سُوْرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ
Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 1
بَرَآءَةٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَـٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿1﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Freedom from (all) obligations (is declared) from Allâh and His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) to those of the Mushrikûn (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh), with whom you made a treaty.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
بَرَآءَةٌۭ
barāatun
Freedom from obligations
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ
warasūlihi
and His Messenger
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those (with) whom
عَـٰهَدتُّم
ʿāhadttum
you made a covenant
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
l-mush'rikīna
the polytheists
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
Reason for Naming: Its commentators have mentioned several names, but two are more famous. One is "Tawbah" because it mentions the acceptance of repentance of some believers. The second is "Bara'ah" because it contains a general declaration of disassociation from the polytheists. This is the only surah of the Noble Quran in which "Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Raheem" is not written at the beginning. There are also several reasons for this mentioned in the books of tafsir. But the more authentic opinion seems to be that Surah Anfal and Surah Tawbah have great similarity in their subjects; this surah is, as it were, a continuation or remainder of Surah Anfal. This is the seventh of the seven long surahs, which are called "Sab' Tiwal."
1. 1. After the conquest of Makkah, in the 9th year of Hijrah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Bakr Siddiq, Ali, and other companions with this verse of the Noble Quran and these rulings so that they could make a public announcement of them in Makkah. According to the command of the Prophet ﷺ, they announced that no one would perform tawaf of the House of Allah naked, and from the following year, no polytheist would be allowed to perform Hajj of the House of Allah (Sahih Bukhari).
1. 1. After the conquest of Makkah, in the 9th year of Hijrah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Bakr Siddiq, Ali, and other companions with this verse of the Noble Quran and these rulings so that they could make a public announcement of them in Makkah. According to the command of the Prophet ﷺ, they announced that no one would perform tawaf of the House of Allah naked, and from the following year, no polytheist would be allowed to perform Hajj of the House of Allah (Sahih Bukhari).
