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Surah 9 At-Tawba — Ayah 10

سُورَةُ التَّوۡبَةِ · Medinan · Vasim Mammadaliyev and Ziya Bunyadov

10

لَا يَرْقُبُونَ فِى مُؤْمِنٍ إِلًّۭا وَلَا ذِمَّةًۭ ۚ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَ

Onlar bir mö’min barəsində nə bir anda, nə də bir əhdə əməl edərlər. Onlar (günah etməklə) həddi aşanlardır!

lā yarqubūna fī mu'minin illan walā dhimmatan wa-ulāika humu l-muʿ'tadūna

Word by word

  • لَا lā Not
  • يَرْقُبُونَ yarqubūna they respect (the ties)
  • فِى fī towards
  • مُؤْمِنٍ mu'minin a believer
  • إِلًّۭا illan (of) kinship
  • وَلَا walā and not
  • ذِمَّةًۭ ۚ dhimmatan covenant of protection
  • وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ wa-ulāika And those
  • هُمُ humu [they]
  • ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَ l-muʿ'tadūna (are) the transgressors
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
اشْتَرَوْاْ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً

(They have purchased with the Ayat of Allah a little gain,) idolators exchanged following the Ayat of Allah with the lower affairs of life that they indulged in,

فَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِهِ

(and they hindered men from His way), trying to prevent the believers from following the truth,

إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَلاَ يَرْقُبُونَ فِى مُؤْمِنٍ إِلاًّ وَلاَ ذِمَّةً

(evil indeed is that which they used to do. With regard to a believer, they respect not the ties, either of kinship or of covenant!) 9:9-10. We explained these meanings before, as well as, the meaning of,

فَإِن تَابُواْ وَأَقَامُواْ الصَّلَوةَ

(But if they repent, perform the Salah...)