HOLY QURAN - THE TREASURE OF FAITH
(English Translation)
AL
FATH (THE VICTORY)
(Revealed
at Medinah - contains 29 verses - 4 sections)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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Section 1 [Fath
48:1] We have indeed, for your sake (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and
blessings be upon him), bestowed a clear victory. [Fath
48:2] So that Allah may forgive, for your sake, the sins of those before you
and those after you, and complete His favours upon you, and to show you the
Straight Path. [Fath
48:3] And so that Allah may provide you a great help. [Fath
48:4] It is He Who instilled peace in the hearts of the believers, so that it
may increase their strength of conviction; and to Allah only belong the
armies of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is All Knowing, Wise. [Fath
48:5] In order to admit the believing men and believing women into Gardens
beneath which rivers flow, in which they will abide, and to relieve them of
their misdeeds; and this, in Allah’s sight, is the greatest success. [Fath
48:6] And to punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the polytheist
men and polytheist women, who think evilly about Allah; upon them only is the
evil cycle of misfortune; and Allah has wreaked anger upon them, and has
cursed them, and has prepared hell for them; and what an evil destination. [Fath
48:7] And to Allah only belong the armies of the heavens and the earth; and
Allah is Most Honourable, Wise. [Fath
48:8] We have indeed sent you (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and
blessings be upon him) as a present witness and a Herald of glad tidings
and warnings. (The Holy Prophet is a witness from Allah.) [Fath
48:9] In order that you, O people, may accept faith in Allah and His Noble
Messenger, and honour and revere the Noble Messenger; and may say the Purity
of Allah, morning and evening. (To honour the Holy Prophet – peace
and blessings be upon him – is part of faith. To disrespect him is
blasphemy.) [Fath
48:10] Those who swear allegiance to you (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace
and blessings be upon him), do indeed in fact swear allegiance to Allah;
Allah’s Hand* of Power is above their hands; so whoever breaches his
oath, has breached his own greater promise; and whoever fulfils the covenant
he has with Allah - so very soon Allah will bestow upon him a great reward. (Used
as a metaphor to mean Allah’s power). Section
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[Fath
48:11] The ignorant ones who had stayed behind will now say to you, “Our
wealth and our families prevented us from going by keeping us pre-occupied,
therefore seek forgiveness for us”; they utter with their tongues what
is not in their hearts; say, “So does anyone have any control over you
against Allah, if He wills to harm you or provide you benefit? In fact Allah
is Aware of what you do.” [Fath
48:12] “Rather you had assumed that the Noble Messenger and the Muslims
will never return to their homes, and you thought this as good within your
hearts, whereas you had thought evilly; and you were a people about to be
ruined.” [Fath
48:13] And whoever does not accept faith in Allah and His Noble Messenger -
We have indeed kept prepared a blazing fire for disbelievers. [Fath
48:14] And for Allah only is the kingship of the heavens and the earth; He
may forgive whomever He wills, and punish whomever He wills; and Allah is Oft
Forgiving, Most Merciful. [Fath
48:15] Those who had stayed behind will now say, “When you go to receive
the war booty, let us also go with you”; they wish to change the Words
of Allah; say “You shall never come with us - this is already decreed by
Allah”; so they will now say, “But rather you envy us”; in
fact they never understood except a little. [Fath
48:16] Say to the ignorant who stayed behind, “You will soon be called
against a nation of great military strength - to fight against them or that
they become Muslims; so if you obey, Allah will give you an excellent reward;
and if you turn away, the way you had turned away before, He will mete out a
painful punishment to you.” [Fath
48:17] There is no reproach upon the blind, nor reproach against the lame,
nor reproach upon the sick; and whoever obeys Allah and His Noble Messenger -
Allah will admit him into Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and whoever
turns away - He will mete out a painful punishment to him. Section
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[Fath
48:18] Indeed Allah was truly pleased with the believers when they swore
allegiance to you beneath the tree - so He knew what was in their hearts - He
therefore sent down peace upon them, and rewarded them with an imminent
victory. [Fath
48:19] And plenty of war booty, to take; and Allah is Most Honourable, Wise. [Fath
48:20] Allah has promised you plenty of booty which you will take, and has
bestowed this to you quickly, and restrained peoples’ hands from you;
and in order that it may be a sign for the believers, and to guide you on the
Straight Path. [Fath
48:21] And one more, not within your capacity, is within Allah’s hold;
and Allah is Able to do all things. [Fath
48:22] And if the disbelievers were to fight you, they will turn away and
flee, and then they will not find any supporter nor any aide. [Fath
48:23] The tradition of Allah, ongoing since before; and you will not find
the tradition of Allah changing. [Fath
48:24] And it is He Who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from
them in the valley of Mecca, after having given you control over them; and
Allah sees all what you do. [Fath
48:25] It was these who disbelieved and prevented you from the Sacred Mosque,
and stopped the sacrificial animals from reaching their place; and were it
not for some Muslim men and Muslim women, whom you do not know - lest you may
crush them and unintentionally incur some violation due to them - Allah would
have permitted you to slay them; this relief for them, is so that Allah may
admit into His mercy whomever He wills; and had they been separated, We would
have indeed punished the disbelievers among them with a painful punishment. Section
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[Fath
48:26] Whereas the disbelievers had set up in their hearts an obstinacy - the
same obstinacy of the days of ignorance - so Allah sent down His solace upon
His Noble Messenger and upon the believers, and decreed upon them the words
of piety, and they were more deserving and suitable for it; and Allah is the
All Knowing. [Fath
48:27] Allah has indeed made the truthful dream of His Noble Messenger, come
true; indeed you will all enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, in safety
- with your heads shaven or hair cut short - without fear; so He knows what
you do not know, and has therefore ordained another imminent victory before
this. [Fath
48:28] It is He Who has sent His Noble Messenger with the guidance and the
true religion, in order to make it prevail over all other religions; and
Allah is sufficient as a Witness. (The Holy Prophet is a light from
Allah.) [Fath
48:29] Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Noble
Messenger of Allah; and his companions are stern with the disbelievers and
merciful among themselves - you will see them bowing and falling in
prostration, seeking Allah’s munificence and His pleasure; their signs
are on their faces, from the effects of prostrations; this trait of
theirs is mentioned in the Taurat; and their trait is mentioned in the
Injeel; like a cultivation that sprouted its shoot, then strengthened it,
then thickened and then stood firm upon its stem, pleasing the farmer - in
order to enrage the disbelievers with them; Allah has promised forgiveness
and a great reward to those among them who have faith and do good deeds. |
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