Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 8
كَيْفَ وَإِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا۟ فِيكُمْ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً ۚ يُرْضُونَكُم بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتَأْبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ فَـٰسِقُونَ
How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse [compliance], and most of them are defiantly disobedient.
At-Tawbah · 9:8
Word by word
- كَيْفَkayfaHow
- وَإِنwa-inwhile, if
- يَظْهَرُوا۟yaẓharūthey gain dominance
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
- لَاlāthey do not regard (the ties)
- يَرْقُبُوا۟yarqubūthey do not regard (the ties)
- فِيكُمْfīkumwith you
- إِلًّۭاillan(of) kinship
- وَلَاwalāand not
- ذِمَّةًۭ ۚdhimmatancovenant of protection
- يُرْضُونَكُمyur'ḍūnakumThey satisfy you
- بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْbi-afwāhihimwith their mouths
- وَتَأْبَىٰwatabābut refuse
- قُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts
- وَأَكْثَرُهُمْwa-aktharuhumand most of them
- فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūna(are) defiantly disobedient
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