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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 279of 286

فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَأْذَنُوا۟ بِحَرْبٍۢ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ﴿٢٧٩﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allah and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنfa-inAnd if
لَّمْlamnot
تَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou do
فَأْذَنُوا۟fadhanūthen be informed
بِحَرْبٍۢbiḥarbinof a war
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖwarasūlihiand His Messenger
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تُبْتُمْtub'tumyou repent
فَلَكُمْfalakumthen for you
رُءُوسُruūsu(is)
أَمْوَٰلِكُمْamwālikumyour capital
لَاlā(do) not
تَظْلِمُونَtaẓlimūnawrong
وَلَاwalāand not
تُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou will be wronged

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Necessity of Taqwa and Avoiding RibaAllah commands His believing servants to fear Him and warns them against what would bring them closer to His anger and drive them away from His pleasure. Allah said,يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ(O you who believe! Have Taqwa of Allah) meaning, fear Him and remember that He is watching all that you do.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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