Remember when you were few and vulnerable in the land, afraid that people might seize you. He gave you shelter, strengthened you with His help, and provided you with good things so that you might be grateful.
Believers, if you are mindful of Allah, He will grant you a way to distinguish right from wrong, remove your misdeeds, and forgive you. Allah is the Lord of tremendous grace.
Remember when those who rejected faith plotted against you, Prophet, to detain you, kill you, or drive you out. They were planning, and Allah was planning. Allah is the best of planners.
When Our signs are recited to them, they say, “We have heard this before. If we wanted, we could say something like it. This is nothing but stories of earlier peoples.”
Yet why should Allah not punish them when they keep others away from the Sacred Mosque, though they are not its rightful guardians? Its rightful guardians are only those mindful of Allah, but most of them do not know.
Those who reject faith spend their wealth to turn people away from Allah’s path. They will continue to spend it, then it will become a source of regret for them, and then they will be defeated. Those who reject faith will be gathered into Hell,
so that Allah may separate the corrupt from the good, pile the corrupt one upon another, heap them all together, and place them in Hell. Those are the losers.
Tell those who reject faith that if they stop, what has already passed will be forgiven. But if they return, then the pattern of earlier peoples has already passed before them.
Know that whatever spoils you gain, one fifth belongs to Allah, the Messenger, close relatives, orphans, the poor, and the stranded traveler, if you truly believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Decision, the day the two forces met. Allah has power over all things.
Remember when you were on the nearer side of the valley, they were on the farther side, and the caravan was below you. Had you arranged to meet, you would have failed to keep the appointment, but it happened so that Allah might bring about a matter already determined, so that whoever perished would perish after clear proof and whoever lived would live after clear proof. Allah is certainly All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Remember when Allah showed them to you in your dream as few. Had He shown them to you as many, you would have lost courage and disputed about the matter, but Allah saved you from that. He surely knows what is within hearts.
And when you met, He made them appear few in your eyes and made you appear few in their eyes, so that Allah might bring about a matter already determined. To Allah all matters return.
Obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute with one another, or you will lose courage and your strength will fade. Be patient. Allah is with those who are patient.
Do not be like those who came out of their homes arrogantly, showing off before people and turning others away from Allah’s path. Allah fully encompasses what they do.
Remember when Satan made their deeds seem attractive to them and said, “No one among the people can defeat you today, and I am here to support you.” But when the two forces came into sight of one another, he turned back and said, “I have nothing to do with you. I see what you do not see. I fear Allah, and Allah is severe in punishment.”