بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Transcription
Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi
Edip-Layth
In the name of God, the Gracious, the Compassionate.
The Monotheist Group
In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
Muhammad Asad
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace:
Rashad Khalifa
In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. ,
Shabbir Ahmed
All praise is due to God, the Lord/Cherisher/Sustainer of the Universe and everything therein.
Çeviriyazı
Bismillâhir rahmânir rahîm.
Edip Yüksel
Rahman, Rahim Allah'ın ismiyle
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk
Rahman ve Rahim Allah'ın adıyla...
Muhammed Esed
RAHMÂN, RAHÎM ALLAH ADINA
Ali Bulaç
Rahman ve Rahim olan Allah'ın adıyla

48:1 انا فتحنا لك فتحا مبينا

Transcription (English)
48:1 Inna fatahna laka fathanmubeenan
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:1 We have given you a clear conquest.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:1 We have given you a clear conquest.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:1 VERILY, [O Muhammad,] We have laid open before thee a manifest victory,1

Note 1
Namely, the moral victory achieved by the Truce of Hudaybiyyah, which opened the doors to the subsequent triumph of Islam in Arabia (see introductory note, which explains many allusions to this historic event found in the subsequent verses).
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:1 We have bestowed upon you (O Messenger) a great victory.,1

Note 1
This profound statement consists of 19 letters, indicating that our generation is the generation of victory for God's purified, unified, andconsolidated religion-Submission ( 3:19). It is our generation that witnessed the revelationsof God's great miracle in the Quran (Appendix 1).
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:1 (O Prophet) We have opened for you the gates of a manifest victory,1

Note 1


This is the 48th Surah of the Qur’an and it has 29 verses. The Surah derives its name from the fulfillment of God's promise to His Messenger of a signal Victory. And the promise that the Final Word of God will prevail over all other systems of life on the planet.



The pledge of allegiance to the Prophet during his lifetime meant allegiance to God, and after him the same will hold true about the Central Authority of the Divine System whenever established.



With the Glorious Name of God, the Instant and Sustaining Source of all Mercy and Kindness



48:2 ليغفر لك الله ما تقدم من ذنبك وما تاخر ويتم نعمته عليك ويهديك صرطا مستقيما

Transcription (English)
48:2 Liyaghfira laka Allahu mataqaddama min thanbika wama taakhkhara wayutimmaniAAmatahu AAalayka wayahdiyaka siratan mustaqeeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:2 So that God may forgive your present sins, as well as those past, and so that He may complete His blessings upon you, and guide you on a straight path.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:2 So that God may forgive your present sins, and those past, and so that He may complete His blessings upon you, and guide you on a straight path.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:2 so that God might show His forgiveness of all thy faults, past as well as future,2 and [thus] bestow upon thee the full measure of His blessings, and guide thee on a straight way,3

Note 2
Lit., "so that God might forgive thee all that is past of thy sins and all that is yet to come" - thus indicating elliptically that freedom from faults is an exclusive prerogative of God, and that every human being, however exalted, is bound to err on occasion.

Note 3
Sc., "to a fulfillment of thy mission", which the Truce of Hudaybiyyah clearly presaged.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:2 Whereby GOD forgives your past sins, as well as future sins, and perfects His blessings upon you, and guides you in a straight path.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:2 That God may protect you against whatever could have caused you to lag behind in the past and in the future. He perfects His blessings on you and takes you along a straight path.2

Note 2
24:55, 40:55, 47:19. Ghafarah = Helmet = Protection. Zanb = Tail = Lagging behind = A slander stuck behind a person

48:3 وينصرك الله نصرا عزيزا

Transcription (English)
48:3 Wayansuraka Allahu nasranAAazeezan
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:3 God will grant you a conquest which is mighty.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:3 And God will grant you a conquest which is mighty.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:3 and [show] that God will succour thee with [His] mighty succour.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:3 Additionally, GOD will support you with an unwavering support.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:3 And thus God supports you with a mighty support.

48:4 هو الذى انزل السكينة فى قلوب المؤمنين ليزدادوا ايمنا مع ايمنهم ولله جنود السموت والارض وكان الله عليما حكيما

Transcription (English)
48:4 Huwa allathee anzala alssakeenatafee quloobi almu/mineena liyazdadoo eemanan maAAaeemanihim walillahi junoodu alssamawatiwaal-ardi wakana Allahu AAaleeman hakeeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:4 He is the One who sends down tranquility into the hearts of those who acknowledge, so that they may increase in acknowledgement along with their present acknowledgement. To God belongs the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and God is Knowledgeable, Wise.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:4 He is the One who sends down tranquility into the hearts of the believers, so that they may increase in faith along with their present faith. And to God belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and God is Knowledgeable, Wise.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:4 It is He who from on high has bestowed inner peace upon the hearts of the believers,4 so that - seeing that God's are all the forces of the heavens and the earth, and that God is all-knowing, truly wise - they might grow yet more firm in their faith;5

Note 4
I.e., endowed them, although they were few and practically unarmed, with calm courage in the face of the much more powerful forces of the enemy.

Note 5
Lit., "so that they might add faith to their faith, seeing that God's are…", etc. Since the latter is obviously a parenthetic clause, I have transposed it in my rendering in order to make the meaning clear.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:4 He is the One who places contentment into the hearts of believers to augment more faith, in addition to their faith. To GOD belongs all forces of the heavens and the earth. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:4 He is the One Who sends down peace of reassurance into the hearts of the believers to increase their faith to conviction. To God belong the armies of the heavens and the earth. God is Knower, Wise. [9:26, 45:22, 53:31]

48:5 ليدخل المؤمنين والمؤمنت جنت تجرى من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها ويكفر عنهم سياتهم وكان ذلك عند الله فوزا عظيما

Transcription (English)
48:5 Liyudkhila almu/mineena waalmu/minatijannatin tajree min tahtiha al-anharukhalideena feeha wayukaffira AAanhum sayyi-atihimwakana thalika AAinda Allahi fawzan AAatheeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:5 That He may admit the acknowledging men and acknowledging women into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath them, abiding eternally therein, and He will remit their sins from them. With God this is a great triumph.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:5 That He may admit the believing males and believing females into gardens with rivers flowing beneath them, abiding therein, and He will forgive their sins for them. And with God this is a great triumph.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:5 [and] that He might admit the believers, both men and women, into gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide, and that He might efface their [past bad] deeds: and that is, in the sight of God, indeed a triumph supreme!
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:5 He will certainly admit the believing men and women into gardens with flowing streams, wherein they abide forever. He will remit their sins. This is, in the sight of GOD, a great triumph.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:5 Thus He will admit the believing men and the believing women into Gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they shall abide. And He will absolve their faults and imperfections. And that is, in the Sight of God, the Supreme Triumph. [11:115]

