Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 48 (9:48)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

لَقَدِ ٱبْتَغَوُا۟ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ مِن قَبْلُ وَقَلَّبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأُمُورَ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ …

Quran 9:48 is ayah 48 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 195 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:48
لَقَدِٱبْتَغَوُا۟ٱلْفِتْنَةَمِنقَبْلُوَقَلَّبُوا۟لَكَٱلْأُمُورَحَتَّىٰجَآءَٱلْحَقُّوَظَهَرَأَمْرُٱللَّهِوَهُمْكَٰرِهُونَ٤٨
laqadi ib'taghawū l-fit'nata min qablu waqallabū laka l-umūra ḥattā jāa l-ḥaqu waẓahara amru l-lahi wahum kārihūna

They had already desired dissension before and had upset matters for you until the truth came and the ordinance [i.e., victory] of Allāh appeared, while they were averse.(48)

Word by word

  1. لَقَدِlaqadiVerily
  2. ٱبْتَغَوُا۟ib'taghawūthey had sought
  3. ٱلْفِتْنَةَl-fit'natadissension
  4. مِنminbefore
  5. قَبْلُqablubefore
  6. وَقَلَّبُوا۟waqallabūand had upset
  7. لَكَlakafor you
  8. ٱلْأُمُورَl-umūrathe matters
  9. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  10. جَآءَjāacame
  11. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
  12. وَظَهَرَwaẓaharaand became manifest
  13. أَمْرُamru(the) Order of Allah
  14. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) Order of Allah
  15. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  16. كَٰرِهُونَkārihūnadisliked (it)

Tafsir (commentary) of 9:48

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Allah encourages His Prophet against hypocrites,

لَقَدِ ابْتَغَوُاْ الْفِتْنَةَ مِن قَبْلُ وَقَلَّبُواْ لَكَ الأُمُورَ

(Verily, they had plotted sedition before, and had upset matters for you,) `For a long time,' Allah says, hypocrites thought and plotted against you and your Companions, as well as, failing and attempting to extinguish your religion.' This occurred soon after the Prophet migrated to Al-Madinah, when pagan Arabs joined force and the Jews and hypocrites of Al-Madinah waged war against the Messenger ﷺ. When Allah gave victory to the Prophet in Badr and raised high his word, `Abdullah bin Ubayy and his fellows said, "This (Islam) is a matter that has prevailed." They embraced Islam outwardly, and whenever Allah elevated Islam and its people in might, hypocrites increased in rage and disappointment,

حَتَّى جَآءَ الْحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ كَـرِهُونَ

(until the truth (victory) came and the decree of Allah became manifest though they hated it.)

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