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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

At-Tawbah 9:13

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أَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Would you not fight against a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allāh has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

لا تترددوا في قتال هؤلاء القوم الذين نقضوا عهودهم، وعملوا على إخراج الرسول من (مكة) ، وهم الذين بدؤوا بإيذائكم أول الأمر، أتخافونهم أو تخافون ملاقاتهم في الحرب؟ فالله أحق أن تخافوه إن كنتم مؤمنين حقًا.

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