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

At-Tawbah 9:86

Word by word

وَإِذَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ أَنْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟ مَعَ رَسُولِهِ ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَكَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلطَّوْلِ مِنْهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ ذَرْنَا نَكُن مَّعَ ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَ

And when a sūrah was revealed [enjoining them] to believe in Allāh and to fight with His Messenger, those of wealth among them asked your permission [to stay back] and said, "Leave us to be with them who sit [at home]."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وإذا أنزلت سورة على محمد صلى الله عليه تأمر بالإيمان بالله والإخلاص له والجهاد مع رسول الله، طلب الإذن منك -أيها الرسول- أولو اليسار من المنافقين، وقالوا: اتركنا مع القاعدين العاجزين عن الخروج.

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