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At-Tawbah 13

Ayah 13 of 129 · Medinan

أَلَا تُقَٰتِلُونَ قَوۡمٗا نَّكَثُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَهُمۡ وَهَمُّواْ بِإِخۡرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمۡ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۚ أَتَخۡشَوۡنَهُمۡۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخۡشَوۡهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٣

Would you not fight against a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allāh has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَلَاWill notalā
  2. تُقَٰتِلُونَyou fighttuqātilūna
  3. قَوۡمٗاa peopleqawman
  4. نَّكَثُوٓاْwho brokenakathū
  5. أَيۡمَٰنَهُمۡtheir oathsaymānahum
  6. وَهَمُّواْand determinedwahammū
  7. بِإِخۡرَاجِto drive outbi-ikh'rāji
  8. ٱلرَّسُولِthe Messengerl-rasūli
  9. وَهُمand theywahum
  10. بَدَءُوكُمۡbegan (to attack) youbadaūkum
  11. أَوَّلَfirstawwala
  12. مَرَّةٍۚtimemarratin
  13. أَتَخۡشَوۡنَهُمۡۚDo you fear thematakhshawnahum
  14. فَٱللَّهُBut Allahfal-lahu
  15. أَحَقُّ(has) more rightaḥaqqu
  16. أَنthatan
  17. تَخۡشَوۡهُyou should fear Himtakhshawhu
  18. إِنifin
  19. كُنتُمyou arekuntum
  20. مُّؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna

Tafsir

Why do you, O believers, not fight a people who have broken their treaties and promises and who have attempted, in their meeting at Dār Al-Nadwah, to expel the Messenger (peace be upon him) from Makkah? They started the fight against you in the first place when they assisted the Children of Bakr, who were the allies of the Quraysh, against the Children of Khuzā‘ah, who were the allies of the Messenger (peace be upon him). Is it because you are afraid of them that you do not go forward to fight them? It is Allah, may He be glorified, that you should fear, if you are truly believers.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran