At-Tawbah

بَرَاءَةٌbarāatun

Freedom from obligations

مِنَmina

from

اللَّهِl-lahi

Allah

وَرَسُولِهِwarasūlihi

and His Messenger

إِلَىilā

الَّذِينَalladhīna

those (with) whom

عَاهَدْتُمْʿāhadttum

you made a

مِنَmina

from

الْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna

the polytheists.

A release by God and His Messenger from the treaty you [believers] made with the idolaters [is announced]––

فَسِيحُواfasīḥū

So move about

فِيfī

الْأَرْضِl-arḍi

the land

أَرْبَعَةَarbaʿata

(during) four

أَشْهُرٍashhurin

months

وَاعْلَمُواwa-iʿ'lamū

but know

أَنَّكُمْannakum

that you

غَيْرُghayru

(can) not

مُعْجِزِيmuʿ'jizī

escape

اللَّهِl-lahi

Allah

وَأَنَّwa-anna

and that

اللَّهَl-laha

Allah

مُخْزِيmukh'zī

(is) the One Who (will) disgrace

الْكَافِرِينَl-kāfirīna

the disbelievers.

you [idolaters] may move freely about the land for four months, but you should bear in mind both that you will not escape God, and that God will disgrace those who defy [Him].

وَأَذَانٌwa-adhānun

And an announcement

مِنَmina

from Allah

اللَّهِl-lahi

from Allah

وَرَسُولِهِwarasūlihi

and His Messenger

إِلَىilā

النَّاسِl-nāsi

the people

يَوْمَyawma

(on the) day

الْحَجِّl-ḥaji

(of) the greater Pilgrimage

الْأَكْبَرِl-akbari

(of) the greater Pilgrimage

أَنَّanna

that

اللَّهَl-laha

Allah

بَرِيءٌbarīon

(is) free from obligations

مِنَmina

[of]

الْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna

(to) the polytheists,

وَرَسُولُهُwarasūluhu

and (so is) His Messenger.

فَإِنْfa-in

So if

تُبْتُمْtub'tum

you repent,

فَهُوَfahuwa

then, it is

خَيْرٌkhayrun

best

لَكُمْlakum

for you.

وَإِنْwa-in

But if

تَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytum

you turn away

فَاعْلَمُواfa-iʿ'lamū

then know

أَنَّكُمْannakum

that you

غَيْرُghayru

(can) not

مُعْجِزِيmuʿ'jizī

escape

اللَّهِl-lahi

Allah.

وَبَشِّرِwabashiri

And give glad tidings

الَّذِينَalladhīna

(to) those who

كَفَرُواkafarū

disbelieve

بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābin

of a punishment

أَلِيمٍalīmin

painful.

On the Day of the Great Pilgrimage [there will be] a proclamation from God and His Messenger to all people: ‘God and His Messenger are released from [treaty] obligations to the idolaters. It will be better for you [idolaters] if you repent; know that you cannot escape God if you turn away.’ [Prophet], warn those who ignore [God] that they will have a painful punishment.

إِلَّاillā

Except

الَّذِينَalladhīna

those (with) whom

عَاهَدْتُمْʿāhadttum

you have a

مِنَmina

among

الْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna

the polytheists,

ثُمَّthumma

then

لَمْlam

not

يَنْقُصُوكُمْyanquṣūkum

they have failed you

شَيْئًاshayan

(in any) thing

وَلَمْwalam

and not

يُظَاهِرُواyuẓāhirū

they have supported

عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum

against you

أَحَدًاaḥadan

anyone,

فَأَتِمُّواfa-atimmū

so fulfil

إِلَيْهِمْilayhim

to them

عَهْدَهُمْʿahdahum

their treaty

إِلَىilā

till

مُدَّتِهِمْmuddatihim

their term.

إِنَّinna

Indeed,

اللَّهَl-laha

Allah

يُحِبُّyuḥibbu

loves

الْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna

the righteous.

As for those who have honoured the treaty you made with them and who have not supported anyone against you: fulfil your agreement with them to the end of their term. God loves those who are mindful of Him.

فَإِذَاfa-idhā

Then when

انْسَلَخَinsalakha

have passed

الْأَشْهُرُl-ashhuru

the sacred months,

الْحُرُمُl-ḥurumu

the sacred months,

فَاقْتُلُواfa-uq'tulū

then kill

الْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna

the polytheists

حَيْثُḥaythu

wherever

وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْwajadttumūhum

you find them

وَخُذُوهُمْwakhudhūhum

and seize them

وَاحْصُرُوهُمْwa-uḥ'ṣurūhum

and besiege them

وَاقْعُدُواwa-uq'ʿudū

and sit (in wait)

لَهُمْlahum

for them

كُلَّkulla

(at) every

مَرْصَدٍmarṣadin

place of ambush.