48:6 ويعذب المنفقين والمنفقت والمشركين والمشركت الظانين بالله ظن السوء عليهم دائرة السوء وغضب الله عليهم ولعنهم واعد لهم جهنم وساءت مصيرا

Transcription (English)
48:6 WayuAAaththiba almunafiqeena waalmunafiqatiwaalmushrikeena waalmushrikati alththanneenabiAllahi thanna alssaw-iAAalayhim da-iratu alssaw-i waghadiba AllahuAAalayhim walaAAanahum waaAAadda lahum jahannama wasaat maseeran
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:6 He will punish the hypocrite men and the hypocrite women, and the idolater men and the idolater women, who think evil thoughts about God. Their evil will come back to them, and God was angry with them, and He has cursed them and prepared for them hell. What a miserable destiny!
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:6 And He will punish the hypocrite males and the hypocrite females, and the polytheist males and the polytheist females; they think evil thoughts about God. Their evil will come back to them, and God was angry with them, and He has cursed them and prepared for them Hell. What a miserable destiny!
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:6 And [God has willed] to impose suffering [in the life to come] on the hypocrites, both men and women, and on those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him, both men and women: all who entertain evil thoughts about God.6 Evil encompasses them from all sides, and God's condemnation rests upon them; and He has rejected them [from His grace], and has readied hell for them: and how evil a journey's end!

Note 6
I.e., who deny His existence or man's responsibility to Him, or offend against the concept of His oneness.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:6 And He will requite the hypocrite men and women and the idol worshipping men and women, for they have harbored evil thoughts about GOD. Their evil will backfire against them. For GOD is angry with them, condemns them, and has prepared for them Gehenna. What a miserable destiny!,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:6 And He will punish the hypocrite men and the hypocrite women and the idolater men and idolater women who hold evil assumptions and plans against God. Around them is a circle of their disruptive deeds, and God’s Disapproval is upon them and He deprives them of His grace. For them He has readied Hell, and how miserable is that as a destination!

48:7 ولله جنود السموت والارض وكان الله عزيزا حكيما

Transcription (English)
48:7 Walillahi junoodu alssamawatiwaal-ardi wakana Allahu AAazeezan hakeeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:7 To God belongs the soldiers of the heavens and the earth. God is Noble, Wise.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:7 And to God belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth. And God is Noble, Wise.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:7 For, God's are all the forces of the heavens and the earth; and God is indeed almighty, truly wise!
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:7 To GOD belongs all the forces in the heavens and the earth. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:7 God’s are the forces of the heavens and earth, and God is Mighty, Wise. [45:22]

48:8 انا ارسلنك شهدا ومبشرا ونذيرا

Transcription (English)
48:8 Inna arsalnaka shahidanwamubashshiran wanatheeran
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:8 We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of good news, and a warner.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:8 We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of good news, and a warner.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:8 VERILY, [O Muhammad,] We have sent thee as a witness [to the truth], and as a herald of glad tidings and a warner –
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:8 We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of good news, and a warner.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:8 (O Prophet) We have sent you as a witness (to the truth and to people), as a bearer of good news, and as a warner. [2:143]

48:9 لتؤمنوا بالله ورسوله وتعزروه وتوقروه وتسبحوه بكرة واصيلا

Transcription (English)
48:9 Litu/minoo biAllahi warasoolihiwatuAAazziroohu watuwaqqiroohu watusabbihoohu bukratan waaseelan
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:9 So that you may acknowledge God and His messenger, and that you may support Him, honor Him, and glorify Him, morning and evening.1

Note 1

In the light of the other verses of the Quran, all the pronouns in the verse must refer to God.

The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:9 That you may believe in God and His messenger, and that you may support Him, honor Him, and glorify Him, morning and evening.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:9 so that you [O men] might believe in God and His Apostle, and might honour Him, and revere Him, and extol His limitless glory from morn to evening.7

Note 7
Lit., "at morn and evening", i.e., at all times.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:9 That you people may believe in GOD and His messenger, and reverence Him, and observe Him, and glorify Him, day and night.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:9 So that you mankind may believe in God and His Messenger. Therefore, support the Messenger and honor him and do your best to establish the glory of God from morning to evening. [33:41-42]

48:10 ان الذين يبايعونك انما يبايعون الله يد الله فوق ايديهم فمن نكث فانما ينكث على نفسه ومن اوفى بما عهد عليه الله فسيؤتيه اجرا عظيما

Transcription (English)
48:10 Inna allatheena yubayiAAoonakainnama yubayiAAoona Allaha yadu Allahifawqa aydeehim faman nakatha fa-innama yankuthu AAalanafsihi waman awfa bima AAahada AAalayhu Allahafasayu/teehi ajran AAatheeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:10 Those who pledge allegiance to you, are in-fact pledging allegiance to God; God's hand is above their hands. Those of them who violate such a pledge, are violating it only upon themselves. Whosoever fulfills what he has pledged to God, then He will grant him a great reward.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:10 Those who pledge allegiance to you, are in-fact pledging allegiance to God; the hand of God is above their hands. Those of them who violate such a pledge, are violating it only for themselves. And whoever fulfills what he has pledged to God, then He will grant him a great reward.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:10 Behold, all who pledge their allegiance to thee pledge their allegiance to God: the hand of God is over their hands.8 Hence, he who breaks his oath, breaks it only to his own hurt; whereas he who remains true to what he has pledged unto God, on him will He bestow a reward supreme.

Note 8
This refers, in the first instance, to the pledge of faith and allegiance (bayat ar-ridwan) which the Muslims assembled at Hudaybiyyah gave to the Prophet (see introductory note). Beyond this historical allusion, however, the above sentence implies that as one's faith in God's message- bearer is to all intents and purposes synonymous with a declaration of faith in God Himself, so does one's willingness to obey God necessarily imply a willingness to obey His message-bearer. The phrase "the hand of God is over their hands" does not merely allude to the hand-clasp with which all of the Prophet's followers affirmed their allegiance to him, but is also a metaphor for His being a witness to their pledge.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
You Shall Support God's Messenger48:10 Surely, those who pledge allegiance to you, are pledging allegiance to GOD. GOD approves their pledge; He places His hand above their hands. Those who violate such a pledge, commit the violation to their own detriment. As for those who fulfill their pledge with GOD, He will grant them a great recompense.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:10 Those who pledge allegiance to you (O Prophet), in fact pledge allegiance to God. God’s hand is over their hands. So, whoever shatters his pledge shatters his own ‘self’. And whoever keeps his pledge with God, to him He will grant a supreme reward. [9:111]

