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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 24of 129

قُلْ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلٌ ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَٰرَةٌۭ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَٰكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَجِهَادٍۢ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ﴿٢٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, [O Muhammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
إِنinIf
كَانَkānaare
ءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumyour fathers
وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْwa-abnāukumand your sons
وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْwa-ikh'wānukumand your brothers
وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْwa-azwājukumand your spouses
وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْwaʿashīratukumand your relatives
وَأَمْوَٰلٌwa-amwālunand wealth
ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَاiq'taraftumūhāthat you have acquired
وَتِجَـٰرَةٌۭwatijāratunand the commerce
تَخْشَوْنَtakhshawnayou fear
كَسَادَهَاkasādahāa decline (in) it
وَمَسَـٰكِنُwamasākinuand the dwellings
تَرْضَوْنَهَآtarḍawnahāyou delight (in) it
أَحَبَّaḥabba(are) more beloved
إِلَيْكُمilaykumto you
مِّنَminathan
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
وَجِهَادٍۢwajihādinand striving
فِىin
سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis way
فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟fatarabbaṣūthen wait
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَأْتِىَyatiyaAllah brings
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah brings
بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۗbi-amrihiHis Command
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
لَا(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of taking the Idolators as Supporters, even with RelativesAllah commands shunning the disbelievers, even if they are one's parents or children, and prohibits taking them as supporters if they choose disbelief instead of faith.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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