁴ and We gave them great dominion.⁵

⁵⁵ And among them are such as believed in¹ it; and among them are such as turned away from² it; and sufficient is Gehenna as an inferno.

⁵⁶ Those who deny Our proofs,¹ We will burn them in a Fire; as often as their skins are burnt through We will change them for other skins, that they might taste the punishment; God is exalted in might and wise.

⁵⁷ And those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds, We will make them enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, they abiding eternally therein forever; they will have therein purified spouses, and We will make them enter a protecting canopy of shade.²

⁵⁸ God commands you that you deliver up trusts to their owners;¹ and when you judge between men, that you judge with justice. Excellent is what God admonishes you to do; God is hearing and seeing.

⁵⁹ O you who heed warning:¹ obey God and obey the Messenger² and those in authority³ among you. And if you differ in anything, refer it to God and the Messenger,⁴ if you believe in⁵ God and the Last Day;⁶ that is best, and best in respect of result.⁷

⁶⁰ Hast thou not considered¹ those who claim to believe in² what is sent down to thee, and what was sent down before thee, desiring to go for judgment to idols³ when they were commanded to reject it?⁴ And the satan⁵ desires to lead them far astray.

⁶¹ And when it is said to them: “Come to what God has sent down, and to the Messenger,”¹ thou seest the waverers² turn away from³ thee in aversion.

⁶² How will it be¹ when calamity befalls them because of what their hands have sent ahead?² Then will they come to thee, swearing by God: “We intended only good conduct and success!”³

⁶³ Those are they of whom God knows what is in their hearts; turn thou away from them; but admonish thou them, and speak thou to them concerning their souls an effective¹ word.²

⁶⁴ And We sent any messenger only that he¹ be obeyed by the leave of God. And had they, when they wronged their souls, come to thee and asked forgiveness of God, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found God accepting of repentance and merciful.

⁶⁵ But no, by thy Lord, they do not believe¹ until they make thee² judge in what arises between them, then find in their souls no distress at what thou decidest, and submit fully!³

⁶⁶ And had We prescribed for them: “Kill yourselves,”¹ or: “Go forth from your homes,” there would have done it only a few among them; and had they done what they were exhorted, it would have been better for them and a stronger confirmation,²

⁶⁷ And then would We have given them from Us a great reward

⁶⁸ And guided them by a straight path.

⁶⁹ And whoso obeys God and the Messenger,¹ those are with them whom God has favoured of the prophets, and the men of truth, and the witnesses, and the righteous; and good are those as companions.

⁷⁰ That is the bounty from God; and sufficient is God as knower.

⁷¹ O you who heed warning:¹ take your precautions, and advance in groups or advance all together.

⁷² And among you is he who delays; then if calamity befalls you, he says: “God was gracious to me in that I was not present¹ with them.”

⁷³ But if there reaches you bounty from God, he will say as if there had never been any affection between you and him:¹ “Would that I had been with them, so I could have achieved a great achievement!”

⁷⁴ And let fight in the cause of God those who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter; and whoso fights in the cause of God, be he killed or victorious, We will bestow upon him a great reward.

⁷⁵ And why should you not fight in the cause of God, and of the oppressed among the men, and the women, and the children who say: “Our Lord: take Thou us out of this city whose people are wrongdoers;¹ and give Thou us from Thyself an ally; and give Thou us from Thyself a helper”?²

⁷⁶ Those who heed warning¹ fight in the cause of God; and those who ignore warning² fight in the cause of idols.³ Then fight the allies of the satan;⁴ the plan of the satan⁵ is weak.⁶

⁷⁷ Hast thou not considered¹ those to whom it was said: “Restrain your hands;² and uphold the duty,³ and render the purity,”⁴ but when fighting is prescribed for them, then a faction among them fears men like the fear of God, or a stronger fear? And they said: “Our Lord: why hast Thou prescribed fighting for us? Oh, that Thou wouldst but⁵ delay us a little while!” Say thou: “Little is the enjoyment of the World”;⁶ and the Hereafter is better for him who is in prudent fear;⁷ and you will not be wronged a hair upon a date-stone.

⁷⁸ Wherever you be, death will overtake you, though you be in castles built high.¹ And² if good befalls them, they say: “This is from God”; and if evil³ befalls them, they say: “This is from thee.” Say thou: “All is from God.” Then what ails these people that they scarcely understand a statement?