48:11 سيقول لك المخلفون من الاعراب شغلتنا امولنا واهلونا فاستغفر لنا يقولون بالسنتهم ما ليس فى قلوبهم قل فمن يملك لكم من الله شيا ان اراد بكم ضرا او اراد بكم نفعا بل كان الله بما تعملون خبيرا

Transcription (English)
48:11 Sayaqoolu laka almukhallafoona mina al-aAArabishaghalatna amwaluna waahloona faistaghfirlana yaqooloona bi-alsinatihim ma laysa feequloobihim qul faman yamliku lakum mina Allahi shay-an inarada bikum darran aw arada bikum nafAAanbal kana Allahu bima taAAmaloona khabeeran
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:11 The Arabs who lagged behind will say to you: "We were preoccupied with our money and our family, so ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say, "Who then would possess any power for you against God if He wanted harm to afflict you or if He wanted benefit for you?" No, God is fully Aware of everything you do.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:11 The Nomads who lagged behind will say to you: "We were preoccupied with our money and our family, so ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: "Who then would possess any power for you against God if He wanted harm to afflict you or if He wanted benefit for you?" No, God is fully Aware of everything you do.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:11 Those of the bedouin who stayed behind will say unto thee:9 “[The need to take care of] our chat­tels and our families kept us busy: do then, [O Prophet,] ask God to forgive us!" [Thus,] they will utter with their tongues something that is not in their hearts.10 Say: “Who, then, has it in his power to avert from you aught that God may have willed,11 whether it be His will to harm you or to confer a benefit on you? Nay, but God is fully aware of what you do!

Note 9
Lit., "who were left behind": i.e., the bedouin belonging to the tribes of Ghifar, Muzaynah, Juhaynah, Ashja, Aslam and Dhayl, who, although allied with the Prophet and outwardly professing Islam, refused under various pretexts to accompany him on his march to Mecca (which resulted in the Truce of Hudaybiyyah), since they were convinced that the Meccans would give battle and destroy the unarmed Muslims (Zamakhshari ). The excuses mentioned in the sequence were made after the Prophet's and his followers' successful return to Medina ; hence the future tense, sayaqul.

Note 10
Implying that the excuses which they would proffer would be purely hypocritical.

Note 11
Lit., "has anything in his power (that could be obtained) in your behalf from God": a construction which, in order to become meaningful in translation, necessitates a paraphrase.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:11 The sedentary Arabs who stay behind will say, "We have been preoccupied with our money and our families, so ask forgiveness for us!" They utter with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say, "Who can protect you from GOD, if He willed any adversity for you, or if He willed any blessing for you?" GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:11 The Bedouins, who were left behind, will tell you, "Our properties and families kept us occupied, so ask forgiveness for us!" They will utter with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say, “Who has the power to intervene on your behalf with God, whether He wills to give you some loss or He wills to give you some profit?” Nay, but God is Aware of all that you do.

48:12 بل ظننتم ان لن ينقلب الرسول والمؤمنون الى اهليهم ابدا وزين ذلك فى قلوبكم وظننتم ظن السوء وكنتم قوما بورا

Transcription (English)
48:12 Bal thanantum an lan yanqalibaalrrasoolu waalmu/minoona ila ahleehimabadan wazuyyina thalika fee quloobikum wathanantumthanna alssaw-i wakuntum qawman booran
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:12 Alas, you thought that the messenger and those who acknowledge would not return to their families, and this was deemed pleasant in your hearts, and you thought the worst thoughts; you were a wicked people.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:12 Alas, you thought that the messenger and the believers would not return to their families, and this was deemed pleasant in your hearts, and you thought the worst thoughts; you were a wicked people!
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:12 Nay, you thought that the Apostle and the believers would never return to their kith and kin: and this seemed goodly to your hearts.12 And you entertained [such] evil thoughts because you have always been people devoid of all good!"

Note 12
Implying that the real sympathies of those bedouin were with the pagan Quraysh rather than with the Muslims.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:12 You secretly believed that the messenger and the believers will be defeated and never come back to their families, and this was firmly established in your hearts. You harbored evil thoughts and turned into wicked people.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:12 Nay, you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never come back to their people and families. And it was made pleasing in your hearts that you did think evil, for, you are a people devoid of virtue.”

48:13 ومن لم يؤمن بالله ورسوله فانا اعتدنا للكفرين سعيرا

Transcription (English)
48:13 Waman lam yu/min biAllahiwarasoolihi fa-inna aAAtadna lilkafireenasaAAeeran
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:13 Anyone who does not acknowledge God and His messenger, then We have prepared for the ingrates a hellfire.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:13 Anyone who does not believe in God and His messenger, then We have prepared for the rejecters a Fire.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:13 Now as for those who will not believe in God and His Apostle - verily, We have readied a blazing flame for all [such] deniers of the truth!
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:13 Anyone who refuses to believe in GOD and His messenger, we have prepared for the disbelievers a hellfire.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:13 As for him who denies God and His Messenger, We have prepared a Flame for such deniers.

48:14 ولله ملك السموت والارض يغفر لمن يشاء ويعذب من يشاء وكان الله غفورا رحيما

Transcription (English)
48:14 Walillahi mulku alssamawatiwaal-ardi yaghfiru liman yashao wayuAAaththibuman yashao wakana Allahu ghafooran raheeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:14 To God is the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills. God is Forgiver, Compassionate.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:14 And to God is the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whoever He wills, and punishes whoever He wills. God is Forgiver, Merciful.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:14 But God's is the dominion over the heavens and the earth: He forgives whomever He wills, and imposes suffering on whomever He wills - and [withal,] He is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.13

Note 13
Implying that He may forgive even the most hardened sinners if they truly repent and mend their ways: an allusion to what the Prophet was to say according to verse 16.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:14 To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:14 To God belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and earth. He forgives and punishes according to His Law of Requital. God is Absolver of imperfections, Compassionate.

48:15 سيقول المخلفون اذا انطلقتم الى مغانم لتاخذوها ذرونا نتبعكم يريدون ان يبدلوا كلم الله قل لن تتبعونا كذلكم قال الله من قبل فسيقولون بل تحسدوننا بل كانوا لا يفقهون الا قليلا

Transcription (English)
48:15 Sayaqoolu almukhallafoona itha intalaqtumila maghanima lita/khuthooha tharoonanattabiAAkum yureedoona an yubaddiloo kalama Allahiqul lan tattabiAAoona kathalikum qala Allahumin qablu fasayaqooloona bal tahsudoonana bal kanoola yafqahoona illa qaleelan
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:15 Those who lagged behind will say, when you venture out to collect the spoils: "Let us follow you!" They want to change God's words. Say, "You will not follow us; this is what God has decreed beforehand." They will then say, "No, you are envious of us." Alas, they rarely understood anything.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:15 Those who lagged behind will say, when you venture out to collect the spoils: "Let us follow you!" They want to change the words of God. Say: "You will not follow us; this is what God has decreed beforehand." They will then say: "No, you are envious of us." Alas, they rarely understood anything.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:15 As soon as you [O believers] are about to set forth on a war that promises booty,14 those who stayed behind [aforetime] will surely say, “Allow us to go with you" - [thus showing that] they would like to alter the Word of God.15 Say: “By no means shall you go with us: God has declared aforetime [to whom all spoils shall belong]."16 Thereupon they will [surely] answer, “Nay, but you begrudge us [our share of booty]!" Nay, they can grasp but so little of the truth!

