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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

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بَرَآءَةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ﴿١

Translation (Sahih International)

[This is a declaration of] disassociation, from Allah and His Messenger, to those with whom you had made a treaty among the polytheists.

Word-by-word meaning

بَرَآءَةٌۭbarāatunFreedom from obligations
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَرَسُولِهِۦٓwarasūlihiand His Messenger
إِلَىilāto
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose (with) whom
عَـٰهَدتُّمʿāhadttumyou made a covenant
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahWhy there is no Basmalah in the Beginning of This SurahThis honorable Surah (chapter 9) was one of the last Surahs to be revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Al-Bukhari recorded that Al-Bara' said, "The last Ayah to be revealed was,يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِى الْكَلَـلَةِ(They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: "Allah directs (thus) about Al-Kalalah.") 4:176, while the last Surah to be revealed was Bara'ah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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