They ask you about the spoils of war, say, "The spoils of war belong to God and the messenger." So reverence God, patch up any differences among yourselves, and obey God and His messenger if you are believers.
The believers are those whose hearts tremble when God is mentioned and when His revelations are recited to them, it increases their faith, and in their Lord they trust.
It is those who observe the Salat, and from what We have provided them, they give.
Truly, those are the believers. They shall attain ranks at their Lord, forgiveness, and a generous provision.
Just like when your Lord brought you out of your home with the truth, even though a group among the believers hated it.
They argue with you about the truth after it had been made clear as if they were being driven towards death while they were looking on.
And when God promised you that one of the two groups would be yours to capture, you wanted the unarmed one to be yours, but God willed for the truth to be validated through His Words and to cut off the last remnant of the disbelievers,
so that the truth shall be validated and falsehood shall be nullified, however much the criminals hate it.
When you implored your Lord to rescue you, He responded to you: "I am supplying you with one thousand angels arriving in succession."
God has done so but to give you good news so that your hearts would be assured thereby. Victory comes only from God. Indeed, God is Dignified, Wise.
He made sleepiness overcome you; a tranquillity from Him, and He brings down water from the sky to purify you therewith, and to remove the devil's contamination from you, and to strengthen your hearts, and to secure the foothold therewith.
Your Lord inspired the angels: "I am with you, so make resolute those who believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved. So strike them above the necks, and strike off all their fingertips."
That is because they opposed God and His messenger, and for those who oppose God and His messenger, indeed, God is severe in punishment.
That is so, so taste it. And indeed, for the disbelievers is the punishment of the Fire.
O you who believe, if you encounter the disbelievers advancing, do not turn your backs on them.
Anyone who turns his back on them that day, except to carry out a battle plan, or to join some group, has incurred wrath from God, and his refuge is Hell; what a miserable destination!
You did not kill them, but it was God who killed them. And you did not throw when you threw, but it was God who threw so that He may test the believers with a good test from Him. Indeed, God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.
That is so, for God undermines the schemes of the disbelievers.
If you were seeking a victory, the victory has come to you. If you cease, it is better for you. And if you return, We will return. Your troops will avail you nothing, however many they may be, for God is certainly with the believers.
O you who believe, obey God and His messenger and do not turn away from him when you can hear.
Do not be like those who said, "We have heard," when they do not hear.
The worst creatures in the sight of God are the deaf and dumb who do not reason.
Had God known of any good in them, He would have made them hear. But even if He had made them hear, they would still turn away in aversion.
O you who believe, respond to God and to the messenger when he invites you to that for which you are given life, and know that God comes between a man and his heart, and that unto Him you shall be gathered.
And beware of a test that does not strike solely those who have transgressed among you, and know that God is severe in punishment.
Remember when you used to be few and oppressed in the land, fearing that the people might snatch you away, then He sheltered you and supported you with His victory, and provided you with good provisions so that you may be thankful.
O you who believe, do not betray God and the messenger, nor betray your trusts knowingly.
And know that your wealth and your children are but a test and that with God lies a great reward.
O you who believe, if you reverence God, He will grant you a criterion, wipe out your bad deeds, and forgive you. And God is the Possessor of Great Favour.
When the disbelievers schemed against you to restrain you, or kill you, or banish you; they scheme and God schemes, and God is the best of schemers.
When Our revelations are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we wanted to, we could have said the like of this. This is nothing but the tales of the previous ones."
And they said, "O God, if this is the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky, or bring upon us a painful punishment."
But God would not punish them while you are among them, nor was God to punish them had they been asking for forgiveness.
But what have they got to their credit for God not to punish them when they are repelling from the Masjid Al-Haram? They are not its protectors! Its protectors are but the reverent, but most of them do not know.
Their Salat at the House was no more than whistling and clapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved in.
Those who disbelieve spend their money to repel from the path of God. So they will spend it, then it will become a source of remorse for them; then they will be defeated. Those who disbelieved will be gathered unto Hell.
God will sort out the bad from the good and pile the bad on top of one another, heaping them all together, then drop them into Hell. Those are the losers.
Say to those who disbelieved that if they cease, they will be forgiven what has happened in the past. But if they should return, then the precedent of the previous ones has already passed.
And fight them until there is no more discord, and until the religion is dedicated entirely to God. If they do cease, then indeed, God is Seer of what they do.
And if they turn away, then know that God is your Master; the best Master and the best Supporter.
And know that one-fifth of whatever spoils you gain shall go to God and the messenger, the relatives, the orphans, the needy and the homeless. This is if you believe in God and in what We brought down upon Our servant on the Day of the Criterion, the day the two groups met. God is Capable of all things.
