About the Surah

[O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) !] Say to the villagers who stayed behind: “You shall soon be called against a people who are great warriors (i.e. battles of Persia and Rome). You shall fight against them or they shall surrender (embrace Islam). Then if you obey, Allah will give you a fantastic reward (i.e. war booty Here and Paradise in the Hereafter), but if you turn away as you turned away before (at the time of Hudaibiah), Allah will pun-ish you with a painful torment.”