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The Victory48. Al-Fatḥالفتح

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ʾinnā fataḥnā laka fatḥan mubīnan

Indeed We have inaugurated for you a clear victory,

— Ali Quli Qarai

li-yaghfira laka llāhu mā taqaddama min dhanbika wa-mā taʾakhkhara wa-yutimma niʿmatahū ʿalayka wa-yahdiyaka ṣirāṭan mustaqīman

that Allah may forgive you what is past of your sin and what is to come, and that He may perfect His blessing upon you and guide you on a straight path,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yanṣuraka llāhu naṣran ʿazīzan

and Allah will help you with a mighty help.

— Ali Quli Qarai

huwa lladhī ʾanzala s-sakīnata fī qulūbi l-muʾminīna li-yazdādū ʾīmānan maʿa ʾīmānihim wa-li-llāhi junūdu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-kāna llāhu ʿalīman ḥakīman

It is He who sent down composure into the hearts of the faithful that they might enhance in their faith. To Allah belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

— Ali Quli Qarai

li-yudkhila l-muʾminīna wa-l-muʾmināti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā wa-yukaffira ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa-kāna dhālika ʿinda llāhi fawzan ʿaẓīman

That He may admit the faithful, men and women, into gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever], and that He may absolve them of their misdeeds. That is a great success with Allah.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yuʿadhdhiba l-munāfiqīna wa-l-munāfiqāti wa-l-mushrikīna wa-l-mushrikāti ẓ-ẓānnīna bi-llāhi ẓanna s-sawʾi ʿalayhim dāʾiratu s-sawʾi wa-ghaḍiba llāhu ʿalayhim wa-laʿanahum wa-ʾaʿadda lahum jahannama wa-sāʾat maṣīran

That He may punish the hypocrites, men and women, and the polytheists, men and women, who entertain a bad opinion of Allah. For them shall be an adverse turn of fortune: Allah is wrathful with them and He has cursed them, and prepared hell for them and it is an evil destination.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-li-llāhi junūdu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-kāna llāhu ʿazīzan ḥakīman

To Allah belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is all-mighty, all-wise.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnā ʾarsalnāka shāhidan wa-mubashshiran wa-nadhīran

Indeed We have sent you as a witness, and as a bearer of good news and warner,

— Ali Quli Qarai

li-tuʾminū bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihī wa-tuʿazzirūhu wa-tuwaqqirūhu wa-tusabbiḥūhu bukratan wa-ʾaṣīlan

that you may have faith in Allah and His Apostle, and that you may support him and revere him, and that you may glorify Him morning and evening.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʾinna lladhīna yubāyiʿūnaka ʾinnamā yubāyiʿūna llāha yadu llāhi fawqa ʾaydīhim fa-man nakatha fa-ʾinnamā yankuthu ʿalā nafsihī wa-man ʾawfā bi-mā ʿāhada ʿalayhu llāha fa-sa-yuʾtīhi ʾajran ʿaẓīman

Indeed those who swear allegiance to you, swear allegiance only to Allah: the hand of Allah is above their hands. Then whosoever breaks his oath, breaks it only to his own detriment, and whoever fulfills the covenant he has made with Allah, He will give him a great reward.

— Ali Quli Qarai

sa-yaqūlu laka l-mukhallafūna mina l-ʾaʿrābi shaghalatnā ʾamwālunā wa-ʾahlūnā fa-staghfir lanā yaqūlūna bi-ʾalsinatihim mā laysa fī qulūbihim qul fa-man yamliku lakum mina llāhi shayʾan ʾin ʾarāda bikum ḍarran ʾaw ʾarāda bikum nafʿan bal kāna llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīran

The Bedouins who had stayed back [from joining the Prophet in his ‘umrah journey to Makkah] will tell you, ‘Our possessions and families kept us occupied. So plead [to Allah] for our forgiveness!’ They will say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say, ‘Whether He desires to cause you harm or desires to bring you benefit, who can be of any avail to you against Allah[’s will]? Indeed Allah is well aware of what you do.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

bal ẓanantum ʾan lan yanqaliba r-rasūlu wa-l-muʾminūna ʾilā ʾahlīhim ʾabadan wa-zuyyina dhālika fī qulūbikum wa-ẓanantum ẓanna s-sawʾi wa-kuntum qawman būran

Rather, you thought that the Apostle and the faithful will not ever return to their folks, and that was made to seem decorous to your hearts; you entertained evil thoughts, and you were a ruined lot.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-man lam yuʾmin bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihī fa-ʾinnā ʾaʿtadnā li-l-kāfirīna saʿīran

Those who have no faith in Allah and His Apostle [should know that] We have prepared a blaze for the faithless.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-li-llāhi mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi yaghfiru li-man yashāʾu wa-yuʿadhdhibu man yashāʾu wa-kāna llāhu ghafūran raḥīman

