48. Surah Al-Fath The Victory

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

اِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحاً مُب۪يناًۙ

Inna fatahna laka fathanmubeena

Truly We have granted you a clear victory,

لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللّٰهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَاَخَّرَ وَيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ وَيَهْدِيَكَ صِرَاطاً مُسْتَق۪يماًۙ

Liyaghfira laka Allahu mataqaddama min thanbika wama taakhkhara wayutimmaniAAmatahu AAalayka wayahdiyaka siratan mustaqeema

so that Allah may forgive you your earlier errors and any later ones and complete His blessing upon you, and guide you on a Straight Path.

وَيَنْصُرَكَ اللّٰهُ نَصْراً عَز۪يزاً

Wayansuraka Allahu nasranAAazeeza

and so that Allah may help you with a mighty help.

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْزَلَ السَّك۪ينَةَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ لِيَزْدَادُٓوا ا۪يمَاناً مَعَ ا۪يمَانِهِمْۜ وَلِلّٰهِ جُنُودُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَل۪يماً حَك۪يماًۙ

Huwa allathee anzala assakeenatafee quloobi almu/mineena liyazdadoo eemanan maAAaeemanihim walillahi junoodu assamawatiwal-ardi wakana Allahu AAaleeman hakeema

It is He who sent down serenity into the hearts of the muminun thereby increasing their iman with more iman – the legions of the heavens and the earth belong to Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise –

لِيُدْخِلَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَا وَيُكَفِّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْۜ وَكَانَ ذٰلِكَ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ فَوْزاً عَظ۪يماًۙ

Liyudkhila almu/mineena walmu/minatijannatin tajree min tahtiha al-anharukhalideena feeha wayukaffira AAanhum sayyi-atihimwakana thalika AAinda Allahi fawzan AAatheema

so that He may admit the men and women of the muminun into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever, and erase their bad actions from them; and in Allah’s sight that is a mighty victory.

وَيُعَذِّبَ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ وَالْمُشْرِك۪ينَ وَالْمُشْرِكَاتِ الظَّٓانّ۪ينَ بِاللّٰهِ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِۜ عَلَيْهِمْ دَٓائِرَةُ السَّوْءِۚ وَغَضِبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَنَهُمْ وَاَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَهَنَّمَۜ وَسَٓاءَتْ مَص۪يراً

WayuAAaththiba almunafiqeena walmunafiqatiwalmushrikeena walmushrikati aththanneenabillahi thanna assaw-iAAalayhim da-iratu assaw-i waghadiba AllahuAAalayhim walaAAanahum waaAAadda lahum jahannama wasaat maseera

And so that He might punish the men and women of the hypocrites and the men and women of the idolaters – those who think bad thoughts about Allah. They will suffer an evil turn of fate. Allah is angry with them, and has cursed them and prepared Hell for them. What an evil destination!

وَلِلّٰهِ جُنُودُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَز۪يزاً حَك۪يماً

Walillahi junoodu assamawatiwal-ardi wakana Allahu AAazeezan hakeema

The legions of the heavens and the earth belong to Allah. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.

اِنَّٓا اَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِداً وَمُبَشِّراً وَنَذ۪يراًۙ

Inna arsalnaka shahidanwamubashshiran wanatheera

We have sent you bearing witness, bringing good news and giving warning

لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ وَتُعَزِّرُوهُ وَتُوَقِّرُوهُۜ وَتُسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً

Litu/minoo billahi warasoolihiwatuAAazziroohu watuwaqqiroohu watusabbihoohu bukratan waaseela

so that you might all have iman in Allah and His Messenger and honour Him and respect Him and glorify Him in the morning and the evening.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ اِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ اللّٰهَۜ يَدُ اللّٰهِ فَوْقَ اَيْد۪يهِمْۚ فَمَنْ نَكَثَ فَاِنَّمَا يَنْكُثُ عَلٰى نَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ اَوْفٰى بِمَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهُ اللّٰهَ فَسَيُؤْت۪يهِ اَجْراً عَظ۪يماً۟

Inna allatheena yubayiAAoonakainnama yubayiAAoona Allaha yadu Allahifawqa aydeehim faman nakatha fa-innama yankuthu AAalanafsihi waman awfa bima AAahada AAalayhu Allahafasayu/teehi ajran AAatheema

Those who pledge you their allegiance pledge allegiance to Allah. Allah’s hand is over their hands. He who breaks his pledge only breaks it against himself. But as for him who fulfils the contract he has made with Allah, We will pay him an immense reward.

