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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 191 (2:191)

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وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَخْرِجُوهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚ وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ أَشَدُّ …

Quran 2:191 is ayah 191 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 30 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:191
وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْحَيْثُثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْوَأَخْرِجُوهُممِّنْحَيْثُأَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚوَٱلْفِتْنَةُأَشَدُّمِنَٱلْقَتْلِ ۚوَلَاتُقَٰتِلُوهُمْعِندَٱلْمَسْجِدِٱلْحَرَامِحَتَّىٰيُقَٰتِلُوكُمْفِيهِ ۖفَإِنقَٰتَلُوكُمْفَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ ۗكَذَٰلِكَجَزَآءُٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ١٩١
wa-uq'tulūhum ḥaythu thaqif'tumūhum wa-akhrijūhum min ḥaythu akhrajūkum wal-fit'natu ashaddu mina l-qatli walā tuqātilūhum ʿinda l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ḥattā yuqātilūkum fīhi fa-in qātalūkum fa-uq'tulūhum kadhālika jazāu l-kāfirīna

And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al-Ḥarām until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.(191)

Word by word

  1. وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumAnd kill them
  2. حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
  3. ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْthaqif'tumūhumyou find them
  4. وَأَخْرِجُوهُمwa-akhrijūhumand drive them out
  5. مِّنْminfrom
  6. حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
  7. أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚakhrajūkumthey drove you out
  8. وَٱلْفِتْنَةُwal-fit'natuand [the] oppression
  9. أَشَدُّashaddu(is) worse
  10. مِنَminathan
  11. ٱلْقَتْلِ ۚl-qatli[the] killing
  12. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  13. تُقَٰتِلُوهُمْtuqātilūhumfight them
  14. عِندَʿindanear
  15. ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid
  16. ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
  17. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  18. يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you
  19. فِيهِ ۖfīhiin it
  20. فَإِنfa-inThen if
  21. قَٰتَلُوكُمْqātalūkumthey fight you
  22. فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ ۗfa-uq'tulūhumthen kill them
  23. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaSuch
  24. جَزَآءُjazāu(is the) reward
  25. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers

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