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Quran Maqasid

the Verse of the Sword (Ayat as-Sayf)

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 5

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فاذا انسلخ الاشهر الحرم فاقتلوا المشركين حيث وجدتموهم وخذوهم واحصروهم واقعدوا لهم كل مرصد فان تابوا واقاموا الصلاة واتوا الزكاة فخلوا سبيلهم ان الله غفور رحيم

But when the forbidden months Are past, then fight and slay The Pagans wherever ye find them, And seize them, beleaguer them, And lie in wait for them In every stratagem (of war); But if they repent, And establish regular prayers And practise regular charity, Then open the way for them: For God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

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  • Verse 5 of 129
  • Juz 10
  • Page 187

Word by word

  1. فَإِذَاThen whenfa-idhā
  2. ٱنسَلَخَhave passedinsalakha
  3. ٱلْأَشْهُرُthe sacred monthsl-ashhuru
  4. ٱلْحُرُمُthe sacred monthsl-ḥurumu
  5. فَٱقْتُلُوا۟then killfa-uq'tulū
  6. ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَthe polytheistsl-mush'rikīna
  7. حَيْثُwhereverḥaythu
  8. وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْyou find themwajadttumūhum
  9. وَخُذُوهُمْand seize themwakhudhūhum
  10. وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْand besiege themwa-uḥ'ṣurūhum
  11. وَٱقْعُدُوا۟and sit (in wait)wa-uq'ʿudū
  12. لَهُمْfor themlahum
  13. كُلَّ(at) everykulla
  14. مَرْصَدٍۢ ۚplace of ambushmarṣadin
  15. فَإِنBut iffa-in
  16. تَابُوا۟they repenttābū
  17. وَأَقَامُوا۟and establishwa-aqāmū
  18. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
  19. وَءَاتَوُا۟and givewaātawū
  20. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَthe zakahl-zakata
  21. فَخَلُّوا۟then leavefakhallū
  22. سَبِيلَهُمْ ۚtheir waysabīlahum
  23. إِنَّIndeedinna
  24. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  25. غَفُورٌۭ(is) Oft-Forgivingghafūrun
  26. رَّحِيمٌۭMost Mercifulraḥīmun

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