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

¹ We have given thee a clear victory,

² That God might forgive thee that which preceded of thy transgression,¹ and what will follow,² and complete His favour upon thee, and guide thee by a straight path,

³ And that¹ God might help thee with mighty help.²

⁴ He it is that sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the believers¹, that they might increase in faith with their faith, — and to God belong the forces of the heavens and the earth; and God is knowing and wise —

⁵ That He might make the believing men¹ and the believing women² enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, they abiding eternally therein, and remove from them their evil deeds³ — and that in the sight of God is a great achievement —

⁶ And punish the wavering men,¹ and the wavering women,² and the idolaters,³ and the idolatresses,⁴ — those who think an evil thought about God — for them is an evil reversal;⁵ and God is wroth with them, and has cursed them, and has prepared for them Gehenna; and evil is it as a journey’s end.

⁷ And to God belong the forces of the heavens and the earth; and God is exalted in might and wise.

⁸ We have sent thee as a witness, and a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner,

⁹ That you might believe in¹ God and His messenger, and support² him and honour³ him⁴ — and give glory⁵ to Him⁶ morning and evening.

¹⁰ Those who swear fealty to thee but swear fealty to God; the hand of God is over their hands. Then whoso reneges, he but reneges against his soul. And whoso fulfils what he has taken upon him as a covenant to God, He will give him a great reward.

¹¹ Those who were left behind of the desert Arabs¹ will say to thee: “Our possessions and our families engaged us, so ask thou forgiveness for us.” They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say thou: “Who has power for you against God in anything if He intends for you harm or intends for you benefit?” The truth is,² God is aware of what you do.

¹² The truth is,¹ you thought that the Messenger and the believers² would never return to their families; and that was made fair in your hearts, and you thought an evil thought and are a people ruined.

¹³ And whoso believes not in¹ God and His messenger, then have We prepared for the false claimers of guidance² an inferno.

¹⁴ And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills; and God is forgiving and merciful.

¹⁵ Those who were left behind will say, when you set forth for spoils, to take them: “Let us¹ follow you!” They wish to change the words of God. Say thou: “You will not follow us. Thus said God before.”² Then will they say: “The truth is,³ you envy us!” The truth is,⁴ they have understood not save a little.

¹⁶ Say thou to those who were left behind of the desert Arabs:¹ “You will be called against² a people possessed of strong might — to fight them, or they submit.³ If you obey, God will give you a goodly reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.”

¹⁷ There is no blame¹ upon the blind, nor is there blame upon the lame, nor is there blame upon the sick. And whoso obeys God and His messenger,² him will He make enter gardens beneath which rivers flow; but whoso turns away, him will He punish with a painful punishment.

¹⁸ God was pleased with the believers¹ when they swore fealty to thee beneath the tree; and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquillity upon them, and rewarded them with a near victory,

¹⁹ And many spoils they will take; and God is exalted in might and wise.

²⁰ God has promised you many spoils you will take, and He has hastened this¹ for you, — and He restrained the hands of men from you, that it might be a proof² for the believers,³ and that He might guide you by a straight path —

²¹ And others over which you have not had power: them has God encompassed; and God is over all things powerful.

²² And had those who ignore warning¹ fought you, they would have turned their backs;² then would they have found neither ally nor helper.

²³ The practice¹ of God which was before[...].² And thou wilt not find in the practice³ of God any change.⁴

²⁴ And He it is that restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in a belly of destruction¹ after He made you victorious over them; and God is, of what you do, seeing.

²⁵ Those are they who disbelieved,¹ and turned you away from² the inviolable place of worship,³ and the offering⁴ was prevented from reaching its place of sacrifice.⁵ And were it not for believing men⁶ and believing women⁷ whom you knew not whom you might have trampled[...]⁸ — then had dishonour befallen you on their account⁹ without knowledge — that God might make enter into His mercy whom He wills. Had they been separate, We would have punished those who ignore warning¹⁰ among them with a painful punishment.

²⁶ When those who ignore warning¹ set in their hearts bigoted disdain:² — the bigoted disdain³ of ignorance — then God sent down His tranquillity upon His messenger and upon the believers,⁴ and imposed upon them the word of prudent fear;⁵ and they have more right⁶ to it and are worthy of it; and God is knowing of all things.

²⁷ God has confirmed the vision to His messenger in truth:¹ — “You will enter the inviolable place of worship,² if God wills, secure, shaven-headed and cut;³ not fearing.”⁴ And He knew what you knew not, and He appointed, besides⁵ that, a near victory.

²⁸ He it is that sent His messenger with the guidance and the doctrine¹ of truth,² that He might make it manifest over all doctrine;³ and sufficient is God as witness:⁴