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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 10of 129

لَا يَرْقُبُونَ فِى مُؤْمِنٍ إِلًّۭا وَلَا ذِمَّةًۭ ۚ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَ﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

They do not observe toward a believer any pact of kinship or covenant of protection. And it is they who are the transgressors.

Word-by-word meaning

لَاNot
يَرْقُبُونَyarqubūnathey respect (the ties)
فِىtowards
مُؤْمِنٍmu'minina believer
إِلًّۭاillan(of) kinship
وَلَاwalāand not
ذِمَّةًۭ ۚdhimmatancovenant of protection
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
هُمُhumu[they]
ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَl-muʿ'tadūna(are) the transgressors

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

اشْتَرَوْاْ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً(They have purchased with the Ayat of Allah a little gain,) idolators exchanged following the Ayat of Allah with the lower affairs of life that they indulged in, فَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِهِ(and they hindered men from His way), trying to prevent the believers from following the truth, إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَلاَ يَرْقُبُونَ فِى مُؤْمِنٍ إِلاًّ وَلاَ ذِمَّةً(evil indeed is that which they used to do.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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