Surah Al-Fatĥ (The Victory) in English

1. قل للمخلفين من الأعراب ستدعون إلى قوم أولي بأس شديد تقاتلونهم أو يسلمون فإن تطيعوا يؤتكم الله أجرا حسنا وإن تتولوا كما توليتم من قبل يعذبكم عذابا أليما

   16

   Say to the Bedouins who stayed behind, ‘[Later on] you will be called against a people of a great might: they will either embrace Islam, or you will fight them. So if you obey, Allah will give you a good reward; but if you turn away like you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.’

   qul li-l-mukhallafīna mina l-ʾaʿrābi sa-tudʿawna ʾilā qawmin ʾulī baʾsin shadīdin tuqātilūnahum ʾaw yuslimūna fa-ʾin tuṭīʿū yuʾtikumu llāhu ʾajran ḥasanan wa-ʾin tatawallaw ka-mā tawallaytum min qablu yuʿadhdhibkum ʿadhāban ʾalīman

2. ليس على الأعمى حرج ولا على الأعرج حرج ولا على المريض حرج ومن يطع الله ورسوله يدخله جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار ومن يتول يعذبه عذابا أليما

   17

   There is no blame on the blind, nor is there any blame on the lame, nor is there blame on the sick [if they are unable to go out with the troops to face the enemies]; and whoever obeys Allah and His Apostle, He will admit him into gardens with streams running in them, and whoever refuses to comply, He will punish him with a painful punishment.

   laysa ʿalā l-ʾaʿmā ḥarajun wa-lā ʿalā l-ʾaʿraji ḥarajun wa-lā ʿalā l-marīḍi ḥarajun wa-man yuṭiʿi llāha wa-rasūlahū yudkhilhu jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru wa-man yatawalla yuʿadhdhibhu ʿadhāban ʾalīman

3. لقد رضي الله عن المؤمنين إذ يبايعونك تحت الشجرة فعلم ما في قلوبهم فأنزل السكينة عليهم وأثابهم فتحا قريبا

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   Allah was certainly pleased with the faithful when they swore allegiance to you under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down composure on them, and requited them with a victory near at hand

   la-qad raḍiya llāhu ʿani l-muʾminīna ʾidh yubāyiʿūnaka taḥta sh-shajarati fa-ʿalima mā fī qulūbihim fa-ʾanzala s-sakīnata ʿalayhim wa-ʾathābahum fatḥan qarīban

4. ومغانم كثيرة يأخذونها وكان الله عزيزا حكيما

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   and abundant spoils that they will capture, and Allah is all-mighty, all-wise.

   wa-maghānima kathīratan yaʾkhudhūnahā wa-kāna llāhu ʿazīzan ḥakīman

5. وعدكم الله مغانم كثيرة تأخذونها فعجل لكم هذه وكف أيدي الناس عنكم ولتكون آية للمؤمنين ويهديكم صراطا مستقيما

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   Allah has promised you abundant spoils, which you will capture. He has expedited this one for you, and withheld men’s hands from you, so that it may be a sign for the faithful, and that He may guide you to a straight path.

   waʿadakumu llāhu maghānima kathīratan taʾkhudhūnahā fa-ʿajjala lakum hādhihī wa-kaffa ʾaydiya n-nāsi ʿankum wa-li-takūna ʾāyatan li-l-muʾminīna wa-yahdiyakum ṣirāṭan mustaqīman

6. وأخرى لم تقدروا عليها قد أحاط الله بها وكان الله على كل شيء قديرا

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   And other [spoils as well] which you have not yet captured: Allah has comprehended them, and Allah has power over all things.

   wa-ʾukhrā lam taqdirū ʿalayhā qad ʾaḥāṭa llāhu bihā wa-kāna llāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīran

7. ولو قاتلكم الذين كفروا لولوا الأدبار ثم لا يجدون وليا ولا نصيرا

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   If the faithless fight you, they will turn their backs [to flee]. Then they will not find any protector or helper.

   wa-law qātalakumu lladhīna kafarū la-wallawu l-ʾadbāra thumma lā yajidūna waliyyan wa-lā naṣīran

8. سنة الله التي قد خلت من قبل ولن تجد لسنة الله تبديلا

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   [It is] Allah’s precedent that has passed before, and you will never find any change in Allah’s precedent.

   sunnata llāhi llatī qad khalat min qablu wa-lan tajida li-sunnati llāhi tabdīlan