Quran 9:6 — At-Tawba, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If any one of the idolaters should seek your protection [Prophet], grant it to him so that he may hear the word of God, then take him to a place safe for him, for they are people with no knowledge [of it].
وَإِنْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ اسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبْلِغْهُ مَأْمَنَهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
wa-in aḥadun mina l-mush'rikīna is'tajāraka fa-ajir'hu ḥattā yasmaʿa kalāma l-lahi thumma abligh'hu mamanahu dhālika bi-annahum qawmun lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if any of the idolaters seeks of thee protection, grant him protection till he hears the words of God; then do thou convey him to his place of security -- that, because they are a people who do not know.
- Muhammad Asad
- And if any of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God seeks thy protection, grant him protection, so that he might [be able to] hear the word of God [from thee]; and thereupon convey him to a place where he can feel secure: this, because they [may be] people who [sin only because they] do not know [the truth].
- Sahih International
- And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allāh [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنْwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | أَحَدٌۭaḥadun | anyone | أحد |
| 3 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 4 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | the polytheists | شرك |
| 5 | ٱسْتَجَارَكَis'tajāraka | seek your protection | جور |
| 6 | فَأَجِرْهُfa-ajir'hu | then grant him protection | جور |
| 7 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 8 | يَسْمَعَyasmaʿa | he hears | سمع |
| 9 | كَلَـٰمَkalāma | (the) Words of Allah | كلم |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (the) Words of Allah | أله |
| 11 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 12 | أَبْلِغْهُabligh'hu | escort him | بلغ |
| 13 | مَأْمَنَهُۥ ۚmamanahu | (to) his place of safety | أمن |
| 14 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 15 | بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum | (is) because they | — |
| 16 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | (are) a people | قوم |
| 17 | لَّاlā | (who) do not know | — |
| 18 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | (who) do not know | علم |