The Repentance

Surah
At-Tawbah

بَرَآءَةٞ
مِّنَ
ٱللَّهِ
وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ
إِلَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
عَٰهَدتُّم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ
١

˹This is˺ a discharge from all obligations,¹ by Allah and His Messenger, to the polytheists you ˹believers˺ have entered into treaties with:

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

9:2

فَسِيحُواْ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

أَرۡبَعَةَ

أَشۡهُرٖ

وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ

أَنَّكُمۡ

غَيۡرُ

مُعۡجِزِي

ٱللَّهِ

وَأَنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

مُخۡزِي

ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

“You ˹polytheists˺ may travel freely through the land for four months, but know that you will have no escape from Allah, and that Allah will disgrace the disbelievers.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

9:3

وَأَذَٰنٞ

مِّنَ

ٱللَّهِ

وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ

إِلَى

ٱلنَّاسِ

يَوۡمَ

ٱلۡحَجِّ

ٱلۡأَكۡبَرِ

أَنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

بَرِيٓءٞ

مِّنَ

ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ

وَرَسُولُهُۥۚ

فَإِن

تُبۡتُمۡ

فَهُوَ

خَيۡرٞ

لَّكُمۡۖ

وَإِن

تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡ

فَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ

أَنَّكُمۡ

غَيۡرُ

مُعۡجِزِي

ٱللَّهِۗ

وَبَشِّرِ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُواْ

بِعَذَابٍ

أَلِيمٍ

A declaration from Allah and His Messenger ˹is made˺ to all people on the day of the greater pilgrimage¹ that Allah and His Messenger are free of the polytheists. So if you ˹pagans˺ repent, it will be better for you. But if you turn away, then know that you will have no escape from Allah. And give good news ˹O Prophet˺ to the disbelievers of a painful punishment.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

9:4

إِلَّا

ٱلَّذِينَ

عَٰهَدتُّم

مِّنَ

ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ

ثُمَّ

لَمۡ

يَنقُصُوكُمۡ

شَيۡـٔٗا

وَلَمۡ

يُظَٰهِرُواْ

عَلَيۡكُمۡ

أَحَدٗا

فَأَتِمُّوٓاْ

إِلَيۡهِمۡ

عَهۡدَهُمۡ

إِلَىٰ

مُدَّتِهِمۡۚ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

يُحِبُّ

ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

As for the polytheists who have honoured every term of their treaty with you and have not supported an enemy against you, honour your treaty with them until the end of its term. Surely Allah loves those who are mindful ˹of Him˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

9:5

فَإِذَا

ٱنسَلَخَ

ٱلۡأَشۡهُرُ

ٱلۡحُرُمُ

فَٱقۡتُلُواْ

ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ

حَيۡثُ

وَجَدتُّمُوهُمۡ

وَخُذُوهُمۡ

وَٱحۡصُرُوهُمۡ

وَٱقۡعُدُواْ

لَهُمۡ

كُلَّ

مَرۡصَدٖۚ

فَإِن

تَابُواْ

وَأَقَامُواْ

ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ

وَءَاتَوُاْ

ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ

فَخَلُّواْ

سَبِيلَهُمۡۚ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

غَفُورٞ

رَّحِيمٞ

But once the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists ˹who violated their treaties˺ wherever you find them,¹ capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them on every way. But if they repent, perform prayers, and pay alms-tax, then set them free. Indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

9:6

وَإِنۡ

أَحَدٞ

مِّنَ

ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ

ٱسۡتَجَارَكَ

فَأَجِرۡهُ

حَتَّىٰ

يَسۡمَعَ

كَلَٰمَ

ٱللَّهِ

ثُمَّ

أَبۡلِغۡهُ

مَأۡمَنَهُۥۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

بِأَنَّهُمۡ

قَوۡمٞ

لَّا

يَعۡلَمُونَ

And if anyone from the polytheists asks for your protection ˹O Prophet˺, grant it to them so they may hear the Word of Allah, then escort them to a place of safety, for they are a people who have no knowledge.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

9:7

كَيۡفَ

يَكُونُ

لِلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ

عَهۡدٌ

عِندَ

ٱللَّهِ

وَعِندَ

رَسُولِهِۦٓ

إِلَّا

ٱلَّذِينَ

عَٰهَدتُّمۡ

عِندَ

ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ

ٱلۡحَرَامِۖ

فَمَا

ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ

لَكُمۡ

فَٱسۡتَقِيمُواْ

لَهُمۡۚ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

يُحِبُّ

ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

How can such polytheists have a treaty with Allah and His Messenger, except those you have made a treaty with at the Sacred Mosque?¹ So, as long as they are true to you, be true to them. Indeed Allah loves those who are mindful ˹of Him˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

9:8

كَيۡفَ

وَإِن

يَظۡهَرُواْ

عَلَيۡكُمۡ

لَا

يَرۡقُبُواْ

فِيكُمۡ

إِلّٗا

وَلَا

ذِمَّةٗۚ

يُرۡضُونَكُم

بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ

وَتَأۡبَىٰ

قُلُوبُهُمۡ

وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ

فَٰسِقُونَ

How ˹can they have a treaty˺? If they were to have the upper hand over you, they would have no respect for kinship or treaty. They only flatter you with their tongues, but their hearts are in denial, and most of them are rebellious.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

9:9