سَيَقُولُ لَكَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ شَغَلَتْنَٓا اَمْوَالُنَا وَاَهْلُونَا فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَاۚ يَقُولُونَ بِاَلْسِنَتِهِمْ مَا لَيْسَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْۜ قُلْ فَمَنْ يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاً اِنْ اَرَادَ بِكُمْ ضَراًّ اَوْ اَرَادَ بِكُمْ نَفْعاًۜ بَلْ كَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يراً

Sayaqoolu laka almukhallafoona mina al-aAArabishaghalatna amwaluna waahloona fastaghfirlana yaqooloona bi-alsinatihim ma laysa feequloobihim qul faman yamliku lakum mina Allahi shay-an inarada bikum darran aw arada bikum nafAAanbal kana Allahu bima taAAmaloona khabeera

Those Arabs who remained behind will say to you, ‘Our wealth and families kept us occupied, so ask forgiveness for us. ’ They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: ‘Who can control Allah for you in any way whether He wants harm for you or wants benefit for you?’ Allah is aware of what you do.

بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ لَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ الرَّسُولُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ اِلٰٓى اَهْل۪يهِمْ اَبَداً وَزُيِّنَ ذٰلِكَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنْتُمْ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِۚ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْماً بُوراً

Bal thanantum an lan yanqalibaarrasoolu walmu/minoona ila ahleehimabadan wazuyyina thalika fee quloobikum wathanantumthanna assaw-i wakuntum qawman boora

No, you thought that the Messenger and the muminun were not going to return to their families, and that seemed pleasing to your hearts and you thought evil thoughts and you were a blighted people.

وَمَنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ فَاِنَّٓا اَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ سَع۪يراً

Waman lam yu/min billahiwarasoolihi fa-inna aAAtadna lilkafireenasaAAeera

Whoever does not have iman in Allah and His Messenger – We have prepared a Blazing Fire for the kafirun.

وَلِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ يَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماً

Walillahi mulku assamawatiwal-ardi yaghfiru liman yashao wayuAAaththibuman yashao wakana Allahu ghafooran raheema

The kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah. He forgives those He wills and punishes those He wills. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

سَيَقُولُ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ اِذَا انْطَلَقْتُمْ اِلٰى مَغَانِمَ لِتَأْخُذُوهَا ذَرُونَا نَتَّبِعْكُمْۚ يُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ يُبَدِّلُوا كَلَامَ اللّٰهِۜ قُلْ لَنْ تَتَّبِعُونَا كَذٰلِكُمْ قَالَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ بَلْ تَحْسُدُونَنَاۜ بَلْ كَانُوا لَا يَفْقَهُونَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Sayaqoolu almukhallafoona itha intalaqtumila maghanima lita/khuthooha tharoonanattabiAAkum yureedoona an yubaddiloo kalama Allahiqul lan tattabiAAoona kathalikum qala Allahumin qablu fasayaqooloona bal tahsudoonana bal kanoola yafqahoona illa qaleela

When you go out to get the booty, those who remained behind will say, ‘Allow us to follow you,’ desiring to alter Allah’s words. Say: ‘You may not follow us. That is what Allah said before.’ They will say, ‘It is only because you envy us.’ No indeed! How little they have understood!

قُلْ لِلْمُخَلَّف۪ينَ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ سَتُدْعَوْنَ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ اُو۬ل۪ي بَأْسٍ شَد۪يدٍ تُقَاتِلُونَهُمْ اَوْ يُسْلِمُونَۚ فَاِنْ تُط۪يعُوا يُؤْتِكُمُ اللّٰهُ اَجْراً حَسَناًۚ وَاِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا كَمَا تَوَلَّيْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً

Qul lilmukhallafeena mina al-aAArabisatudAAawna ila qawmin olee ba/sin shadeedin tuqatiloonahumaw yuslimoona fa-in tuteeAAoo yu/tikumu Allahuajran hasanan wa-in tatawallaw kama tawallaytum minqablu yuAAaththibkum AAathaban aleema

Say to the Arabs who remained behind: ‘You will be called up against a people who possess great force whom you must fight unless they submit. If you obey, Allah will give you an excellent reward. But if you turn your backs as you did before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.’

