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9:1
Sura 9
1
“ Al-Tawba”
REPENTANCE
declaration of immunity by Allah and His Apostle to the
idolaters withwhomyou havemade agreements:
For four months you shall go unmolested in the land. But
know that you shall not escape the judgement of Allah, and that Allah
will humble the unbelievers.
Aproclamation to the people byAllah and His Apostle on the day of
the great pilgrimage:
Allah and HisApostle are free from obligation to the idolaters. If you
repent, it will be well with you; but if you give no heed, know that you
shall not escape His judgement.
Proclaim a woeful punishment to the unbelievers, except those
idolaters who have fully honoured their treaties with you and aided
none against you. With these keep faith, until their treaties have run
their term.Allah loves the righteous.
When the sacred months a reover, slay the idolaters wherever you
find them. Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush everywhere
for them. If they repent and take to prayer and pay the alms-tax, let
9:4
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1. This is the only chapter in the Quran which does not begin with the invocation 'In
the Name ofAllah, etc.' Traditional commentators regard it as a continuation of 'The
Spoils.'
REPENTANCE
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