Note 14
Lit., "set forth to take booty": i.e., any expedition other than against the Quraysh of Mecca, with whom the Prophet had just concluded a truce. This is generally taken as an allusion to the forthcoming war against the Jews of Khaybar (in the year 7 H.), but the meaning may well be more general.

Note 15
Evidently a reference to 8:1 - "All spoils of war belong to God and the Apostle" - which, as pointed out in the note on that verse, implies that no individual warrior can have any claim to the booty obtained in war. Moreover, fighting for the sake of booty contravenes the very principle of a "war in God's cause", which may be waged only in defense of faith or liberty (cf. surah 2 note 167), "until there is no more oppression and all worship is devoted to God alone" (see 2:193 and the corresponding note 170). It is to these principles, too, that the Prophet's anticipated answer, mentioned in the sequence, refers.

Note 16
I.e., in the first verse of Al-Anfal, which was revealed in the year 2 H. (see preceding note).
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:15 The sedentary who stay behind will say, when you are expected to collect spoils of war, "Let us follow you to share in this!" They thus wish to alter GOD's words. Say, "You will not follow us. This is GOD's decision." They will then say, "You must be envious of us (for staying behind)." Indeed, they rarely understood anything.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:15 If you go forth to a battle that holds promise of spoils of war, those who had stayed behind before, will say, “Allow us to follow you.” They seek to change the verdict of God. Say, “You shall by no means go with us. This is what God has decreed already.” Then they will say, “You are envious of us.” Nay, but very little it is that they understand (of selfless service).3

Note 3
Battle is no longer a means of winning booty as it was in the Age of Ignorance. It is permitted only against persecution and in self-defense. 2:167, 2:193, 3:140, 8:1, 60:8

48:16 قل للمخلفين من الاعراب ستدعون الى قوم اولى باس شديد تقتلونهم او يسلمون فان تطيعوا يؤتكم الله اجرا حسنا وان تتولوا كما توليتم من قبل يعذبكم عذابا اليما

Transcription (English)
48:16 Qul lilmukhallafeena mina al-aAArabisatudAAawna ila qawmin olee ba/sin shadeedin tuqatiloonahumaw yuslimoona fa-in tuteeAAoo yu/tikumu Allahuajran hasanan wa-in tatawallaw kama tawallaytum minqablu yuAAaththibkum AAathaban aleeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:16 Say to those Arabs who lagged behind: "You will be called on to fight a people who are very powerful in warfare, unless they peacefully surrender. Then if you obey, God will grant you a good reward, but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful retribution."
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:16 Say to those Nomads who lagged behind: "You will be called on to fight a people who are very powerful in warfare, unless they surrender. Then if you obey, God will grant you a good reward, but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful retribution."
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:16 Say unto those bedouin who stayed behind: “In time you will be called upon [to fight] against people of great prowess in war:17 you will have to fight against them [until you die] or they surrender. And then, if you heed [that call], God will bestow on you a goodly reward; but if you turn away as you turned away this time,18 He will chastise you with grievous chastisement."

Note 17
This is evidently a prophecy relating to the future wars against Byzantium and Persia.

Note 18
Lit., "before", i.e., at the time of the expedition which resulted in the Truce of Hudaybiyyah.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
The Test for Early Generations48:16 Say to the sedentary Arabs who stay behind, "You will be invited to face powerful people and to fight them, unless they submit. If you obey, GOD will reward you with a generous recompense. But if you turn away again, as you did in the past, He will requite you with a painful retribution.",
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:16 Say to these desert Arabs who had stayed behind, "Soon you will be called against a people mighty in warfare, to fight them until they surrender. And if you obey, God will give you a beautiful reward. But if you turn away, as you did turn away before, He will requite you with grievous suffering."

48:17 ليس على الاعمى حرج ولا على الاعرج حرج ولا على المريض حرج ومن يطع الله ورسوله يدخله جنت تجرى من تحتها الانهر ومن يتول يعذبه عذابا اليما

Transcription (English)
48:17 Laysa AAala al-aAAma harajunwala AAala al-aAAraji harajun walaAAala almareedi harajun waman yutiAAiAllaha warasoolahu yudkhilhu jannatin tajree min tahtihaal-anharu waman yatawalla yuAAaththibhu AAathabanaleeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:17 There is no burden on the blind, nor is there any burden on the cripple, nor is there on the sick any burden. Whosoever obeys God and His messenger, He will admit them into paradises with rivers flowing beneath; and whosoever turns away, He will punish him with a painful retribution.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:17 There is no burden on the blind, nor is there any burden on the cripple, nor is there any burden on the sick. And whoever obeys God and His messenger, He will admit them into gardens with rivers flowing beneath them; and whoever turns away, He will punish him with a painful retribution.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:17 No blame attaches to the blind, nor does blame attach to the lame, nor does blame attach to the sick [for staying away from a war in God's cause];19 but whoever heeds [the call of] God and His Apostle [in deed or in heart],20 him will He admit into gardens through which running waters flow; whereas him who turns away will He chastise with grievous chastise­ment.

Note 19
These three categories circumscribe metonymically all kinds of infirmities or disabilities which may prevent a person from actively participating in a war in God's cause.

