ٱلتَّوْبَة : ١٣

  • أَلَا Will not
  • تُقَٰتِلُونَ you fight
  • قَوۡمٗا a people
  • نَّكَثُوٓاْ who broke
  • أَيۡمَٰنَهُمۡ their oaths
  • وَهَمُّواْ and determined
  • بِإِخۡرَاجِ to drive out
  • ٱلرَّسُولِ the Messenger
  • وَهُم and they
  • بَدَءُوكُمۡ began (to attack) you
  • أَوَّلَ first
  • مَرَّةٍۚ time
  • أَتَخۡشَوۡنَهُمۡۚ Do you fear them
  • فَٱللَّهُ But Allah
  • أَحَقُّ (has) more right
  • أَن that
  • تَخۡشَوۡهُ you should fear Him
  • إِن if
  • كُنتُم you are
  • مُّؤۡمِنِينَ believers
Would you not fight against a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allāh has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers.
Will you not (a-laa, 'will not' or 'is not', denotes incitement) fight a people who broke, violated, their oaths, their pacts, and intended to expel the Messenger, from Mecca - for they discussed this between them in their council assembly - initiating, combat, against you first?, when they fought alongside Banoo Bakr against Khuzaa'a, your allies? So what is stopping you from fighting them? Are you afraid of them? God is more worthy of your fear, when you fail to fight them, if you are believers.