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An-Nisa (The Women)

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ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱلطَّٰغُوتِ فَقَٰتِلُوٓا۟ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ۖ إِنَّ كَيْدَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا﴿٧٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve fight in the cause of Taghut. So fight against the allies of Satan. Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
يُقَـٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnathey fight
فِىin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūwho disbelieve
يُقَـٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnathey fight
فِىin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱلطَّـٰغُوتِl-ṭāghūti(of) the false deities
فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا۟faqātilūSo fight (against)
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(the) friends
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۖl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
إِنَّinnaIndeed
كَيْدَkayda(the) strategy
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
كَانَkānais
ضَعِيفًاḍaʿīfanweak

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Encouraging Jihad to Defend the OppressedAllah encouraged His believing servants to perform Jihad in His cause and to strive hard to save the oppressed Muslims in Makkah, men, women and children who were restless because of having to remain there. This is why Allah said,الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَـذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ(whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town), referring to Makkah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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