The Victory
48. Al-Fatḥ
الفتح
Page #513
48:16
قُل
لِّلْمُخَلَّفِينَ
مِنَ
الْأَعْرَابِ
سَتُدْعَوْنَ
إِلَى
قَوْمٍ
أُولِي
بَأْسٍ
شَدِيدٍ
تُقَاتِلُونَهُمْ
أَوْ
يُسْلِمُونَ
فَإِن
تُطِيعُوا
يُؤْتِكُمُ
اللَّهُ
أَجْرًا
حَسَنًا
وَإِن
تَتَوَلَّوْا
كَمَا
تَوَلَّيْتُم
مِّن
قَبْلُ
يُعَذِّبْكُمْ
عَذَابًا
أَلِيمًا
qul li-l-mukhallafīna mina l-ʾaʿrābi sa-tudʿawna ʾilā qawmin ʾulī baʾsin shadīdin tuqātilūnahum ʾaw yuslimūna fa-ʾin tuṭīʿū yuʾtikumu llāhu ʾajran ḥasanan wa-ʾin tatawallaw ka-mā tawallaytum min qablu yuʿadhdhibkum ʿadhāban ʾalīman
Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind: "Ye shall be summoned (to fight) against a people given to vehement war: then shall ye fight, or they shall submit. Then if ye show obedience, Allah will grant you a goodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish you with a grievous Penalty."
— Abdullah Yusufali
Say to the Bedouins who stayed behind, ‘[Later on] you will be called against a people of a great might: they will either embrace Islam, or you will fight them. So if you obey, Allah will give you a good reward; but if you turn away like you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.’
