At-Tawba (ٱلتَّوْبَة)

٩ - ٱلتَّوْبَة

9 - At-Tawba

بَرَاۗءَۃٌ مِّنَ اللہِ وَرَسُوْلِہٖۗ اِلَى الَّذِيْنَ عٰہَدْتُّمْ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ۝۱ۭ
Baraatun mina Allahi warasoolihi ila allatheena AAahadtum mina almushrikeena

English

Ahmed Ali

IMMUNITY is granted those idolaters by God and his Apostle with whom you have a treaty.

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فَسِيْحُوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ اَرْبَعَۃَ اَشْہُرٍ وَّاعْلَمُوْۗا اَنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ مُعْجِزِي اؘ۝۰ۙ وَاَنَّ اللہَ مُخْزِي الْكٰفِرِيْنَ۝۲
Faseehoo fee alardi arbaAAata ashhurin waiAAlamoo annakum ghayru muAAjizee Allahi waanna Allaha mukhzee alkafireena

English

Ahmed Ali

(They can) move about for four months freely in the land, but should know they cannot escape (the law of) God, and that God can put the unbelievers to shame.

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وَاَذَانٌ مِّنَ اللہِ وَرَسُوْلِہٖۗ اِلَى النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْحَجِّ الْاَكْبَرِ اَنَّ اللہَ بَرِيْۗءٌ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ۝۰ۥۙ وَرَسُوْلُہٗ۝۰ۭ فَاِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَہُوَخَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ۝۰ۚ وَاِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَاعْلَمُوْۗا اَنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ مُعْجِزِي اؘ۝۰ۭ وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِعَذَابٍ اَلِــيْمٍ۝۳ۙ
Waathanun mina Allahi warasoolihi ila alnnasi yawma alhajji alakbari anna Allaha bareeon mina almushrikeena warasooluhu fain tubtum fahuwa khayrun lakum wain tawallaytum faiAAlamoo annakum ghayru muAAjizee Allahi wabashshiri allatheena kafaroo biAAathabin aleemin

English

Ahmed Ali

A general proclamation is (made) this day of the Greater Pilgrimage on the part of God and His Apostle, that God is not bound (by any contract) to idolaters, nor is His Apostle. It is, therefore, better for you to repent. If you do not, remember that you cannot elude (the grip of) God. So announce to those who deny the truth the news of painful punishment,

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اِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ عٰہَدْتُّمْ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْقُصُوْكُمْ شَيْــــًٔـا وَّلَمْ يُظَاہِرُوْا عَلَيْكُمْ اَحَدًا فَاَتِمُّــوْۗا اِلَيْہِمْ عَہْدَہُمْ اِلٰى مُدَّتِہِمْ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ۝۴
Illa allatheena AAahadtum mina almushrikeena thumma lam yanqusookum shayan walam yuthahiroo AAalaykum ahadan faatimmoo ilayhim AAahdahum ila muddatihim inna Allaha yuhibbu almuttaqeena

English

Ahmed Ali

Except those idolaters with whom you have a treaty, who have not failed you in the least, nor helped anyone against you. Fulfil your obligations to them during the term (of the treaty). God loves those who take heed for themselves.

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فَاِذَا انْسَلَخَ الْاَشْہُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُّمُــوْہُمْ وَخُذُوْہُمْ وَاحْصُرُوْہُمْ وَاقْعُدُوْا لَہُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ۝۰ۚ فَاِنْ تَابُوْا وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوۃَ وَاٰتَوُا الزَّكٰوۃَ فَخَــلُّوْا سَـبِيْلَہُمْ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ۝۵
Faitha insalakha alashhuru alhurumu faoqtuloo almushrikeena haythu wajadtumoohum wakhuthoohum waohsuroohum waoqAAudoo lahum kulla marsadin fain taboo waaqamoo alssalata waatawoo alzzakata fakhalloo sabeelahum inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun

English

Ahmed Ali

But when these months, prohibited (for fighting), are over, slay the idolaters wheresoever you find them, and take them captive or besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every likely place. But if they repent and fulfil their devotional obligations and pay the zakat, then let them go their way, for God is forgiving and kind.

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وَاِنْ اَحَدٌ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ اسْتَجَارَكَ فَاَجِرْہُ حَتّٰي يَسْمَعَ كَلٰمَ اللہِ ثُمَّ اَبْلِغْہُ مَاْمَنَہٗ۝۰ۭ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّہُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْلَمُوْنَ۝۶ۧ
Wain ahadun mina almushrikeena istajaraka faajirhu hatta yasmaAAa kalama Allahi thumma ablighhu mamanahu thalika biannahum qawmun la yaAAlamoona

English

Ahmed Ali

If an idolater seeks protection, then give him asylum that he may hear the word of God. Then escort him to a place of safety, for they are people who do not know.

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كَيْفَ يَكُوْنُ لِلْمُشْرِكِيْنَ عَہْدٌ عِنْدَ اللہِ وَعِنْدَ رَسُوْلِہٖۗ اِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ عٰہَدْتُّمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ۝۰ۚ فَمَا اسْتَقَامُوْا لَكُمْ فَاسْتَقِيْمُوْا لَہُمْ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ۝۷
Kayfa yakoonu lilmushrikeena AAahdun AAinda Allahi waAAinda rasoolihi illa allatheena AAahadtum AAinda almasjidi alharami fama istaqamoo lakum faistaqeemoo lahum inna Allaha yuhibbu almuttaqeena

English

Ahmed Ali

How could there be a treaty between idolaters and God and His Apostle, except those you covenanted by the Sacred Mosque? Therefore as long as they are honest with you be correct with them, for God loves those who are godly.

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كَيْفَ وَاِنْ يَّظْہَرُوْا عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوْا فِيْكُمْ اِلًّا وَّلَا ذِمَّۃً۝۰ۭ يُرْضُوْنَكُمْ بِاَفْوَاہِہِمْ وَتَاْبٰي قُلُوْبُہُمْ۝۰ۚ وَاَكْثَرُہُمْ فٰسِقُوْنَ۝۸ۚ
Kayfa wain yathharoo AAalaykum la yarquboo feekum illan wala thimmatan yurdoonakum biafwahihim wataba quloobuhum waaktharuhum fasiqoona

English

Ahmed Ali

How (can they be trusted)? If they prevail against you they will neither observe pacts nor good faith with you. They flatter you with their tongues, but their hearts are averse to you, for most of them are iniquitous.

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اِشْتَرَوْا بِاٰيٰتِ اللہِ ثَـمَنًا قَلِيْلًا فَصَدُّوْا عَنْ سَبِيْلِہٖ۝۰ۭ اِنَّہُمْ سَاۗءَ مَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ۝۹
Ishtaraw biayati Allahi thamanan qaleelan fasaddoo AAan sabeelihi innahum saa ma kanoo yaAAmaloona

English

Ahmed Ali

They barter away the words of God for a petty price, and obstruct (others) from His path. How evil indeed are the things they do!

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لَا يَرْقُبُوْنَ فِيْ مُؤْمِنٍ اِلًّا وَّلَا ذِمَّۃً۝۰ۭ وَاُولٰۗىِٕكَ ہُمُ الْمُعْتَدُوْنَ۝۱۰
La yarquboona fee muminin illan wala thimmatan waolaika humu almuAAtadoona

English

Ahmed Ali

They have no regard for kinship or treaties with believers, for they are transgressors.

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