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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 29of 129

قَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ ٱلْحَقِّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ حَتَّىٰ يُعْطُوا۟ ٱلْجِزْيَةَ عَن يَدٍۢ وَهُمْ صَٰغِرُونَ﴿٢٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

Word-by-word meaning

قَـٰتِلُوا۟qātilūFight
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَا(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَلَاwalāand not
بِٱلْيَوْمِbil-yawmiin the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last
وَلَاwalāand not
يُحَرِّمُونَyuḥarrimūnathey make unlawful
مَاwhat
حَرَّمَḥarramaAllah has made unlawful
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has made unlawful
وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His Messenger
وَلَاwalāand not
يَدِينُونَyadīnūnathey acknowledge
دِينَdīna(the) religion
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi(of) the truth
مِنَminafrom
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Scripture
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُعْطُوا۟yuʿ'ṭūthey pay
ٱلْجِزْيَةَl-jiz'yatathe jizyah
عَنʿanwillingly
يَدٍۢyadinwillingly
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
صَـٰغِرُونَṣāghirūna(are) subdued

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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