Surah 9. At-Tauba, Ayah 7
| كَيْفَ يَكُونُ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ عَهْدٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعِنْدَ رَسُولِهِ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ ۖ فَمَا اسْتَقَامُوا لَكُمْ فَاسْتَقِيمُوا لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ |
| Asad | : | HOW COULD they who ascribe divinity to aught beside God be granted a covenant by God and His Apostle,12 unless it be those [of them] with whom you [O believers] have made a covenant in the vicinity of the Inviolable House of Worship?13 [As for the latter,] so long as they remain true to you, be true to them: for, verily, God loves those who are conscious of Him |
| Malik | : | How can there be a treaty with the mushrikin on the part of Allah and His Rasool - except for those with whom you ratified a treaty at the Masjid-al-Haram? So long as they honor it, you also honor: for Allah loves the righteous. |
| Pickthall | : | How can there be a treaty with Allah and with His messenger for the idolaters save those with whom ye made a treaty at the Inviolable Place of Worship? So long as they are true to you, be true to them. Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their duty. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | How can there be a league before Allah and His apostle with the pagans except those with whom ye made a treaty near the sacred mosque? As long as these stand true to you stand ye true to them: For Allah doth love the righteous. 1255 |
| Transliteration | : | kayfa yakon li- al- mushriken cahd cinda 'allaah wa- cinda rasol -hi 'illaa 'alladhena caahadtum cinda al- masjid al- h.araam fa- maa istaqaamo la- -kum fa- istaqemo la- -hum 'inna 'allaah yuh.ibb al- muttaqen |
Note - 12Lit., "have a covenant before [or "in the sight of"] God
and His Apostle": i.e., be protected by those who believe
in God and His Apostle. The specific reference to the
latter is meant to stress the fact that he speaks and
acts in the name of God.
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Note - 13Cf. verse {4} above. The "covenant" alluded to is the
truce-agreement concluded in 6 H. at Hudaybiyyah, in the
vicinity of Mecca, between the Prophet and the pagan
Quraysh, which was (and was obviously intended to remain)
a model of the self-restraint and the tolerance expected
of true believers with regard to such of the unbelievers
as are not openly hostile to them.
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Note - 1255In this section we have the reasons why the treaties with
treacherous Pagan foes were denounced. The clause
introducing the exception is a parenthetical clause. The
word "Pagans" must be connected with verse 8 which
follows. In that verse the word kaifa resumes the clause
introduced by the word kaifa at the beginning of verse 7.
The exceptional Pagan tribes which remained true to their
word were the Banu Hamza and the Banu Kinana, who swore
their treaty near the Sacred Mosque and faithfully
observed it. They were to be given the full benefit of
their fidelity even though their kindred tribes were
treacherous.
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Lit., "have a covenant before [or "in the sight of"] God and His Apostle": i.e., be protected by those who believe in God and His Apostle. The specific reference to the latter is meant to stress the fact that he speaks and acts in the name of God. |
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Cf. verse {4} above. The "covenant" alluded to is the truce-agreement concluded in 6 H. at Hudaybiyyah, in the vicinity of Mecca, between the Prophet and the pagan Quraysh, which was (and was obviously intended to remain) a model of the self-restraint and the tolerance expected of true believers with regard to such of the unbelievers as are not openly hostile to them. |
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In this section we have the reasons why the treaties with treacherous Pagan foes were denounced. The clause introducing the exception is a parenthetical clause. The word "Pagans" must be connected with verse 8 which follows. In that verse the word kaifa resumes the clause introduced by the word kaifa at the beginning of verse 7. The exceptional Pagan tribes which remained true to their word were the Banu Hamza and the Banu Kinana, who swore their treaty near the Sacred Mosque and faithfully observed it. They were to be given the full benefit of their fidelity even though their kindred tribes were treacherous. |
