47.1 . Those who disbelieve and turn ( men ) from the way of Allah , He rendereth their actions vain .

47.2 . And those who believe and do good works and believe in that which is revealed unto Muhammad and it is the truth from their Lord . He riddeth them of their ill deeds and improveth their state .

47.3 . That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood and because those who believe follow the truth from their Lord . Thus Allah coineth their similitudes for mankind .

47.4 . Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve , then it is smiting of the necks until , when ye have routed them , then making fast of bonds ; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens . That ( is the ordinance ) . And if Allah willed He could have punished them ( without you ) but ( thus it is ordained ) that He may try some of you by means of others . And those who are slain in the way of Allah , He rendereth not their actions vain .

47.5 . He will guide them and improve their state ,

47.6 . And bring them in unto the Garden which He hath made known to them .

47.7 . O ye who believe! If ye help Allah , He will help you and will make your foothold firm .

47.8 . And those who disbelieve , perdition is for them , and He will make their actions vain .

47.9 . That is because they are averse to that which Allah hath revealed , therefor maketh He their action fruitless .

47.10 . Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? Allah wiped them out . And for the disbelievers there will be the like thereof .

47.11 . That is because Allah is patron of those who believe , and because the disbelievers have no patron .

47.12 . Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow ; while those who disbelieve take their comfort in this life and eat even as the cattle eat , and the Fire is their habitation .

47.13 . And how many a township stronger than thy township ( O Muhammad ) which hath cast thee out , have We destroyed , and they had no helper!

47.14 . Is he who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord like those for whom the evil that they do is beautified while they follow their own lusts?

47.15 . A similitude of the Garden which those who keep their duty ( to Allah ) are promised : Therein are rivers of water unpolluted , and rivers of milk whereof the flavor changeth not , and rivers of wine delicious to the drinkers , and rivers of clear run honey ; therein for them is every kind of fruit , with pardon from their Lord . ( Are those who enjoy all this ) like those who are immortal in the Fire and are given boiling water to drink so that it teareth their bowels?

47.16 . Among them are some who give ear unto thee ( Muhammad ) till , when they go forth from thy presence , they say unto those who have been given knowledge : What was that he said just now? Those are they whose hearts Allah hath sealed , and they follow their own lusts .

47.17 . While as for those who walk aright , He addeth to their guidance , and giveth them their protection ( against evil ) .

47.18 . Await they aught save the Hour , that it should come upon them unawares? And the beginnings thereof have already come . But how , when it hath come upon them , can they take their warning?

47.19 . So know ( O Muhammad ) that there is no God save Allah , and ask forgiveness for thy sin and for believing men and believing women . Allah knoweth ( both ) your place of turmoil and your place of rest .

47.20 . And those who believe say : If only a Surah were revealed! But when a decisive Surah is revealed and war is mentioned therein , thou seest those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with the look of men fainting unto death . Therefor woe unto them!