Allah has certainly given you victory in many places, and on the day of Hunayn, when your great numbers impressed you but did not benefit you at all. The earth, vast as it was, seemed to close in on you, and then you turned back in retreat.
Then Allah sent down His calm upon His Messenger and the believers, and sent down forces you could not see. He punished those who rejected faith. That is the reward of those who reject faith.
O you who believe, the polytheists are impure, so they must not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year. If you fear poverty, Allah will enrich you from His bounty, if He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
Fight those among the People of the Scripture who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day, do not treat as forbidden what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of truth, until they pay the jizyah directly and are brought under authority.
The Jews say, 'Ezra is the son of Allah,' and the Christians say, 'The Messiah is the son of Allah.' These are words they say with their mouths, resembling the words of those who rejected faith before them. May Allah condemn them! How far they are turned away!
They took their rabbis and monks as lords besides Allah, as well as the Messiah, son of Mary, though they were commanded to worship only one God. There is no god except Him. Glory be to Him, far above what they associate with Him.
They want to extinguish Allah's light with their mouths, but Allah refuses anything less than completing His light, even if those who reject faith hate it.
O you who believe, many rabbis and monks consume people's wealth unjustly and turn people away from Allah's path. And those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in Allah's way, give them news of a painful punishment.
On the Day it will be heated in the Fire of Hell, and their foreheads, sides, and backs will be branded with it: 'This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard.'
The number of months with Allah is twelve, in Allah's decree from the day He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred. That is the upright way. So do not wrong yourselves during them. And fight the polytheists all together as they fight you all together. And know that Allah is with those who are mindful of Him.
Postponing the sacred months is only an increase in disbelief, by which those who reject faith are led astray. They make it lawful one year and sacred another, so that they may match the number Allah has made sacred while making lawful what Allah has forbidden. Their evil deeds have been made attractive to them. Allah does not guide the people who reject faith.
O you who believe, what is the matter with you that when you are told, 'Go out in Allah's way,' you sink heavily toward the earth? Are you more satisfied with the life of this world than the Hereafter? The enjoyment of this worldly life, compared with the Hereafter, is only a little.
If you do not go out, He will punish you with a painful punishment and replace you with another people, and you will not harm Him at all. Allah has power over all things.
If you do not help him, Allah already helped him when those who rejected faith drove him out, when he was one of two in the cave. He said to his companion, 'Do not grieve. Allah is with us.' Then Allah sent His calm upon him, supported him with forces you could not see, and made the word of those who rejected faith the lowest, while Allah's word is the highest. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.
If there had been an easy gain and a moderate journey, they would have followed you. But the distance seemed too far for them. They will swear by Allah, 'If we had been able, we would certainly have gone out with you.' They destroy themselves, and Allah knows that they are lying.
Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day do not ask your permission to be excused from striving with their wealth and their lives. Allah knows those who are mindful of Him.
If they had truly wanted to go out, they would have prepared for it. But Allah did not want them to set out, so He held them back, and it was said, 'Stay behind with those who stay behind.'
Had they gone out among you, they would only have added disorder. They would have rushed about among you, seeking to stir up trouble, and among you are those who would listen to them. Allah knows the wrongdoers.
They had already sought to stir up trouble before and turned matters against you, until the truth came and Allah's cause prevailed, though they hated it.