إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقاتُ لِلفُقَراءِ وَالمَساكينِ وَالعامِلينَ عَلَيها وَالمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلوبُهُم وَفِي الرِّقابِ وَالغارِمينَ وَفي سَبيلِ اللَّهِ وَابنِ السَّبيلِ ۖ فَريضَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَليمٌ حَكيمٌ

The charities are for the poor, the needy, its administrators, for reconciling hearts, for the freeing of slaves, for those in debt, for God’s cause, and for the homeless. This is a decree from God, and God is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

وَمِنهُمُ الَّذينَ يُؤذونَ النَّبِيَّ وَيَقولونَ هُوَ أُذُنٌ ۚ قُل أُذُنُ خَيرٍ لَكُم يُؤمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَيُؤمِنُ لِلمُؤمِنينَ وَرَحمَةٌ لِلَّذينَ آمَنوا مِنكُم ۚ وَالَّذينَ يُؤذونَ رَسولَ اللَّهِ لَهُم عَذابٌ أَليمٌ

Among them are those who slander the Prophet, saying, “He is all ears.” Say, “He listens for your good. He believes in God, trusts the believers, and is a mercy to those who believe among you.” Those who slander God’s Messenger, for them is a painful punishment.

يَحلِفونَ بِاللَّهِ لَكُم لِيُرضوكُم وَاللَّهُ وَرَسولُهُ أَحَقُّ أَن يُرضوهُ إِن كانوا مُؤمِنينَ

They swear by God to appease you. However, it is God and His Messenger they should seek to please, if they are believers.

أَلَم يَعلَموا أَنَّهُ مَن يُحادِدِ اللَّهَ وَرَسولَهُ فَأَنَّ لَهُ نارَ جَهَنَّمَ خالِدًا فيها ۚ ذٰلِكَ الخِزيُ العَظيمُ

Don’t they know that whoever opposes God and His Messenger, for him is the Fire of Hell, to remain in it eternally? That is the great humiliation.

يَحذَرُ المُنافِقونَ أَن تُنَزَّلَ عَلَيهِم سورَةٌ تُنَبِّئُهُم بِما في قُلوبِهِم ۚ قُلِ استَهزِئوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ مُخرِجٌ ما تَحذَرونَ

The hypocrites are apprehensive that a Chapter may be revealed that will inform them of what’s in their hearts. Say, “Mock on, but God will expose what you fear.”

لا تَعتَذِروا قَد كَفَرتُم بَعدَ إيمانِكُم ۚ إِن نَعفُ عَن طائِفَةٍ مِنكُم نُعَذِّب طائِفَةً بِأَنَّهُم كانوا مُجرِمينَ

Make no excuses. You have disbelieved after your belief. Should we forgive some of you, we will punish others: they have been guilty sinners.

المُنافِقونَ وَالمُنافِقاتُ بَعضُهُم مِن بَعضٍ ۚ يَأمُرونَ بِالمُنكَرِ وَيَنهَونَ عَنِ المَعروفِ وَيَقبِضونَ أَيدِيَهُم ۚ نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُم ۗ إِنَّ المُنافِقينَ هُمُ الفاسِقونَ

The hypocritical men and women are akin to one another. They order what is wrong, forbid what is right, and they close their hands. They forgot God, so He disregards them. The hypocrites are the sinners.

وَعَدَ اللَّهُ المُنافِقينَ وَالمُنافِقاتِ وَالكُفّارَ نارَ جَهَنَّمَ خالِدينَ فيها ۚ هِيَ حَسبُهُم ۚ وَلَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ وَلَهُم عَذابٌ مُقيمٌ

God has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and the unbelievers the Fire of Hell, where they will dwell forever. It is their just compensation. God has cursed them, and they will endure perpetual torment.

كَالَّذينَ مِن قَبلِكُم كانوا أَشَدَّ مِنكُم قُوَّةً وَأَكثَرَ أَموالًا وَأَولادًا فَاستَمتَعوا بِخَلاقِهِم فَاستَمتَعتُم بِخَلاقِكُم كَمَا استَمتَعَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِكُم بِخَلاقِهِم وَخُضتُم كَالَّذي خاضوا ۚ أُولـٰئِكَ حَبِطَت أَعمالُهُم فِي الدُّنيا وَالآخِرَةِ ۖ وَأُولـٰئِكَ هُمُ الخاسِرونَ

They are like those before you who were stronger, wealthier, and had more offspring. They enjoyed their own benefit, and you’ve enjoyed your own benefit, and you indulged the same as they indulged. Their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter. They are the losers.

أَلَم يَأتِهِم نَبَأُ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم قَومِ نوحٍ وَعادٍ وَثَمودَ وَقَومِ إِبراهيمَ وَأَصحابِ مَديَنَ وَالمُؤتَفِكاتِ ۚ أَتَتهُم رُسُلُهُم بِالبَيِّناتِ ۖ فَما كانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظلِمَهُم وَلـٰكِن كانوا أَنفُسَهُم يَظلِمونَ

Didn’t they hear the stories of their predecessors—the people of Noah, Aad, Thamud, the people of Abraham, the inhabitants of Midian, and the Overturned Cities? Their messengers came to them with clear signs. God didn’t wrong them, it was themselves they wronged.