All that there is in the heavens and the earth has glorified Allah1 and He alone is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.2 To Him belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth: He alone grants life and causes death and has power over everything. He is the First as well as the Last, the Manifest as well as the Hidden,3 and He has knowledge of everything. It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then ascended the Throne.4 He knows whatever ever goes into the earth and whatever comes out of it, and whatever comes down from heaven and whatever goes up into it.5 He is with you wherever you may be6 and sees whatever you do. To Him belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and all matters are referred to Him for decision It is He who causes the night to enter into the day and the day to enter into the night and He knows the hidden-most secrets of the hearts. Believe in Allah and His Messenger7 and spend out8 of what He has made you successor.9 For those of you who will believe and expend of their wealth10 there is a great reward What is the matter with you that you do not believe in Allah, whereas the Messenger is inviting you to believe in your Lord11 and has taken a pact from you,12 if you are true believers? Allah it is Who is sending down clear Revelations to His servants that he may bring you out of the darknesses into the light. And the fact is that Allah is most Kind and Most Merciful to you. What is the matter with you that you do not spend in the Way of Allah, whereas Allah's is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth?13 Those of you who will spend and fight after the victory can never be equal to those who have spent and fought before the victory. They are higher in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards, though Allah has made good promises to both.14 Allah is well aware of whatever you do.15