IZQ

048

Victory

By the Name

God

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

truly We have given you
a clear victory

so that God may forgive you
what you have done wrong
in earlier times and later

and complete
Hu's blessing on you

and guide you
on a straight path

and so that God
may help you
with a mighty help

it is Hu sent down
peace and calm
into the hearts of
those who believe

so they might add
more belief
to their belief

to God belong
the armies of
the heavens and the earth

God is
All-Knowing
Wise

and so Hu may let
those who believe

men and women alike

enter into gardens
beneath which rivers flow
to live there forever

and to wipe away
their evil deeds

and in God's sight
that is a mighty triumph

and so that Hu
might punish those
who pretend to believe

men and women alike

and those who set up
partners with God

men and women alike

and those who think
bad things about God

they will have an evil fate

God is angry with them
and has cursed them
and has made Hellfire
ready for them

an evil place to end

to God belong
the armies of
the heavens and the earth

God is
the All-Powerful
the Wise

We have sent you
as a witness

to carry good news

and a warning

so you may believe
in God and Hu's Messenger

and support him
and respect him

and glorify Hu
at the dawn
and in the evening

those who promise
to be loyal to you
really promise
to be loyal to God

God's hand
is over their hands

whoever breaks their promise
breaks it to their own harm

and whoever keeps
their promise made to God
God will give them
a mighty reward

the desert Arabs
who were left behind
will say to you

"We were busy
with our wealth and families
so ask forgiveness for us"

they say with their tongues
what is not in their hearts

say

"Who can help you
in any way
against God
if Hu wants to hurt you
or wants to benefit you?

God is always aware of
the things that you do"

no

you thought
that the Messenger
and those who believe
would never return
to their families

and that thought
pleased your hearts

and you thought
evil thoughts

and you were
a sick people

whoever does not believe
in God and Hu's Messenger

We have prepared
a Blazing Fire

for those who do not believe

to God belongs the Realm
of the heavens and the earth

Hu forgives
whoever Hu wills
and Hu punishes
whoever Hu wills

God is
Most-Forgiving
Ever-Merciful

the desert Arabs
who were left behind
will say
when you set off to claim
the spoils of war

"Let us follow you"

wanting to change
God's words

say

"You may not follow us
that is what God said before"

then they will say

"You are jealous of us"

no

they have not understood
except a little

say to
the desert Arabs
who were left behind

"You will be called
to stand against
a people who have
great might

and to fight them
unless they surrender

if you obey
God will give you
a good reward

but if you turn your backs
as you did before
Hu will punish you
with a painful punishment"

and there is no fault
in the blind
and there is no fault
in the lame
and there is no fault
in the sick

and whoever obeys
God and Hu's Messenger
Hu will let them enter
into gardens
beneath which rivers flow

but whoever
turns their back
Hu will punish them
with a painful punishment

God was pleased
with those who believe
when they promised
loyalty to you
under the tree

and Hu knew
what was in their hearts

so Hu sent down
peace and calm
upon them

and rewarded them
with a speedy victory

and lots of spoils of war
for the taking

and God is always
All-Powerful
Wise

God has promised
lots of spoils of war
you can take

Hu has hurried it
towards you

and held back
the hands of others
from you

so it can be a Sign
to those who believe

and to guide you
on a straight path

and other spoils of war
you could not take

God had taken them already

God is powerful
over everything

if those who were
ungrateful
had fought you
they would have
turned their backs

and then found
no protector
and no helper

that is God's Way
as it was long ago

and you will never find
any changing
in the Way of God

it is Hu held back
their hands from you
and your hands from them

in the valley of Makkah
after Hu had given you
victory over them

God sees the things you do

they are the ones
who were ungrateful

and barred you from
the Holy Mosque
and the offering

kept back
so as not to reach
the place of sacrifice

if it had not been
for some men
who believed
and some women
who believed

whom you did not know
and you might have
trampled underfoot

and guilt for that
could land on you
without your knowing

God brings
whoever Hu wills
into Hu's mercy

if they had been separate
We would have punished
those who were ungrateful
with a painful punishment

when those who are
ungrateful
filled their hearts
with a wild rage

the wild rage
of the Time of Ignorance

then God sent down
peace and calm
upon Hu's Messenger
and the believers

and tied them
to the Word

to be
Mindful of God

which they have
most right to
and they are
more worthy of

and God has
knowledge of all things

indeed God has
made sure that
the vision
Hu gave to
Hu's Messenger
is true

you will enter
the Holy Mosque
if God wills
in safety

your heads shaved
your hair cut short
with no fear

Hu knew
what you did not know
and gave along with that
a speedy victory

it is Hu
sent Hu's Messenger
with the Guide

the Way of Life

the Truth

to lift it above
every way of life

God is enough
as a witness

Muhammad is
the Messenger of God

and those who are with him
are harsh towards
those who are ungrateful

merciful to each other

you see them bowing
making Sajda

searching for
God's favour
and Hu's pleasure

their mark is on their faces
the trace of Sajda

that is their likeness
in the Torah

and their likeness
in the Gospel
is that of a seed

that puts out its shoot
and makes it strong

and it grows thick
and rises straight
upon its stalk
pleasing those who sowed it

so that through them
Hu may enrage
those who are
ungrateful

God has promised
those of them
who believe
and do good deeds
forgiveness
and a mighty reward

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