Sura 9 At-Tawbah (The Repentance), ayah 13
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أَلَا تُقَاتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَكَثُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا بِإِخْرَاجِ الرَّسُولِ وَهُمْ بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ فَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَخْشَوْهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Translation by words
- أَلَا
- Will not
- تُقَٰتِلُونَ
- you fight
- قَوْمًا
- a people
- نَّكَثُوٓا۟
- who broke
- أَيْمَٰنَهُمْ
- their oaths
- وَهَمُّوا۟
- and determined
- بِإِخْرَاجِ
- to drive out
- ٱلرَّسُولِ
- the Messenger
- وَهُم
- and they
- بَدَءُوكُمْ
- began (to attack) you
- أَوَّلَ
- first
- مَرَّةٍ
- time?
- أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ
- Do you fear them?
- فَٱللَّهُ
- But Allah
- أَحَقُّ
- (has) more right
- أَن
- that
- تَخْشَوْهُ
- you should fear Him,
- إِن
- if
- كُنتُم
- you are
- مُّؤْمِنِينَ
- believers.
Would you not fight a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun (the attack upon) you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allah has more right that you should fear Him, if you are (truly) believers.
9:13
Translation: Saheeh International