Muhammad
Muhammad
Surah 47 · Medinan · 38 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ١
Al-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi aḍalla aʿmālahum.
Those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allāh - He will waste their deeds.1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., cause them to be lost or make them worthless, earning no reward.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَءَامَنُواْ بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡ كَفَّرَ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَأَصۡلَحَ بَالَهُمۡ ٢
Wal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa āmanū bimā nuzzila ʿalā muḥammadiw wa huwal-ḥaqqu mir rabbihim kaffara ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa aṣlaḥa bālahum.
And those who believe and do righteous deeds and believe in what has been sent down upon Muḥammad - and it is the truth from their Lord - He will remove from them their misdeeds and amend their condition.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلۡبَٰطِلَ وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلۡحَقَّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ أَمۡثَٰلَهُمۡ ٣
Dhālika biʾannal-ladhīna kafaruttabaʿul-bāṭila wa annal-ladhīna āmanuttabaʿul-ḥaqqa mir rabbihim, kadhālika yaḍribullāhu lin-nāsi amthālahum.
That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allāh present to the people their comparisons.1
Footnotes (1)
- So that they may know the results of their choice.
فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَضَرۡبَ ٱلرِّقَابِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَثۡخَنتُمُوهُمۡ فَشُدُّواْ ٱلۡوَثَاقَ فَإِمَّا مَنَّۢا بَعۡدُ وَإِمَّا فِدَآءً حَتَّىٰ تَضَعَ ٱلۡحَرۡبُ أَوۡزَارَهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَلَوۡ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَٱنتَصَرَ مِنۡهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبۡلُوَاْ بَعۡضَكُم بِبَعۡضٖۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَلَن يُضِلَّ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٤
Fa idhā laqītumul-ladhīna kafarū faḍarbar-riqābi ḥattā idhā athkhantumūhum fashuddul-wathāqa fa immā mannā baʿdu wa immā fidāʾan ḥattā taḍaʿal-ḥarbu awzārahā, dhālik, wa law yashāʾullāhu lantaṣara minhum wa lākil liyabluwa baʿḍakum bibaʿḍ, wal-ladhīna qutilū fī sabīlillāhi falay yuḍilla aʿmālahum.
So when you meet those who disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks until, when you have inflicted slaughter upon them, then secure [their] bonds,1 and either [confer] favor2 afterwards or ransom [them] until the war lays down its burdens.3 That [is the command]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of Allāh - never will He waste their deeds.
Footnotes (3)
- i.e., take those remaining as captives.
- i.e., release them without ransom.
- i.e., its armor, machinery, etc., meaning "until the war is over."
سَيَهۡدِيهِمۡ وَيُصۡلِحُ بَالَهُمۡ ٥
Sayahdīhim wa yuṣliḥu bālahum.
He will guide them and amend their condition
وَيُدۡخِلُهُمُ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ عَرَّفَهَا لَهُمۡ ٦
Wa yudkhiluhumul-jannata ʿarrafahā lahum.
And admit them to Paradise, which He has made known to them.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن تَنصُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ يَنصُرۡكُمۡ وَيُثَبِّتۡ أَقۡدَامَكُمۡ ٧
Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū in tanṣurullāha yanṣurkum wa yuthabbit aqdāmakum.
O you who have believed, if you support Allāh, He will support you and plant firmly your feet.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَتَعۡسٗا لَّهُمۡ وَأَضَلَّ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٨
Wal-ladhīna kafarū fataʿsal lahum wa aḍalla aʿmālahum.
But those who disbelieve - for them is misery, and He will waste their deeds.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَرِهُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأَحۡبَطَ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٩
Dhālika biʾannahum karihū mā anzalallāhu fa aḥbaṭa aʿmālahum.
That is because they disliked what Allāh revealed, so He rendered worthless their deeds.
۞ أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡثَٰلُهَا ١٠
Afalam yasīrū fil-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-ladhīna min qablihim, dammarallāhu ʿalayhim, walil-kāfirīna amthāluhā.
Have they not traveled through the land and seen how was the end of those before them? Allāh destroyed [everything] over them,1 and for the disbelievers is something comparable.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., destroyed them and all they owned.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَوۡلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَأَنَّ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَا مَوۡلَىٰ لَهُمۡ ١١
Dhālika biʾannallāha mawlal-ladhīna āmanū wa annal-kāfirīna lā mawlā lahum.
That is because Allāh is the protector of those who have believed and because the disbelievers have no protector.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدۡخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَتَمَتَّعُونَ وَيَأۡكُلُونَ كَمَا تَأۡكُلُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمُ وَٱلنَّارُ مَثۡوٗى لَّهُمۡ ١٢
Innallāha yudkhilul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, wal-ladhīna kafarū yatamattaʿūna wa yaʾkulūna kamā taʾkulul-anʿāmu wan-nāru mathwal lahum.
Indeed, Allāh will admit those who have believed and done righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow, but those who disbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as grazing livestock eat, and the Fire will be a residence for them.
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةٗ مِّن قَرۡيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَخۡرَجَتۡكَ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمۡ ١٣
Wa kaʾayyim min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatam min qaryatikal-latī akhrajatka ahlaknāhum falā nāṣira lahum.
And how many a city was stronger than your city [i.e., Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.
أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُم ١٤
Afaman kāna ʿalā bayyinatim mir rabbihī kaman zuyyina lahū sūʾu ʿamalihī wattabaʿū ahwāʾahum.
So is he who is on clear evidence from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work has been made attractive and they follow their [own] desires?
مَّثَلُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِي وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَۖ فِيهَآ أَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّن مَّآءٍ غَيۡرِ ءَاسِنٖ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّن لَّبَنٖ لَّمۡ يَتَغَيَّرۡ طَعۡمُهُۥ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّنۡ خَمۡرٖ لَّذَّةٖ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّنۡ عَسَلٖ مُّصَفّٗىۖ وَلَهُمۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ كَمَنۡ هُوَ خَٰلِدٞ فِي ٱلنَّارِ وَسُقُواْ مَآءً حَمِيمٗا فَقَطَّعَ أَمۡعَآءَهُمۡ ١٥
Mathalul-jannatil-latī wuʿidal-muttaqūn, fīhā anhārum mim māʾin ghayri āsiniw wa anhārum mil labanil lam yataghayyar ṭaʿmuhū wa anhārum min khamril ladhdhatil lish-shāribīna wa anhārum min ʿasalim muṣaffā, wa lahum fīhā min kullith-thamarāti wa maghfiratum mir rabbihim, kaman huwa khālidun fin-nāri wa suqū māʾan ḥamīman faqaṭṭaʿa amʿāʾahum.
Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered,1 rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord... [Are its inhabitants] like those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines?
Footnotes (1)
- In taste or smell, neither stagnant nor polluted.
وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَسۡتَمِعُ إِلَيۡكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُواْ مِنۡ عِندِكَ قَالُواْ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ ١٦
Wa minhum may yastamiʿu ilayka ḥattā idhā kharajū min ʿindika qālū lil-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilma mādhā qāla ānifā, ulāʾikal-ladhīna ṭabaʿallāhu ʿalā qulūbihim wattabaʿū ahwāʾahum.
And among them, [O Muḥammad], are those who listen to you, until when they depart from you, they say to those who were given knowledge,1 "What has he said just now?" Those are the ones of whom Allāh has sealed over their hearts and who have followed their [own] desires.
Footnotes (1)
- From among the Prophet's companions.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱهۡتَدَوۡاْ زَادَهُمۡ هُدٗى وَءَاتَىٰهُمۡ تَقۡوَىٰهُمۡ ١٧
Wal-ladhīnahtadaw zādahum hudaw wa ātāhum taqwāhum.
And those who are guided - He increases them in guidance and gives them their righteousness.1
Footnotes (1)
- Taqwā, meaning piety, consciousness and fear of Allāh, and care to avoid His displeasure.
فَهَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءَ أَشۡرَاطُهَاۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمۡ إِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ذِكۡرَىٰهُمۡ ١٨
Fahal yanẓurūna illas-sāʿata an taʾtiyahum baghtah, faqad jāʾa ashrāṭuhā, fa annā lahum idhā jāʾathum dhikrāhum.
Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then how [i.e., what good] to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?
فَٱعۡلَمۡ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمۡ وَمَثۡوَىٰكُمۡ ١٩
Faʿlam annahū lā ilāha illallāhu wastaghfir lidhanbika walil-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināt, wallāhu yaʿlamu mutaqallabakum wa mathwākum.
So know, [O Muḥammad], that there is no deity except Allāh and ask forgiveness for your sin1 and for the believing men and believing women. And Allāh knows of your movement and your resting place.
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 40:55.
وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَتۡ سُورَةٞۖ فَإِذَآ أُنزِلَتۡ سُورَةٞ مُّحۡكَمَةٞ وَذُكِرَ فِيهَا ٱلۡقِتَالُ رَأَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيۡكَ نَظَرَ ٱلۡمَغۡشِيِّ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۖ فَأَوۡلَىٰ لَهُمۡ ٢٠
Wa yaqūlul-ladhīna āmanū lawlā nuzzilat sūrah, fa idhā unzilat sūratum muḥkamatuw wa dhukira fīhal-qitālu raʾaytal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuy yanẓurūna ilayka naẓaral-maghshiyyi ʿalayhi minal-mawt, fa awlā lahum.
Those who believe say, "Why has a sūrah1 not been sent down?" But when a precise sūrah is revealed and battle is mentioned therein, you see those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] looking at you with a look of one overcome by death. And more appropriate for them2 [would have been]
Footnotes (2)
- i.e., one in which permission is given the believers to fight their enemies.
- The words "awlā lahum" can also be interpreted as "woe to them!" In that case, the following verse would begin, "[Better for them would have been] obedience and good words."
طَاعَةٞ وَقَوۡلٞ مَّعۡرُوفٞۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ فَلَوۡ صَدَقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۡ ٢١
Ṭāʿatuw wa qawlum maʿrūf, fa idhā ʿazamal-amru falaw ṣadaqullāha lakāna khayral lahum.
Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allāh, it would have been better for them.
فَهَلۡ عَسَيۡتُمۡ إِن تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡ أَن تُفۡسِدُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوٓاْ أَرۡحَامَكُمۡ ٢٢
Fahal ʿasaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidū fil-arḍi wa tuqaṭṭiʿū arḥāmakum.
So would you perhaps, if you turned away,1 cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?
Footnotes (1)
- From Islām or from jihād (struggling in the cause of Allāh).
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمۡ وَأَعۡمَىٰٓ أَبۡصَٰرَهُمۡ ٢٣
Ulāʾikal-ladhīna laʿanahumullāhu fa aṣammahum wa aʿmā abṣārahum.
Those [who do so] are the ones that Allāh has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.
أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ أَمۡ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقۡفَالُهَآ ٢٤
Afalā yatadabbarūnal-qurʾāna am ʿalā qulūbin aqfāluhā.
Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’ān, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱرۡتَدُّواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَٰرِهِم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَى ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمۡ وَأَمۡلَىٰ لَهُمۡ ٢٥
Innal-ladhīnartaddū ʿalā adbārihim mim baʿdi mā tabayyana lahumul-hudash-shayṭānu sawwala lahum wa amlā lahum.
Indeed, those who reverted back [to disbelief] after guidance had become clear to them - Satan enticed them and prolonged hope for them.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَالُواْ لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُواْ مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ سَنُطِيعُكُمۡ فِي بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَمۡرِۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ إِسۡرَارَهُمۡ ٢٦
Dhālika biʾannahum qālū lil-ladhīna karihū mā nazzalallāhu sanuṭīʿukum fī baʿḍil-amr, wallāhu yaʿlamu isrārahum.
That is because they said to those who disliked what Allāh sent down,1 "We will obey you in part of the matter." And Allāh knows what they conceal.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., the Jews of Madīnah.
فَكَيۡفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَضۡرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمۡ وَأَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ ٢٧
Fakayfa idhā tawaffathumul-malāʾikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa adbārahum.
Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱتَّبَعُواْ مَآ أَسۡخَطَ ٱللَّهَ وَكَرِهُواْ رِضۡوَٰنَهُۥ فَأَحۡبَطَ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٢٨
Dhālika biʾannahumuttabaʿū mā askhaṭallāha wa karihū riḍwānahū fa aḥbaṭa aʿmālahum.
That is because they followed what angered Allāh and disliked [what earns] His pleasure, so He rendered worthless their deeds.
أَمۡ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَن لَّن يُخۡرِجَ ٱللَّهُ أَضۡغَٰنَهُمۡ ٢٩
Am ḥasibal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun al lay yukhrijallāhu aḍghānahum.
Or do those in whose hearts is disease think that Allāh would never expose their [feelings of] hatred?
