Sura 9 At-Tawbah (The Repentance), ayah 122
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وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنْفِرُوا كَافَّةً ۚ فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنْذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ
Translation by words
- وَمَا
- And not
- كَانَ
- is
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
- (for) the believers
- لِيَنفِرُوا۟
- that they go forth
- كَآفَّةً
- all together.
- فَلَوْلَا
- So if not
- نَفَرَ
- go forth
- مِن
- from
- كُلِّ
- every
- فِرْقَةٍ
- group
- مِّنْهُمْ
- among them
- طَآئِفَةٌ
- a party
- لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا۟
- that they may obtain understanding
- فِى
- in
- ٱلدِّينِ
- the religion,
- وَلِيُنذِرُوا۟
- and that they may warn
- قَوْمَهُمْ
- their people
- إِذَا
- when
- رَجَعُوٓا۟
- they return
- إِلَيْهِمْ
- to them,
- لَعَلَّهُمْ
- so that they may
- يَحْذَرُونَ
- beware.
And it is not for the believers to go forth (to battle) all at once. For there should separate from every division of them a group (remaining) to obtain understanding in the religion and warn their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.
9:122
Translation: Saheeh International