Al-Hashr (الحشر) word by word, in full: Medinan, revealed in Medina, 24 verses, 445 words. Each verse is displayed in Arabic with its English translation, then broken down into words, each with its transliteration and meaning.
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It is He who expelled the ones who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allah; but [the decree of] Allah came upon them from where they had not expected, and He cast terror into their hearts [so] they destroyed their houses by their [own] hands and the hands of the believers. So take warning, O people of vision.
And if not that Allah had decreed for them evacuation, He would have punished them in [this] world, and for them in the Hereafter is the punishment of the Fire.
وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if not
أَنan[that]
كَتَبَkataba(had) decreed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
ٱلْجَلَآءَl-jalāathe exile
لَعَذَّبَهُمْlaʿadhabahumcertainly He (would) have punished them
Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allah and so He would disgrace the defiantly disobedient.
And what Allah restored [of property] to His Messenger from them - you did not spur for it [in an expedition] any horses or camels, but Allah gives His messengers power over whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.
And what Allah restored to His Messenger from the people of the towns - it is for Allah and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and orphans and the [stranded] traveler - so that it will not be a perpetual distribution among the rich from among you. And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.
For the poor emigrants who were expelled from their homes and their properties, seeking bounty from Allah and [His] approval and supporting Allah and His Messenger, [there is also a share]. Those are the truthful.
And [also for] those who were settled in al-Madinah and [adopted] the faith before them. They love those who emigrated to them and find not any want in their breasts of what the emigrants were given but give [them] preference over themselves, even though they are in privation. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
تَبَوَّءُوtabawwaūsettled
ٱلدَّارَl-dāra(in) the home
وَٱلْإِيمَـٰنَwal-īmānaand (accepted) faith
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them
يُحِبُّونَyuḥibbūnalove
مَنْman(those) who
هَاجَرَhājaraemigrated
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
وَلَاwalāand not
يَجِدُونَyajidūnathey find
فِىfīin
صُدُورِهِمْṣudūrihimtheir breasts
حَاجَةًۭḥājatanany want
مِّمَّآmimmāof what
أُوتُوا۟ūtūthey were given
وَيُؤْثِرُونَwayu'thirūnabut prefer
عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
وَلَوْwalaweven though
كَانَkānawas
بِهِمْbihimwith them
خَصَاصَةٌۭ ۚkhaṣāṣatunpoverty
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُوقَyūqais saved
شُحَّshuḥḥa(from) stinginess
نَفْسِهِۦnafsihi(of) his soul
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
هُمُhumu[they]
ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūna(are) the successful ones
And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful."
Have you not considered those who practice hypocrisy, saying to their brothers who have disbelieved among the People of the Scripture, "If you are expelled, we will surely leave with you, and we will not obey, in regard to you, anyone - ever; and if you are fought, we will surely aid you." But Allah testifies that they are liars.
۞ أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
إِلَىilā[to]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
نَافَقُوا۟nāfaqū(were) hypocrites
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasaying
لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمُli-ikh'wānihimuto their brothers
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
مِنْminamong
أَهْلِahlithe People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Scripture
لَئِنْla-inIf
أُخْرِجْتُمْukh'rij'tumyou are expelled
لَنَخْرُجَنَّlanakhrujannasurely we will leave
مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
وَلَاwalāand not
نُطِيعُnuṭīʿuwe will obey
فِيكُمْfīkumconcerning you
أَحَدًاaḥadananyone
أَبَدًۭاabadanever
وَإِنwa-inand if
قُوتِلْتُمْqūtil'tumyou are fought
لَنَنصُرَنَّكُمْlananṣurannakumcertainly we will help you
If they are expelled, they will not leave with them, and if they are fought, they will not aid them. And [even] if they should aid them, they will surely turn their backs; then [thereafter] they will not be aided.
They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.
[The hypocrites are] like the example of Satan when he says to man, "Disbelieve." But when he disbelieves, he says, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I fear Allah, Lord of the worlds."
O you who have believed, fear Allah. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.
If We had sent down this Qur'an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and coming apart from fear of Allah. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought.
لَوْlawIf
أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe (had) sent down
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānaQuran
عَلَىٰʿalāon
جَبَلٍۢjabalina mountain
لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥlara-aytahusurely you (would) have seen it
He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
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