Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:13

9:13

أَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

alā tuqātilūna qawman nakathū aymānahum wahammū bi-ikh'rāji l-rasūli wahum badaūkum awwala marratin atakhshawnahum fal-lahu aḥaqqu an takhshawhu in kuntum mu'minīna

Would you not fight against 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 Allāh has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers.

— Saheeh International

How could you not fight a people who have broken their oaths, who tried to drive the Messenger out, who attacked you first? Do you fear them? It is God you should fear if you are true believers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Will you not fight a people who have violated their oaths (pagans of Makkah), and intended to expel the Messenger while they did attack you first? Do you fear them? Allâh has more right that you should fear Him if you are believers.

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

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Word by Word

أَلَاalāWill not
تُقَـٰتِلُونَtuqātilūnayou fight
قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
نَّكَثُوٓا۟nakathūwho broke
أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْaymānahumtheir oaths
وَهَمُّوا۟wahammūand determined
بِإِخْرَاجِbi-ikh'rājito drive out
ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
وَهُمwahumand they
بَدَءُوكُمْbadaūkumbegan (to attack) you
أَوَّلَawwalafirst
مَرَّةٍۚmarratintime
أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْۚatakhshawnahumDo you fear them
فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuBut Allah
أَحَقُّaḥaqqu(has) more right
أَنanthat
تَخْشَوْهُtakhshawhuyou should fear Him
إِنinif
كُنتُمkuntumyou are
مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers