Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 191
وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَخْرِجُوهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚ وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ ٱلْقَتْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُوهُمْ عِندَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ حَتَّىٰ يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ فِيهِ ۖ فَإِن قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al-Ḥarām until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.
Al-Baqarah · 2:191
Word by word
- وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumAnd kill them
- حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
- ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْthaqif'tumūhumyou find them
- وَأَخْرِجُوهُمwa-akhrijūhumand drive them out
- مِّنْminfrom
- حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
- أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚakhrajūkumthey drove you out
- وَٱلْفِتْنَةُwal-fit'natuand [the] oppression
- أَشَدُّashaddu(is) worse
- مِنَminathan
- ٱلْقَتْلِ ۚl-qatli[the] killing
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تُقَـٰتِلُوهُمْtuqātilūhumfight them
- عِندَʿindanear
- ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid
- ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you
- فِيهِ ۖfīhiin it
- فَإِنfa-inThen if
- قَـٰتَلُوكُمْqātalūkumthey fight you
- فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ ۗfa-uq'tulūhumthen kill them
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaSuch
- جَزَآءُjazāu(is the) reward
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers
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