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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 111of 129

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱشْتَرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةَ ۚ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ ۖ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّۭا فِى ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَٱلْإِنجِيلِ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِعَهْدِهِۦ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَٱسْتَبْشِرُوا۟ بِبَيْعِكُمُ ٱلَّذِى بَايَعْتُم بِهِۦ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ﴿١١١

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
ٱشْتَرَىٰish'tarā(has) purchased
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumtheir lives
وَأَمْوَٰلَهُمwa-amwālahumand their wealth
بِأَنَّbi-annabecause
لَهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلْجَنَّةَ ۚl-janata(is) Paradise
يُقَـٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnaThey fight
فِىin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فَيَقْتُلُونَfayaqtulūnathey slay
وَيُقْتَلُونَ ۖwayuq'talūnaand they are slain
وَعْدًاwaʿdanA promise
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon Him
حَقًّۭاḥaqqantrue
فِىin
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِl-tawrātithe Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلِwal-injīliand the Injeel
وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚwal-qur'āniand the Quran
وَمَنْwamanAnd who
أَوْفَىٰawfā(is) more faithful
بِعَهْدِهِۦbiʿahdihito his promise
مِنَminathan
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
فَٱسْتَبْشِرُوا۟fa-is'tabshirūSo rejoice
بِبَيْعِكُمُbibayʿikumuin your transaction
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
بَايَعْتُمbāyaʿtumyou have contracted
بِهِۦ ۚbihi[with it]
وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that
هُوَhuwait
ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzu(is) the success
ٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah has purchased the Souls and Wealth of the Mujahidin in Return for ParadiseAllah states that He has compensated His believing servants for their lives and wealth -- if they give them up in His cause -- with Paradise. This demonstrates Allah's favor, generosity and bounty, for He has accepted the good that He already owns and bestowed, as a price from His faithful servants. Al-Hasan Al-Basri and Qatadah commented, "By Allah! Allah has purchased them and raised their worth.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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