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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 13of 129

أَلَا تُقَٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًۭا نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Would you not fight a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allah has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers.

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَاalāWill not
تُقَـٰتِلُونَtuqātilūnayou fight
قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
نَّكَثُوٓا۟nakathūwho broke
أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْaymānahumtheir oaths
وَهَمُّوا۟wahammūand determined
بِإِخْرَاجِbi-ikh'rājito drive out
ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
وَهُمwahumand they
بَدَءُوكُمْbadaūkumbegan (to attack) you
أَوَّلَawwalafirst
مَرَّةٍ ۚmarratintime
أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚatakhshawnahumDo you fear them
فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuBut Allah
أَحَقُّaḥaqqu(has) more right
أَنanthat
تَخْشَوْهُtakhshawhuyou should fear Him
إِنinif
كُنتُمkuntumyou are
مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Encouragement to fight the Disbelievers, and some Benefits of fighting ThemThese Ayat encourage, direct and recommend fighting against the idolators who break the terms of their covenants, those who tried to expel the Messenger from Makkah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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