Assuredly75 Allah defends those who have believed76 for He does not like any treacherous, ungrateful wretch77 at all. Permission (to fight) has been granted to those against whom war has been waged because they have been treated unjustly,78 and Allah is certainly able to help them.79 These are the people who have been expelled unjustly from their homes80 only for the reason that they said, "Our Lord is Allah."81 Had Allah not repelled one people by means of another people, monasteries, churches, synagogues82 and mosques, wherein the name of Allah is often mentioned, would have been demolished.83 Allah will surely help those people who help Him:84 Allah is indeed All-Powerful, All-Mighty. These are the people who, if We give them power in the land, will establish Salat, pay the Zakat dues, enjoin what is right and forbid what is evil,85 and the final decision of all affairs is in the hand of Allah.86 O Prophet, if they87 treat you as false, (you should remember that) before them the people of Noah, and the tribes of Ad and Thamud, and the peoples of Abraham and Lot and the dwellers of Midian had treated their Prophets as false and likewise Moses was also rejected. At first I gave respite to all these disbelievers and then seized them.88 Now you can see for yourselves how terrible was My chastisement!89 There are (the ruins of) many a wicked habitation which We destroyed: today they are lying upside down upon their roofs. How many a well has been rendered useless,90 and how many a lofty castle is lying in ruins! Have they not gone about in the land so as to make their hearts think and ears hear? The fact, however, is that it is the hearts in the breasts and not the eyes that become blind.91 These people are demanding of you to hasten the chastisement.92 Allah will never fail to fulfill His threat, but a day with your Lord is equal to a thousand years as you reckon.93 There has been many a wicked habitation, whom at first I gave respite and then seized it, and all shall have to return to Me.