When you were at the near side of the valley, and they were at the far side of the valley, and the caravan was below you; if you made an appointment to meet, you would have differed in the timing. However, it was so that God would carry out a predetermined matter: to annihilate those who were annihilated upon clear evidence, and to keep alive those who were kept alive upon clear evidence. Indeed, God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.
God made you see them as only a few during your sleep. Had He made you see them as many, you would have failed and disputed in the matter. But God saved that from happening. He is Knowledgeable of what the chests hold.
And when you met one another, He made them appear fewer in your eyes, and made you appear fewer in their eyes, so that God would carry out a predetermined matter. All matters are returned to God.
O you who believe, when you encounter an enemy force, stand firm and remember God frequently so that you may succeed.
And obey God and His messenger, and do not dispute among yourselves lest you fail and lose your driving force. And be patient; indeed, God is with those who are patient.
Do not be like those who left their homes boastfully and showing off in front of the people, and they repel others from the path of God. God is encompassing of what they do.
When the devil adorned their work for them and said, "No people can defeat you today, and I will be right next to you," but when the two troops came in sight of one another, he turned on his heels and said, "I am innocent of you. I see what you do not see. I fear God, and God is severe in punishment."
The hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts said, "These people have been deluded by their religion." Whoever puts his trust in God, then indeed, God is Dignified, Wise.
If you could see when the angels take back those who disbelieved, beating their faces and their hinds: "Taste the punishment of the Fire.
That is for what your hands have put forth for God is not unjust towards the servants."
Just like the constant behaviour of Pharaoh's people and those before them, they disbelieved in the signs of God, so God seized them for their sins. Indeed, God is Powerful, severe in punishment.
That is because God was not to alter a blessing that He bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.
Just like the constant behaviour of Pharaoh's people and those before them, they denied the signs of their Lord, so We annihilated them for their sins, and We drowned Pharaoh's people. All of them were transgressors.
The worst creatures in the sight of God are those who disbelieved and will never believe.
Those among them from whom you have taken a pledge, but then they break their pledge every time, and they are not reverent:
should you encounter them in war, make a stern example of them for those who come after them so that they may take heed.
And if you fear betrayal by some people, you shall likewise act against them. Indeed, God does not like the betrayers.
Those who disbelieved are not to think that they have forged ahead; they do not thwart anything.
Prepare for them all the power and cavalry that you can muster, and with which you may terrify the enemies of God, and your enemies, and others besides them whom you do not know, but God knows them. Whatever you spend in the cause of God will be repaid to you in full, and you shall not be wronged.
If they should incline to peace, so shall you be inclined, and put your trust in God. Indeed, He is the Hearer, the Knowledgeable.
If they intend to deceive you, then indeed, God is sufficient for you. He is the One who aided you with His support and with the believers.
And He instilled harmony between their hearts. Had you spent all that is in the earth, you would not have instilled harmony between their hearts, but God instilled harmony between them. He is Dignified, Wise.
O you prophet, God is sufficient for you and for those who followed you of the believers.
O you prophet, urge the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast among you, they will defeat two hundred, and if there are a hundred of you, they will defeat a thousand of those who disbelieved. This is because they are a people who do not understand.
Now God has made matters lighter for you, for He knows that there is weakness in you. So if there are a hundred steadfast among you, they will defeat two hundred, and if there are a thousand of you, they will defeat two thousand with God's permission. God is with the patient ones.
It is not for a prophet to take captives until he has subdued and gained the upper hand in the land. You care for the material gains of this world, while God cares for the Hereafter. God is Dignified, Wise.
If it were not for a predetermined decree from God, a great punishment would have touched you for what you took.
Therefore, consume what you have gained of the spoils. It is lawful and good, and reverence God. Indeed, God is Forgiver, Merciful.
O you prophet, say to those in your hands of the captives, "If God knows of any good in your hearts, He will grant you better than what was taken away from you and will forgive you. God is Forgiver, Merciful."
And if they wish to betray you, they have already betrayed God previously, and so He overpowered them. God is Knowledgeable, Wise.
Those who believed, emigrated, and strove with their money and themselves in the cause of God, as well as those who sheltered and supported; they are allies of one another. Those who believed but did not emigrate, you are not responsible for their protection until they do emigrate. However, if they ask for your support regarding religion, you must offer support unless it is against a people with whom you share a treaty. God is Seer of what you do.
And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do this, there will be oppression in the earth and great corruption.
Those who believed, emigrated, and strove in the cause of God, as well as those who sheltered and supported; they are the true believers. They shall have forgiveness and a generous provision.
And those who believed afterwards, emigrated and strove with you, they are of you. And the blood-relatives are more worthy of one another in God's Book. Indeed, God is Knowledgeable of all things.