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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 6of 129

وَإِنْ أَحَدٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ٱسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبْلِغْهُ مَأْمَنَهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌۭ لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنْwa-inAnd if
أَحَدٌۭaḥadunanyone
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists
ٱسْتَجَارَكَis'tajārakaseek your protection
فَأَجِرْهُfa-ajir'huthen grant him protection
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَسْمَعَyasmaʿahe hears
كَلَـٰمَkalāma(the) Words of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) Words of Allah
ثُمَّthummaThen
أَبْلِغْهُabligh'huescort him
مَأْمَنَهُۥ ۚmamanahu(to) his place of safety
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
لَّا(who) do not know
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna(who) do not know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Idolators are granted Safe Passage if They seek ItAllah said to His Prophet, peace be upon him,وَإِنْ أَحَدٌ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ(And if anyone of the Mushrikin), whom you were commanded to fight and We allowed you their blood and property,'اسْتَجَارَكَ(seeks your protection), asked you for safe passage, then accept his request until he hears the Words of Allah, the Qur'an.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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