Quran 9:4 — At-Tawba, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
As for those who have honoured the treaty you made with them and who have not supported anyone against you: fulfil your agreement with them to the end of their term. God loves those who are mindful of Him.
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْقُصُوكُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يُظَاهِرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَدًا فَأَتِمُّوا إِلَيْهِمْ عَهْدَهُمْ إِلَىٰ مُدَّتِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ
illā alladhīna ʿāhadttum mina l-mush'rikīna thumma lam yanquṣūkum shayan walam yuẓāhirū ʿalaykum aḥadan fa-atimmū ilayhim ʿahdahum ilā muddatihim inna l-laha yuḥibbu l-mutaqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- excepting those of the idolaters with whom you made covenant, then they failed. you naught neither lent support to any man against you. With them fulfil your covenant till their term; surely God loves the godfearing.
- Muhammad Asad
- But excepted shall be -from among those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God - [people] with whom you [O believers] have made a covenant and who thereafter have in no wise failed to fulfil their obligations towards you, and neither have aided anyone against you: observe, then, your covenant with them until the end of the term agreed with them. Verily, God loves those who are conscious of Him.
- Sahih International
- Excepted are those with whom you made a treaty among the polytheists and then they have not been deficient toward you in anything or supported anyone against you; so complete for them their treaty until their term [has ended]. Indeed, Allāh loves the righteous [who fear Him].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّاillā | Except | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those (with) whom | — |
| 3 | عَـٰهَدتُّمʿāhadttum | you have a covenant | عهد |
| 4 | مِّنَmina | among | — |
| 5 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | the polytheists | شرك |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 8 | يَنقُصُوكُمْyanquṣūkum | they have failed you | نقص |
| 9 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | (in any) thing | شيأ |
| 10 | وَلَمْwalam | and not | — |
| 11 | يُظَـٰهِرُوا۟yuẓāhirū | they have supported | ظهر |
| 12 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | against you | — |
| 13 | أَحَدًۭاaḥadan | anyone | أحد |
| 14 | فَأَتِمُّوٓا۟fa-atimmū | so fulfil | تمم |
| 15 | إِلَيْهِمْilayhim | to them | — |
| 16 | عَهْدَهُمْʿahdahum | their treaty | عهد |
| 17 | إِلَىٰilā | till | — |
| 18 | مُدَّتِهِمْ ۚmuddatihim | their term | مدد |
| 19 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 20 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 21 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | loves | حبب |
| 22 | ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna | the righteous | وقي |