9:14
قَٰتِلُوهُمۡ
qatiluhum
Fight them
يُعَذِّبۡهُمُ
yu'adhib'humu
Allah will punish them
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah will punish them
بِأَيۡدِيكُمۡ
bi-aydikum
by your hands
وَيُخۡزِهِمۡ
wayukh'zihim
and disgrace them
وَيَنصُرۡكُمۡ
wayansur'kum
and give you victory
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
alayhim
over them
وَيَشۡفِ
wayashfi
and will heal
صُدُورَ
sudura
(the) breasts
قَوۡمٖ
qawmin
(of) a people
مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
mu'minina
(who are) believers
١٤

Fight them: God will punish them at your hands, He will disgrace them, He will help you to conquer them, He will heal the believers’ feelings

Translation 1260

9:15
وَيُذۡهِبۡ
wayudh'hib
And remove
غَيۡظَ
ghayza
(the) anger
قُلُوبِهِمۡۗ
qulubihim
(of) their hearts
وَيَتُوبُ
wayatubu
And Allah accepts repentance
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
And Allah accepts repentance
عَلَىٰ
ala
of
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُۗ
yashau
He wills
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلِيمٌ
alimun
(is) All-Knower
حَكِيمٌ
hakimun
All-Wise
١٥

and remove the rage from their hearts. God turns to whoever He will in His mercy; God is all knowing and wise

Translation 1260

9:16
أَمۡ
am
Or
حَسِبۡتُمۡ
hasib'tum
(do) you think
أَن
an
that
تُتۡرَكُواْ
tut'raku
you would be left
وَلَمَّا
walamma
while not
يَعۡلَمِ
ya'lami
Allah made evident
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah made evident
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
جَٰهَدُواْ
jahadu
strive
مِنكُمۡ
minkum
among you
وَلَمۡ
walam
and not
يَتَّخِذُواْ
yattakhidhu
take
مِن
min
besides Allah
دُونِ
duni
besides Allah
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
besides Allah
وَلَا
wala
and not
رَسُولِهِۦ
rasulihi
His Messenger
وَلَا
wala
and not
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
al-mu'minina
the believers
وَلِيجَةٗۚ
walijatan
(as) intimates
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
خَبِيرُۢ
khabirun
(is) All-Aware
بِمَا
bima
of what
تَعۡمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
you do
١٦

Do you think that you will be left untestedwithout God identifying which of you will strive for His cause and take no supporters apart from God, His Messenger, and other believers? God is fully aware of all your actions

Translation 1260

9:17
مَا
ma
(It) is not
كَانَ
kana
(It) is not
لِلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ
lil'mush'rikina
for the polytheists
أَن
an
that
يَعۡمُرُواْ
ya'muru
they maintain
مَسَٰجِدَ
masajida
(the) masajid of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(the) masajid of Allah
شَٰهِدِينَ
shahidina
(while) witnessing
عَلَىٰٓ
ala
against
أَنفُسِهِم
anfusihim
themselves
بِٱلۡكُفۡرِۚ
bil-kuf'ri
[with] disbelief
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ulaika
(For) those
حَبِطَتۡ
habitat
worthless
أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ
a'maluhum
(are) their deeds
وَفِي
wafi
and in
ٱلنَّارِ
al-nari
the Fire
هُمۡ
hum
they
خَٰلِدُونَ
khaliduna
(will) abide forever
١٧

It is not right for the idolaters to tend God’s places of worship while testifying to their own disbelief: the deeds of such people will come to nothing and they will abide in Hell

Translation 1260

9:18
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
يَعۡمُرُ
ya'muru
will maintain
مَسَٰجِدَ
masajida
(the) masajid of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(the) masajid of Allah
مَنۡ
man
(the one) who
ءَامَنَ
amana
believes
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
wal-yawmi
and the Day
ٱلۡأٓخِرِ
al-akhiri
the Last
وَأَقَامَ
wa-aqama
and establishes
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
al-salata
the prayer
وَءَاتَى
waata
and gives
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
al-zakata
the zakah
وَلَمۡ
walam
and not
يَخۡشَ
yakhsha
fear
إِلَّا
illa
except
ٱللَّهَۖ
al-laha
Allah
فَعَسَىٰٓ
fa'asa
Then perhaps
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ulaika
those
أَن
an
[that]
يَكُونُواْ
yakunu
they are
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
al-muh'tadina
the guided ones
١٨

The only ones who should tend God’s places of worship are those who believe in God and the Last Day, who keep up the prayer, who pay the prescribed alms, and who fear no one but God: such people may hope to be among the rightly guided

Translation 1260

9:19
۞أَجَعَلۡتُمۡ
aja'altum
Do you make
سِقَايَةَ
siqayata
the providing of water
ٱلۡحَآجِّ
al-haji
(to) the pilgrims
وَعِمَارَةَ
wa'imarata
and (the) maintenance
ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ
al-masjidi
(of) Al-Masjid Al-Haraam
ٱلۡحَرَامِ
al-harami
(of) Al-Masjid Al-Haraam
كَمَنۡ
kaman
like (the one) who
ءَامَنَ
amana
believes
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
wal-yawmi
and the Day
ٱلۡأٓخِرِ
al-akhiri
the Last
وَجَٰهَدَ
wajahada
and strives
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
ٱللَّهِۚ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
لَا
la
They are not equal
يَسۡتَوُۥنَ
yastawuna
They are not equal
عِندَ
inda
near
ٱللَّهِۗ
al-lahi
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
لَا
la
(does) not
يَهۡدِي
yahdi
guide
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
al-qawma
the people
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers
١٩

Do you consider giving water to pilgrims and tending the Sacred Mosque to be equal to the deeds of those who believe in God and the Last Day and who strive in God’s path? They are not equal in God’s eyes. God does not guide such benighted people

Translation 1260

9:20
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
Those who
ءَامَنُواْ
amanu
believed
وَهَاجَرُواْ
wahajaru
and emigrated
وَجَٰهَدُواْ
wajahadu
and strove
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ
bi-amwalihim
with their wealth
وَأَنفُسِهِمۡ
wa-anfusihim
and their lives
أَعۡظَمُ
a'zamu
(are) greater
دَرَجَةً
darajatan
(in) rank
عِندَ
inda
near
ٱللَّهِۚ
al-lahi
Allah
وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulaika
And those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلۡفَآئِزُونَ
al-faizuna
(are) the successful
٢٠

Those who believe, who migrated and strove hard in God’s way with their possessions and their persons, are in God’s eyes much higher in rank; it is they who will triumph

Translation 1260