Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 10 (9:10)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

لَا يَرْقُبُونَ فِى مُؤْمِنٍ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً ۚ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَ

Quran 9:10 is ayah 10 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 188 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:10
لَايَرْقُبُونَفِىمُؤْمِنٍإِلًّاوَلَاذِمَّةً ۚوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْمُعْتَدُونَ١٠
lā yarqubūna fī mu'minin illan walā dhimmatan wa-ulāika humu l-muʿ'tadūna

They do not observe toward a believer any pact of kinship or covenant of protection. And it is they who are the transgressors.(10)

Word by word

  1. لَاlāNot
  2. يَرْقُبُونَyarqubūnathey respect (the ties)
  3. فِىfītowards
  4. مُؤْمِنٍmu'minina believer
  5. إِلًّاillan(of) kinship
  6. وَلَاwalāand not
  7. ذِمَّةً ۚdhimmatancovenant of protection
  8. وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
  9. هُمُhumu[they]
  10. ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَl-muʿ'tadūna(are) the transgressors

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