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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 5of 129

فَإِذَا ٱنسَلَخَ ٱلْأَشْهُرُ ٱلْحُرُمُ فَٱقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْ وَٱقْعُدُوا۟ لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍۢ ۚ فَإِن تَابُوا۟ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَخَلُّوا۟ سَبِيلَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
ٱنسَلَخَinsalakhahave passed
ٱلْأَشْهُرُl-ashhuruthe sacred months
ٱلْحُرُمُl-ḥurumuthe sacred months
فَٱقْتُلُوا۟fa-uq'tulūthen kill
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْwajadttumūhumyou find them
وَخُذُوهُمْwakhudhūhumand seize them
وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْwa-uḥ'ṣurūhumand besiege them
وَٱقْعُدُوا۟wa-uq'ʿudūand sit (in wait)
لَهُمْlahumfor them
كُلَّkulla(at) every
مَرْصَدٍۢ ۚmarṣadinplace of ambush
فَإِنfa-inBut if
تَابُوا۟tābūthey repent
وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawūand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
فَخَلُّوا۟fakhallūthen leave
سَبِيلَهُمْ ۚsabīlahumtheir way
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

This is the Ayah of the SwordMujahid, `Amr bin Shu`ayb, Muhammad bin Ishaq, Qatadah, As-Suddi and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said that the four months mentioned in this Ayah are the four-month grace period mentioned in the earlier Ayah,فَسِيحُواْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ(So travel freely for four months throughout the land.) Allah said next,فَإِذَا انسَلَخَ الأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ(So when the Sacred Months have passed...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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