# Sura  61 - Battle Array

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> SURA LXI (61) - Battle Array     (Medina - 14 verses)         (XCVIII - 405)  
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        All that is in the Heavens and all that is on the Earth praiseth God.  He
> is the Mighty, the Wise!
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>        Believers! why profess ye that which ye practise not?
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>        Most hateful is it to God they ye say that which ye do not.
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>        Verily God loveth those who, as though they were a solid wall, do battle
> for his cause in serried lines!
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>        And bear in mind when Moses said to his people, "Why grieve ye me, O my
> people, wehn ye know that I am God's apostle unto you?"  And when they went
> astray, God led their hearts astry; for God guideth not a perverse people:
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>        And remember when Jesus the son of Mary said, "O children of Israel! of a
> truth I am God's apostle to you to confirm the law which was given before me,
> and to announce an apostle that shall come after me whose name shall be Ahmad!"
> But when he (Ahmad) presented himself with clear proofs of his mission, they
> said, "This is manifest sorcery!"
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>        But who more impious than he who when called to Islam deviseth a
> falsehood concerning God?  God guideth not the wicked!
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>        Fain would they put out the light of God with their mouths! but though
> the Infidels hate it, God will perfect his light.
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>        He it is who hath sent his apostle with guidance and the religion of
> truth, that, though they hate it who join other gods with God, He may make it
> victorious over every other religion.
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> 61:10  O ye who believe! shall I shew you a merchandise that shall deliver you
> from the sore torment?
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>        Believe in God and his apostle, and do valiantly in the cause of God
> with your wealth and with your persons!  This, did ye but know, will be best
> for you.
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>        Your sins will He forgive you, and He will bring you into gardens
> beneath whose shades the rivers flow - into charming abodes in the gardens of
> Eden:  This shall be the great bliss. -
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>        And other things which ye desire will he bestow.  Help from God and
> speedy conquest!  Bear thou these tidings to the faithful.
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>        O ye who believe! be helpers (ansars) of God; as said Jesus the son of
> Mary to his apostles, "Who will come to the help of God?"  "We," said the
> apostles, "will be helpers of God."  And a part of the children of Israel
> believed, and a part believed not.  But to those who believed gave we the
> upper-hand over their foes, and soon did they prove victorious.
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> — *Sura  61 - Battle Array*