Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:8

9:8

كَيْفَ وَإِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا۟ فِيكُمْ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً ۚ يُرْضُونَكُم بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتَأْبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ فَـٰسِقُونَ

kayfa wa-in yaẓharū ʿalaykum lā yarqubū fīkum illan walā dhimmatan yur'ḍūnakum bi-afwāhihim watabā qulūbuhum wa-aktharuhum fāsiqūna

How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse [compliance], and most of them are defiantly disobedient.

— Saheeh International

[How,] when, if they were to get the upper hand over you, they would not respect any tie with you, of kinship or of treaty? They please you with their tongues, but their hearts are against you and most of them are lawbreakers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

How (can there be such a covenant with them) that when you are overpowered by them, they regard not the ties, either of kinship or of covenant with you? With (good words from) their mouths they please you, but their hearts are averse to you, and most of them are Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

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

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Word by Word

كَيْفَkayfaHow
وَإِنwa-inwhile, if
يَظْهَرُوا۟yaẓharūthey gain dominance
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
لَاlāthey do not regard (the ties)
يَرْقُبُوا۟yarqubūthey do not regard (the ties)
فِيكُمْfīkumwith you
إِلًّۭاillan(of) kinship
وَلَاwalāand not
ذِمَّةًۭۚdhimmatancovenant of protection
يُرْضُونَكُمyur'ḍūnakumThey satisfy you
بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْbi-afwāhihimwith their mouths
وَتَأْبَىٰwatabābut refuse
قُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts
وَأَكْثَرُهُمْwa-aktharuhumand most of them
فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūna(are) defiantly disobedient