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

At-Tawbah 9:8

Word by word

كَيْفَ وَإِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا۟ فِيكُمْ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً ۚ يُرْضُونَكُم بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتَأْبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ فَـٰسِقُونَ

How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse [compliance], and most of them are defiantly disobedient.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

إن شأن المشركين أن يلتزموا بالعهود ما دامت الغلبة لغيرهم، أما إذا شعروا بالقوة على المؤمنين فإنهم لا يراعون القرابة ولا العهد، فلا يغرنكم منهم ما يعاملونكم به وقت الخوف منكم، فإنهم يقولون لكم كلامًا بألسنتهم; لترضوا عنهم، ولكن قلوبهم تأبى ذلك، وأكثرهم متمردون على الإسلام ناقضون للعهد.

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