Sūra XXXIII.: Aḥzāb, or The Confederates.

Section 8

59. Ya ayyuha alnnabiyyu qul li-azwajika wabanatika wanisa-i almu/mineena yudneena AAalayhinna min jalabeebihinna thalika adna an yuAArafna fala yu/thayna wakana Allahu ghafooran raheeman

59. O Prophet! Tell
Thy wives and daughters,
And the believing women,
That they should cast
Their outer garments over
Their persons (when abroad):
That is most convenient,
That they should be known
(As such) and not molested.
And God is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.

60. La-in lam yantahi almunafiqoona waallatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalmurjifoona fee almadeenati lanughriyannaka bihim thumma la yujawiroonaka feeha illa qaleelan

60. Truly, if the Hypocrites,
And those in whose hearts
Is a disease, and those who
Stir up sedition in the City,
Desist not, We shall certainly
Stir thee up against them:
Then will they not be
Able to stay in it
As thy neighbours
For any length of time:

61. MalAAooneena ayna ma thuqifoo okhithoo waquttiloo taqteelan

61. They shall have a curse
On them: wherever they
Are found, they shall be
Seized and slain
(Without mercy).

62. Sunnata Allahi fee allatheena khalaw min qablu walan tajida lisunnati Allahi tabdeelan

62. (Such was) the practice
(Approved) of God among those
Who lived aforetime:
No change wilt thou find
In the practice (approved)
Of God.

63. Yas-aluka alnnasu AAani alssaAAati qul innama AAilmuha AAinda Allahi wama yudreeka laAAalla alssaAAata takoonu qareeban

63. Men ask thee concerning
The Hour: say, "The knowledge
Thereof is with God (alone)":
And what will make thee
Understand?—perchance
The Hour is nigh!

64. Inna Allaha laAAana alkafireena waaAAadda lahum saAAeeran

64. Verily God has cursed
The Unbelievers and prepared
For them a Blazing Fire,—

65. Khalideena feeha abadan la yajidoona waliyyan wala naseeran

65. To dwell therein for ever:
No protector will they find,
Nor helper.

66. Yawma tuqallabu wujoohuhum fee alnnari yaqooloona ya laytana ataAAna Allaha waataAAna alrrasoola

66. The Day that their faces
Will be turned upside down
In the Fire, they will say:
"Woe to us! would that
We had obeyed God
And obeyed the Apostle!"

67. Waqaloo rabbana inna ataAAna sadatana wakubaraana faadalloona alssabeela

67. And they would say:
"Our Lord! We obeyed
Our chiefs and our great ones,
And they misled us
As to the (right) path.

68. Rabbana atihim diAAfayni mina alAAathabi wailAAanhum laAAnan kabeeran

68. "Our Lord! Give them
Double Penalty
And curse them
With a very great Curse!"

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