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

At-Tawbah 9:29

Word by word

قَـٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ ٱلْحَقِّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ حَتَّىٰ يُعْطُوا۟ ٱلْجِزْيَةَ عَن يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَـٰغِرُونَ

Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allāh and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islām] from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

أيها المسلمون قاتلوا الكفار الذين لا يؤمنون بالله، ولا يؤمنون بالبعث والجزاء، ولا يجتنبون ما نهى الله عنه ورسوله، ولا يلتزمون أحكام شريعة الإسلام من اليهود والنصارى، حتى يدفعوا الجزية التي تفرضونها عليهم بأيديهم خاضعين أذلاء.

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