Sura 61 The Row (Al-Suff)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[61:1] Glorifying God is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and He is the Dignified, the Wise.

[61:2] O you who believe, why do you say what you do not do?

[61:3] It is a great abhorrence in the sight of God that you say what you do not do.

[61:4] God loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they were a single solid structure.

[61:5] And when Moses said to his people, "O my people, why do you harm me when you know that I am the messenger of God to you?" Then when they deviated, God made their hearts deviate. God does not guide the wicked people.

[61:6] And when Jesus, son of Mary, said, "O Children of Israel, I am the messenger of God to you, confirming what came before me of the Torah, and bringing good news of a messenger to come after me whose name is Ahmad." Yet when he brought them the clear proofs, they said, "This is clear magic."

[61:7] Who is more transgressing than one who fabricates lies about God while he is being invited to Submission? God does not guide the transgressing people.

[61:8] They wish to extinguish God's Light with their mouths, but God perfects His Light however much the disbelievers hate it.

[61:9] He is the One who sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth to make it manifest over all other religions, however much the mushrikeen hate it.

Footnote 61:9 – See footnote 9:33.

[61:10] O you who believe, shall I inform you of a trade that will save you from a painful punishment?

[61:11] It is to believe in God and His messenger and strive in the cause of God with your money and your lives. That is better for you if you only knew.

[61:12] He will then forgive your sins for you and admit you into Gardens beneath which rivers flow and fine dwellings in the Gardens of Eden. That is the great triumph.

[61:13] You also get other things that you love: support from God and an imminent conquest, so give the good news to the believers.

[61:14] O you who believe, be supporters of God, as Jesus, son of Mary, said to the disciples, "Who are my supporters for God?" The disciples said, "We are God's supporters." Then a group among the Children of Israel believed, and a group disbelieved. We supported those who believed against their enemy, and so they prevailed.