Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 29 (9:29)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

قَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَْٔاخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا …

Quran 9:29 is ayah 29 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 191 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:29
قَٰتِلُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱللَّهِوَلَابِٱلْيَوْمِٱلَْٔاخِرِوَلَايُحَرِّمُونَمَاحَرَّمَٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥوَلَايَدِينُونَدِينَٱلْحَقِّمِنَٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَحَتَّىٰيُعْطُوا۟ٱلْجِزْيَةَعَنيَدٍوَهُمْصَٰغِرُونَ٢٩
qātilū alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-lahi walā bil-yawmi l-ākhiri walā yuḥarrimūna mā ḥarrama l-lahu warasūluhu walā yadīnūna dīna l-ḥaqi mina alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba ḥattā yuʿ'ṭū l-jiz'yata ʿan yadin wahum ṣāghirūna

Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allāh and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islām] from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.(29)

Word by word

  1. قَٰتِلُوا۟qātilūFight
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. لَاlā(do) not
  4. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  5. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  6. وَلَاwalāand not
  7. بِٱلْيَوْمِbil-yawmiin the Day
  8. ٱلَْٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last
  9. وَلَاwalāand not
  10. يُحَرِّمُونَyuḥarrimūnathey make unlawful
  11. مَاmāwhat
  12. حَرَّمَḥarramaAllah has made unlawful
  13. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has made unlawful
  14. وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His Messenger
  15. وَلَاwalāand not
  16. يَدِينُونَyadīnūnathey acknowledge
  17. دِينَdīna(the) religion
  18. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi(of) the truth
  19. مِنَminafrom
  20. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  21. أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
  22. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Scripture
  23. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  24. يُعْطُوا۟yuʿ'ṭūthey pay
  25. ٱلْجِزْيَةَl-jiz'yatathe jizyah
  26. عَنʿanwillingly
  27. يَدٍyadinwillingly
  28. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  29. صَٰغِرُونَṣāghirūna(are) subdued

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