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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 93of 129

۞ إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَـْٔذِنُونَكَ وَهُمْ أَغْنِيَآءُ ۚ رَضُوا۟ بِأَن يَكُونُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَوَالِفِ وَطَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٩٣

Translation (Sahih International)

The cause [for blame] is only upon those who ask permission of you while they are rich. They are satisfied to be with those who stay behind, and Allah has sealed over their hearts, so they do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
ٱلسَّبِيلُl-sabīluthe way (blame)
عَلَىʿalā(is) on
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَسْتَـْٔذِنُونَكَyastadhinūnakaask your permission
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
أَغْنِيَآءُ ۚaghniyāu(are) rich
رَضُوا۟raḍūThey (are) satisfied
بِأَنbi-anto
يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūbe
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلْخَوَالِفِl-khawālifithose who stay behind
وَطَبَعَwaṭabaʿaand Allah sealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuand Allah sealed
عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
فَهُمْfahumso they
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Legitimate Excuses for staying away from JihadAllah mentions here the valid excuses that permit one to stay away from fighting. He first mentions the excuses that remain with a person, the weakness in the body that disallows one from Jihad, such as blindness, limping, and so forth. He then mentions the excuses that are not permanent, such as an illness that would prevent one from fighting in the cause of Allah, or poverty that prevents preparing for Jihad.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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