Note 20
This latter applies, by obvious implication, to such as are unable to participate in the fighting physically, but are in their hearts with those who fight.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:17 The blind is not to be blamed, the crippled is not to be blamed, and the sick is not to be blamed. Those who obey GOD and His messenger, He will admit them into gardens with flowing streams. As for those who turn away, He will requite them with a painful retribution.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:17 There is no blame for the blind, nor is there blame for the disabled, nor is there blame for the sick (if they do not go forth in self-defense). Whoever obeys God and His Messenger, He will admit him in the Gardens underneath which rivers flow. And whoever turns back, He will punish him with a painful doom. [9:91]

48:18 لقد رضى الله عن المؤمنين اذ يبايعونك تحت الشجرة فعلم ما فى قلوبهم فانزل السكينة عليهم واثبهم فتحا قريبا

Transcription (English)
48:18 Laqad radiya Allahu AAanialmu/mineena ith yubayiAAoonaka tahta alshshajaratifaAAalima ma fee quloobihim faanzala alsakeenataAAalayhim waathabahum fathan qareeban
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:18 God is pleased with those who acknowledge who pledged allegiance to you under the tree. He thus knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquility upon them, and rewarded them with a near victory.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:18 God is pleased with the believers who pledged allegiance to you under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquility upon them, and rewarded them with a victory that is near.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:18 INDEED, well-pleased was God with the believers when they pledged their allegiance unto thee [O Muhammad] under that tree,21 for He knew what was in their hearts; and so He bestowed inner peace upon them from on high, and rewarded them with [the glad tiding of] a victory soon to come22

Note 21
I.e., at Hudaybiyyah (see introductory note).

Note 22
Most of the commentators assume that this relates to the conquest of Khaybar, which took place a few months after the Truce of Hudaybiyyah. It is probable, however, that the implication is much wider than that - namely, a prophecy of the almost bloodless conquest of Mecca in the year 8 H., the victorious establishment of Islam in all of Arabia and, finally, the tremendous expansion of the Islamic Commonwealth under the Prophet's immediate successors.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:18 GOD is pleased with the believers who pledged allegiance to you under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts and, consequently, He blessed them with contentment, and rewarded them with an immediate victory.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:18 God was pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you (O Messenger) under that shady tree. For, He knew what was in their hearts, and so He sent down upon them inner peace, and rewarded them by opening the gates to a swift victory. [48:10]

48:19 ومغانم كثيرة ياخذونها وكان الله عزيزا حكيما

Transcription (English)
48:19 Wamaghanima katheeratan ya/khuthoonahawakana Allahu AAazeezan hakeeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:19 Abundant spoils that they will take. God is Noble, Wise.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:19 And abundant spoils that they will take. God is Noble, Wise.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:19 and [of] many war-gains which they would achieve: for God is indeed almighty, wise.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:19 Additionally, they gained many spoils. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:19 And many gains will they achieve in addition, for, God is Almighty, Most Wise.

48:20 وعدكم الله مغانم كثيرة تاخذونها فعجل لكم هذه وكف ايدى الناس عنكم ولتكون ءاية للمؤمنين ويهديكم صرطا مستقيما

Transcription (English)
48:20 WaAAadakumu Allahu maghanimakatheeratan ta/khuthoonaha faAAajjala lakum hathihiwakaffa aydiya alnnasi AAankum walitakoona ayatanlilmu/mineena wayahdiyakum siratan mustaqeeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:20 God has promised you abundant spoils that you will take. Thus He has hastened this for you, and He has withheld the people's hands against you; that it may be a sign for those who acknowledge, and that He may guide you to a straight path.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:20 God has promised you abundant spoils that you will take. Thus He has hastened this for you, and He has withheld the hands of the people against you; that it may be a sign for the believers, and that He may guide you to a straight path.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:20 [O you who believe!] God has promised you many war-gains which you shall yet achieve; and He has vouchsafed you these [worldly gains] well in advance,23 and has stayed from you the hands of [hostile] people, so that this [your inner strength] may become a symbol to the believers [who will come after you24 ] , and that He may guide you all on a straight way.

Note 23
Sc., "of what is to come to you in the hereafter".

Note 24
thus Razi
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:20 GOD has promised you many spoils that you will gain. He thus advanced some benefits for you in this life, and He has withheld the people's hands of aggression against you, and has rendered this a sign for the believers. He thus guides you in a straight path.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:20 God promises you a great many gains that you shall acquire, and has given you these ones just to begin with. And He has restrained the aggressive hands of people from you that it may be a sign for the believers (of all times) and so that He may light up for you a straight path.4

Note 4
Huda and derivatives = To lead, guide, show the way, enlighten, light up the way, walk ahead, be a beacon

48:21 واخرى لم تقدروا عليها قد احاط الله بها وكان الله على كل شىء قديرا

Transcription (English)
48:21 Waokhra lam taqdiroo AAalayhaqad ahata Allahu biha wakana AllahuAAala kulli shay-in qadeeran
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:21 The other group which you could not vanquish, God took care of them. God was capable of all things.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:21 And the other group which you could not vanquish, God took care of them. And God was capable of all things.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:21 And there are yet other [gains] which are still beyond your grasp,25 [but] which God has already encompassed [for you]: for God has the power to will anything.

Note 25
I.e., the achievement of final bliss in the life to come.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:21 As for the group that you could not possibly defeat, GOD took care of them; GOD is Omnipotent.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:21 And there are yet other gains which are beyond your power at this time, but God has already encompassed them for you. For, God has Power over all things.

48:22 ولو قتلكم الذين كفروا لولوا الادبر ثم لا يجدون وليا ولا نصيرا

Transcription (English)
48:22 Walaw qatalakumu allatheenakafaroo lawallawoo al-adbara thumma la yajidoonawaliyyan wala naseeran
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:22 If the ingrates had fought you, they would have turned and ran, then they would have found neither an ally nor a victor.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:22 And if the rejecters had fought you, they would have turned and ran, then they would have found neither an ally nor a victor.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:22 And [now,] if they who are bent on denying the truth should fight against you, they will indeed turn their backs [in flight], and will find none to protect them and none to bring them succour:26

Note 26
This divine promise was fulfilled in the unbroken sequence of Muslim victories after the Truce of Hudaybiyyah, ultimately leading to the establishment of an empire which extended from the Atlantic Ocean to the confines of China. For the conditional nature of the above promise, see note 82 on 3:111.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
Victory Guaranteed for the Believers48:22 If the disbelievers ever fought you, they would turn around and flee. They have no Lord and Master; they have no helper.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:22 If the unbelievers fight you, they will certainly turn their backs in flight, and then they will find no protecting friend nor helper.

