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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 12of 129

وَإِن نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ عَهْدِهِمْ وَطَعَنُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ فَقَٰتِلُوٓا۟ أَئِمَّةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ ۙ إِنَّهُمْ لَآ أَيْمَٰنَ لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَنتَهُونَ﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then fight the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that] they might cease.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنwa-inAnd if
نَّكَثُوٓا۟nakathūthey break
أَيْمَـٰنَهُمaymānahumtheir oaths
مِّنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
عَهْدِهِمْʿahdihimtheir treaty
وَطَعَنُوا۟waṭaʿanūand defame
فِى[in]
دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion
فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا۟faqātilūthen fight
أَئِمَّةَa-immatathe leaders
ٱلْكُفْرِ ۙl-kuf'ri(of) [the] disbelief
إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
لَآno
أَيْمَـٰنَaymānaoaths
لَهُمْlahumfor them
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَنتَهُونَyantahūnacease

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah says, if the idolators with whom you conducted peace treaties for an appointed term break أَيْمَـنِهِمْ(their oaths) meaning, terms of their treaties, and covenants وَطَعَنُواْ فِى دِينِكُمْ(and attack your religion...) with disapproval and criticism, it is because of this that one who curses the Messenger, peace be upon him, or attacks the religion of Islam by way of criticism and disapproval, they are to be fought.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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