The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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The Quran 59: 6
done by God’s leave, so that He might disgrace those who defied Him.
6 You [believers] did not have to spur on your horses or your camels for
whatever gains God turned over to His Messenger from them. God
gives authority to His messengers over whoever He will: God has
power over all things. 7 Whatever gains God has turned over to His
Messenger from the inhabitants of the villages belong to God, the
Messenger, kinsfolk, orphans, the needy, the traveller in need – this is
so that they do not just circulate among those of you who are rich –so
accept whatever the Messenger gives you, and abstain from whatever
he forbids you. Be mindful of God: God is severe in punishment.
8 The poor emigrants who were driven from their homes and possessions,
who seek God’s favour and approval, those who help God
and His Messenger – these are the ones who are true – [shall have a
share]. 9 Those who were already firmly established in their homes
[in Medina], and firmly rooted in faith, show love for those who
migrated to them for refuge and harbour no desire in their hearts for
what has been given to them. They give them preference over themselves,
even if they too are poor: those who are saved from their own
souls’ greed are truly successful. 10 Those who came after them say,
‘Lord, forgive us our sins and the sins of our brothers who believed
before us, and leave no malice in our hearts towards those who
believe. Lord, You are truly compassionate and merciful.’
11 Have you [Prophet] considered the hypocrites who say to their
fellows, the faithless among the People of the Book, ‘If you are
driven out, we shall go with you – we would never listen to anyone
who sought to harm you – and if you are attacked, we shall certainly
come to your aid’? God bears witness that they are in fact liars: 12 if
they are driven out, they will never leave with them; if they are
attacked, they will never help them. Even if they did come to their
aid, they would soon turn tail and flee – in the end they would have
no help. 13 Fear of you [believers] is more intense in their hearts than
fear of God because they are people devoid of understanding. 14 Even
united they would never fight you, except from within fortified
strongholds or behind high walls. There is much hostility between
them: you think they are united but their hearts are divided because
they are people devoid of reason. 15 Like those who went just before
them, a they have tasted the result of their conduct and a painful
a This probably refers to the Banu Qaynuqa, another Jewish tribe banished for their
treachery. It could also refer to the pagans at Badr.