Meaning: they fight you · Also translated as: you fight, they fight, And fight, And fight them
Forms in the Quran
يُقَٰتِلُونَ×6
وَقَٰتِلُوا۟×5
يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ×5
يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْ×4
قَٰتِلُوا۟×4
فَقَٰتِلُوٓا۟×3
قَٰتَلُوكُمْ×2
وَقَٰتِلُوهُمْ×2
Its root in the classical dictionaries
أصل القتل: إزالة الروح عن الجسد كالموت، لكن إذا اعتبر بفعل المتولي لذلك يقال: قتل، وإذا اعتبر بفوت الحياة يقال: موت.
قوله تعالى: ﴿فاقتلوا أنفسكم﴾ [البقرة: 54] أصل القتل إزالة الروح كالموت. قال الراغب: لكن إذا اعتبر بفعل المتولي لذلك يقال له قتل. وإذا اعتبر بفوات الحياة يقال له موت. ومعنى قوله: ﴿فاقتلوا أنفسكم﴾ أي ليقتل بعضكم بعضا؛ ولذلك روي في القصة أنه أمر من لم يعص أن يقتل من عصى فبقي القاتل يرى أباه وأخاه فلا يقدم عليه. فأرسل…
Thy Lord doth know
That thou standest forth
(To prayer) nigh two-thirds
Of the night, or half
The night, or a third
Of the night, and so doth
A party of those with thee.
But God doth appoint Night
And Day in due measure.
He knoweth that ye are
Unable to keep count thereof.
So He hath turned to you
(In mercy): read ye,
Therefore, of the Qur-ān
As much as may be
Easy for you. He knoweth
That there may be (some)
Among you in ill-health;
Others travelling through the land,
Seeking of God's bounty;
Yet others fighting
In God's Cause. Read ye,
Therefore, as much of the Qur-ān
As may be easy (for you);
And establish regular Prayer
And give regular Charity;
And loan to God
A Beautiful Loan.
And whatever good
Ye send forth
For your souls,
Ye shall find it
In God's Presence,—
Yea, better and
Greater, in Reward.
And seek ye the Grace
Of God: for God is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.