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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 28of 129

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌۭ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ ٱلْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَٰذَا ۚ وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ عَيْلَةًۭ فَسَوْفَ يُغْنِيكُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ إِن شَآءَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūO you who believe
إِنَّمَاinnamāIndeed
ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَl-mush'rikūnathe polytheists
نَجَسٌۭnajasun(are) unclean
فَلَاfalāso let them not come near
يَقْرَبُوا۟yaqrabūso let them not come near
ٱلْمَسْجِدَl-masjidaAl-Masjid Al-Haraam
ٱلْحَرَامَl-ḥarāmaAl-Masjid Al-Haraam
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
عَامِهِمْʿāmihimthis, their (final) year
هَـٰذَا ۚhādhāthis, their (final) year
وَإِنْwa-inAnd if
خِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou fear
عَيْلَةًۭʿaylatanpoverty
فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soon
يُغْنِيكُمُyugh'nīkumuAllah will enrich you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will enrich you
مِنminfrom
فَضْلِهِۦٓfaḍlihiHis Bounty
إِنinif
شَآءَ ۚshāaHe wills
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Idolators are no longer allowed into Al-Masjid Al-HaramAllah commands His believing servants, who are pure in religion and person, to expel the idolators who are filthy in the religious sense, from Al-Masjid Al-Haram. After the revelation of this Ayah, idolators were no longer allowed to go near the Masjid. This Ayah was revealed in the ninth year of Hijrah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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