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At-Tawbah 29

Ayah 29 of 129 · Medinan

قَٰتِلُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ ٱلۡحَقِّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ حَتَّىٰ يُعۡطُواْ ٱلۡجِزۡيَةَ عَن يَدٖ وَهُمۡ صَٰغِرُونَ ٢٩

Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allāh and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islām] from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah1 willingly while they are humbled.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 A tax required of non-Muslims exempting them from military service and entitling them to the protection of the Islāmic state. Concurrently, zakāh is not taken from them, being an obligation only upon Muslims.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَٰتِلُواْFightqātilū
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. لَا(do) notlā
  4. يُؤۡمِنُونَbelieveyu'minūna
  5. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  6. وَلَاand notwalā
  7. بِٱلۡيَوۡمِin the Daybil-yawmi
  8. ٱلۡأٓخِرِthe Lastl-ākhiri
  9. وَلَاand notwalā
  10. يُحَرِّمُونَthey make unlawfulyuḥarrimūna
  11. مَاwhatmā
  12. حَرَّمَAllah has made unlawfulḥarrama
  13. ٱللَّهُAllah has made unlawfull-lahu
  14. وَرَسُولُهُۥand His Messengerwarasūluhu
  15. وَلَاand notwalā
  16. يَدِينُونَthey acknowledgeyadīnūna
  17. دِينَ(the) religiondīna
  18. ٱلۡحَقِّ(of) the truthl-ḥaqi
  19. مِنَfrommina
  20. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  21. أُوتُواْwere givenūtū
  22. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Scripturel-kitāba
  23. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  24. يُعۡطُواْthey payyuʿ'ṭū
  25. ٱلۡجِزۡيَةَthe jizyahl-jiz'yata
  26. عَنwillinglyʿan
  27. يَدٖwillinglyyadin
  28. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  29. صَٰغِرُونَ(are) subduedṣāghirūna

Tafsir

Fight then O believers, against the disbelievers who do not have faith in Allah as their Lord without any partner, do not believe in the Day of Judgement, do not avoid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden (such as carrion, the meat of pigs, alcohol and usury), and who do not submit themselves to what Allah has made sacred law, among the Jews and Christians – until they pay the jizyah tax with their own hands and are humble and subdued.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran