Surah At-Tawba — The Repentance

The only surah without an opening Bismillah, addressing treaties, hypocrisy and the final shape of the early Muslim state.

بَراءَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسولِهِ إِلَى الَّذينَ عٰهَدتُم مِنَ المُشرِكينَ

Baraatun mina Allahi warasoolihi ila allatheena AAahadtum mina almushrikeena

1. Freedom from obligation (is proclaimed) from Allah and His messenger toward those of the idolaters with whom ye made a treaty

فَسيحوا فِى الأَرضِ أَربَعَةَ أَشهُرٍ وَاعلَموا أَنَّكُم غَيرُ مُعجِزِى اللَّهِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ مُخزِى الكٰفِرينَ

Faseehoo fee alardi arbaAAata ashhurin waiAAlamoo annakum ghayru muAAjizee Allahi waanna Allaha mukhzee alkafireena

2. Travel freely in the land four months, and know that ye cannot escape Allah and that Allah will confound the disbelievers (in His Guidance)

وَأَذٰنٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسولِهِ إِلَى النّاسِ يَومَ الحَجِّ الأَكبَرِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ بَريءٌ مِنَ المُشرِكينَ وَرَسولُهُ فَإِن تُبتُم فَهُوَ خَيرٌ لَكُم وَإِن تَوَلَّيتُم فَاعلَموا أَنَّكُم غَيرُ مُعجِزِى اللَّهِ وَبَشِّرِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا بِعَذابٍ أَليمٍ

Waathanun mina Allahi warasoolihi ila alnnasi yawma alhajji alakbari anna Allaha bareeon mina almushrikeena warasooluhu fain tubtum fahuwa khayrun lakum wain tawallaytum faiAAlamoo annakum ghayru muAAjizee Allahi wabashshiri allatheena kafaroo biAAathabin aleemin

3. And a proclamation from Allah and His messenger to all men on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage that Allah is free from obligation to the idolaters, and (so is) His messenger. So, if ye repent, it will be better for you; but if ye are averse, then know that ye cannot escape Allah. Give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom to those who disbelieve

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