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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 83of 129

فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَآئِفَةٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُل لَّن تَخْرُجُوا۟ مَعِىَ أَبَدًۭا وَلَن تُقَٰتِلُوا۟ مَعِىَ عَدُوًّا ۖ إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُم بِٱلْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ فَٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَٰلِفِينَ﴿٨٣

Translation (Sahih International)

If Allah should return you to a faction of them [after the expedition] and then they ask your permission to go out [to battle], say, "You will not go out with me, ever, and you will never fight with me an enemy. Indeed, you were satisfied with sitting [at home] the first time, so sit [now] with those who stay behind."

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنfa-inThen if
رَّجَعَكَrajaʿakaAllah returns you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah returns you
إِلَىٰilāto
طَآئِفَةٍۢṭāifatina group
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَfa-is'tadhanūkaand they ask you permission
لِلْخُرُوجِlil'khurūjito go out
فَقُلfaqulthen say
لَّنlanNever
تَخْرُجُوا۟takhrujūwill you come out
مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
أَبَدًۭاabadanever
وَلَنwalanand never
تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟tuqātilūwill you fight
مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
عَدُوًّا ۖʿaduwwanany enemy
إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
رَضِيتُمraḍītumwere satisfied
بِٱلْقُعُودِbil-quʿūdiwith sitting
أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
مَرَّةٍۢmarratintime
فَٱقْعُدُوا۟fa-uq'ʿudūso sit
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَl-khālifīnathose who stay behind

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Hypocrites are barred from participating in JihadAllah commands His Messenger, peace be upon him, فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ اللَّهُ(If Allah brings you back), from this battle, إِلَى طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ(to a party of them) in reference to the twelve (hypocrite) men, according to Qatadah, فَاسْتَأْذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ(and they ask your permission to go out), with you to another battle, فَقُلْ لَّن تَخْرُجُواْ مَعِىَ أَبَدًا وَلَن تُقَـتِلُواْ مَعِىَ عَدُوًّا(say: "Never shall you go out with me nor fight an...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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