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Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 2 (9:2)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

فَسِيحُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ مُعْجِزِى ٱللَّهِ ۙ وَأَنَّ …

Quran 9:2 is ayah 2 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 187 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:2
فَسِيحُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِأَرْبَعَةَأَشْهُرٍوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّكُمْغَيْرُمُعْجِزِىٱللَّهِ ۙوَأَنَّٱللَّهَمُخْزِىٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ٢
fasīḥū fī l-arḍi arbaʿata ashhurin wa-iʿ'lamū annakum ghayru muʿ'jizī l-lahi wa-anna l-laha mukh'zī l-kāfirīna

So travel freely, [O disbelievers], throughout the land [during] four months but know that you cannot cause failure to Allāh and that Allāh will disgrace the disbelievers.(2)

Word by word

  1. فَسِيحُوا۟fasīḥūSo move about
  2. فِىfīin
  3. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
  4. أَرْبَعَةَarbaʿata(during) four
  5. أَشْهُرٍashhurinmonths
  6. وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūbut know
  7. أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you
  8. غَيْرُghayru(can) not
  9. مُعْجِزِىmuʿ'jizīescape
  10. ٱللَّهِ ۙl-lahiAllah
  11. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
  12. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  13. مُخْزِىmukh'zī(is) the One Who (will) disgrace
  14. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers

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