٩ - ٱلتَّوْبَة

9 - At-Tawba

اِنَّ اللہَ اشْتَرٰي مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ اَنْفُسَھُمْ وَاَمْوَالَھُمْ بِاَنَّ لَھُمُ الْجَنَّۃَ۝۰ۭ يُقَاتِلُوْنَ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللہِ فَيَقْتُلُوْنَ وَ يُقْتَلُوْنَ۝۰ۣ وَعْدًا عَلَيْہِ حَقًّا فِي التَّوْرٰىۃِ وَالْاِنْجِيْلِ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ۝۰ۭ وَمَنْ اَوْفٰى بِعَہْدِہٖ مِنَ اللہِ فَاسْـتَبْشِرُوْا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذِيْ بَايَعْتُمْ بِہٖ۝۰ۭ وَذٰلِكَ ھُوَالْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُ۝۱۱۱
Inna Allaha ishtara mina almumineena anfusahum waamwalahum bianna lahumu aljannata yuqatiloona fee sabeeli Allahi fayaqtuloona wayuqtaloona waAAdan AAalayhi haqqan fee alttawrati waalinjeeli waalqurani waman awfa biAAahdihi mina Allahi faistabshiroo bibayAAikumu allathee bayaAAtum bihi wathalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu

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Ahmed Ali

God has verily bought the souls and possessions of the faithful in exchange for a promise of Paradise. They fight in the cause of God, and kill and are killed. This is a promise incumbent on Him, as in the Torah, so the Gospel and the Qur'an. And who is more true to his promise than God? So rejoice at the bargain you have made with Him; for this will be triumph supreme.

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اَلتَّاۗىِٕبُوْنَ الْعٰبِدُوْنَ الْحٰمِدُوْنَ السَّاۗىِٕحُوْنَ الرّٰكِعُوْنَ السّٰجِدُوْنَ الْاٰمِرُوْنَ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِ وَالنَّاہُوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَالْحٰفِظُوْنَ لِحُدُوْدِ اؘ۝۰ۭ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ۝۱۱۲
Alttaiboona alAAabidoona alhamidoona alssaihoona alrrakiAAoona alssajidoona alamiroona bialmaAAroofi waalnnahoona AAani almunkari waalhafithoona lihudoodi Allahi wabashshiri almumineena

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Ahmed Ali

To those who repent and pay homage, give praise and are devout, who kneel in prayer and bow in supplication, who enjoin good deeds and prohibit the bad, and keep to the limits set by God, announce the news of rejoicing to the faithful.

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مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْۗا اَنْ يَّسْتَغْفِرُوْا لِلْمُشْرِكِيْنَ وَلَوْ كَانُوْۗا اُولِيْ قُرْبٰى مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَھُمْ اَنَّھُمْ اَصْحٰبُ الْجَحِيْمِ۝۱۱۳
Ma kana lilnnabiyyi waallatheena amanoo an yastaghfiroo lilmushrikeena walaw kanoo olee qurba min baAAdi ma tabayyana lahum annahum ashabu aljaheemi

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Ahmed Ali

It is not worthy of the Prophet and those who believe to seek forgiveness for those who are idolaters, even though they may be their relatives, after they have come to know that they are destined for Hell.

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وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ اِبْرٰہِيْمَ لِاَبِيْہِ اِلَّا عَنْ مَّوْعِدَۃٍ وَّعَدَھَاۗ اِيَّاہُ۝۰ۚ فَلَمَّا تَـبَيَّنَ لَہٗۗ اَنَّہٗ عَدُوٌّ لِّلہِ تَبَرَّاَ مِنْہُ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اِبْرٰہِيْمَ لَاَوَّاہٌ حَلِيْمٌ۝۱۱۴
Wama kana istighfaru ibraheema liabeehi illa AAan mawAAidatin waAAadaha iyyahu falamma tabayyana lahu annahu AAaduwwun lillahi tabarraa minhu inna ibraheema laawwahun haleemun

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Ahmed Ali

As for Abraham's prayer for his father, he was fulfilling a promise he had made to him. Yet when it became evident to him that (his father) was an enemy of God, he broke away from him, though Abraham was soft hearted and kind.

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وَمَا كَانَ اللہُ لِيُضِلَّ قَوْمًۢا بَعْدَ اِذْ ہَدٰىھُمْ حَتّٰي يُبَيِّنَ لَھُمْ مَّا يَتَّقُوْنَ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيْمٌ۝۱۱۵
Wama kana Allahu liyudilla qawman baAAda ith hadahum hatta yubayyina lahum ma yattaqoona inna Allaha bikulli shayin AAaleemun

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Ahmed Ali

God never leads men astray after guiding them, until He makes quite clear to them what they should avoid, for God indeed knows each and everything.

