Surah At-Tawba

بَرَآءَةٌۭمِّنَٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦٓإِلَىٱلَّذِينَعَٰهَدتُّممِّنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

DISAVOWAL by God and His Apostle [is herewith announced] unto those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God, [and] with whom you [O: believers] have made a covenant.

فَسِيحُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِأَرْبَعَةَأَشْهُرٍۢوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّكُمْغَيْرُمُعْجِزِىٱللَّهِوَأَنَّٱللَّهَمُخْزِىٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

[Announce unto them:] "Go, then, [freely] about the earth for four months -but know that you can never elude God, and that, verily, God shall bring disgrace upon all who refuse to acknowledge the truth!"

وَأَذَٰنٌۭمِّنَٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦٓإِلَىٱلنَّاسِيَوْمَٱلْحَجِّٱلْأَكْبَرِأَنَّٱللَّهَبَرِىٓءٌۭمِّنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَوَرَسُولُهُۥفَإِنتُبْتُمْفَهُوَخَيْرٌۭلَّكُمْوَإِنتَوَلَّيْتُمْفَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّكُمْغَيْرُمُعْجِزِىٱللَّهِوَبَشِّرِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِعَذَابٍأَلِيمٍ

And a proclamation from God and His Apostle [is herewith made] unto all mankind on this day of the Greatest Pilgrimage: "God disavows all who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him, and [so does] His Apostle. Hence, if you repent, it shall be for your own good; and if you turn away, then know that you can never elude God!" And unto those who are bent on denying the truth give thou [O Prophet] the tiding of grievous chastisement.

إِلَّاٱلَّذِينَعَٰهَدتُّممِّنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَثُمَّلَمْيَنقُصُوكُمْشَيْـًۭٔاوَلَمْيُظَٰهِرُوا۟عَلَيْكُمْأَحَدًۭافَأَتِمُّوٓا۟إِلَيْهِمْعَهْدَهُمْإِلَىٰمُدَّتِهِمْإِنَّٱللَّهَيُحِبُّٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

But excepted shall be -from among those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God - [people] with whom you [O believers] have made a covenant and who thereafter have in no wise failed to fulfil their obligations towards you, and neither have aided anyone against you: observe, then, your covenant with them until the end of the term agreed with them. Verily, God loves those who are conscious of Him.

فَإِذَاٱنسَلَخَٱلْأَشْهُرُٱلْحُرُمُفَٱقْتُلُوا۟ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَحَيْثُوَجَدتُّمُوهُمْوَخُذُوهُمْوَٱحْصُرُوهُمْوَٱقْعُدُوا۟لَهُمْكُلَّمَرْصَدٍۢفَإِنتَابُوا۟وَأَقَامُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَءَاتَوُا۟ٱلزَّكَوٰةَفَخَلُّوا۟سَبِيلَهُمْإِنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

And so, when the sacred months are over, slay those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God wherever you may come upon them, and take them captive, and besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every conceivable place! Yet if they repent, and take to prayer, and render the purifying dues, let them go their way: for, behold, God is much forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَإِنْأَحَدٌۭمِّنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَٱسْتَجَارَكَفَأَجِرْهُحَتَّىٰيَسْمَعَكَلَٰمَٱللَّهِثُمَّأَبْلِغْهُمَأْمَنَهُۥذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّهُمْقَوْمٌۭلَّايَعْلَمُونَ

And if any of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God seeks thy protection, grant him protection, so that he might [be able to] hear the word of God [from thee]; and thereupon convey him to a place where he can feel secure: this, because they [may be] people who [sin only because they] do not know [the truth].

كَيْفَيَكُونُلِلْمُشْرِكِينَعَهْدٌعِندَٱللَّهِوَعِندَرَسُولِهِۦٓإِلَّاٱلَّذِينَعَٰهَدتُّمْعِندَٱلْمَسْجِدِٱلْحَرَامِفَمَاٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟لَكُمْفَٱسْتَقِيمُوا۟لَهُمْإِنَّٱللَّهَيُحِبُّٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

HOW COULD they who ascribe divinity to aught beside God be granted a covenant by God and His Apostle, unless it be those [of them] with whom you [O believers] have made a covenant in the vicinity of the Inviolable House of Worship? [As for the latter,] so long as they remain true to you, be true to them: for, verily, God loves those who are conscious of Him.

كَيْفَوَإِنيَظْهَرُوا۟عَلَيْكُمْلَايَرْقُبُوا۟فِيكُمْإِلًّۭاوَلَاذِمَّةًۭيُرْضُونَكُمبِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْوَتَأْبَىٰقُلُوبُهُمْوَأَكْثَرُهُمْفَٰسِقُونَ

How [else could it be]? -since, if they [who are hostile to you] were to overcome you, they would not respect any tie [with you,] nor any obligation to protect [you]. They seek to please you with their mouths, the while their hearts remain averse [to you]; and most of them are iniquitous.

ٱشْتَرَوْا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِثَمَنًۭاقَلِيلًۭافَصَدُّوا۟عَنسَبِيلِهِۦٓإِنَّهُمْسَآءَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

God's messages have they bartered away for a trifling gain, and have thus turned away from His path: evil, behold, is all that they are wont to do,

لَايَرْقُبُونَفِىمُؤْمِنٍإِلًّۭاوَلَاذِمَّةًۭوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْمُعْتَدُونَ

respecting no tie and no protective obligation with regard to a believer; and it is they, they who transgress the bounds of what is right!

