صفحة 184

[He did] this because God would never change a favour He had conferred on a people unless they changed what was within themselves. God is all hearing, all knowing.

They are indeed like Pharaoh’s people and those before them, who denied the signs of their Lord: We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned Pharaoh’s people- they were all evildoers.

The worst creatures in the sight of God are those who reject Him and will not believe;

who, whenever you [Prophet] make a treaty with them, break it, for they have no fear of God.

If you meet them in battle, make a fearsome example of them to those who come after them, so that they may take heed.

And if you learn of treachery on the part of any people, throw their treaty back at them, for God does not love the treacherous.

The disbelievers should not think they have won; they cannot escape.

Prepare whatever forces you [believers] can muster, including warhorses, to frighten off God’s enemies and yours, and warn others unknown to you but known to God. Whatever you give in God’s cause will be repaid to you in full, and you will not be wronged.

But if they incline towards peace, you [Prophet] must also incline towards it, and put your trust in God: He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.