Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

Stress and distress befell them
and they were convulsed until
the apostle and the faithful who were with him said,
‘When will Allah’s help [come]?’
Look! Allah’s help is indeed near!
215 They ask you as to what they should spend.
Say, ‘Whatever wealth you spend,
let it be for parents, relatives, orphans,
the needy, and the traveller.’
And whatever good that you may do,
Allah indeed knows it.

216 Warfare has been prescribed for you,
though it is repulsive to you.
Yet it may be that you dislike something
while it is good for you,
and it may be that you love something
while it is bad for you,
and Allah knows and you do not know.
217 They ask you
concerning warfare in the holy month.
Say, ‘It is an outrageous thing to fight in it,
but to keep [people] from Allah’s way,
and to be unfaithful to Him,
and [to keep people from] the Holy Mosque,
and to expel its people from it
are more outrageous with Allah.
And faithlessness is graver than killing.
And they will not cease fighting you
until they turn you away from your religion,