48:23 سنة الله التى قد خلت من قبل ولن تجد لسنة الله تبديلا

Transcription (English)
48:23 Sunnata Allahi allatee qad khalat minqablu walan tajida lisunnati Allahi tabdeelan
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
God's Law48:23 Such is God's sunna with those who have passed away before, and you will not find any change in God's sunna.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:23 Such is the way of God with those who have passed away before, and you will not find any change in the way of God.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:23 such being God's way which has ever obtained in the past - and never wilt thou find any change in God's way!27

Note 27
This reference to "God's way" (sunnat Allah) is twofold: on the one hand, "you are bound to rise high if you are (truly) believers" (3:139), and, on the other, "God does not change men's condition unless they change their inner selves" ( 13:11 ), in both the positive and negative connotations of the concept of "change".
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:23 Such is GOD's system throughout history, and you will find that GOD's system is unchangeable.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:23 This is God’s law that has been in force since older times. And you will never find any change in God’s laws.5

Note 5
Sunnatillah = God’s laws in practice. Kalimatillah = God’s Word = God’s laws in theory 3:139, 17:77, 33:38, 33:62, 35:43, 40:85, 48:23

48:24 وهو الذى كف ايديهم عنكم وايديكم عنهم ببطن مكة من بعد ان اظفركم عليهم وكان الله بما تعملون بصيرا

Transcription (English)
48:24 Wahuwa allathee kaffa aydiyahumAAankum waaydiyakum AAanhum bibatni makkata min baAAdi anathfarakum AAalayhim wakana Allahubima taAAmaloona baseeran
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:24 He is the One who withheld their hands against you, and your hands against them in the interior of Mecca, after He had made you victorious over them. God is Seer of what you do.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:24 And He is the One who withheld their hands against you, and your hands against them in the interior of Mecca, after He had made you victorious over them. God is Seer of what you do.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:24 And He it is who, in the valley of Mecca , stayed their hands from you, and your hands from them, after He had enabled you to vanquish them; and God saw indeed what you were doing.28

Note 28
Shortly before the Truce of Hudaybiyyah was concluded, a detachment of Quraysh warriors - variously estimated at between thirty and eighty men - attacked the Prophet's camp, but his practically unarmed followers overcame them and took them prisoner; after the signing of the treaty the Prophet released them unharmed (Muslim, Nasa'i, Tabari).
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:24 He is the One who withheld their hands of aggression against you, and withheld your hands of aggression against them in the valley of Mecca, after He had granted you victory over them. GOD is Seer of everything you do.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:24 And He is the One Who has withheld their hands against you, and your hands against them in the Valley of Makkah after He has given you victory over them. And God was Watcher over all your actions.

48:25 هم الذين كفروا وصدوكم عن المسجد الحرام والهدى معكوفا ان يبلغ محله ولولا رجال مؤمنون ونساء مؤمنت لم تعلموهم ان تطوهم فتصيبكم منهم معرة بغير علم ليدخل الله فى رحمته من يشاء لو تزيلوا لعذبنا الذين كفروا منهم عذابا اليما

Transcription (English)
48:25 Humu allatheena kafaroo wasaddookumAAani almasjidi alharami waalhadyamaAAkoofan an yablugha mahillahu walawla rijalunmu/minoona wanisaon mu/minatun lam taAAlamoohum antataoohum fatuseebakum minhum maAAarratun bighayriAAilmin liyudkhila Allahu fee rahmatihi man yashaolaw tazayyaloo laAAaththabna allatheenakafaroo minhum AAathaban aleeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:25 They are the ones who rejected and barred you from the Restricted Temple, and barred your donations from reaching their destination. There had been acknowledging men and women whom you did not know, and you may have hurt them, and on whose account you would have committed a sin unknowingly. God will admit into His mercy whomever He wills. Had they become separated, We would then have punished those of them who rejected with a painful retribution.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:25 They are the ones who rejected and barred you from the Restricted Temple, and barred your donations from reaching their destination. And there had been believing men and believing women whom you did not know, and you may have hurt them, and on whose account you would have incurred a sin unknowingly. God will admit into His mercy whoever He wills. Had they become separated, We would then have punished those from them who rejected with a painful retribution.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:25 [It was not for your enemies sake that He stayed your hands from them: for]29 it was they who were bent on denying the truth, and who debarred you from the Inviolable House of Worship30 and prevented your offering from reaching its destina­tion.31 And had it not been for the believing men and believing women [in Mecca ], whom you might have unwittingly trampled underfoot,32 and on whose account you might have become guilty, without knowing it, of a grievous wrong-: [had it not been for this, you would have been allowed to fight your way into the city: but you were forbidden to fight]33 so that [in time] God might admit to His grace whomever He wills.34 Had they [who deserve Our mercy and they whom We have condemned] been clearly discernible [to you],35 We would indeed have imposed grievous suffering [at your hands] on such of them as were bent on denying the truth.

Note 29
This interpolation is based on Razi's explanation of the connection between this and the preceding verse.

Note 30
I.e., the Kabah, which, until the year 7 H., the Muslims were not allowed to approach.

Note 31
See the second surah 2 note 175.

Note 32
I.e., killed. After the Prophet's and his followers' exodus to Medina , a number of Meccans - both men and women - had embraced Islam, but had been prevented by the pagan Quraysh from emigrating (Tabari, Zamakhshari ). Their identities were not generally known to the Muslims of Medina.

Note 33
Thus Zamakhshari , supported by Razi, Ibn Kathir, and other commentators.

Note 34
I.e., so that the believers might be spared, and that in time many a pagan Meccan might embrace Islam, as actually happened.

Note 35
Lit., "had they been separated from one another": i.e., the believers and the pagans among the Meccans. In its wider sense, the above implies that man never really knows whether another human being deserves God's grace or condemnation.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:25 It is they who disbelieved and barred you from the Sacred Masjid, and even prevented your offerings from reaching their destination. There were believing men and women (within the enemy camp) whom you did not know, and you were about to hurt them, unknowingly. GOD thus admits into His mercy whomever He wills. If they persist, He will requite those among them who disbelieve with a painful retribution.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:25 These are the very people who denied the message, and barred you from the Sacred Masjid, and prevented your gifts from reaching their destination. Therein were believing men and believing women whom you did not know, and you could have harmed them. And on their account you could have carried guilt without knowing it. Thus God admits into His grace whoever seeks it. If the rejecters persist in aggression, We shall clearly separate them (from the believers) and punish them with an awesome doom.

48:26 اذ جعل الذين كفروا فى قلوبهم الحمية حمية الجهلية فانزل الله سكينته على رسوله وعلى المؤمنين والزمهم كلمة التقوى وكانوا احق بها واهلها وكان الله بكل شىء عليما

Transcription (English)
48:26 Ith jaAAala allatheena kafaroofee quloobihimu alhamiyyata hamiyyata aljahiliyyatifaanzala Allahu sakeenatahu AAala rasoolihi waAAalaalmu/mineena waalzamahum kalimata alttaqwa wakanooahaqqa biha waahlaha wakana Allahubikulli shay-in AAaleeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
Fury of Ignorance versus the Tranquility of Submission48:26 Those who rejected had put in their hearts the rage of the days of ignorance, then God sent down tranquility upon His messenger and those who acknowledge, and directed them to uphold the word of righteousness, and they were well entitled to it and worthy of it. God is fully aware of all things.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:26 Those who rejected had put in their hearts the rage of the days of ignorance. Then, God sent down tranquility upon His messenger and the believers, and directed them to uphold the word of righteousness, and they were well entitled to it and worthy of it. And God is fully aware of all things.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:26 Whereas they who are bent on denying the truth harboured a stubborn disdain in their hearts - the stubborn disdain [born] of ignorance36 God bestowed from on high His [gift of] inner peace upon His Apostle and the believers, and bound them to the spirit of God-consciousness:37 for they were most worthy of this [divine gift], and deserved it well. And God has full knowledge of all things.

Note 36
Although this reference to the "stubborn disdain" (hamiyyah) on the part of the pagan Quraysh may have been characteristic of their over-all attitude towards the Prophet and his mission, it is probable - as Zamakhshari points out - that its special mention here relates to an incident which occurred at Hudaybiyyah during the truce negotiations between the Prophet and the emissary of the Meccans, Suhayl ibn Amr. The Prophet began to dictate to Ali ibn Abi Talib the text of the proposed agreement: "Write down, 'In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Dispenser of Grace' " ; but Suhayl interrupted him and said: "We have never heard of [the expression] 'the Most Gracious'; write down only what we know." Whereupon the Prophet said to Ali: "Write, then, 'In Thy name, O God'." Ali wrote as he was told; and the Prophet continued: "This is what has been agreed upon between Muhammad, God's Apostle, and the people of Mecca …". But Suhayl interrupted again: "If thou wert (really) an apostle of God, (this would be an admission on our part that) we have been doing wrong to thee; write, therefore, as we understand it." And so the Prophet dictated to Ali: "Write thus: 'This is what has been agreed upon between Muhammad, the son of Abd Allah, son of Abd al-Muttalib, and the people of Mecca …'." (This story is recorded in many versions, among others by Nasa'i, Ibn Hanbal and Tabari.)

Note 37
Lit., "the word of God-consciousness" (kalimat at-taqwa): implying that their consciousness of God and of His all-pervading power enabled them to bear the "stubborn disdain" of their enemies with inner calm and serenity.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:26 While those who disbelieved were enraged, and their hearts were filled with the pride of the days of ignorance, GOD blessed His messenger and the believers with peaceful contentment, and directed them to uphold the word of righteousness. This is what they well deserved. GOD is fully aware of all things.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:26 Just when the unbelievers had their hearts filled with zeal, the zeal of the Age of Ignorance, right then God sent down His blessing of inner contentment upon His Messenger and upon the believers, and empowered them to ward off this kind of zealotry. For, they truly deserved this virtue and it was befitting for them to own it. God is Knower of all things.6

Note 6
Hamiyyah = Zeal. Hamiyyat-il-Jaahiliyah = Zeal of the Age of Ignorance = Zeal for revenge

48:27 لقد صدق الله رسوله الرءيا بالحق لتدخلن المسجد الحرام ان شاء الله ءامنين محلقين رءوسكم ومقصرين لا تخافون فعلم ما لم تعلموا فجعل من دون ذلك فتحا قريبا

Transcription (English)
48:27 Laqad sadaqa Allahu rasoolahualrru/ya bialhaqqi latadkhulunnaalmasjida alharama in shaa Allahu amineenamuhalliqeena ruoosakum wamuqassireena latakhafoona faAAalima ma lam taAAlamoo fajaAAala mindooni thalika fathan qareeban
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:27 God has fulfilled with truth His messenger's vision: "You will enter the Restricted Temple, God willing, secure, with your heads shaven and shortened, having no fear." Thus, He knew what you did not know, and He has coupled with this a near victory.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:27 God has affirmed, that the vision of His messenger will come true: "You will enter the Restricted Temple, God willing, secure, with your heads shaven, and shortened - no longer in fear." Thus, He knew what you did not know, and He has appointed before this a conquest near at hand.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:27 Indeed, God has shown the truth in His Apostle's true vision:38 most certainly shall you enter the Inviolable House of Worship, if God so wills, in full security, with your heads shaved or your hair cut short, without any fear:39 for He has [always] known that which you yourselves could not know.40 And He has ordained [for you], besides this, a victory soon to come.41

Note 38
Shortly before the expedition which ended at Hudaybiyyah, the Prophet had a dream in which he saw himself and his followers entering Mecca as pilgrims. This dream-vision was destined to be fulfilled a year later, in 7 H., when the Muslims were able to perform their first peaceful pilgrimage to the Holy City

Note 39
Male pilgrims usually shave or (which is the meaning of the conjunctive wa in this context) cut their hair short before assuming the pilgrim's garb (ihram), for it is not permitted to do so while in the state of pilgrimage. A repetition of the same act marks the completion of the pilgrimage (cf. 2:196).

Note 40
Namely, the future.

Note 41
See note 22.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
48:27 GOD has fulfilled His messenger's truthful vision: "You will enter the Sacred Masjid, GOD willing, perfectly secure, and you will cut your hair or shorten it (as you fulfill the pilgrimage rituals) there. You will not have any fear. Since He knew what you did not know, He has coupled this with an immediate victory.",
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:27 God has vindicated His Messenger’s vision of solidarity. You shall enter the Masjid-al-Haraam (the Sacred Masjid), God willing, perfectly secure, having unburdened your heads of all fear. And He knows what you do not know, and He has granted you a swift victory.7

Note 7
Halqirras = Relief of burden = Idiom for relief, - ‘Imams’ Jurjani, Hasan Basari, Shehristani. 2:196

48:28 هو الذى ارسل رسوله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله وكفى بالله شهيدا

Transcription (English)
48:28 Huwa allathee arsala rasoolahu bialhudawadeeni alhaqqi liyuthhirahu AAala alddeenikullihi wakafa biAllahi shaheedan
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:28 He is the One who sent His messenger with the guidance and the system of truth, so that it would expose all other systems. God is sufficient as a witness.2

Note 2

We are promised that God's system will prevail over falsehood (9:43; 41:53 and 61:9). The discovery of the mathematical system of the Quran is the start of the new era. See 27:82; 72:28; 74:1.

The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:28 He is the One who sent His messenger with the guidance and the system of truth, so that it would expose all other systems. And God is enough as a witness.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:28 He it is who has sent forth His Apostle with the [task of spreading] guidance and the religion of truth, to the end that He make it prevail over every [false] religion; and none can bear witness [to the truth] as God does.42

Note 42
Sc., "through the revelations which He grants to His prophets". See also 3:19 - "the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him": from which it follows that any religion (in the widest sense of this term) which is not based on the above principle is, eo ipso, false.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
The Great Prophecy48:28 He is the One who sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, to make it prevail over all other religions. GOD suffices as a witness.2 ,

Note 2
This important prophecy informs us that Submission will inevitably dominate the whole world. This, together with Verses9:33,41:53, and61:9 leave no doubt that God's mathematical miracleof the Quran will play a major role in this prophecy. Solid Quranic mathematicalevidence points to God's Messenger of the Covenant as fulfilling this prophecy.See Appendices2 and26 for the evidenceand specific details.
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:28 He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with Enlightenment and the Religion of truth that He may cause it to prevail over all other systems of life. God is Sufficient as Witness (to this Pronouncement). [9:31-33, 13:31,14:48, 18:48, 41:53, 48:28, 51:20-21, 61:9]

48:29 محمد رسول الله والذين معه اشداء على الكفار رحماء بينهم ترىهم ركعا سجدا يبتغون فضلا من الله ورضونا سيماهم فى وجوههم من اثر السجود ذلك مثلهم فى التورىة ومثلهم فى الانجيل كزرع اخرج شطه فازره فاستغلظ فاستوى على سوقه يعجب الزراع ليغيظ بهم الكفار وعد الله الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت منهم مغفرة واجرا عظيما

Transcription (English)
48:29 Muhammadun rasoolu Allahi waallatheenamaAAahu ashiddao AAala alkuffari ruhamaobaynahum tarahum rukkaAAan sujjadan yabtaghoona fadlanmina Allahi waridwanan seemahum feewujoohihim min athari alssujoodi thalika mathaluhumfee alttawrati wamathaluhum fee al-injeelikazarAAin akhraja shat-ahu faazarahu faistaghlathafaistawa AAala sooqihi yuAAjibu alzzurraAAaliyagheetha bihimu alkuffara waAAada Allahuallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihatiminhum maghfiratan waajran AAatheeman
Edip-Layth (Quran: A Reformist Translation)
48:29 Muhammed, the messenger of God, and those who are with him, are severe against the ingrates, but merciful between themselves. You see them kneeling and prostrating, they seek God's blessings and approval. Their distinction is in their faces, as a result of prostrating. Such is their example in the Torah. Their example in the Injeel is like a plant which shoots out and becomes strong and thick and it stands straight on its trunk, pleasing to the farmers. That He may enrage the ingrates with them. God promises those among them who acknowledge and promote reforms forgiveness and a great reward.
The Monotheist Group (The Quran: A Monotheist Translation)
48:29 Mohammed is the messenger of God, and those who are with him are severe against the rejecters, but merciful between themselves. You see them kneeling and prostrating, they seek the blessings and approval of God. Their distinction is in their faces, as a result of prostrating. Such is their example in the Torah. And their example in the Gospel is like a plant which shoots out and becomes strong and thick and it stands straight on its trunk, pleasing to the farmers. That He may enrage the rejecters with them. God promises those among them who believe and do good works a forgiveness and a great reward.
Muhammad Asad (The Message Of Quran)
48:29 MUHAMMAD is God's Apostle; and those who are [truly] with him are firm and unyielding43 towards all deniers of the truth, [yet] full of mercy towards one another.44 Thou canst see them bowing down, pros­trating themselves [in prayer], seeking favour with God and [His] goodly acceptance: their marks are on their faces, traced by prostration.45 This is their parable in the Torah as well as their parable in the Gospel:46 [they are] like a seed that brings forth its shoot, and then He strengthens it, so that it grows stout, and [in the end] stands firm upon its stem, delighting the sowers. [Thus will God cause the believers to grow in strength,] so that through them He might confound the deniers of the truth.47 [But] unto such of them as may [yet] attain to faith and do righteous deeds, God has promised forgiveness and a reward supreme.48

Note 43
This composite gives, I believe, the full meaning of the term ashidda (sing. shadid) in the above context.

Note 44
Lit., "among themselves". Cf. 5:54 - "humble towards the believers, proud towards all who deny the truth".

Note 45
The infinitive noun sujud ("prostration") stands here for the innermost consummation of faith, while its "trace" signifies the spiritual reflection of that faith in the believer's manner of life and even in his outward aspect. Since the "face" is the most expressive part of man's personality, it is often used in the Qur'an in the sense of one's "whole being".

Note 46
Regarding the significance of the term Injil ("Gospel") as used in the Qur'an, see the surah 3 note 4.

Note 47
Lit., "infuse with wrath".

Note 48
Whereas most of the classical commentators understand the above sentence as alluding to believers in general, Razi relates the pronoun minhum ("of them" or "among them") explicitly to the deniers of the truth spoken of in the preceding sentence - i.e., to those of them who might yet attain to faith and thus achieve God's forgiveness: a promise which was fulfilled within a few years after the revelation of this verse, inasmuch as most of the Arabian enemies of the Prophet embraced Islam, and many of them became its torchbearers. But in a wider sense, this divine promise remains open until Resurrection Day (Tabari), relating to everybody, at all times and in all cultural environments, who might yet attain to the truth and live up to it.
Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament)
Qualities of the Believers48:29 Muhammad - the messenger of GOD - and those with him are harsh and stern against the disbelievers, but kind and compassionate amongst themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating, as they seek GOD's blessings and approval. Their marks are on their faces, because of prostrating. This is the same example as in the Torah. Their example in the Gospel is like plants that grow taller and stronger, and please the farmers. He thus enrages the disbelievers. GOD promises those among them who believe, and lead a righteous life, forgiveness and a great recompense.,
Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself)
48:29 Muhammad is God’s Messenger. And those who are with him are stern towards the deniers, and compassionate among themselves. You can see them bowing, adoring (Him), as they seek God’s bounty and acceptance. Their signs (of belief) are on their faces, the effects of adoration. Such is their likeness in the Torah and their likeness in the Gospel. They are like a seed that brings forth its shoot, and then He strengthens it, so that it grows stout, and then stands firm on its stem, delighting those who have sown it. As a result it enrages the deniers at them. And God promises forgiveness and an immense reward to those who attain belief and do acts of beneficence.8

Note 8
The very first sentence in this verse says, Muhammad-ur-RasoolullahMuhammad is God’s Messenger. Recently, some factions that try to belittle the exalted Prophet, have been falsely claiming that this utterance is ascribed in the Qur’an only to the hypocrites in verse 63:1. How can they miss 48:29? Athar-is-sujood is frequently mistranslated as the physical mark on the forehead resulting from regular prostration. But Wajh =Countenance = Wholebeing = Face, and not forehead. In addition, the verses of the Bible that the Qur’an is referring to, make no mention of any physical marks on the foreheads or faces. Sujood = Adoration = Prostrations = Complete submission. ‘Signs on their faces’ = Reflection of faith in the believer’s mannerism. Torah and Gospel: Numbers 16:22 . Mark 4:27-28 - Mathew 13:3