Surah Al-Hashr — The Exile

Reflects on the exile of a tribe from Medina and sets principles for distributing communal gains.

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ ما فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَما فِى الأَرضِ وَهُوَ العَزيزُ الحَكيمُ

Sabbaha lillahi ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeemu

1. All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise

هُوَ الَّذى أَخرَجَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا مِن أَهلِ الكِتٰبِ مِن دِيٰرِهِم لِأَوَّلِ الحَشرِ ما ظَنَنتُم أَن يَخرُجوا وَظَنّوا أَنَّهُم مانِعَتُهُم حُصونُهُم مِنَ اللَّهِ فَأَتىٰهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن حَيثُ لَم يَحتَسِبوا وَقَذَفَ فى قُلوبِهِمُ الرُّعبَ يُخرِبونَ بُيوتَهُم بِأَيديهِم وَأَيدِى المُؤمِنينَ فَاعتَبِروا يٰأُولِى الأَبصٰرِ

Huwa allathee akhraja allatheena kafaroo min ahli alkitabi min diyarihim liawwali alhashri ma thanantum an yakhrujoo wathannoo annahum maniAAatuhum husoonuhum mina Allahi faatahumu Allahu min haythu lam yahtasiboo waqathafa fee quloobihimu alrruAAba yukhriboona buyootahum biaydeehim waaydee almumineena faiAAtabiroo ya olee alabsari

2. He it is Who hath caused those of the People of the Scripture who disbelieved to go forth from their homes unto the first exile. Ye deemed not that they would go forth, while they deemed that their strongholds would protect them from Allah. But Allah reached them from a place whereof they recked not, and cast terror in their hearts so that they ruined their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O ye who have eyes

وَلَولا أَن كَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيهِمُ الجَلاءَ لَعَذَّبَهُم فِى الدُّنيا وَلَهُم فِى الءاخِرَةِ عَذابُ النّارِ

Walawla an kataba Allahu AAalayhimu aljalaa laAAaththabahum fee alddunya walahum fee alakhirati AAathabu alnnari

3. And if Allah had not decreed migration for them, He verily would have punished them in the world, and theirs in the Hereafter is the punishment of the Fire

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