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At-Tawbah 1

Ayah 1 of 129 · Medinan

بَرَآءَةٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ١

[This is a declaration of] disassociation, from Allāh and His Messenger, to those with whom you had made a treaty among the polytheists.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 But who had violated it.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. بَرَآءَةٞFreedom from obligationsbarāatun
  2. مِّنَfrommina
  3. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  4. وَرَسُولِهِۦٓand His Messengerwarasūlihi
  5. إِلَىtoilā
  6. ٱلَّذِينَthose (with) whomalladhīna
  7. عَٰهَدتُّمyou made a covenantʿāhadttum
  8. مِّنَfrommina
  9. ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَthe polytheistsl-mush'rikīna

Tafsir

This is a declaration of dissociation from Allah and His Messenger and an announcement of the termination of the treaties that you, O Muslims, had made with the idolaters.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran