Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:191

2:191

وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَخْرِجُوهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚ وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ ٱلْقَتْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُوهُمْ عِندَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ حَتَّىٰ يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ فِيهِ ۖ فَإِن قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

wa-uq'tulūhum ḥaythu thaqif'tumūhum wa-akhrijūhum min ḥaythu akhrajūkum wal-fit'natu ashaddu mina l-qatli walā tuqātilūhum ʿinda l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ḥattā yuqātilūkum fīhi fa-in qātalūkum fa-uq'tulūhum kadhālika jazāu l-kāfirīna

And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al-Ḥarām until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.

— Saheeh International

Kill them wherever you encounter them, and drive them out from where they drove you out, for persecution is more serious than killing. Do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque unless they fight you there. If they do fight you, kill them- this is what such disbelievers deserve-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al-Fitnah is worse than killing. And fight not with them at Al-Masjid-Al-Harâm (the sanctuary at Makkah), unless they (first) fight you there. But if they attack you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumAnd kill them
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْthaqif'tumūhumyou find them
وَأَخْرِجُوهُمwa-akhrijūhumand drive them out
مِّنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
أَخْرَجُوكُمْۚakhrajūkumthey drove you out
وَٱلْفِتْنَةُwal-fit'natuand [the] oppression
أَشَدُّashaddu(is) worse
مِنَminathan
ٱلْقَتْلِۚl-qatli[the] killing
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تُقَـٰتِلُوهُمْtuqātilūhumfight them
عِندَʿindanear
ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid
ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you
فِيهِۖfīhiin it
فَإِنfa-inThen if
قَـٰتَلُوكُمْqātalūkumthey fight you
فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْۗfa-uq'tulūhumthen kill them
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaSuch
جَزَآءُjazāu(is the) reward
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers