They ask you concerning the bounties? Say, "The bounties belong to Allah and the Messenger. So fear Allah and set things aright among yourselves; obey Allah and His Messenger, if you are true believers."1 True believers are only those whose hearts tremble with awe, whenever Allah is mentioned to them; whose faith increases2 when the revelations of Allah are recited to them; who put their trust in their Lord, who establish Salat and spend in Our way out of what we have given them. Such people are indeed true believers; they have high ranks with their Lord and forgiveness for their sins3 and most generous provisions. (Now in regard to the spoils the same thing is happening again which happened when) your Lord had brought you forth from your home with the Truth, for some of the Believers were very much averse to it: they were arguing with you concerning the truth, though it had become quite evident; they were filled with awe as if they were being driven towards death with their eyes wide open.4 Remember the occasion when Allah was holding out to you the promise that one of the two hosts5 would fall to you: you wished the weaker host should fall to you:6 but Allah willed to prove by His words the Truth to be truth and to cut across the roots of the disbelievers so that the Truth should come out as truth and falsehood should be proved to be falsehood, even though the evil-doers did not like it.7 And when you were praying to Allah for succor, He answered, "I am sending for your succor one thousand angels, one after another". Allah told you this thing only as a good news for you, and to comfort your hearts: although succor is always from Allah: indeed Allah is All-Powerful, All-Wise.