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اِنَّ اللہَ لَہٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ۝۰ۭ يُـحْيٖ وَيُمِيْتُ۝۰ۭ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللہِ مِنْ وَّلِيٍّ وَّلَا نَصِيْرٍ۝۱۱۶
Inna Allaha lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi yuhyee wayumeetu wama lakum min dooni Allahi min waliyyin wala naseerin

English

Ahmed Ali

Verily God's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He alone is the giver of life and death; and none do you have besides God as friend and helper.

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لَقَدْ تَّابَ اللہُ عَلَي النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُہٰجِرِيْنَ وَالْاَنْصَارِ الَّذِيْنَ اتَّبَعُوْہُ فِيْ سَاعَۃِ الْعُسْرَۃِ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا كَادَ يَزِيْغُ قُلُوْبُ فَرِيْقٍ مِّنْھُمْ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْہِمْ۝۰ۭ اِنَّہٗ بِہِمْ رَءُوْفٌ رَّحِيْمٌ۝۱۱۷ۙ
Laqad taba Allahu AAala alnnabiyyi waalmuhajireena waalansari allatheena ittabaAAoohu fee saAAati alAAusrati min baAAdi ma kada yazeeghu quloobu fareeqin minhum thumma taba AAalayhim innahu bihim raoofun raheemun

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Ahmed Ali

God was kind to the Prophet, the emigrants, and the helpers of the faithful who followed him in the hour of distress. When a section of them were about to lose courage He turned to them in His mercy, for He is compassionate and kind.

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وَّعَلَي الثَّلٰثَۃِ الَّذِيْنَ خُلِّفُوْا۝۰ۭ حَتّٰۗي اِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْہِمُ الْاَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْہِمْ اَنْفُسُھُمْ وَظَنُّوْۗا اَنْ لَّا مَلْجَاَ مِنَ اللہِ اِلَّاۗ اِلَيْہِ۝۰ۭ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْہِمْ لِيَتُوْبُوْا۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ ھُوَالتَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيْمُ۝۱۱۸ۧ
WaAAala alththalathati allatheena khullifoo hatta itha daqat AAalayhimu alardu bima rahubat wadaqat AAalayhim anfusuhum wathannoo an la maljaa mina Allahi illa ilayhi thumma taba AAalayhim liyatooboo inna Allaha huwa alttawwabu alrraheemu

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Ahmed Ali

He has relented towards the three also (who had refused to go to the battle of the Ditch) whose case was left undecided, and even the earth with all its expanse had become narrow for them, and their lives were confined, and they came to realise there was no refuge for them except in God. So He softened towards them that they may repent; for God surely accepts repentance and is merciful.

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يٰۗاَيُّھَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللہَ وَكُوْنُوْا مَعَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ۝۱۱۹
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo ittaqoo Allaha wakoonoo maAAa alssadiqeena

English

Ahmed Ali

O believers, do not stray from the path of God, and be with those who are truthful.

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مَا كَانَ لِاَھْلِ الْمَدِيْنَۃِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَھُمْ مِّنَ الْاَعْرَابِ اَنْ يَّتَخَلَّفُوْا عَنْ رَّسُوْلِ اللہِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوْا بِاَنْفُسِہِمْ عَنْ نَّفْسِہٖ۝۰ۭ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّھُمْ لَا يُصِيْبُھُمْ ظَمَاٌ وَّلَا نَصَبٌ وَّلَا مَخْمَصَۃٌ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللہِ وَلَا يَطَــــُٔـــوْنَ مَوْطِئًا يَّغِيْظُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُوْنَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَّيْلًا اِلَّا كُتِبَ لَھُمْ بِہٖ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ لَا يُضِيْعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِـنِيْنَ۝۱۲۰ۙ
Ma kana liahli almadeenati waman hawlahum mina alaAArabi an yatakhallafoo AAan rasooli Allahi wala yarghaboo bianfusihim AAan nafsihi thalika biannahum la yuseebuhum thamaon wala nasabun wala makhmasatun fee sabeeli Allahi wala yataoona mawtian yagheethu alkuffara wala yanaloona min AAaduwwin naylan illa kutiba lahum bihi AAamalun salihun inna Allaha la yudeeAAu ajra almuhsineena

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Ahmed Ali

It was not worthy of the people of Madina, and the Arabs of the desert around them, to abandon the Prophet of God, and to care more for themselves than for him; for there is no hardship or thirst or hunger that they know in the service of God, and no place they walk on where walking provokes the unbelievers, and no harm they receive from the enemy, but is put down as a good deed in their favour. Surely God does not let the recompense of those who do good to go waste.

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