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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 191of 286

وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَخْرِجُوهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚ وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ ٱلْقَتْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُقَٰتِلُوهُمْ عِندَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ حَتَّىٰ يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ فِيهِ ۖ فَإِن قَٰتَلُوكُمْ فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ﴿١٩١

Translation (Sahih International)

And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al- Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumAnd kill them
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْthaqif'tumūhumyou find them
وَأَخْرِجُوهُمwa-akhrijūhumand drive them out
مِّنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚakhrajūkumthey drove you out
وَٱلْفِتْنَةُwal-fit'natuand [the] oppression
أَشَدُّashaddu(is) worse
مِنَminathan
ٱلْقَتْلِ ۚl-qatli[the] killing
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تُقَـٰتِلُوهُمْtuqātilūhumfight them
عِندَʿindanear
ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid
ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you
فِيهِ ۖfīhiin it
فَإِنfa-inThen if
قَـٰتَلُوكُمْqātalūkumthey fight you
فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ ۗfa-uq'tulūhumthen kill them
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaSuch
جَزَآءُjazāu(is the) reward
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to fight Those Who fight Muslims and killing Them wherever They are foundAbu Ja`far Ar-Razi said that Ar-Rabi` bin Anas said that Abu Al-`Aliyah commented on what Allah said:وَقَـتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يُقَـتِلُونَكُمْ(And fight in the way of Allah those who fight you,)Abu Al-`Aliyah said, "This was the first Ayah about fighting that was revealed in Al-Madinah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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