8:1They ask you about the bounties. Say, “The bounties are for God and the Messenger.” So be mindful of God, and settle your differences, and obey God and His Messenger, if you are believers.

8:2The believers are those whose hearts tremble when God is mentioned, and when His revelations are recited to them, they strengthen them in faith, and upon their Lord they rely.

8:3Those who perform the prayer; and from Our provisions to them, they spend.

8:4These are the true believers. They have high standing with their Lord, and forgiveness, and a generous provision.

8:5Even as your Lord brought you out of your home with the truth, some believers were reluctant.

8:6Arguing with you about the truth after it was made clear, as if they were being driven to death as they looked on.

8:7God has promised you one of the two groups—that it would be yours—but you wanted the unarmed group to be yours. God intends to prove the truth with His words, and to uproot the disbelievers.

8:8In order to confirm the truth and nullify falsehood, even though the guilty dislike it.

8:9When you appealed to your Lord for help, He answered you, “I am reinforcing you with one thousand angels in succession.”

8:10God only made it a message of hope, and to set your hearts at rest. Victory comes only from God. God is Mighty and Wise.

8:11He made drowsiness overcome you, as a security from Him. And He sent down upon you water from the sky, to cleanse you with it, and to rid you of Satan’s pollution, and to fortify your hearts, and to strengthen your foothold.

8:12Your Lord inspired the angels: “I am with you, so support those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. So strike above the necks, and strike off every fingertip of theirs.”

8:13That is because they opposed God and His Messenger. Whoever opposes God and His Messenger—God is severe in retribution.

8:14“Here it is; so taste it.” For the disbelievers there is the suffering of the Fire.

8:15O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve on the march, never turn your backs on them.

8:16Anyone who turns his back on them on that Day, except while maneuvering for battle, or to join another group, has incurred wrath from God, and his abode is Hell—what a miserable destination!

8:17It was not you who killed them, but it was God who killed them. And it was not you who launched when you launched, but it was God who launched. That He may bestow upon the believers an excellent reward. God is Hearing and Knowing.

8:18Such is the case. God will undermine the strategy of the disbelievers.

8:19If you desire a verdict, the verdict has come to you. And if you desist, it would be best for you. And if you return, We will return; and your troops, however numerous, will not benefit you. God is with the believers.

8:20O you who believe! Obey God and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him when you hear.

8:21And be not like those who say, “We hear,” when they do not hear.

8:22The worst of animals to God are the deaf and dumb—those who do not reason.

8:23Had God recognized any good in them, He would have made them hear; and had He made them hear, they would have turned away defiantly.

8:24O you who believe! Respond to God and to the Messenger when He calls you to what will revive you. And know that God stands between a man and his heart, and that to Him you will be gathered.

8:25And beware of discord which does not afflict the wrongdoers among you exclusively; and know that God is severe in retribution.

8:26And remember when you were few, oppressed in the land, fearing that people may capture you; but He sheltered you, and supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things—so that you may be thankful.

8:27O you who believe! Do not betray God and the Messenger, nor betray your trusts, while you know.

8:29O you who believe! If you remain conscious of God, He will give you a criterion, and will remit from you your sins, and will forgive you. God is possessor of infinite grace.

8:30When the disbelievers plotted against you, to imprison you, or kill you, or expel you. They planned, and God planned, but God is the Best of planners.

8:31And when Our revelations are recited to them, they say, “We have heard. Had we wanted, we could have said the like of this; these are nothing but myths of the ancients.”

8:32And they said, “Our God, if this is the truth from You, then rain down on us stones from the sky, or visit us with a painful affliction.”

8:33But God would not punish them while you are amongst them. And God would not punish them as long as they seek forgiveness.

8:34Yet why should God not punish them, when they are turning others away from the Sacred Mosque, although they are not its custodians? Its rightful custodians are the pious; but most of them do not know.

8:35Their prayer at the House was nothing but whistling and clapping—so taste the punishment for your blasphemy.

8:36Those who disbelieve spend their wealth to repel from God’s path. They will spend it, then it will become a source of sorrow for them, and then they will be defeated. Those who disbelieve will be herded into Hell.

8:37That God may distinguish the bad from the good, and heap the bad on top of one another, and pile them together, and throw them in Hell. These are the losers.

8:38Say to those who disbelieve: if they desist, their past will be forgiven. But if they persist—the practice of the ancients has passed away.

8:39Fight them until there is no more persecution, and religion becomes exclusively for God. But if they desist—God is Seeing of what they do.

8:40And if they turn away, know that God is your Protector. The Best Protector, and the Best Supporter.

8:41And know that whatever spoils you gain, to God belongs its fifth, and to the Messenger, and the relatives, and the orphans, and the poor, and to the wayfarer, provided you believe in God and in what We revealed to Our servant on the Day of Distinction, the day when the two armies met. God is Capable of everything.

8:42Recall when you were on the nearer bank, and they were on the further bank, and the caravan was below you. Had you planned for this meeting, you would have disagreed on the timing, but God was to carry out a predetermined matter, so that those who perish would perish by clear evidence, and those who survive would survive by clear evidence. God is Hearing and Knowing.

8:43God made them appear in your dream as few. Had He made them appear as many, you would have lost heart, and disputed in the matter. But God saved the situation. He knows what the hearts contain.

8:44When you met, He made them appear as few in your eyes, and made you appear fewer in their eyes, so that God may conclude a predetermined matter. To God all matters revert.

8:45O you who believe! When you meet a force, stand firm, and remember God much, so that you may prevail.

8:46And obey God and His Messenger, and do not dispute, lest you falter and lose your courage. And be steadfast. God is with the steadfast.

8:47And do not be like those who left their homes boastfully, showing off before the people, and barring others from the path of God. God comprehends what they do.

8:48Satan made their deeds appear good to them, and said, “You cannot be defeated by any people today, and I am at your side.” But when the two armies came in sight of one another, he turned on his heels, and said, “I am innocent of you; I see what you do not see; I fear God; God is severe in punishment.”

8:49The hypocrites and those in whose hearts is sickness said, “Their religion has deluded these people.” But whoever puts his trust in God—God is Mighty and Wise.

8:50If only you could see, as the angels take away those who disbelieve, striking their faces and their backs: “Taste the agony of the Burning.”

8:51“That is because of what your hands have committed, and because God is not unjust to the servants.”

8:52Like the behavior of the people of Pharaoh, and those before them. They rejected the signs of God, so God seized them for their sins. God is Powerful, Severe in punishment.

8:53That is because God would never change a blessing He has bestowed on a people unless they change what is within themselves, and because God is Hearing and Knowing.

8:54Such was the case with the people of Pharaoh, and those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We annihilated them for their wrongs, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh—they were all evildoers.

8:55The worst of creatures in God's view are those who disbelieve. They have no faith.

8:56Those of them with whom you made a treaty, but they violate their agreement every time. They are not righteous.

8:57If you confront them in battle, make of them a fearsome example for those who follow them, that they may take heed.

8:58If you fear treachery on the part of a people, break off with them in a like manner. God does not like the treacherous.

8:59Let not the disbelievers assume that they are ahead. They will not escape.

8:60And prepare against them all the power you can muster, and all the cavalry you can mobilize, to terrify thereby God’s enemies and your enemies, and others besides them whom you do not know, but God knows them. Whatever you spend in God’s way will be repaid to you in full, and you will not be wronged.

8:61But if they incline towards peace, then incline towards it, and put your trust in God. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

8:62If they intend to deceive you—God is sufficient for you. It is He who supported you with His aid, and with the believers.

8:63And He united their hearts. Had you spent everything on earth, you would not have united their hearts, but God united them together. He is Mighty and Wise.

8:64O prophet! Count on God, and on the believers who have followed you.

8:65O prophet! Rouse the believers to battle. If there are twenty steadfast among you, they will defeat two hundred; and if there are a hundred of you, they will defeat a thousand of those who disbelieve; because they are a people who do not understand.

8:66God has now lightened your burden, knowing that there is weakness in you. If there are a hundred steadfast among you, they will defeat two hundred; and if there are a thousand of you, they will defeat two thousand by God’s leave. God is with the steadfast.

8:67It is not for a prophet to take prisoners before he has subdued the land. You desire the materials of this world, but God desires the Hereafter. God is Strong and Wise.

8:70O prophet! Say to those you hold prisoners, “If God finds any good in your hearts, He will give you better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you. God is Forgiving and Merciful.”

8:71But if they intend to betray you, they have already betrayed God, and He has overpowered them. God is Knowing and Wise.

8:72Those who believed, and emigrated, and struggled in God’s cause with their possessions and their persons, and those who provided shelter and support—these are allies of one another. As for those who believed, but did not emigrate, you owe them no protection, until they have emigrated. But if they ask you for help in religion, you must come to their aid, except against a people with whom you have a treaty. God is Seeing of what you do.

8:73As for those who disbelieve, they are allies of one another. Unless you do this, there will be turmoil in the land, and much corruption.

8:74Those who believed, and emigrated, and struggled for God’s cause, and those who gave shelter and support—these are the true believers. They will have forgiveness, and a bountiful provision.

8:75As for those who believed afterwards, and emigrated and struggled with you—these belong with you. But family members are nearer to one another in the Book of God. God is Cognizant of everything.