⁷⁹ What befalls thee of good, it is from God; and what befalls thee of evil,¹ it is from thyself. And We have sent thee to mankind as a messenger; and sufficient is God as witness.²

⁸⁰ Whoso obeys the Messenger,¹ he has obeyed God;² and whoso turns away: We sent thee not as a custodian over them.

⁸¹ And they talk¹ obedience; but when they emerge from thy presence, a number among them plans by night other than what thou sayest.² And God records what they plan by night; so turn thou away from them, and place thou thy trust in God; and God is sufficient as disposer of affairs.

⁸² (Will they then not¹ consider the Qur’an² with care! And had it been from other than God, they would have found therein much contradiction.)

⁸³ And when there comes to them a matter of security or fear, they spread it about; and had they referred¹ it to the Messenger and to those in authority² among them, there would have known it those who draw correct conclusions among them; and were it not for the bounty of God to you, and His mercy, you would have followed the satan,³ save a few.

⁸⁴ So fight thou in the cause of God; thou art not charged save with thyself. And rouse thou the believers:¹ it may be that God will restrain the might of those who ignore warning;² and God is stronger in might, and stronger in exemplary punishment.

⁸⁵ Whoso intercedes in a good cause has a share¹ thereof; and whoso intercedes in an evil² cause has a portion thereof; and God is over all things, nourisher.³

⁸⁶ And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with better than it, or return it; God takes account of all things.

⁸⁷ God, there is no god save He.¹ He will gather you all to the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no doubt; and who is more truthful than God in statement?²

⁸⁸ What ails you who, concerning the waverers,¹ are two parties?² And God turned them back for what they earned. Seek you to guide him whom God sent astray? And he whom God sends astray, for him thou wilt not find a path.

⁸⁹ They would that you should deny even as they deny, so you might be the same. And take not allies among them until they emigrate in the cause of God; then if they turn back:¹ take them and kill them wheresoever you find them. And take no ally or helper among them

⁹⁰ Save those who join a people between whom and you is an agreement, or they come to you, their hearts restraining them from fighting you or fighting their people. And had God willed, He would have given them power over you; then would they have fought you. And if they withdraw from you and fight you not and extend to you peace, then has God made no path for you against them.

⁹¹ You will find others desiring safety from you, and safety from their people; as often as they are turned back to the means of denial,¹ they are turned over to it.² And if they withdraw not from you and extend to you peace and restrain their hands, take them and kill them wheresoever you find them;³ and over those have We given you a clear authority.

⁹² It is not for a believer¹ to kill a believer² save in error;³ and whoso kills a believer⁴ in error:⁵ the manumission of a believing⁶ slave, and blood-money delivered to his family save if they forgive by way of charity. And if he⁷ be of a people at enmity with you and a believer:⁸ the manumission of a believing⁹ slave; and if he be of a people between whom and you is a treaty: blood-money delivered to his family, and the manumission of a believing¹⁰ slave. And whoso has not the means: a fast of two months¹¹ consecutively as repentance from God;¹² and God is knowing and wise.

⁹³ And whoso kills a believer¹ intentionally: his reward is Gehenna, he abiding eternally therein; and God is wroth with him, and has cursed him, and has prepared for him a great punishment.

⁹⁴ O you who heed warning:¹ when you go forth in the cause of God, verify; and say not to one who offers you peace: “Thou art not a believer,”² seeking the transitory things of the life of this world; for with God are many spoils. Thus were you before, but God was gracious to you. So verify; God is aware of what you do.

⁹⁵ Not equal are those among the believers¹ who sit² — those without injury — and those who strive in the cause of God with their wealth and their lives.³ God has favoured those who strive with their wealth and their lives⁴ with a degree above those who sit; and each has God promised good, but He has favoured those who strive over those who sit with a great reward,

⁹⁶ Degrees from Him, and forgiveness and mercy; and God is forgiving and merciful.

⁹⁷ Those whom the angels take¹ wronging their souls — they say: “In what condition were you?”² Say they: “We were oppressed in the land.” They say: “Was not God’s earth spacious for you to emigrate therein?” — those: their shelter is Gehenna; and evil is it as a journey’s end;

⁹⁸ Save the oppressed among the men, and the women, and the children — without means,¹ nor guided to a path;

⁹⁹ Those: it may be that God will pardon them; and God is pardoning and forgiving.