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Quran 9:4

Surah At-Tawba, Verse 4

Juz 10 · Page 187 · Ruku 156 · Medinan

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنقُصُوكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَمْ يُظَٰهِرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَدًا فَأَتِمُّوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِمْ عَهْدَهُمْ إِلَىٰ مُدَّتِهِمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Word by word

إِلَّا illā Except ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those (with) whom عَـٰهَدتُّم ʿāhadttum you have a covenant مِّنَ mina among ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ l-mush'rikīna the polytheists ثُمَّ thumma then لَمْ lam not يَنقُصُوكُمْ yanquṣūkum they have failed you شَيْـًۭٔا shayan (in any) thing وَلَمْ walam and not يُظَـٰهِرُوا۟ yuẓāhirū they have supported عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum against you أَحَدًۭا aḥadan anyone فَأَتِمُّوٓا۟ fa-atimmū so fulfil إِلَيْهِمْ ilayhim to them عَهْدَهُمْ ʿahdahum their treaty إِلَىٰ ilā till مُدَّتِهِمْ ۚ muddatihim their term إِنَّ inna Indeed ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah يُحِبُّ yuḥibbu loves ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ l-mutaqīna the righteous

Transliteration

Illa allatheena AAahadtummina almushrikeena thumma lam yanqusookum shay-an walam yuthahirooAAalaykum ahadan faatimmoo ilayhim AAahdahum ilamuddatihim inna Allaha yuhibbu almuttaqeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Excepting those of the idolaters with whom ye (Muslims) have a treaty, and who have since abated nothing of your right nor have supported anyone against you. (As for these), fulfil their treaty to them till their term. Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their duty (unto Him).

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(But the treaties are) not dissolved with those Pagans with whom ye have entered into alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor aided any one against you. So fulfil your engagements with them to the end of their term: for Allah loveth the righteous.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

هذا استثناء من ضرب مدة التأجيل بأربعة أشهر ، لمن له عهد مطلق ليس بمؤقت ، فأجله ، أربعة أشهر يسيح في الأرض ، يذهب فيها لينجو بنفسه حيث شاء ، إلا من له عهد مؤقت ، فأجله إلى مدته المضروبة التي عوهد عليها ، وقد تقدمت الأحاديث : ومن كان له عهد مع رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فعهده إلى مدته وذلك بشرط ألا ينقض المعاهد عهده ، ولم يظاهر على المسلمين أحدا ، أي : يمالئ عليهم من سواهم ، فهذا الذي يوفى له بذمته وعهده إلى مدته ؛ ولهذا حرض الله تعالى على الوفاء بذلك فقال : ( إن الله يحب المتقين ) أي : الموفين بعهدهم .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.