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Sura Ix. Tauba Or Baraat. Section 1

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Ix.: Tauba (repentance) Or Barat (immunity).

Section 1

1.
Baraatun mina Allahi warasoolihi ila allatheena AAahadtum mina almushrikeenA

1. A
(declaration) of immunity

From God and His Apostle,

To those of the Pagans

With whom ye have contracted

Mutual alliances:--

2.
Faseehoo fee al-ardi arbaAAata ashhurin waIAAlamoo annakum ghayru muAAjizee Allahi waanna Allaha mukhzee alkafireenA

2.
Go ye, then, for four months,

Backwards and forwards,

(As ye will), throughout the land,

But know ye that ye cannot

Frustrate God (lay your falsehood)

But that God will cover

With shame those who reject Him.

3. Waathanun mina Allahi warasoolihi ila aLnnasi yawma alhajji al-akbari anna Allaha baree-on mina almushrikeena warasooluhu fa-in tubtum fahuwa khayrun lakum wa-in tawallaytum faIAAlamoo annakum ghayru muAAjizee Allahi wabashshiri allatheena kafaroo biAAathabin aleemIn

3.
And an announcement from God

And His Apostle, to the people

(Assembled) on the day

Of the Great Pilgrimage,--

That God and His Apostle

Dissolve (treaty) obligations

With the Pagans.

If, then, ye repent,

It were best for you;

But if ye turn away,

Know ye that ye cannot

Frustrate God. And proclaim

A grievous penalty to those

Who reject Faith.

4. Illa allatheena AAahadtum mina almushrikeena thumma lam yanqusookum shay-an walam yu"th"ahiroo AAalaykum ahadan faatimmoo ilayhim AAahdahum ila muddatihim inna Allaha yuhibbu almuttaqeenA

4.
(But the treaties are)not dissolved

With those Pagans with whom

Ye have entered into alliance

And who have not subsequently

Failed you in aught,

Nor aided any one against you.

So fulfil your engagements

With them to the end

Of their term: for God

Loveth the righteous.

5. Fa-itha insalakha al-ashhuru alhurumu faOqtuloo almushrikeena haythu wajadtumoohum wakhuthoohum waOhsuroohum waOqAAudoo lahum kulla marsadin fa-in taboo waaqamoo aLssalata waatawoo aLzzakata fakhalloo sabeelahum inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemUn

5.
But when the forbidden months

Are past, then fight and slay

The Pagans wherever ye find them,

And seize them, beleaguer them,

And lie in wait for them

In every stratagem (of war);

But if they repent,

And establish regular prayers

And practise regular charity,

Then open the way for them:

For God is Oft-forgiving,

Most Merciful.

6. Wa-in ahadun mina almushrikeena istajaraka faajirhu hatta yasmaAAa kalama Allahi thumma ablighhu ma/manahu thalika bi-annahum qawmun la yaAAlamoonA

6.
If one amongst the Pagans

Ask thee for asylum,

Grant it to him,

So that he may hear the Word

Of God; and then escort him

To where he can be secure.

That is because they are

Men without knowledge.

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