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At-Tawbah 12

Ayah 12 of 129 · Medinan

وَإِن نَّكَثُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ عَهۡدِهِمۡ وَطَعَنُواْ فِي دِينِكُمۡ فَقَٰتِلُوٓاْ أَئِمَّةَ ٱلۡكُفۡرِ إِنَّهُمۡ لَآ أَيۡمَٰنَ لَهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَنتَهُونَ ١٢

And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then combat the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that] they might cease.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  2. نَّكَثُوٓاْthey breaknakathū
  3. أَيۡمَٰنَهُمtheir oathsaymānahum
  4. مِّنۢaftermin
  5. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  6. عَهۡدِهِمۡtheir treatyʿahdihim
  7. وَطَعَنُواْand defamewaṭaʿanū
  8. فِي[in]fī
  9. دِينِكُمۡyour religiondīnikum
  10. فَقَٰتِلُوٓاْthen fightfaqātilū
  11. أَئِمَّةَthe leadersa-immata
  12. ٱلۡكُفۡرِ(of) [the] disbeliefl-kuf'ri
  13. إِنَّهُمۡindeed, they innahum
  14. لَآnolā
  15. أَيۡمَٰنَoathsaymāna
  16. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  17. لَعَلَّهُمۡso that they maylaʿallahum
  18. يَنتَهُونَceaseyantahūna

Tafsir

If these idolaters, with whom you entered into a treaty not to fight for a set period, break their oaths and promises and insult your religion and attack it, then fight them, because they are the leaders of disbelief and there are no treaties or promises that can protect their lives. Fight them in the hope that they will stop their disbelief, violation of their treaties and speaking badly of the religion.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran