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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 193of 286

وَقَٰتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌۭ وَيَكُونَ ٱلدِّينُ لِلَّهِ ۖ فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوْا۟ فَلَا عُدْوَٰنَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿١٩٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] worship is [acknowledged to be] for Allah. But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression except against the oppressors.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَـٰتِلُوهُمْwaqātilūhumAnd fight (against) them
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
لَاnot
تَكُونَtakūna(there) is
فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natunoppression
وَيَكُونَwayakūnaand becomes
ٱلدِّينُl-dīnuthe religion
لِلَّهِ ۖlillahifor Allah
فَإِنِfa-iniThen if
ٱنتَهَوْا۟intahawthey cease
فَلَاfalāthen (let there be) no
عُدْوَٰنَʿud'wānahostility
إِلَّاillāexcept
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe oppressors

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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