لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا ٢١

Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad SAW) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah much.

لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ

Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad SAW)

أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ

you have a good example to follow

لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ

for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day

وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا

and remembers Allah much

وَلَمَّا رَأَى الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَصَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ۚ وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا إِيمَانًا وَتَسْلِيمًا ٢٢

And when the believers saw AlAhzab (the Confederates), they said: "This is what Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) had spoken the truth, and it only added to their faith and to their submissiveness (to Allah).

وَلَمَّا رَأَى الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْأَحْزَابَ

And when the believers saw AlAhzab (the Confederates)

قَالُوا هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

they said: 'This is what Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) had promised us

وَصَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ۚ

and Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) had spoken the truth

وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا إِيمَانًا وَتَسْلِيمًا

and it only added to their faith and to their submissiveness (to Allah)

مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن قَضَىٰ نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنتَظِرُ ۖ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلًا ٢٣

Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah [i.e. they have gone out for Jihad (holy fighting), and showed not their backs to the disbelievers], of them some have fulfilled their obligations (i.e. have been martyred), and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed [i.e. they never proved treacherous to their covenant which they concluded with Allah] in the least.

مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ

Among the believers are men

صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ ۖ

who have been true to their covenant with Allah

فَمِنْهُم مَّن قَضَىٰ نَحْبَهُ

of them some have fulfilled their obligations

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنتَظِرُ ۖ

and some of them are still waiting

وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلًا

but they have never changed in the least

لِّيَجْزِيَ اللَّهُ الصَّادِقِينَ بِصِدْقِهِمْ وَيُعَذِّبَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ إِن شَاءَ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا ٢٤

That Allah may reward the men of truth for their truth (i.e. for their patience at the accomplishment of that which they covenanted with Allah), and punish the hypocrites if He will or accept their repentance by turning to them in Mercy. Verily, Allah is OftForgiving, Most Merciful.

لِّيَجْزِيَ اللَّهُ الصَّادِقِينَ

That Allah may reward the men of truth

بِصِدْقِهِمْ

for their truth

وَيُعَذِّبَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ

and punish the hypocrites

إِن شَاءَ

if He will

أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ

or accept their repentance

إِنَّ

by turning to them in Mercy

اللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful