سُوْرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ
Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 13
أَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿13﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Will you not fight a people who have violated their oaths (pagans of Makkah), and intended to expel the Messenger while they did attack you first? Do you fear them? Allâh has more right that you should fear Him if you are believers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَلَا
alā
Will not
تُقَـٰتِلُونَ
tuqātilūna
you fight
قَوْمًۭا
qawman
a people
نَّكَثُوٓا۟
nakathū
who broke
أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ
aymānahum
their oaths
وَهَمُّوا۟
wahammū
and determined
بِإِخْرَاجِ
bi-ikh'rāji
to drive out
ٱلرَّسُولِ
l-rasūli
the Messenger
وَهُم
wahum
and they
بَدَءُوكُمْ
badaūkum
began (to attack) you
أَوَّلَ
awwala
first
مَرَّةٍ ۚ
marratin
time
أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ
atakhshawnahum
Do you fear them
فَٱللَّهُ
fal-lahu
But Allah
أَحَقُّ
aḥaqqu
(has) more right
أَن
an
that
تَخْشَوْهُ
takhshawhu
you should fear Him
إِن
in
if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
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.
13. 1 اَ لَا is a particle of exhortation, which is used to encourage. Allah Almighty is encouraging the Muslims towards jihad.
13. 2 This refers to the consultation in Dar al-Nadwah, in which the chiefs of Makkah deliberated on the proposals to exile, imprison, or kill the Prophet ﷺ.
13. 3 This either refers to the attitude of the polytheists of Makkah in the Battle of Badr, that they went to protect their trade caravan, but even after seeing that the caravan had escaped safely, they continued to prepare for battle and provoke the Muslims at the place of Badr, which ultimately resulted in war. Or it refers to the help that the Quraysh provided to the tribe of Banu Bakr when they attacked the allied tribe of the Prophet ﷺ, Khuzā‘ah, even though this assistance by the Quraysh was a violation of the treaty.
13. 2 This refers to the consultation in Dar al-Nadwah, in which the chiefs of Makkah deliberated on the proposals to exile, imprison, or kill the Prophet ﷺ.
13. 3 This either refers to the attitude of the polytheists of Makkah in the Battle of Badr, that they went to protect their trade caravan, but even after seeing that the caravan had escaped safely, they continued to prepare for battle and provoke the Muslims at the place of Badr, which ultimately resulted in war. Or it refers to the help that the Quraysh provided to the tribe of Banu Bakr when they attacked the allied tribe of the Prophet ﷺ, Khuzā‘ah, even though this assistance by the Quraysh was a violation of the treaty.