لَيْسَ عَلَى الْاَعْمٰى حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْاَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْمَر۪يضِ حَرَجٌۜ وَمَنْ يُطِـعِ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۚ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّ يُعَذِّبْهُ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً۟

Laysa AAala al-aAAma harajunwala AAala al-aAAraji harajun walaAAala almareedi harajun waman yutiAAiAllaha warasoolahu yudkhilhu jannatin tajree min tahtihaal-anharu waman yatawalla yuAAaththibhu AAathabanaleema

There is no constraint on the blind, nor on the lame, nor on the sick. We will admit all who obey Allah and His Messenger into Gardens with rivers flowing under them. But We will punish with a painful punishment anyone who turns his back.

لَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ اِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَاَنْزَلَ السَّك۪ينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاَثَابَهُمْ فَتْحاً قَر۪يباًۙ

Laqad radiya Allahu AAanialmu/mineena ith yubayiAAoonaka tahta ashshajaratifaAAalima ma fee quloobihim faanzala asakeenataAAalayhim waathabahum fathan qareeba

Allah was pleased with the muminun when they pledged allegiance to you under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts, and sent down serenity to them and has rewarded them with an imminent victory,

وَمَغَانِمَ كَث۪يرَةً يَأْخُذُونَهَاۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَز۪يزاً حَك۪يماً

Wamaghanima katheeratan ya/khuthoonahawakana Allahu AAazeezan hakeema

and with much booty which they will take. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.

وَعَدَكُمُ اللّٰهُ مَغَانِمَ كَث۪يرَةً تَأْخُذُونَهَا فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هٰذِه۪ وَكَفَّ اَيْدِيَ النَّاسِ عَنْكُمْۚ وَلِتَكُونَ اٰيَةً لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ صِرَاطاً مُسْتَق۪يماًۙ

WaAAadakumu Allahu maghanimakatheeratan ta/khuthoonaha faAAajjala lakum hathihiwakaffa aydiya annasi AAankum walitakoona ayatanlilmu/mineena wayahdiyakum siratan mustaqeema

Allah has promised you much booty which you will take, and has hastened this for you and held people’s hands back from you, so that it might be a Sign to the muminun, and so that He might guide you to a straight path.

وَاُخْرٰى لَمْ تَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهَا قَدْ اَحَاطَ اللّٰهُ بِهَاۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يراً

Waokhra lam taqdiroo AAalayhaqad ahata Allahu biha wakana AllahuAAala kulli shay-in qadeera

And other booty you do not yet have the power to take – Allah has already encompassed it. Allah has power over all things.

وَلَوْ قَاتَلَكُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَوَلَّوُا الْاَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِياًّ وَلَا نَص۪يراً

Walaw qatalakumu allatheenakafaroo lawallawoo al-adbara thumma la yajidoonawaliyyan wala naseera

If those who are kafir should fight you, they would turn their backs and then find no one to protect or help them.

سُنَّةَ اللّٰهِ الَّت۪ي قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللّٰهِ تَبْد۪يلاً

Sunnata Allahi allatee qad khalat minqablu walan tajida lisunnati Allahi tabdeela

That is Allah’s pattern which has passed away before. You will not find any changing in the pattern of Allah.

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي كَفَّ اَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَاَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ اَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يراً

Wahuwa allathee kaffa aydiyahumAAankum waaydiyakum AAanhum bibatni makkata min baAAdi anathfarakum AAalayhim wakana Allahubima taAAmaloona baseera

It is He who held their hands back from you, and your hands from them in the valley of Makka, after giving you the upper hand over them. Allah sees what you do.

هُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَالْهَدْيَ مَعْكُوفاً اَنْ يَبْلُغَ مَحِلَّهُۜ وَلَوْلَا رِجَالٌ مُؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَٓاءٌ مُؤْمِنَاتٌ لَمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ اَنْ تَطَؤُ۫هُمْ فَتُص۪يبَكُمْ مِنْهُمْ مَعَرَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۚ لِيُدْخِلَ اللّٰهُ ف۪ي رَحْمَتِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۚ لَوْ تَزَيَّلُوا لَعَذَّبْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً

Humu allatheena kafaroo wasaddookumAAani almasjidi alharami walhadyamaAAkoofan an yablugha mahillahu walawla rijalunmu/minoona wanisaon mu/minatun lam taAAlamoohum antataoohum fatuseebakum minhum maAAarratun bighayriAAilmin liyudkhila Allahu fee rahmatihi man yashaolaw tazayyaloo laAAaththabna allatheenakafaroo minhum AAathaban aleema

They are those who were kafir and debarred you from the Masjid al-Haram and prevented the sacrifice from reaching its proper place, and had it not been for some men and women who are muminun, whom you did not know and might trample underfoot, and so unknowingly incur blame on their account – so that Allah might admit into His mercy those He wills – and had those among them who are kafir been clearly distinguishable, We would have punished them with a painful punishment.

اِذْ جَعَلَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَاَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ سَك۪ينَتَهُ عَلٰى رَسُولِه۪ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَاَلْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوٰى وَكَانُٓوا اَحَقَّ بِهَا وَاَهْلَهَاۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يماً۟

Ith jaAAala allatheena kafaroofee quloobihimu alhamiyyata hamiyyata aljahiliyyatifaanzala Allahu sakeenatahu AAala rasoolihi waAAalaalmu/mineena waalzamahum kalimata attaqwa wakanooahaqqa biha waahlaha wakana Allahubikulli shay-in AAaleema

Those who are kafir filled their hearts with fanatical rage – the fanatical rage of the Time of Ignorance and Allah sent down serenity to His Messenger and to the muminun, and bound them to the expression of taqwa which they had most right to and were most entitled to. Allah has knowledge of all things.

لَقَدْ صَدَقَ اللّٰهُ رَسُولَهُ الرُّءْيَا بِالْحَقِّۚ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ اِنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ اٰمِن۪ينَۙ مُحَلِّق۪ينَ رُؤُ۫سَكُمْ وَمُقَصِّر۪ينَۙ لَا تَخَافُونَۜ فَعَلِمَ مَا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا فَجَعَلَ مِنْ دُونِ ذٰلِكَ فَتْحاً قَر۪يباً

Laqad sadaqa Allahu rasoolahuarru/ya bilhaqqi latadkhulunnaalmasjida alharama in shaa Allahu amineenamuhalliqeena ruoosakum wamuqassireena latakhafoona faAAalima ma lam taAAlamoo fajaAAala mindooni thalika fathan qareeba

Allah has confirmed His Messenger’s vision with truth: ‘You will enter the Masjid al-Haram in safety, Allah willing, shaving your heads and cutting your hair without any fear. ’ He knew what you did not know and ordained, in place of this, an imminent victory.

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدٰى وَد۪ينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدّ۪ينِ كُلِّه۪ۜ وَكَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ شَه۪يداًۜ

Huwa allathee arsala rasoolahu bilhudawadeeni alhaqqi liyuthhirahu AAala addeenikullihi wakafa billahi shaheeda

It is He who sent His Messenger with the Guidance and the Deen of Truth to exalt it over every other deen and Allah suffices as a witness.

مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُٓ اَشِدَّٓاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَٓاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ تَرٰيهُمْ رُكَّعاً سُجَّداً يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَاناًۘ س۪يمَاهُمْ ف۪ي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ اَثَرِ السُّجُودِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِۚۛ وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِي الْاِنْج۪يلِ۠ۛ كَزَرْعٍ اَخْرَجَ شَطْـَٔهُ۫ فَاٰزَرَهُ فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوٰى عَلٰى سُوقِه۪ يُعْجِبُ الزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغ۪يظَ بِهِمُ الْكُفَّارَۜ وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْهُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَاَجْراً عَظ۪يماً

Muhammadun rasoolu Allahi wallatheenamaAAahu ashiddao AAala alkuffari ruhamaobaynahum tarahum rukkaAAan sujjadan yabtaghoona fadlanmina Allahi waridwanan seemahum feewujoohihim min athari assujoodi thalika mathaluhumfee attawrati wamathaluhum fee al-injeelikazarAAin akhraja shat-ahu faazarahu fastaghlathafastawa AAala sooqihi yuAAjibu azzurraAAaliyagheetha bihimu alkuffara waAAada Allahuallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo assalihatiminhum maghfiratan waajran AAatheema

Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are fierce to the kafirun, merciful to one another. You see them bowing and prostrating, seeking Allah’s good favour and His pleasure. Their mark is on their faces, the traces of prostration. That is their likeness in the Torah. And their likeness in the Injil is that of a seed which puts up a shoot and makes it strong so that it thickens and grows up straight upon its stalk, filling the sowers with delight – so that by them He may infuriate the kuffar. Allah has promised those of them who have iman and do right actions forgiveness and an immense reward.