# Sura  48 - The Victory

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> SURA XLVIII (48) - THE VICTORY   (Medina - 29 Verses)            CVIII   460
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        Verily, We have won for thee an undoubted victory -
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>        In token that God forgiveth thy earlier and later faults, and fulfilleth
> His goodness to thee, and guideth thee on the right way,
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>        And that God succoureth thee with a mighty succour.
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>        He it is who sendeth down a spirit of secure repose into the hearts of
> the faithful that they might add faith to their faith; (for God's are the
> armies of the Heavens and of the Earth: and God is Knowing, Wise:)
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>        And that He may bring the believing men and the believing women into
> gardens 'neath whose trees the rivers flow, to dwell therein for ere, and that
> He may cancel their evil deeds: for this is the great bliss with God:
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>        And that He may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women,
> and the men and women who join other gods with God, and think evil thoughts of
> Him.  Theirs shall be a round of evil; and God is angry with them: and, an evil
> journey thither!
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>        The armies of the Heavens and of the Earth are God's, and God is Mighty,
> Wise!
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>        Verily, we have sent thee to be a witness and a herald of good (an
> announcer), and a warner,
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>        That ye may believe on God and on His Apostle; and may assist Him, and
> honour Him, and praise him, morning and evening.
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> 48:10  In truth, they who plighted fealty to thee, really plighted that fealty
> to God: the hand of God was over their hands!  Whoever, therefore, shall break
> his oath shall only break it to his own hurt; but whoever shall be true to his
> engagement with God, He will give him a great reward.
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>        The Arabs who took not the field with you, will say to thee, "We were
> engaged with our property and our families; therefore ask thou pardon for
> us."  They speak with their tongues what is not in their hearts.  Say:  And who
> can have any power over God in your behalf, whether he will you some loss, or
> whether he will you an advantage?  Yes, God is acquainted with your doings.
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>        But ye thought that the Apostle and the faithful could never more come
> back to their families; and your hearts were pleased at this; and ye thought an
> evil thought of this expedition, and ye became an undone people:
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>        For, whoso believeth not in God, and His Apostle. . . . Verily, we have
> got ready the flame for the Infidels!
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>        And God's is the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth:  Whom He will
> He forgiveth, and whom He will He punisheth: and God is Gracious, Merciful!
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>        They who took not the field with you will say, when ye go forth to the
> spoil to take it, "Let us follow you." Fain would they change the word of God.
> Say:  Ye shall by no means follow us:  thus hath God said already.  They will
> say,.  "Nay, ye are jealous of us." Nay! they are men of little understanding.
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>        Say to those Arabs of the desert, who took not the field, ye shall be
> called forth against a people of mighty valour.  Ye shall do battle with them,
> or they shall profess Islam.  If ye obey, a goodly recompense will God give
> you; but if ye turn back, as ye turned back aforetime, He will chastise you
> with a sore chastisement.
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>        It shall be no crime on the part of the blind, the lame, or the sick, if
> they go not to the fight.  But whoso shall obey God and His Apostle, he shall
> bring him into the gardens 'neath which the rivers flow: but whoso shall turn
> back, He will punish him with a sore punishment.
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>        Well pleased now hath God been with the believers when they plighted
> fealty to thee under the tree; and He knew what was in their hearts: therefore
> did He send down upon them a spirit of secure repose, and rewarded them with a
> speedy victory,
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>        And with the rich booty which they took: for God is Mighty, Wise!
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> 48:20  God promised you the taking of a rich booty and sped it to you; and He
> withheld men's hands from you, for a sign to the faithful, and that He might
> guide you along the right way: -
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>        And other booty, over which ye have not yet had power: but now hath God
> compassed them for you; for God is over all things Potent.
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>        If the Infidels shall fight against you, they shall assuredly turn their
> backs; then, neither protector nor helper shall they find!
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>        Such is God's method carried into effect of old; no change canst thou
> find in God's mode of dealing.
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>        And He it was who held their hands from you and your hands from them in
> the valley of Mecca, after that He had given you the victory over them: for God
> saw what ye did.
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>        These are they who believed not, and kept you away from the sacred
> Mosque, as well as the offering which was prevented from reaching the place of
> sacrifice.  And had it not been that ye would have trodden down believers, both
> men and women, whom ye knew not, so that a crime might have lighted on you
> without your knowledge on their account, and that God would bring whom He will
> within His mercy, this would have been otherwise ordered.  Had they been apart,
> we had surely punished such of them as believed not, with a sore punishment.
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>        When the unbelievers had fostered rage in their hearts - the rage of
> ignorance (of heathens) - God sent down His peace on His Apostle and on the
> faithful, and stablished in them the word of piety, for they were most worthy
> and deserving of it: and God knoweth all things.
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>        Now hath God in truth made good to His Apostle the dream in which he
> said, "Ye shall surely enter the sacred Mosque, if God will, in full security,
> having your heads shaved and your hair cut: ye shall not fear; for He knoweth
> what ye know not; and He hath ordained you, beside this, a speedy victory."
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>        It is He who hath sent His Apostle with "the Guidance," and the religion
> of truth, that He may exalt it above every religion.  And enough for thee is
> this testimony on the part of God.
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>        Muhammad is the Apostle of God; and his comrades are vehement against
> the infidels, but full of tenderness among themselves.  Thou mayest see them
> bowing down, prostrating themselves, imploring favours from God, and His
> acceptance.  Their tokens are on their faces, the marks of their prostrations.
> This is their picture in the Law, and their picture in the Evangel: they are as
> the seed which putteth forth its stalk; then strengtheneth it, and it groweth
> stout, and riseth upon its stem, rejoicing the husbandman - that the infidels
> may be wrathful at them.  To such of them as believe and do the things that are
> right, hath God promised forgiveness and a noble recompense.
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> — *Sura  48 - The Victory*