Translation of the meanings of the Holy Qur-an
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8. Surah al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

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61. But if they incline to peace, you also incline to it, and (put your) trust in Allah. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.
   
 
62. And if they intend to deceive you, then verily, Allah is All-Sufficient for you. He it is Who has supported you with His Help and with the believers.
   
 
63. And He has united their (i.e. believers') hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allah has united them. Certainly He is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
   
 
64. O Prophet [Muhammad (Peace be upon him)]! Allah is Sufficient for you and for the believers who follow you.
   
 
65. O Prophet [Muhammad (Peace be upon him)]! Urge the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are people who do not understand.
   
 
66. Now Allah has lightened your (task), for He knows that there is weakness in you. So if there are of you a hundred steadfast persons, they shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a thousand of you, they shall overcome two thousand with the Leave of Allah. And Allah is with As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.).
   
 
67. It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with ransom) until he had made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land. You desire the good of this world (i.e. the money of ransom for freeing the captives), but Allah desires (for you) the Hereafter. And Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
   
 
68. Were it not a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe torment would have touched you for what you took.
   
 
69. So enjoy what you have gotten of booty in war, lawful and good, and be afraid of
Allah. Certainly, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
   
 
70. O Prophet! Say to the captives that are in your hands: "If Allah knows any good in your hearts, He will give you something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
   
 
71. But if they intend to betray you [Muhammad (Peace be upon him)], they have already betrayed Allah before. So He gave (you) power over them. And Allah is All-Knower, All-Wise.
   
 
72. Verily, those who believed, and emigrated and strove hard and fought with their property and their lives in the Cause of Allah as well as those who gave (them) asylum and help, - these are (all) allies to one another. And as to those who believed but did not emigrate [to you O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)], you owe no duty of protection to them until they emigrate, but if they
   
 
73. And those who disbelieve are allies to one another, (and) if you (Muslims of the whole world collectively) do not do so (i.e. become allies, as one united block with one
Kh
alifah - chief Muslim ruler for the whole Muslim world to make victorious Allah's Religion of Islamic Monotheism), there will be Fitnah
(wars, battles, polytheism, etc.) and oppression on earth, and a great mischief and corruption (appearance of polytheism).
   
 
74. And those who believed, and emigrated and strove hard in the Cause of Allah (Al-Jihad), as well as those who gave (them) asylum and aid; - these are the believers in truth, for them is forgiveness and Rizqun Karim (a generous provision i.e. Paradise).
   
 
75. And those who believed afterwards, and emigrated and strove hard along with you, (in the Cause of Allah) they are of you. But kindred by blood are nearer to one another regarding inheritance in the decree ordained by Allah. Verily, Allah is the All-Knower of everything.

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