Quran 9:5 — At-Tawba, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When the [four] forbidden months are over, wherever you encounter the idolaters, kill them, seize them, besiege them, wait for them at every lookout post; but if they turn [to God], maintain the prayer, and pay the prescribed alms, let them go on their way, for God is most forgiving and merciful.
فَإِذَا انْسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ ۚ فَإِنْ تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
fa-idhā insalakha l-ashhuru l-ḥurumu fa-uq'tulū l-mush'rikīna ḥaythu wajadttumūhum wakhudhūhum wa-uḥ'ṣurūhum wa-uq'ʿudū lahum kulla marṣadin fa-in tābū wa-aqāmū l-ṣalata waātawū l-zakata fakhallū sabīlahum inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then, when the sacred months are drawn away, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and perform the prayer, and pay the alms, then let them go their way; God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- And so, when the sacred months are over, slay those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God wherever you may come upon them, and take them captive, and besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every conceivable place! Yet if they repent, and take to prayer, and render the purifying dues, let them go their way: for, behold, God is much forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- And when the inviolable months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakāh, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | Then when | — |
| 2 | ٱنسَلَخَinsalakha | have passed | سلخ |
| 3 | ٱلْأَشْهُرُl-ashhuru | the sacred months | شهر |
| 4 | ٱلْحُرُمُl-ḥurumu | the sacred months | حرم |
| 5 | فَٱقْتُلُوا۟fa-uq'tulū | then kill | قتل |
| 6 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | the polytheists | شرك |
| 7 | حَيْثُḥaythu | wherever | حيث |
| 8 | وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْwajadttumūhum | you find them | وجد |
| 9 | وَخُذُوهُمْwakhudhūhum | and seize them | أخذ |
| 10 | وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْwa-uḥ'ṣurūhum | and besiege them | حصر |
| 11 | وَٱقْعُدُوا۟wa-uq'ʿudū | and sit (in wait) | قعد |
| 12 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 13 | كُلَّkulla | (at) every | كلل |
| 14 | مَرْصَدٍۢ ۚmarṣadin | place of ambush | رصد |
| 15 | فَإِنfa-in | But if | — |
| 16 | تَابُوا۟tābū | they repent | توب |
| 17 | وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmū | and establish | قوم |
| 18 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalata | the prayer | صلو |
| 19 | وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawū | and give | أتي |
| 20 | ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakata | the zakah | زكو |
| 21 | فَخَلُّوا۟fakhallū | then leave | خلو |
| 22 | سَبِيلَهُمْ ۚsabīlahum | their way | سبل |
| 23 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 24 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 25 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 26 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |