IZQ

008

Booty

By the Name

God

the Fount-of-All-Mercy
the Ever-Merciful

they will ask you about booty

say

"Booty belongs to
God and the Messenger

so be Mindful of God

and put things right
between you

and obey God
and Hu's Messenger
if you believe"

the believers are those who
when God is mentioned
their hearts tremble

and when Hu's Signs
are told to them
their belief grows

and they put their trust
in their Liege

those who make Sala

and give from
what We have given them

they are in truth
the ones who believe

they have high ranks
with their Liege

and forgiveness

and are provided with plenty

just as your Liege
brought you out
from your house
with the truth

and some of the believers
did not like it

arguing with you
about the truth
after it had been
made clear

as though they were being
driven to their death
with their eyes wide open

when God promised you
that one of
the two enemy groups
would fall to you

and you were hoping
that the unarmed group
would be yours

but God wanted
to prove the truth
by Hu's words

and to cut off
all that was left
of those who were
ungrateful

so that Hu could
prove the truth

and prove
the false
to be false

even though
those who did wrong
did not like it

when you were
calling to your Liege
for help

and Hu answered you

"I shall reinforce you
with a thousand Angels
following one another"

God only did this
to give you good news

and so that your hearts
would be at rest

help comes only from God

surely God is
All-Powerful
All-Wise

when Hu was making
sleep overcome you

making you feel safe

and sending down on you
water from heaven

to make you pure

and take away from you
the filth of Satan

and to make your hearts
stronger

and to make your feet firm

when your Liege was
revealing to the Angels

"I am with you

so make firm
those who believe

I shall cast terror
into the hearts
of those who are
ungrateful

strike their necks
and strike every fingertip"

that is because
they were against
God and Hu's Messenger

and for whoever is against
God and Hu's Messenger

God is
terrifying in repayment

that is for you

so taste it

that is
the punishment
of the Fire

for those who are
ungrateful

you who believe

when you meet
those who are
ungrateful

marching to battle

do not
turn your backs on them

whoever
turns their back on them
on that day

unless pulling back
so as to fight again

or pulling back
to support another group

they are loaded down
with the weight of
God's anger

and their refuge is
Hell

what an awful place
to end in

you did not kill them
God killed them

and when you threw
it was not you that threw
but God threw

so Hu might give
those who believed
an advantage

surely God is
All-Hearing
All-Knowing

that was for you

and God makes weak
the plots of those
who are ungrateful

if it is victory
you were looking for

victory
has already
come over you

and if you give up
it will be better for you

but if you return
We shall return

and your troops
will not help you at all

however many they are

God is with those
who believe

you who believe

obey God
and Hu's Messenger

and do not
turn away from him
even while you are listening

and do not be
like those who say

"We hear"

and they do not hear

surely the worst of beasts
in God's sight

are those that are
not willing to hear or speak

and unable to understand

if God had known
of any good in them
Hu would have
made them hear

but they would
still have
turned away

you who believe

answer God
and the Messenger
when Hu calls you
to what will give you life

and know that God
stands between
anyone and their heart

and to Hu
you will be gathered

and be Mindful of God

through a trial
which will not only hit
those amongst you
who do wrong

and know that God
is terrible in revenge

and remember
when you were just a few
victims in the land

afraid that the people
would snatch you away

but Hu gave you shelter
and strengthened you
with Hu's help

and provided you
with good things

so hopefully
you might be
thankful

you who believe

do not betray
God and the Messenger

and do not purposely
betray those who trust you

and know that
your wealth
and your children
are a trial

and that with God
is a mighty reward

you who believe

if you are
Mindful of God

Hu will show you
the measure of
right from wrong

and wipe away
your bad deeds
and forgive you

and God has
vast bounty

and when those
who were ungrateful
were plotting against you

to imprison you
or kill you
or drive you away

and they were plotting
and God was plotting

but God is the best
at making plots

and when Our Signs
were being told to them

they said

"We have already heard it

if we wanted to
we could say
the same as this

this is nothing but
fairy tales of old"

and when they said

"God
if this is indeed
the truth from You

then rain down upon us
stones out of heaven

or bring us
a painful punishment"

but God would never
punish them
with you there among them

God would never
punish them
as they begged for
forgiveness

but why should God
not punish them now

when they are
keeping you from
the Holy Mosque
and not protecting it?

its only protectors
are those who are
Mindful of God

but most of them
do not know

and their prayer at the House
is nothing but a whistling
and a clapping of hands

so now taste
the punishment
for being ungrateful

those who are ungrateful
spend their wealth
keeping others
from God's Way

they will spend it
then they will regret it
then they will be overthrown

and those who are
ungrateful
will be gathered into Hell

so God may make clear
the difference
between bad and good

and place the bad
one on top of another

and heap them up
all together

and put them in Hell

they are the losers

say to those who are
ungrateful

if they stop it
Hu will forgive them
what is past

but if they go back to it
they can see
what happened
to those in the past
already gone

fight them until there is
no more fighting against you
and the Way of Life
is entirely God's

then if they stop

surely God sees
the things they do

but if they turn away

know that
God is your Protector

the best of protectors

the best of helpers

know that
when you take booty
one fifth of it belongs to
God and the Messenger

for close relatives
and orphans
the needy and the traveller

if you believe in God
and what We sent down
on Our servant

on the day
when right and wrong
were made clear

the day the two armies met

and God
can do anything

when you were on
the near slope
and they were on
the far slope
and the caravan
was below you

