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Al-Baqarah 193

Ayah 193 of 286 · Medinan

وَقَٰتِلُوهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتۡنَةٞ وَيَكُونَ ٱلدِّينُ لِلَّهِۖ فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوۡاْ فَلَا عُدۡوَٰنَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٩٣

Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] religion [i.e., worship] is [acknowledged to be] for Allāh. But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression [i.e., assault] except against the oppressors.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَٰتِلُوهُمۡAnd fight (against) themwaqātilūhum
  2. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  3. لَاnotlā
  4. تَكُونَ(there) istakūna
  5. فِتۡنَةٞoppressionfit'natun
  6. وَيَكُونَand becomeswayakūna
  7. ٱلدِّينُthe religionl-dīnu
  8. لِلَّهِۖfor Allahlillahi
  9. فَإِنِThen iffa-ini
  10. ٱنتَهَوۡاْthey ceaseintahaw
  11. فَلَاthen (let there be) nofalā
  12. عُدۡوَٰنَhostilityʿud'wāna
  13. إِلَّاexceptillā
  14. عَلَىagainstʿalā
  15. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe oppressorsl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

Fight the disbelievers until they do not prevent people from Allah’s path and there is no disbelief, and until the dominant way of life is the path of Allah. But if they stop their disbelief and stop preventing others from the path of Allah, then stop fighting them. There is to be no aggression except against those who oppress, through disbelief and by preventing people from the path of Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran