All that there is in the heavens and the earth has glorified only Allah, for He alone is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.1 He it is Who drove the disbelievers from among the people of the Book out of their houses2 at the very first assault.3 You did not think that they would ever go out, and they too on their part were thinking that their fortresses would protect them from Allah,4 but Allah came upon them whence they had little expected.5 He cast terror into their hearts with the result that they were destroying their dwellings by their own hands as well as by the hands of the believers.6 So, take heed, O you who have eyes to see!7 Had Allah not decreed banishment for them, He would have chastised them in this world,8 and in the Hereafter there certainly awaits :hem the torment of the Fire. All this happened because they resisted Allah and His Messenger, and whoever resists Allah (should know that) Allah is stern in inflicting punishment. Whatever palm trees you cut down, or whatever you left standing upon their roots, it was only by Allah's leave.9 And (Allah gave the leave) in order to disgrace the transgressors.10 And the properties that Allah took out from their possession and restored to His Messenger,11 are not such that you might have rushed your horses and camels upon them, but Allah gives His Messengers authority over whomever He wills, and Allah has power over everything.12 Whatever Allah restored to His Messenger from the people of the settlements, belongs to Allah and the Messenger and the kinsfolk and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarers,13 so that it does not remain circulating among your rich people only.14 Take whatever the Messenger gives you and refrain from whatever he forbids you. Fear Allah, for Allah is stern in inflicting punishment.15 (Moreover, the properties) are for those poor emigrants who have been expelled from their homes and their possessions.16 They seek Allah's bounty and His goodwill, and are ever ready to succor Allah and His Messenger. They indeed are the truthful. (And it is also for those) who believed eve before the arrival of the emigrants and were staying in the Abode of Migration.17 They love those who have migrated to them and entertain no desire in their hearts for what is given to them and prefer others to themselves even though they may be needy.18 The fact is that those who are saved from the greed of their own hearts, ale truly successful.19 (And it is also for those) who come after them,20 who say, "Our Lord, forgive us , and forgive all our brothers who embraced the Faith before us, and do not place in our hearts any malice towards the believers. Our Lord, You are very Kind and Compassionate."21