فَإِنْfa-in

But if

تَابُواtābū

they repent

وَأَقَامُواwa-aqāmū

and establish

الصَّلَوةَl-ṣalata

the prayer

وَءَاتَوُاwaātawū

and give

الزَّكَوةَl-zakata

the zakah

فَخَلُّواfakhallū

then leave

سَبِيلَهُمْsabīlahum

their way.

إِنَّinna

Indeed,

اللَّهَl-laha

Allah

غَفُورٌghafūrun

(is) Oft-Forgiving,

رَحِيمٌraḥīmun

Most Merciful.

When the [four] forbidden months are over, wherever you encounter the idolaters, kill them, seize them, besiege them, wait for them at every lookout post; but if they turn [to God], maintain the prayer, and pay the prescribed alms, let them go on their way, for God is most forgiving and merciful.

وَإِنْwa-in

And if

أَحَدٌaḥadun

anyone

مِنَmina

الْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna

the polytheists

اسْتَجَارَكَis'tajāraka

seek your protection

فَأَجِرْهُfa-ajir'hu

then grant him protection

حَتَّىḥattā

until

يَسْمَعَyasmaʿa

he hears

كَلَامَkalāma

(the) Words of Allah.

اللَّهِl-lahi

(the) Words of Allah.

ثُمَّthumma

Then

أَبْلِغْهُabligh'hu

escort him

مَأْمَنَهُmamanahu

(to) his place of safety.

ذَلِكَdhālika

That

بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum

(is) because they

قَوْمٌqawmun

(are) a people

لَاlā

(who) do not know.

يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna

(who) do not know.

If any one of the idolaters should seek your protection [Prophet], grant it to him so that he may hear the word of God, then take him to a place safe for him, for they are people with no knowledge [of it].

كَيْفَkayfa

How

يَكُونُyakūnu

can (there) be

لِلْمُشْرِكِينَlil'mush'rikīna

for the polytheists

عَهْدٌʿahdun

a covenant

عِنْدَʿinda

with

اللَّهِl-lahi

Allah

وَعِنْدَwaʿinda

and with

رَسُولِهِrasūlihi

His Messenger,

إِلَّاillā

except

الَّذِينَalladhīna

those (with) whom

عَاهَدْتُمْʿāhadttum

you made a

عِنْدَʿinda

near

الْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi

Al-Masjid Al-Haraam?

الْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmi

Al-Masjid Al-Haraam?

فَمَاfamā

So long as

اسْتَقَامُواis'taqāmū

they are upright

لَكُمْlakum

to you

فَاسْتَقِيمُواfa-is'taqīmū

then you be upright

لَهُمْlahum

to them.

إِنَّinna

Indeed,

اللَّهَl-laha

Allah

يُحِبُّyuḥibbu

loves

الْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna

the righteous.

How could there be a treaty with God and His Messenger for such idolaters? But as for those with whom you made a treaty at the Sacred Mosque, so long as they remain true to you, be true to them; God loves those who are mindful of Him.

كَيْفَkayfa

How

وَإِنْwa-in

while, if

يَظْهَرُواyaẓharū

they gain dominance

عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum

over you

لَاlā

they do not regard (the ties)

يَرْقُبُواyarqubū

they do not regard (the ties)

فِيكُمْfīkum

with you

إِلًّاillan

(of) kinship

وَلَاwalā

and not

ذِمَّةًdhimmatan

covenant of protection?

يُرْضُونَكُمْyur'ḍūnakum

They satisfy you

بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْbi-afwāhihim

with their mouths

وَتَأْبَىwatabā

but refuse,

قُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhum

their hearts

وَأَكْثَرُهُمْwa-aktharuhum

and most of them

فَاسِقُونَfāsiqūna

(are) defiantly disobedient.

[How,] when, if they were to get the upper hand over you, they would not respect any tie with you, of kinship or of treaty? They please you with their tongues, but their hearts are against you and most of them are lawbreakers.

اشْتَرَوْاish'taraw

They exchange

بِءَايَاتِbiāyāti

[with] the Verses of Allah

اللَّهِl-lahi

[with] the Verses of Allah

ثَمَنًاthamanan

(for) a little price,

قَلِيلًاqalīlan

(for) a little price,

فَصَدُّواfaṣaddū

and they hinder (people)

عَنْʿan

from

سَبِيلِهِsabīlihi

His way.

إِنَّهُمْinnahum

Indeed,

سَاءَsāa

evil

مَاmā

(is) what

كَانُواkānū

they used to

يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna

do.

They have sold God’s message for a trifling gain, and barred others from His path. How evil their actions are!

لَاlā

Not

يَرْقُبُونَyarqubūna

they respect (the ties)

فِيfī

towards

مُؤْمِنٍmu'minin

a believer

إِلًّاillan

(of) kinship

وَلَاwalā

and not

ذِمَّةًdhimmatan

covenant of protection.

وَأُولَئِكَwa-ulāika

And those

هُمُhumu

[they]

الْمُعْتَدُونَl-muʿ'tadūna

(are) the transgressors.

Where believers are concerned, they respect no tie of kinship or treaty. They are the ones who are committing aggression.

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