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In the name
of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful |
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SECTION: 1
Those who disbelieve and obstruct Allah's Way, He will render
their deeds fruitless.[1] As for those who believe and do good
deeds and believe in what is revealed to Muhammad - the truth
from their Rabb - He will remove from them their evils and
improve their condition.[2] This is because the unbelievers
follow falsehood, while the believers follow the truth from
their Rabb. Thus, Allah cites their similitudes for mankind.[3]
47:[1-3] |
Allah voids the deeds of the disbelievers |
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Therefore, when you meet the unbelievers
in the battlefield smite their necks and, when you have
thoroughly subdued them, then take prisoners of war and
bind them firmly. After the war lays down its burdens, then
you have the choice whether you show them favor or accept
ransom. Thus are you commanded. If Allah wanted, He
Himself could have punished them; but He adopted this way so
that He may test some of you by means of others. As for those
who are slain in the cause of Allah, He will never let their
deeds be lost.[4] Soon He will guide them, improve their
condition[5] and admit them to the paradise which He has
announced for them.[6]
47:[4-6] |
In
case of war, thoroughly subdue the unbelievers before taking
prisoners of war |
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O believers! If you help the cause of
Allah, He will help you and establish your feet firmly.[7] As
for the unbelievers, they shall be consigned to perdition, and
He will bring their deeds to nothing.[8] That is because they
hate the revelations of Allah; therefore, He rendered their
deeds fruitless.[9] Have they not traveled through the land and
seen what was the end of those who have gone before them? Allah
destroyed them utterly and a similar fate awaits these
unbelievers.[10] This is because Allah is the Protector of the
believers while the unbelievers have no protector.[11]
47:[7-11] |
If
you help the cause of Allah, Allah will help and protect you
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SECTION: 2
Surely Allah will admit those who believe and do good deeds to
gardens beneath which rivers flow. While those who are
unbelievers, they are to enjoy only this life and eat as cattle
eat; but in the hereafter, the fire shall be their abode.[12]
How many cities which were mightier than your city which has
driven you out, have We destroyed for their disbelief,
and there was none to save them?[13] Can he who follows the
clear guidance from his Rabb be compared to him who is led by
his own desires and whose foul deeds seem fair to him?[14]
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The believers do not follow their own desires |
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Here is the parable of the paradise which the
righteous have been promised: it has rivers the water of which
will never be stagnant, rivers of milk whose taste never
changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers
of honey pure and clear. In it they will have all kinds of
fruits, as well as forgiveness from their Rabb. Can such people
be compared to those who shall dwell in hell forever, and they
will be given scalding water which will cut their intestines
into pieces?[15]
47:[15] |
Parable of paradise and hell |
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Some of them indeed listen to you but no
sooner do they leave your presence than they ask those endowed
with knowledge: “What was it that he said just now?” Such are
the men upon whose hearts Allah has set a seal, and who follow
their own desires.[16] As for those who follow the Right Way,
Allah will increase their guidance and bestow on them their
righteousness.[17] Are they waiting for the Hour of Doom
to overtake them all of a sudden? Do they not know that its
signs have already come and when it will actually overtake them,
what chance will they have to benefit by this admonition?[18]
Therefore, you should know that there is no god but Allah;
implore Him to forgive your sins and to forgive the believing
men and believing women; for Allah knows your activities and
your resting places.[19]
47:[16-19]
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Hypocrites are those on whose heart Allah has set a seal
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SECTION: 3
The believers were asking: “Why is not a Sürah revealed
allowing us to fight?” But when a decisive Sürah carrying
the order of allowing them to fight is revealed, you saw
those in whose hearts was a disease looking at you like the one
under the shadow of death. Woe to them![20] On their tongues
is the promise of obedience and good talk, so if they would
have proved their promise with Allah when the final command was
given, it would have been better for them.[21] Now what can be
expected of you if you are put in authority, other than to do
evil in the land and violate the ties of blood.[22] Such are
those whom Allah has cursed and made them deaf and blinded their
sight.[23] Will they not ponder upon the Qur’an? Are there locks
upon their hearts?[24] Those who turn back to unbelief after the
guidance has become clear are seduced by Shaitãn who gives them
false hopes.[25] That is why they said to those who showed an
aversion to what Allah has revealed: “We shall obey you in some
matters,” and Allah knows their secret talks.[26] Then what will
they do when the angels carry off their souls, smiting their
faces and their backs?[27] That will happen because they
followed the way that called for the wrath of Allah and hated to
adopt the way of His pleasure, therefore He made all their deeds
void.[28]
47:[20-28] |
Promise of obedience (Islam) and good talk which is not followed
by action is cursed by Allah |
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SECTION: 4
Do those in whose hearts is a disease think that Allah will not
reveal their malice?[29] Had We so pleased, We could have
pointed them out to you and you would have recognized them
promptly by their faces. But you will surely know them by the
tone of their speech. Allah knows all of your actions.[30] We
shall put you to test until We know the valiant and the resolute
among you, and test all that is said about you.[31] The
unbelievers who obstruct others from the Way of Allah and
disputed the Rasool after the guidance has become clear to them
shall in no way harm Allah; as a result, he will bring their
deeds to nothing.[32] O believers! Obey Allah and obey His
Rasool, and do not let your deeds come to nothing.[33] Those who
disbelieve and obstruct the Way of Allah and die while they were
still disbelievers, Allah will never forgive them.[34]
47:[ 29-34] |
Allah put the believers to test in order to know the valiant and
the resolute |
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Therefore, do not be fainthearted
crying for peace, for you will surely gain the upper hand. Allah
is on your side and will never let your deeds be wasted.[35] The
life of this world is but a play and amusement. If you believe
and follow the way of piety, He will grant you your rewards and
will not ask you to give up your possessions.[36]
47:[35-36] |
In
case of war, Allah is on the side of the believers |
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If He were to demand all of your
possessions and press you for it, you would grow stingy, and
He would bring out all your malice.[37] Behold, you are those
who are being asked to give in the cause of Allah. Yet some of
you are stingy, whereas whoever is stingy to His cause, is in
fact stingy to himself. Allah is self sufficient, it is you who
are needy. If you turn away He will replace you by some other
folk; who will not be like you.[38]
47:[37-38] |
Do
not be stingy if you are asked to give in the cause of Allah
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Major Issues, Divine
Law and Guidance:
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* Allah voids the deeds of the
disbelievers.
* In war thoroughly subdue the unbelievers before taking them as
prison- ers of war.
* If you help the cause of Allah, Allah will help and protect
you.
* True believers do not follow their own desires in the matter
of religion.
* Promise of obedience (Islam) and good talk which is not
followed by action is cursed by Allah.
* Allah put the believers to test to know the valiant and the
resolute.
* In the case of war Allah is on the side of the true believers.
* Do not be miserly if you are asked to give in the cause of
Allah.
The theme of this Sürah is to prepare the
believers for war through providing them instructions to that
effect. This is why this Sürah is also called Al-Qitãl. The two
groups were confronting each other at that time, one which had
refused to accept the Truth (disbelievers) and the other group
which had accepted the Truth (believers) which had been sent
down by Allah to His servant, Muhammad (pbuh). Allah in His
final decision, has rendered fruitless and vain all the works of
the disbelievers and set right the condition and affairs of the
believers.
The believers (Muslims) have been given instructions relating to
war and are reassured of Allah’s help and guidance. They are
given hope for the best rewards on offering sacrifices and
struggle in the cause of Allah, both in this world and in the
hereafter. Then the discourse turns towards the hypocrites, who
were claiming to be sincere Muslims before the command to fight.
They were confounded after this command. They began to conspire
with the disbelievers in order to save themselves from the
hazards of war. They are plainly warned that the acts and deeds
of the hypocrites are not acceptable to Allah.
In conclusion, the Muslims are invited to spend their wealth in
the cause of Allah, although at that time, they were
economically very weak. They are clearly warned that anyone who
adopts a miserly attitude would not harm Allah but would result
in his own destruction, for Allah does not stand in need of help
from men. If one group of men shirk from offering sacrifices in
the cause of Allah, He would remove it and bring another group
in its place.
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