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tribes, the property you have acquired, the merchandise you fear may
not be sold, and the homes you love, are dearer to you than Allah, His
Apostle and the striving for His cause, then wait until Allah shall fulfil
His decree.Allah does not guide the evil-doers.'
Allah has helped you on many a battle-field. In the Battle of Hunain,
you set great store by your numbers, but they availed you nothing: the
earth, for all its vastness, seemed to close in upon you and you turned
your backs and fled. ThenAllah causedHis tranquility to descend upon
His Apostle and the faithful: He sent to your aid invisible warriors and
sternly punished the unbelievers. Thus were the infidels rewarded.
Yet Allah will show mercy to whom He will. He is Forgiving,
Merciful.
O believers, know that the idolaters are unclean. Let them not
approach the Sacred Mosque after this year is ended. If you fear
poverty,Allah, if He pleases, will enrich you through His bounty. He is
Knowing,Wise.
Fight against such of those to whom the Book was given as believe
neither inAllah nor the Last Day, who do not forbid whatAllah and His
Apostle have forbidden, and do not embrace the true faith, until they
pay tribute out of hand and are utterly subdued.
The Jews say Uzayr is the son of Allah, while the Christians say al-
Masih is the son of Allah. Such are their assertions, by which they
imitate those who disbelieved before. Allah's curse be on them! How
they are turned away (from the truth)!
They take their rabbis and monks as Lords besidesAllah, and also al-
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