Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 12
وَإِن نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ عَهْدِهِمْ وَطَعَنُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا۟ أَئِمَّةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ ۙ إِنَّهُمْ لَآ أَيْمَـٰنَ لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَنتَهُونَ
And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then combat the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that] they might cease.
At-Tawbah · 9:12
Word by word
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- نَّكَثُوٓا۟nakathūthey break
- أَيْمَـٰنَهُمaymānahumtheir oaths
- مِّنۢminafter
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- عَهْدِهِمْʿahdihimtheir treaty
- وَطَعَنُوا۟waṭaʿanūand defame
- فِىfī[in]
- دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion
- فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا۟faqātilūthen fight
- أَئِمَّةَa-immatathe leaders
- ٱلْكُفْرِ ۙl-kuf'ri(of) [the] disbelief
- إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
- لَآlāno
- أَيْمَـٰنَaymānaoaths
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
- يَنتَهُونَyantahūnacease
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