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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 11of 129

فَإِن تَابُوا۟ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۗ وَنُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

But if they repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, then they are your brothers in religion; and We detail the verses for a people who know.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنfa-inBut if
تَابُوا۟tābūthey repent
وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawūand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْfa-ikh'wānukumthen (they are) your brothers
فِىin
ٱلدِّينِ ۗl-dīni[the] religion
وَنُفَصِّلُwanufaṣṣiluAnd We explain in detail
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Verses
لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna(who) know

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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