إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ
WHEN GOD'S SUCCOUR comes, and victory, (1)
وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا
and thou seest people enter God's religion in hosts, (2)
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا
extol thy Sustainer's limitless glory, and praise Him, and seek His forgiveness: for, behold, He is ever an acceptor of repentanc. (3)
- and thou seest people enter God's religion1 in hosts,
- 1 I.e., the religion of self-surrender to God: cf. 3:19 - "the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him".
- And thou dost see the people enter Allah's Religion in crowds,6292
- 6292 The Prophet migrated from Makkah to Madinah, a hunted and persecuted man. In Madinah all the forces of truth and righteousness rallied round him, and the efforts by the Makkans and their confederates to destroy him and his community recoiled on their own heads. Gradually all the outlying parts of Arabia ranged themselves round his standard and the bloodless conquest of Makkah was the crown and prize of his patience and constant endeavour. After that, whole tribes and tracts of country gave their adhesion to him collectively, and before his earthly ministry was finished, the soil was prepared for the conquest of the wide world of Islam. What was the lesson to be learnt from this little epitome of the world's history? Not man's self-glory, but humility; not power but service; not an appeal to man's selfishness or self-sufficiency, but a realisation of Allah's Grace and Mercy, and the abundant outpouring of Allah's Praises in word and conduct.
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And thou dost see the people enter Allah's Religion in crowds,
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
And thou seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops,
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
And you see men entering the religion of Allah in companies,
— M. Habib Shakir -
And you see that the people enter Allah's religion (Islam) in crowds,
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
And thou beholdest mankind entering the religion of Allah in crowds,
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
and you see people embracing the Religion of Allah in throngs,
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
and thou seest people entering God's Religion in multitudes,
— Ayub Khan -
And thou seest men entering the religion of God in troops,
— Sher Ali -
and thou seest people enter God's religion in hosts,
— Muhammad Asad -
and thou seest men entering Gods religion in throngs,
— Arthur Arberry -
and you see people entering Allah's religion in multitudes,{{2}}
— Abu'l Ala Maududi