To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth: He forgives whomever He wishes, and punishes whomever He wishes, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

sa-yaqūlu l-mukhallafūna ʾidhā nṭalaqtum ʾilā maghānima li-taʾkhudhūhā dharūnā nattabiʿkum yurīdūna ʾan yubaddilū kalāma llāhi qul lan tattabiʿūnā ka-dhālikum qāla llāhu min qablu fa-sa-yaqūlūna bal taḥsudūnanā bal kānū lā yafqahūna ʾillā qalīlan

[In the near future] when you will set out to capture booty, those who stayed behind [in this journey] will say, : ‘Let us follow you.’ They desire to change the word of Allah. Say, ‘You will never follow us! Allah has said thus beforehand.’ Then they will say, ‘You are envious of us.’ Indeed, they do not understand but a little.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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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

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.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

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

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-maghānima kathīratan yaʾkhudhūnahā wa-kāna llāhu ʿazīzan ḥakīman

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-huwa lladhī kaffa ʾaydiyahum ʿankum wa-ʾaydiyakum ʿanhum bi-baṭni makkata min baʿdi ʾan ʾaẓfarakum ʿalayhim wa-kāna llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīran

It is He who withheld their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the valley of Makkah, after He had given you victory over them, and Allah sees best what you do.

— Ali Quli Qarai

humu lladhīna kafarū wa-ṣaddūkum ʿani l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi wa-l-hadya maʿkūfan ʾan yablugha maḥillahū wa-law-lā rijālun muʾminūna wa-nisāʾun muʾminātun lam taʿlamūhum ʾan taṭʾūhum fa-tuṣībakum minhum maʿarratun bi-ghayri ʿilmin li-yudkhila llāhu fī raḥmatihī man yashāʾu law tazayyalū la-ʾadhdhabnā lladhīna kafarū minhum ʿadhāban ʾalīman

They are the ones who disbelieved and barred you from the Sacred Mosque, and kept the offering from reaching its destination. And were it not for [certain] faithful men and faithful women, whom you did not know—lest you should trample them, and thus the blame for [killing] them should fall on you unawares; [He held you back] so that Allah may admit into His mercy whomever He wishes. Had they been separate, We would have surely punished the faithless among them with a painful punishment.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾidh jaʿala lladhīna kafarū fī qulūbihimu l-ḥamiyyata ḥamiyyata l-jāhiliyyati fa-ʾanzala llāhu sakīnatahū ʿalā rasūlihī wa-ʿalā l-muʾminīna wa-ʾalzamahum kalimata t-taqwā wa-kānū ʾaḥaqqa bihā wa-ʾahlahā wa-kāna llāhu bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīman

When the faithless nourished bigotry in their hearts, the bigotry of pagan ignorance, Allah sent down His composure upon His Apostle and the faithful, and made them abide by the word of Godwariness, for they were the worthiest of it and deserved it, and Allah has knowledge of all things.

— Ali Quli Qarai

la-qad ṣadaqa llāhu rasūlahu r-ruʾyā bi-l-ḥaqqi la-tadkhulunna l-masjida l-ḥarāma ʾin shāʾa llāhu ʾāminīna muḥalliqīna ruʾūsakum wa-muqaṣṣirīna lā takhāfūna fa-ʿalima mā lam taʿlamū fa-jaʿala min dūni dhālika fatḥan qarīban

Certainly Allah has fulfilled His Apostle’s vision in all truth: You will surely enter the Sacred Mosque, God willing, in safety and without any fear, with your heads shaven or hair cropped. So He knew what you did not know, and He assigned [you] besides that a victory near at hand.

— Ali Quli Qarai

huwa lladhī ʾarsala rasūlahū bi-l-hudā wa-dīni l-ḥaqqi li-yuẓhirahū ʿalā d-dīni kullihī wa-kafā bi-llāhi shahīdan

It is He who has sent His Apostle with guidance and the true religion, that He may make it prevail over all religions, and Allah suffices as witness.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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muḥammadun rasūlu llāhi wa-lladhīna maʿahū ʾashiddāʾu ʿalā l-kuffāri ruḥamāʾu baynahum tarāhum rukkaʿan sujjadan yabtaghūna faḍlan mina llāhi wa-riḍwānan sīmāhum fī wujūhihim min ʾathari s-sujūdi dhālika mathaluhum fī t-tawrāti wa-mathaluhum fī l-ʾinjīli ka-zarʿin ʾakhraja shaṭʾahū fa-ʾāzarahū fa-staghlaẓa fa-stawā ʿalā sūqihī yuʿjibu z-zurrāʿa li-yaghīẓa bihimu l-kuffāra waʿada llāhu lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti minhum maghfiratan wa-ʾajran ʿaẓīman

Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah, and those who are with him are hard against the faithless and merciful amongst themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in worship], seeking Allah’s grace, and [His] pleasure. Their mark is [visible] on their faces, from the effect of prostration. Such is their description in the Torah and their description in the Evangel. Like a tillage that sends out its shoots and builds them up, and they grow stout and settle on their stalks, impressing the sowers, so that He may enrage the faithless by them. Allah has promised those of them who have faith and do righteous deeds forgiveness and a great reward.

— Ali Quli Qarai