Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 5
فَإِذَا ٱنسَلَخَ ٱلْأَشْهُرُ ٱلْحُرُمُ فَٱقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْ وَٱقْعُدُوا۟ لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ ۚ فَإِن تَابُوا۟ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَخَلُّوا۟ سَبِيلَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
And when the inviolable months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakāh, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
At-Tawbah · 9:5
Word by word
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
- ٱنسَلَخَinsalakhahave passed
- ٱلْأَشْهُرُl-ashhuruthe sacred months
- ٱلْحُرُمُl-ḥurumuthe sacred months
- فَٱقْتُلُوا۟fa-uq'tulūthen kill
- ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists
- حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
- وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْwajadttumūhumyou find them
- وَخُذُوهُمْwakhudhūhumand seize them
- وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْwa-uḥ'ṣurūhumand besiege them
- وَٱقْعُدُوا۟wa-uq'ʿudūand sit (in wait)
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- كُلَّkulla(at) every
- مَرْصَدٍۢ ۚmarṣadinplace of ambush
- فَإِنfa-inBut if
- تَابُوا۟tābūthey repent
- وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand establish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawūand give
- ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
- فَخَلُّوا۟fakhallūthen leave
- سَبِيلَهُمْ ۚsabīlahumtheir way
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
- رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful
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