وَأُخۡرَىٰ

لَمۡ

تَقۡدِرُواْ

عَلَيۡهَا

قَدۡ

أَحَاطَ

ٱللَّهُ

بِهَاۚ

وَكَانَ

ٱللَّهُ

عَلَىٰ

كُلِّ

شَيۡءٖ

قَدِيرٗا

٢١

And ˹there are˺ other gains which are beyond your reach that Allah is keeping in store ˹for you˺. For Allah is Most Capable of everything.

If the disbelievers were to fight you, they would certainly flee.¹ Then they would never find any protector or helper.

˹This is˺ Allah’s way, already long established ˹in the past˺. And you will find no change in Allah’s way.

He is the One Who held back their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of ˹Ḥudaibiyah, near˺ Mecca, after giving you the upper hand over ˹a group of˺ them.¹ And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.

They are the ones who persisted in disbelief and hindered you from the Sacred Mosque, preventing the sacrificial animals from reaching their destination.¹ ˹We would have let you march through Mecca,˺ had there not been believing men and women, unknown to you. You might have trampled them underfoot, incurring guilt for ˹what you did to˺ them unknowingly. That was so Allah may admit into His mercy whoever He wills.² Had those ˹unknown˺ believers stood apart, We would have certainly inflicted a painful punishment on the disbelievers.

˹Remember˺ when the disbelievers had filled their hearts with pride—the pride of ˹pre-Islamic˺ ignorance¹—then Allah sent down His serenity upon His Messenger and the believers, inspiring them to uphold the declaration of faith,² for they were better entitled and more worthy of it. And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things.

Indeed, Allah will fulfil His Messenger’s vision in all truth: Allah willing, you will surely enter the Sacred Mosque, in security—˹some with˺ heads shaved and ˹others with˺ hair shortened—without fear.¹ He knew what you did not know, so He first granted you the triumph at hand.²

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹right˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others. And sufficient is Allah as a Witness.

Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah. And those with him are firm with the disbelievers¹ and compassionate with one another. You see them bowing and prostrating² ˹in prayer˺, seeking Allah’s bounty and pleasure. The sign ˹of brightness can be seen˺ on their faces from the trace of prostrating ˹in prayer˺. This is their description in the Torah.³ And their parable in the Gospel is that of a seed that sprouts its ˹tiny˺ branches, making it strong. Then it becomes thick, standing firmly on its stem, to the delight of the planters⁴—in this way Allah makes the believers a source of dismay for the disbelievers.⁵ To those of them who believe and do good, Allah has promised forgiveness and a great reward.