فَإِنتَابُوا۟وَأَقَامُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَءَاتَوُا۟ٱلزَّكَوٰةَفَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْفِىٱلدِّينِوَنُفَصِّلُٱلْءَايَٰتِلِقَوْمٍۢيَعْلَمُونَ

Yet if they repent, and take to prayer, and render the purifying dues, they become your brethren in faith: and clearly do We spell out these messages unto people of [innate] knowledge!

وَإِننَّكَثُوٓا۟أَيْمَٰنَهُممِّنۢبَعْدِعَهْدِهِمْوَطَعَنُوا۟فِىدِينِكُمْفَقَٰتِلُوٓا۟أَئِمَّةَٱلْكُفْرِإِنَّهُمْلَآأَيْمَٰنَلَهُمْلَعَلَّهُمْيَنتَهُونَ

But if they break their solemn pledges after having concluded a covenant, and revile your religion, then fight against these archetypes of faithlessness who, behold, have no [regard for their own] pledges, so that they might desist [from aggression].

أَلَاتُقَٰتِلُونَقَوْمًۭانَّكَثُوٓا۟أَيْمَٰنَهُمْوَهَمُّوا۟بِإِخْرَاجِٱلرَّسُولِوَهُمبَدَءُوكُمْأَوَّلَمَرَّةٍأَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْفَٱللَّهُأَحَقُّأَنتَخْشَوْهُإِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَ

Would you, perchance, fail to fight against people who have broken their solemn pledges, and have done all that they could to drive the Apostle away, and have been first to attack you? Do you hold them in awe? Nay, it is God alone of whom you ought to stand in awe, if you are [truly] believers!

قَٰتِلُوهُمْيُعَذِّبْهُمُٱللَّهُبِأَيْدِيكُمْوَيُخْزِهِمْوَيَنصُرْكُمْعَلَيْهِمْوَيَشْفِصُدُورَقَوْمٍۢمُّؤْمِنِينَ

Fight against them! God will chastise them by your hands, and will bring disgrace upon them, and will succour you against them; and He will soothe the bosoms of those who believe,

وَيُذْهِبْغَيْظَقُلُوبِهِمْوَيَتُوبُٱللَّهُعَلَىٰمَنيَشَآءُوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌحَكِيمٌ

and will remove the wrath that is in their hearts. And God will turn in His mercy unto whom He wills: for, God is all-knowing, wise.

أَمْحَسِبْتُمْأَنتُتْرَكُوا۟وَلَمَّايَعْلَمِٱللَّهُٱلَّذِينَجَٰهَدُوا۟مِنكُمْوَلَمْيَتَّخِذُوا۟مِندُونِٱللَّهِوَلَارَسُولِهِۦوَلَاٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَلِيجَةًۭوَٱللَّهُخَبِيرٌۢبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَ

Do you [O believers] think that you will be spared unless God takes cognizance of your having striven hard [in His cause] without seeking help from any but God and His Apostle and those who believe in Him? For, God is aware of all that you do.

مَاكَانَلِلْمُشْرِكِينَأَنيَعْمُرُوا۟مَسَٰجِدَٱللَّهِشَٰهِدِينَعَلَىٰٓأَنفُسِهِمبِٱلْكُفْرِأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَحَبِطَتْأَعْمَٰلُهُمْوَفِىٱلنَّارِهُمْخَٰلِدُونَ

IT IS NOT for those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God to visit or tend God's houses of worship, the while [by their beliefs] they bear witness against themselves that they are denying the truth. It is they whose works shall come to nought, and they who in the fire shall abide

إِنَّمَايَعْمُرُمَسَٰجِدَٱللَّهِمَنْءَامَنَبِٱللَّهِوَٱلْيَوْمِٱلْءَاخِرِوَأَقَامَٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَءَاتَىٱلزَّكَوٰةَوَلَمْيَخْشَإِلَّاٱللَّهَفَعَسَىٰٓأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَأَنيَكُونُوا۟مِنَٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Only he should visit or tend God's houses of worship who believes in God and the Last Day, and is constant in prayer, and spends in charity, and stands in awe of none but God: for [only such as] these may hope to be among the right-guided!

أَجَعَلْتُمْسِقَايَةَٱلْحَآجِّوَعِمَارَةَٱلْمَسْجِدِٱلْحَرَامِكَمَنْءَامَنَبِٱللَّهِوَٱلْيَوْمِٱلْءَاخِرِوَجَٰهَدَفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِلَايَسْتَوُۥنَعِندَٱللَّهِوَٱللَّهُلَايَهْدِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Do you, perchance, regard the [mere] giving of water to pilgrims and the tending of the Inviolable House of Worship as being equal to [the works of] one who believes in God and the Last Day and strives hard in God's cause? These [things] are not equal in the sight of God. And God does not grace with His guidance people who [deliberately] do wrong.

ٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَهَاجَرُوا۟وَجَٰهَدُوا۟فِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِبِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْوَأَنفُسِهِمْأَعْظَمُدَرَجَةًعِندَٱللَّهِوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْفَآئِزُونَ

Those who believe, and who have forsaken the domain of evil and have striven hard in God's cause with their possessions and their lives have the highest rank in the sight of God; and it is they, they who shall triumph [in the end]!