if you had made
an appointment to fight
you would surely have
broken that appointment

but it happened so that
God could make happen
a matter that was
already decided

so that whoever died
would die by a Clear Sign

and by a Clear Sign
those who lived
would live

and surely God is
All-Hearing
All-Knowing

when God
showed them to you
in your dream
as just a few

if Hu had shown them
as many
you would have lost heart
and argued about it

but God saved you

Hu knows the thoughts
in the breast

God showed them to you
as seeming just a few
in your eyes

so that
God could make happen
a matter that was
already decided

and to God
all matters
are returned

you who believe

whenever you meet
an armed group
stand firm

and remember God often

hopefully
that way
you will have success

and obey God
and Hu's Messenger

and do not argue
amongst yourselves
and so lose heart
and your power leave you

be patient

surely God is with
the patient

do not be like those
who went out
from their homes
swaggering and boasting

to show off to people

and keeping others
from God's Way

and God surrounds
the things they do

and when Satan
made what they did
look good to them

and it said

"Today no-one
will beat you
for I will be at your side"

but when the two groups
came in sight of each other
it turned on its heels

saying

"I have done with you

I see what you do not see

I fear God
and God is
terrible in punishment"

those who pretended
and those
in whose hearts
was sickness

said

"Their Way of Life
has deceived them"

but whoever puts
their trust in God
surely God is
All-Powerful
All-Wise

if you could only see
when the Angels take
those who are
ungrateful

beating their faces
and their backs

"Taste the punishment
of the burning

that is for
what your hands have done

God is not unjust
to Hu's servants"

like the people of Pharaoh
and the people before him

they were ungrateful
for God's Signs

God seized them
because of their bad deeds

God is strong
and terrible in punishment

that is because
God would never change
a blessing Hu has given
to a people

until they changed
what was inside
themselves

and because God is
All-Hearing
All-Knowing

like the people of Pharaoh
and the people before him

who called
the Signs of their Liege
lies

so We destroyed them
because of their bad deeds

and We drowned
the people of Pharaoh

and they were all
wrong doers

surely
the worst of beasts
in God's sight
are those who are
ungrateful

who will not believe

those of them
with whom you have
made an agreement

then they break
their agreement
every time

they are not
Mindful of God

so if you come upon them
anywhere in the war

deal with them
in such a way
as to scatter
the ones behind them

hopefully
they will remember

and if you are afraid
of any kind of treachery
at the hands of a people

end your treaty
in the same way as them

surely God does not love
those who are traitors

and do not imagine
that those who are
ungrateful
have outdone Me

they cannot escape My will

arm yourselves
against them
with whatever forces
and horses
you can

that way to terrify
the enemy of God
and your enemy

and others besides them
that you do not know

God knows them

and whatever you spend
in the Way of God
will be repaid you in full

you will not be wronged

and if they lean
towards peace
then you lean towards it

and put your trust in God

Hu is
the All-Hearing
the All-Knowing

and if they want to trick you
God is enough for you

Hu has made you strong

with Hu's help
and with the believers

and brought their hearts
together

if you had given
all that is in the earth
you could not have brought
their hearts together

but God joined them together

surely Hu is
All-Powerful
All-Wise

O Newsbringer

God is enough for you

and the believers
who follow you

O Newsbringer

encourage
the believers
to fight

if there are twenty of you
and they are patient
they will overcome
two hundred

if there are a hundred of you
they will overcome
a thousand
of those who are
ungrateful

for they are a people
who do not understand

now God has made it
easier for you

knowing there is
weakness in you

if there are a hundred of you
and they are patient
they will overcome
two hundred

if there are a thousand of you
they will overcome
two thousand

by God's will
God is with the patient

it is not for any Newsbringer
to take prisoners
until he has finished
the killing of the battlefield

you want the goods
of this world
and God wants
the world to come

and God is
All-Powerful
All-Wise

if it had not been
written before
by God

there would have struck you
a mighty punishment
for what you took

so enjoy
what you have taken
as booty

that which is lawful and good

and be Mindful of God

surely God is
Most-Forgiving
Ever-Merciful

O Newsbringer

say to the prisoners
in your hands

"If God knows
of any good in your hearts
Hu will give you better
than what has
been taken from you

and Hu will forgive you

surely God is
Most-Forgiving
Ever-Merciful"

and if they mean
to betray you
they have already
betrayed God

but Hu has given you
power over them

and God is
All-Knowing
All-Wise

those who believe
and made Hijra

and struggled
with their wealth
and of themselves
in the Way of God

and those who have
given shelter
and help

they are friends of each other

but for those who believe
but have not made Hijra

you have no
duty of friendship
owed to them
until they make Hijra

but if they ask you for help

for the sake of
your Way of Life
it is your duty
to help them

except against a people
with whom you have a treaty

and God sees
the things you do

as for those who are
ungrateful
they are protectors
of one another

unless you do this
there will be
fighting in the land

and great sickness

and those who believe
and have made Hijra
and struggled in
the Way of God

those who have given
shelter and help

those
in truth
are the believers

and they shall have
forgiveness

and be
provided with plenty

and those who
have believed
afterwards

and made Hijra
and struggled
alongside you

they belong
with you

but blood relatives
are closer
to one another
in the Book of God

surely
God
has knowledge
of everything

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