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At-Tawbah 4

Ayah 4 of 129 · Medinan

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَنقُصُوكُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَمۡ يُظَٰهِرُواْ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَحَدٗا فَأَتِمُّوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِمۡ عَهۡدَهُمۡ إِلَىٰ مُدَّتِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤

Excepted are those with whom you made a treaty among the polytheists and then they have not been deficient toward you in anything or supported anyone against you; so complete for them their treaty until their term [has ended]. Indeed, Allāh loves the righteous [who fear Him].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِلَّاExceptillā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose (with) whomalladhīna
  3. عَٰهَدتُّمyou have a covenantʿāhadttum
  4. مِّنَamongmina
  5. ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَthe polytheistsl-mush'rikīna
  6. ثُمَّthenthumma
  7. لَمۡnotlam
  8. يَنقُصُوكُمۡthey have failed youyanquṣūkum
  9. شَيۡـٔٗا(in any) thingshayan
  10. وَلَمۡand notwalam
  11. يُظَٰهِرُواْthey have supportedyuẓāhirū
  12. عَلَيۡكُمۡagainst youʿalaykum
  13. أَحَدٗاanyoneaḥadan
  14. فَأَتِمُّوٓاْso fulfilfa-atimmū
  15. إِلَيۡهِمۡto themilayhim
  16. عَهۡدَهُمۡtheir treatyʿahdahum
  17. إِلَىٰtillilā
  18. مُدَّتِهِمۡۚtheir termmuddatihim
  19. إِنَّIndeedinna
  20. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  21. يُحِبُّlovesyuḥibbu
  22. ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَthe righteousl-mutaqīna

Tafsir

The idolaters who are excluded from the previous ruling are those with whom you entered into a treaty and they honoured the treaty in full. So there will be a complete fulfilment of the treaty with them until the end of the period. Allah loves those who are mindful of Him by obeying His sacred law, which includes fulfilment of treaties, and by avoiding His prohibitions, which include the prohibition of treachery.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran