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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 2of 129

فَسِيحُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍۢ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ مُعْجِزِى ٱللَّهِ ۙ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُخْزِى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ﴿٢﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

So travel freely, [O disbelievers], throughout the land [during] four months but know that you cannot cause failure to Allah and that Allah will disgrace the disbelievers.

Word-by-word meaning

فَسِيحُوا۟fasīḥūSo move about
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
أَرْبَعَةَarbaʿata(during) four
أَشْهُرٍۢashhurinmonths
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūbut know
أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you
غَيْرُghayru(can) not
مُعْجِزِىmuʿ'jizīescape
ٱللَّهِ ۙl-lahiAllah
وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مُخْزِىmukh'zī(is) the One Who (will) disgrace
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahWhy there is no Basmalah in the Beginning of This SurahThis honorable Surah (chapter 9) was one of the last Surahs to be revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Al-Bukhari recorded that Al-Bara' said, "The last Ayah to be revealed was,يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِى الْكَلَـلَةِ(They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: "Allah directs (thus) about Al-Kalalah.") 4:176, while the last Surah to be revealed was Bara'ah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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