Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:122

9:122

۞ وَمَا كَانَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُوا۟ كَآفَّةً ۚ فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَآئِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا۟ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ

wamā kāna l-mu'minūna liyanfirū kāffatan falawlā nafara min kulli fir'qatin min'hum ṭāifatun liyatafaqqahū fī l-dīni waliyundhirū qawmahum idhā rajaʿū ilayhim laʿallahum yaḥdharūna

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 [i.e., advise] their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.

— Saheeh International

Yet it is not right for all the believers to go out [to battle] together: out of each community, a group should go out to gain understanding of the religion, so that they can teach their people when they return and so that they can guard themselves against evil.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And it is not (proper) for the believers to go out to fight (Jihâd ) all together. Of every troop of them, a party only should go forth, that they (who are left behind) may get instructions in (Islâmic) religion, and that they may warn their people when they return to them, so that they may beware (of evil).

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

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۞ وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānais
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūna(for) the believers
لِيَنفِرُوا۟liyanfirūthat they go forth
كَآفَّةًۭۚkāffatanall together
فَلَوْلَاfalawlāSo if not
نَفَرَnafarago forth
مِنminfrom
كُلِّkullievery
فِرْقَةٍۢfir'qatingroup
مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
طَآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna party
لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا۟liyatafaqqahūthat they may obtain understanding
فِىfīin
ٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion
وَلِيُنذِرُوا۟waliyundhirūand that they may warn
قَوْمَهُمْqawmahumtheir people
إِذَاidhāwhen
رَجَعُوٓا۟rajaʿūthey return
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَحْذَرُونَyaḥdharūnabeware