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but surely thou wilt know them by the tone of their speech! And God knows all that ye do.
047.031 And We shall try you until We test those among you who strive their utmost and persevere in patience; and
We shall try your reported (mettle).
047.032 Those who reject God, hinder (men) from the Path of God, and resist the Apostle, after Guidance has been
clearly shown to them, will not injure God in the least, but He will make their deeds of no effect.
047.033 O ye who believe! Obey God, and obey the apostle, and make not vain your deeds!
047.034 Those who reject God, and hinder (men) from the Path of God, then die rejecting God,- God will not forgive
them.
047.035 Be not weary and faint-hearted, crying for peace, when ye should be uppermost: for God is with you, and will
never put you in loss for your (good) deeds.
047.036 The life of this world is but play and amusement: and if ye believe and guard against Evil, He will grant you
your recompense, and will not ask you (to give up) your possessions.
047.037 If He were to ask you for all of them, and press you, ye would covetously withhold, and He would bring out
all your ill-feeling.
047.038 Behold, ye are those invited to spend (of your substance) in the Way of God: But among you are some that
are niggardly. But any who are niggardly are so at the expense of their own souls. But God is free of all wants, and it
is ye that are needy. If ye turn back (from the Path), He will substitute in your stead another people; then they would
not be like you!
VICTORY, CONQUEST, CHAPTER NO. 048
048.001 Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory:
048.002 That God may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to follow; fulfil His favour to thee; and guide thee
on the Straight Way;
048.003 And that God may help thee with powerful help.
048.004 It is He Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the Believers, that they may add faith to their faith;- for
to God belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and God is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom;-
048.005 That He may admit the men and women who believe, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein
for aye, and remove their ills from them;- and that is, in the sight of God, the highest achievement (for man),-
048.006 And that He may punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and the Polytheists men and women, who imagine
an evil opinion of God. On them is a round of Evil: the Wrath of God is on them: He has cursed them and got Hell
ready for them: and evil is it for a destination.
048.007 For to God belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and God is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
048.008 We have truly sent thee as a witness, as a bringer of Glad Tidings, and as a Warner:
048.009 In order that ye (O men) may believe in God and His Apostle, that ye may assist and honour Him, and
celebrate His praise morning and evening.
048.010 Verily those who plight their fealty to thee do no less than plight their fealty to God: the Hand of God is over
their hands: then any one who violates his oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, and any one who fulfils what he
has covenanted with God,- God will soon grant him a great Reward.
048.011 The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee: "We were engaged in (looking after) our flocks and
herds, and our families: do thou then ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts.
Say: "Who then has any power at all (to intervene) on your behalf with God, if His Will is to give you some loss or to
give you some profit? But God is well acquainted with all that ye do.
048.012 "Nay, ye thought that the Apostle and the Believers would never return to their families; this seemed pleasing
in your hearts, and ye conceived an evil thought, for ye are a people lost (in wickedness)."
048.013 And if any believe not in God and His Apostle, We have prepared, for those who reject God, a Blazing Fire!
048.014 To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes
whom He wills: but God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
048.015 Those who lagged behind (will say), when ye (are free to) march and take booty (in war): "Permit us to follow
you." They wish to change God's decree: Say: "Not thus will ye follow us: God has already declared (this) beforehand":