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At-Tawbah 6

Ayah 6 of 129 · Medinan

وَإِنۡ أَحَدٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٱسۡتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرۡهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسۡمَعَ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبۡلِغۡهُ مَأۡمَنَهُۥۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمٞ لَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٦

And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allāh [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنۡAnd ifwa-in
  2. أَحَدٞanyoneaḥadun
  3. مِّنَofmina
  4. ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَthe polytheistsl-mush'rikīna
  5. ٱسۡتَجَارَكَseek your protectionis'tajāraka
  6. فَأَجِرۡهُthen grant him protectionfa-ajir'hu
  7. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  8. يَسۡمَعَhe hearsyasmaʿa
  9. كَلَٰمَ(the) Words of Allahkalāma
  10. ٱللَّهِ(the) Words of Allahl-lahi
  11. ثُمَّThenthumma
  12. أَبۡلِغۡهُescort himabligh'hu
  13. مَأۡمَنَهُۥۚ(to) his place of safetymamanahu
  14. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  15. بِأَنَّهُمۡ(is) because theybi-annahum
  16. قَوۡمٞ(are) a peopleqawmun
  17. لَّا(who) do not knowlā
  18. يَعۡلَمُونَ(who) do not knowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

If any of the idolaters, whose blood and wealth is permissible, comes to you, O Messenger, and requests your protection, then accept their request so that they can listen to the Qur’ān. Then take them to a place where they will be safe. That is because the disbelievers are a people who do not know the realities of this religion. When they come to know of it by listening to the recitation of the Qur’ān, they may come on to the right path.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran