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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 91of 176

سَتَجِدُونَ ءَاخَرِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ كُلَّ مَا رُدُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْفِتْنَةِ أُرْكِسُوا۟ فِيهَا ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ ۚ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ جَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنًۭا مُّبِينًۭا﴿٩١

Translation (Sahih International)

You will find others who wish to obtain security from you and [to] obtain security from their people. Every time they are returned to [the influence of] disbelief, they fall back into it. So if they do not withdraw from you or offer you peace or restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you overtake them. And those - We have made for you against them a clear authorization.

Word-by-word meaning

سَتَجِدُونَsatajidūnaYou will find
ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaothers
يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnawishing
أَنanthat
يَأْمَنُوكُمْyamanūkumthey be secure from you
وَيَأْمَنُوا۟wayamanūand they be secure from
قَوْمَهُمْqawmahumtheir people
كُلَّkullaEverytime
مَاthat
رُدُّوٓا۟ruddūthey are returned
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْفِتْنَةِl-fit'natithe temptation
أُرْكِسُوا۟ur'kisūthey are plunged
فِيهَا ۚfīhāinto it
فَإِنfa-inSo if
لَّمْlamnot
يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْyaʿtazilūkumthey withdraw from you
وَيُلْقُوٓا۟wayul'qūand offer
إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
ٱلسَّلَمَl-salama[the] peace
وَيَكُفُّوٓا۟wayakuffūand they restrain
أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands
فَخُذُوهُمْfakhudhūhumthen seize them
وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumand kill them
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ ۚthaqif'tumūhumyou find them
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْwa-ulāikumAnd those
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
لَكُمْlakumfor you
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanan authority
مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Censuring the Companions for Disagreeing over the Hypocrites who Returned to Al-Madinah Before UhudAllah criticizes the believers for disagreeing over the hypocrites. There are conflicting opinions over the reason behind revealing this Ayah. Imam Ahmad recorded that Zayd bin Thabit said that Messenger of Allah ﷺ marched towards Uhud.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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