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَأَرَيۡنَٰكَهُمۡ فَلَعَرَفۡتَهُم بِسِيمَٰهُمۡۚ وَلَتَعۡرِفَنَّهُمۡ فِي لَحۡنِ ٱلۡقَوۡلِۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ أَعۡمَٰلَكُمۡ ٣٠
Wa law nashāʾu laʾaraynākahum falaʿaraftahum bisīmāhum, wa lataʿrifannahum fī laḥnil-qawl, wallāhu yaʿlamu aʿmālakum.
And if We willed, We could show them to you, and you would know them by their mark; but you will surely know them by the tone of [their] speech. And Allāh knows your deeds.
وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُمۡ حَتَّىٰ نَعۡلَمَ ٱلۡمُجَٰهِدِينَ مِنكُمۡ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَنَبۡلُوَاْ أَخۡبَارَكُمۡ ٣١
Wa lanabluwannakum ḥattā naʿlamal-mujāhidīna minkum waṣ-ṣābirīna wa nabluwa akhbārakum.
And We will surely test you until We make evident those who strive among you [for the cause of Allāh] and the patient, and We will test your affairs.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَشَآقُّواْ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ لَن يَضُرُّواْ ٱللَّهَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَسَيُحۡبِطُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٣٢
Innal-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi wa shāqqur-rasūla mim baʿdi mā tabayyana lahumul-hudā lay yaḍurrullāha shayʾaw wa sayuḥbiṭu aʿmālahum.
Indeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allāh and opposed the Messenger after guidance had become clear to them - never will they harm Allāh at all, and He will render worthless their deeds.
۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَلَا تُبۡطِلُوٓاْ أَعۡمَٰلَكُمۡ ٣٣
Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū aṭīʿullāha wa aṭīʿur-rasūla wa lā tubṭilū aʿmālakum.
O you who have believed, obey Allāh and obey the Messenger and do not invalidate your deeds.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ مَاتُواْ وَهُمۡ كُفَّارٞ فَلَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡ ٣٤
Innal-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi thumma mātū wa hum kuffārun falay yaghfirallāhu lahum.
Indeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allāh and then died while they were disbelievers - never will Allāh forgive them.
فَلَا تَهِنُواْ وَتَدۡعُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلسَّلۡمِ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَوۡنَ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَكُمۡ وَلَن يَتِرَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلَكُمۡ ٣٥
Falā tahinū wa tadʿū ilas-salmi wa antumul-aʿlawna wallāhu maʿakum wa lay yatirakum aʿmālakum.
So do not weaken and call for peace while you are superior; and Allāh is with you and will never deprive you of [the reward of] your deeds.
إِنَّمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعِبٞ وَلَهۡوٞۚ وَإِن تُؤۡمِنُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ يُؤۡتِكُمۡ أُجُورَكُمۡ وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلۡكُمۡ أَمۡوَٰلَكُمۡ ٣٦
Innamal-ḥayātud-dunyā laʿibuw wa lahw, wa in tuʾminū watattaqū yuʾtikum ujūrakum wa lā yasʾalkum amwālakum.
[This] worldly life is only amusement and diversion. And if you believe and fear Allāh, He will give you your rewards and not ask you for your properties.
إِن يَسۡـَٔلۡكُمُوهَا فَيُحۡفِكُمۡ تَبۡخَلُواْ وَيُخۡرِجۡ أَضۡغَٰنَكُمۡ ٣٧
Iy yasʾalkumūhā fayuḥfikum tabkhalū wa yukhrij aḍghānakum.
If He should ask you for them and press you, you would withhold, and He would expose your hatred [i.e., unwillingness].
هَٰٓأَنتُمۡ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تُدۡعَوۡنَ لِتُنفِقُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَمِنكُم مَّن يَبۡخَلُۖ وَمَن يَبۡخَلۡ فَإِنَّمَا يَبۡخَلُ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلۡفُقَرَآءُۚ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ يَسۡتَبۡدِلۡ قَوۡمًا غَيۡرَكُمۡ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوٓاْ أَمۡثَٰلَكُم ٣٨
Hāʾantum hāʾulāʾi tudʿawna litunfiqū fī sabīlillāhi faminkum may yabkhal, wa may yabkhal fa innamā yabkhalu ʿan nafsih, wallāhul-ghaniyyu wa antumul-fuqarāʾ, wa in tatawallaw yastabdil qawman ghayrakum thumma lā yakūnū amthālakum.
Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allāh - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allāh is the Free of need, while you are the needy. And if you turn away [i.e., refuse], He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you.