Quran 9:36 — At-Tawba, verse 36
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God decrees that there are twelve months- ordained in God’s Book on the Day when He created the heavens and earth- four months of which are sacred: this is the correct calculation. Do not wrong your souls in these months- though you may fight the idolaters at any time, if they first fight you- remember that God is with those who are mindful of Him.
إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ ۚ فَلَا تَظْلِمُوا فِيهِنَّ أَنْفُسَكُمْ ۚ وَقَاتِلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَافَّةً كَمَا يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ كَافَّةً ۚ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
inna ʿiddata l-shuhūri ʿinda l-lahi ith'nā ʿashara shahran fī kitābi l-lahi yawma khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa min'hā arbaʿatun ḥurumun dhālika l-dīnu l-qayimu falā taẓlimū fīhinna anfusakum waqātilū l-mush'rikīna kāffatan kamā yuqātilūnakum kāffatan wa-iʿ'lamū anna l-laha maʿa l-mutaqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The number of the months, with God, is twelve in the Book of God, the day that He created the heavens and the earth; four of them are sacred. That is the right religion. So wrong not each other during them. And fight the unbelievers totally even as they fight you totally and know that God is with the godfearing.
- Muhammad Asad
- BEHOLD, the number of months, in the sight of God, is twelve months, [laid down] in God's decree on the day when He created the heavens and the earth; [and] out of these, four are sacred: this is the ever-true law [of God]. Do not, then, sin against yourselves with regard to these [months]. And fight against those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God, all together-just as they fight against you, [O believers,] all together -and know that God is with those who are conscious of Him.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, the number of months with Allāh is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allāh [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion [i.e., way], so do not wrong yourselves during them. And fight against the disbelievers collectively as they fight against you collectively. And know that Allāh is with the righteous [who fear Him].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | عِدَّةَʿiddata | (the) number | عدد |
| 3 | ٱلشُّهُورِl-shuhūri | (of) the months | شهر |
| 4 | عِندَʿinda | with | عند |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 6 | ٱثْنَاith'nā | (is) twelve | ثني |
| 7 | عَشَرَʿashara | (is) twelve | عشر |
| 8 | شَهْرًۭاshahran | months | شهر |
| 9 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 10 | كِتَـٰبِkitābi | (the) ordinance | كتب |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 12 | يَوْمَyawma | (from the) Day | يوم |
| 13 | خَلَقَkhalaqa | He created | خلق |
| 14 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 15 | وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍa | and the earth | أرض |
| 16 | مِنْهَآmin'hā | of them | — |
| 17 | أَرْبَعَةٌarbaʿatun | four | ربع |
| 18 | حُرُمٌۭ ۚḥurumun | (are) sacred | حرم |
| 19 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 20 | ٱلدِّينُl-dīnu | (is) the religion | دين |
| 21 | ٱلْقَيِّمُ ۚl-qayimu | the upright | قوم |
| 22 | فَلَاfalā | so (do) not | — |
| 23 | تَظْلِمُوا۟taẓlimū | wrong | ظلم |
| 24 | فِيهِنَّfīhinna | therein | — |
| 25 | أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚanfusakum | yourselves | نفس |
| 26 | وَقَـٰتِلُوا۟waqātilū | And fight | قتل |
| 27 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | the polytheists | شرك |
| 28 | كَآفَّةًۭkāffatan | all together | كفف |
| 29 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 30 | يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْyuqātilūnakum | they fight you | قتل |
| 31 | كَآفَّةًۭ ۚkāffatan | all together | كفف |
| 32 | وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamū | And know | علم |
| 33 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 34 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 35 | مَعَmaʿa | (is) with | — |
| 36 | ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna | the righteous | وقي |