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

At-Tawbah 9:46

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۞ وَلَوْ أَرَادُوا۟ ٱلْخُرُوجَ لَأَعَدُّوا۟ لَهُۥ عُدَّةً وَلَـٰكِن كَرِهَ ٱللَّهُ ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمْ فَثَبَّطَهُمْ وَقِيلَ ٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَ

And if they had intended to go forth, they would have prepared for it [some] preparation. But Allāh disliked their being sent, so He kept them back, and they were told, "Remain [behind] with those who remain."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولو أراد المنافقون الخروج معك -أيها النبي- إلى الجهاد لتأهَّبوا له بالزاد والراحلة، ولكن الله كره خروجهم فثَقُلَ عليهم الخروج قضاء وقدرًا، وإن كان أمرهم به شرعا، وقيل لهم: تخلفوا مع القاعدين من المرضى والضعفاء والنساء والصبيان.

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