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Verse 9of 18

وَإِن طَآئِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَإِنۢ بَغَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ فَقَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى تَبْغِى حَتَّىٰ تَفِىٓءَ إِلَىٰٓ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن فَآءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ﴿٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And if two factions among the believers should fight, then make settlement between the two. But if one of them oppresses the other, then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allah. And if it returns, then make settlement between them in justice and act justly. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنwa-inAnd if
طَآئِفَتَانِṭāifatānitwo parties
مِنَminaamong
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟iq'tatalūfight
فَأَصْلِحُوا۟fa-aṣliḥūthen make peace
بَيْنَهُمَا ۖbaynahumābetween both of them
فَإِنۢfa-inBut if
بَغَتْbaghatoppresses
إِحْدَىٰهُمَاiḥ'dāhumāone of them
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْأُخْرَىٰl-ukh'rāthe other
فَقَـٰتِلُوا۟faqātilūthen fight
ٱلَّتِىallatīone which
تَبْغِىtabghīoppresses
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تَفِىٓءَtafīait returns
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَمْرِamri(the) command
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
فَإِنfa-inThen if
فَآءَتْfāatit returns
فَأَصْلِحُوا۟fa-aṣliḥūthen make peace
بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween them
بِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadliwith justice
وَأَقْسِطُوٓا۟ ۖwa-aqsiṭūand act justly
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَl-muq'siṭīnathose who act justly

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Making Peace between Disputing MuslimsAllah commands making peace between Muslims that fight each other,وَإِن طَآئِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُواْ فَأَصْلِحُواْ بَيْنَهُمَا(And if two parties among the believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them both.) Therefore, Allah calls both opposing groups among Muslims, believers, although they are fighting each other.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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