لَقَدْ کَانَ لَکُمْ فِی رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ کَانَ یَرْجُو اللهَ وَالْیَوْمَ الاْخِرَ وَذَکَرَ اللهَ کَثِیر(( 21 ))

21- VERILY THERE WAS THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE MESSENGER OF GOD, FOR HE WHOSE HOPE IS IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY; AND REMEMBERED ALLAH TOO MUCH.

وَلَمَّا رَءَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الاَْحْزَابَ قَالُوا هَذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَصَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلاَّ إِیمَاناً وَتَسْلِیم(( 22 ))

22- AND WHEN THE BELIEVERS SAW THE CONFEDERATES, THEY SAID:- ``THIS IS WHAT ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER PROMISED US, AND ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER TOLD US THE TRUTH.'' AND IT INCREASED THEM NOT, EXCEPT FAITH AND SUBMISSION.

مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللهَ عَلَیْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ یَنْتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِیل(( 23 ))

23- AMONG THE BELIEVERS ARE MEN WHO WERE TRUE TO THEIR COVENANT WITH ALLAH, AND OF THEM IS HE WHO FULFILLED HIS VOW (AND WAS MARTYRED), AND OF THEM IS HE WHO IS WAITING; AND THEY DID NOT CHANGE ANY THING. (OF THEIR MIND)

لِیَجْزِىَ اللهُ الصَّادِقِینَ بِصِدْقِهِمْ وَیُعَذِّبَ الْمُنَافِقِینَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَوْ یَتُوبَ عَلَیْهِمْ إِنَّ اللهَ کَانَ غَفُوراً رَحِیم(( 24 ))

24- THAT ALLAH MAY REWARD THE TRUTHFULS FOR THEIR TRUTHFULNESS, AND PUNISH THE HYPOCRITES IF HE WILLED, OR TURN TO THEM (IN MERCY); THAT ALLAH IS OFTEN-FORGIVING, COMPASSIONATE.

وَرَدَّ اللهُ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا بِغَیْظِهِمْ لَمْ یَنَالُوا خَیْراً وَکَفَى اللهُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ الْقِتَالَ وَکَانَ اللهُ قَوِیّاً عَزِیز(( 25 ))

25- AND ALLAH TURNED THE NON-BELIEVERS BACK, WHILE THEY WERE FURIOUS FOR GAINING NOTHING GOOD, (IN THEIR MILITARY EXPEDITION) AND ALLAH SUFFICED THE BELIEVERS OF FIGHTING, (SO THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THEM TO FIGHT) THAT ALLAH WAS POWERFUL, EXALTED IN MIGHT.