Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 193 (2:193)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَقَٰتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ ٱلدِّينُ لِلَّهِ ۖ فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوْا۟ فَلَا …

Quran 2:193 is ayah 193 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 30 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:193
وَقَٰتِلُوهُمْحَتَّىٰلَاتَكُونَفِتْنَةٌوَيَكُونَٱلدِّينُلِلَّهِ ۖفَإِنِٱنتَهَوْا۟فَلَاعُدْوَٰنَإِلَّاعَلَىٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ١٩٣
waqātilūhum ḥattā lā takūna fit'natun wayakūna l-dīnu lillahi fa-ini intahaw falā ʿud'wāna illā ʿalā l-ẓālimīna

Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] religion [i.e., worship] is [acknowledged to be] for Allāh. But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression [i.e., assault] except against the oppressors.(193)

Word by word

  1. وَقَٰتِلُوهُمْwaqātilūhumAnd fight (against) them
  2. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  3. لَاlānot
  4. تَكُونَtakūna(there) is
  5. فِتْنَةٌfit'natunoppression
  6. وَيَكُونَwayakūnaand becomes
  7. ٱلدِّينُl-dīnuthe religion
  8. لِلَّهِ ۖlillahifor Allah
  9. فَإِنِfa-iniThen if
  10. ٱنتَهَوْا۟intahawthey cease
  11. فَلَاfalāthen (let there be) no
  12. عُدْوَٰنَʿud'wānahostility
  13. إِلَّاillāexcept
  14. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  15. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe oppressors

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