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to you.
008.028 And know ye that your possessions and your progeny are but a trial; and that it is God with Whom lies your
highest reward.
008.029 O ye who believe! if ye fear God, He will grant you a criterion (to judge between right and wrong), remove
from you (all) evil (that may afflict) you, and forgive you: for God is the Lord of grace unbounded.
008.030 Remember how the Unbelievers plotted against thee, to keep thee in bonds, or slay thee, or get thee out (of
thy home). They plot and plan, and God too plans; but the best of planners is God.
008.031 When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say
(words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients."
008.032 Remember how they said: "O God if this is indeed the Truth from Thee, rain down on us a shower of stones
form the sky, or send us a grievous penalty."
008.033 But God was not going to send them a penalty whilst thou wast amongst them; nor was He going to send it
whilst they could ask for pardon.
008.034 But what plea have they that God should not punish them, when they keep out (men) from the sacred Mosque
- and they are not its guardians? No men can be its guardians except the righteous; but most of them do not understand.
008.035 Their prayer at the House (of God) is nothing but whistling and clapping of hands: (Its only answer can be),
"Taste ye the penalty because ye blasphemed."
008.036 The Unbelievers spend their wealth to hinder (man) from the path of God, and so will they continue to spend;
but in the end they will have (only) regrets and sighs; at length they will be overcome: and the Unbelievers will be
gathered together to Hell;-
008.037 In order that God may separate the impure from the pure, put the impure, one on another, heap them together,
and cast them into Hell. They will be the ones to have lost.
008.038 Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they
persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for them).
008.039 And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God
altogether and everywhere; but if they cease, verily God doth see all that they do.
008.040 If they refuse, be sure that God is your Protector - the best to protect and the best to help.
008.041 And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire (in war), a fifth share is assigned to God,- and to the
Apostle, and to near relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer,- if ye do believe in God and in the revelation We
sent down to Our servant on the Day of Testing,- the Day of the meeting of the two forces. For God hath power over
all things.
008.042 Remember ye were on the hither side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on lower
ground than ye. Even if ye had made a mutual appointment to meet, ye would certainly have failed in the appointment:
But (thus ye met), that God might accomplish a matter already enacted; that those who died might die after a clear Sign
(had been given), and those who lived might live after a Clear Sign (had been given). And verily God is He Who heareth
and knoweth (all things).
008.043 Remember in thy dream God showed them to thee as few: if He had shown them to thee as many, ye would
surely have been discouraged, and ye would surely have disputed in (your) decision; but God saved (you): for He
knoweth well the (secrets) of (all) hearts.
008.044 And remember when ye met, He showed them to you as few in your eyes, and He made you appear as
contemptible in their eyes: that God might accomplish a matter already enacted. For to God do all questions go back
(for decision).
008.045 O ye who believe! When ye meet a force, be firm, and call God in remembrance much (and often); that ye may
prosper:
008.046 And obey God and His Apostle; and fall into no disputes, lest ye lose heart and your power depart; and be
patient and persevering: For God is with those who patiently persevere:
008.047 And be not like those who started from their homes insolently and to be seen of men, and to hinder (men)
from the path of God: For God compasseth round about all that they do.
008.048 Remember Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them, and said: "No one among men can overcome