At-Tawbah: 5

Ayah

Word by Word

فَإِذَا

Then when

ٱنسَلَخَ

have passed

ٱلۡأَشۡهُرُ

the sacred months

ٱلۡحُرُمُ

the sacred months

فَٱقۡتُلُواْ

then kill

ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ

the polytheists

حَيۡثُ

wherever

وَجَدتُّمُوهُمۡ

you find them

وَخُذُوهُمۡ

and seize them

وَٱحۡصُرُوهُمۡ

and besiege them

وَٱقۡعُدُواْ

and sit (in wait)

لَهُمۡ

for them

كُلَّ

(at) every

مَرۡصَدٖۚ

place of ambush

فَإِن

But if

تَابُواْ

they repent

وَأَقَامُواْ

and establish

ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ

the prayer

وَءَاتَوُاْ

and give

ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ

the zakah

فَخَلُّواْ

then leave

سَبِيلَهُمۡۚ

their way

إِنَّ

Indeed

ٱللَّهَ

Allah

غَفُورٞ

(is) Oft-Forgiving

رَّحِيمٞ

Most Merciful

Translation

But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an 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 Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

Tafsir

"This is the Ayah of the Sword

Allah said next,

فَإِذَا انسَلَخَ الَاشۡهُرُ الۡحُرُمُ

So when the Sacred Months have passed...,

meaning, `Upon the end of the four months during which We prohibited you from fighting the idolators, and which is the grace period We gave them, then fight and kill the idolators wherever you may find them.'

Mujahid, Amr bin Shu`ayb, Muhammad bin Ishaq, Qatadah, As-Suddi and Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said that;

the four months mentioned in this Ayah are the four-month grace period mentioned in the earlier Ayah,

فَسِيحُواۡ فِي الَارۡضِ أَرۡبَعَةَ أَشۡهُرٍ

(So travel freely for four months throughout the land).

Allah's statement next,

فَاقۡتُلُواۡ الۡمُشۡرِكِينَ حَيۡثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمۡ

then fight the Mushrikin wherever you find them,

means, on the earth in general, except for the Sacred Area, for Allah said,

وَلَا تُقَـتِلُوهُمۡ عِندَ الۡمَسۡجِدِ الۡحَرَامِ حَتَّى يُقَـتِلُوكُمۡ فِيهِ فَإِن قَـتَلُوكُمۡ فَاقۡتُلُوهُمۡ

And fight not with them at Al-Masjid Al-Haram, unless they fight you there. But if they attack you, then fight them. (2:191)

Allah said here,

وَخُذُوهُمۡ

and capture them,

executing some and keeping some as prisoners,

وَاحۡصُرُوهُمۡ وَاقۡعُدُواۡ لَهُمۡ كُلَّ مَرۡصَدٍ

and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush,

do not wait until you find them. Rather, seek and besiege them in their areas and forts, gather intelligence about them in the various roads and fairways so that what is made wide looks ever smaller to them. This way, they will have no choice, but to die or embrace Islam,

فَإِن تَابُواۡ وَأَقَامُواۡ الصَّلَةَ وَاتَوُاۡ الزَّكَاةَ فَخَلُّواۡ سَبِيلَهُمۡ إِنَّ اللّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

But if they repent and perform the Salah, and give the Zakah, then leave their way free. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq used this and other honorable Ayat as proof for fighting those who refrained from paying the Zakah.

These Ayat allowed fighting people unless, and until, they embrace Islam and implement its rulings and obligations.

Allah mentioned the most important aspects of Islam here, including what is less important. Surely, the highest elements of Islam after the Two Testimonials are the prayer, which is the right of Allah, the Exalted and Ever High, then the Zakah, which benefits the poor and needy. These are the most honorable acts that creatures perform, and this is why Allah often mentions the prayer and Zakah together.

In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that Ibn Umar said that the Messenger of Allah said,

أُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَشۡهَدُوا أَنۡ لَا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَةَ وَيُوۡتُوا الزَّكَاة

I have been commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establish the prayer and pay the Zakah.

This honorable Ayah (9:5) was called the Ayah of the Sword, about which Ad-Dahhak bin Muzahim said,

""It abrogated every agreement of peace between the Prophet and any idolator, every treaty, and every term.""

Al-Awfi said that Ibn Abbas commented:

""No idolator had any more treaty or promise of safety ever since Surah Bara'ah was revealed. The four months, in addition to, all peace treaties conducted before Bara'ah was revealed and announced had ended by the tenth of the month of Rabi Al-Akhir."

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