كُتِبَ Is prescribed kutiba upon you ʿalaykumu [the] fighting l-qitālu while it wahuwa (is) hateful kur'hun to you lakum But perhaps waʿasā [that] an you dislike takrahū a thing shayan and it wahuwa (is) good khayrun for you lakum and perhaps waʿasā [that] an you love tuḥibbū a thing shayan and it wahuwa (is) bad sharrun for you lakum And Allah wal-lahu knows yaʿlamu while you wa-antum (do) not lā know taʿlamūna
Battle has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allāh knows, while you know not.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ They ask you yasalūnaka about ʿani the month l-shahri [the] sacred l-ḥarāmi (concerning) fighting qitālin in it fīhi Say qul Fighting qitālun therein fīhi (is) a great (sin) kabīrun but hindering (people) waṣaddun from ʿan (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi and disbelief wakuf'run in Him bihi and (preventing access to) Al-Masjid wal-masjidi Al-Haraam l-ḥarāmi and driving out wa-ikh'rāju its people ahlihi from it min'hu (is) greater (sin) akbaru near ʿinda Allah l-lahi And [the] oppression wal-fit'natu (is) greater akbaru than mina [the] killing l-qatli And not walā they will cease yazālūna (to) fight with you yuqātilūnakum until ḥattā they turn you away yaruddūkum from ʿan your religion dīnikum if ini they are able is'taṭāʿū And whoever waman turns away yartadid among you minkum from ʿan his religion dīnihi then dies fayamut while he wahuwa (is) a disbeliever kāfirun for those fa-ulāika became worthless ḥabiṭat their deeds aʿmāluhum in fī the world l-dun'yā and the Hereafter wal-ākhirati And those wa-ulāika (are) companions aṣḥābu (of) the Fire l-nāri they hum in it fīhā (will) abide forever khālidūna
They ask you about the sacred month1 - about fighting therein. Say, "Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allāh and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Ḥarām and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allāh. And fitnah2 is greater than killing." And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able. And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
إِنَّ Indeed inna those who alladhīna believed āmanū and those who wa-alladhīna emigrated hājarū and strove wajāhadū in fī (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi those ulāika they hope yarjūna (for) Mercy raḥmata (of) Allah l-lahi And Allah wal-lahu (is) Oft-Forgiving ghafūrun Most Merciful raḥīmun
Indeed, those who have believed and those who have emigrated and fought in the cause of Allāh - those expect the mercy of Allāh. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ They ask you yasalūnaka about ʿani [the] intoxicants l-khamri and [the] games of chance wal-maysiri Say qul In both of them fīhimā (is) a sin ith'mun great kabīrun and (some) benefits wamanāfiʿu for [the] people lilnnāsi But sin of both of them wa-ith'muhumā (is) greater akbaru than min (the) benefit of (the) two nafʿihimā And they ask you wayasalūnaka what mādhā they (should) spend yunfiqūna Say quli The surplus l-ʿafwa Thus kadhālika makes clear yubayyinu Allah l-lahu to you lakumu [the] Verses l-āyāti so that you may laʿallakum ponder tatafakkarūna
They ask you about wine1 and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they should spend. Say, "The excess [beyond needs]." Thus Allāh makes clear to you the verses [of revelation] that you might give thought