Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:5

9:5

فَإِذَا ٱنسَلَخَ ٱلْأَشْهُرُ ٱلْحُرُمُ فَٱقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْ وَٱقْعُدُوا۟ لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ ۚ فَإِن تَابُوا۟ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَخَلُّوا۟ سَبِيلَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

fa-idhā insalakha l-ashhuru l-ḥurumu fa-uq'tulū l-mush'rikīna ḥaythu wajadttumūhum wakhudhūhum wa-uḥ'ṣurūhum wa-uq'ʿudū lahum kulla marṣadin fa-in tābū wa-aqāmū l-ṣalata waātawū l-zakata fakhallū sabīlahum inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun

And when the inviolable months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakāh, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

When the [four] forbidden months are over, wherever you encounter the idolaters, kill them, seize them, besiege them, wait for them at every lookout post; but if they turn [to God], maintain the prayer, and pay the prescribed alms, let them go on their way, for God is most forgiving and merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then when the Sacred Months (the 1st, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islâmic calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikûn (See V.2:105) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush. But if they repent and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), and give Zakât, then leave their way free. Verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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

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فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
ٱنسَلَخَinsalakhahave passed
ٱلْأَشْهُرُl-ashhuruthe sacred months
ٱلْحُرُمُl-ḥurumuthe sacred months
فَٱقْتُلُوا۟fa-uq'tulūthen kill
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْwajadttumūhumyou find them
وَخُذُوهُمْwakhudhūhumand seize them
وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْwa-uḥ'ṣurūhumand besiege them
وَٱقْعُدُوا۟wa-uq'ʿudūand sit (in wait)
لَهُمْlahumfor them
كُلَّkulla(at) every
مَرْصَدٍۢۚmarṣadinplace of ambush
فَإِنfa-inBut if
تَابُوا۟tābūthey repent
وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawūand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
فَخَلُّوا۟fakhallūthen leave
سَبِيلَهُمْۚsabīlahumtheir way
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful