At-Táuba 9:8 كيف وان يظهروا عليكم لا يرقبوا فيكم الا ولا ذمة يرضونكم بافواههم وتابى قلوبهم واكثرهم فاسقون ٨
كَيۡفَ
وَإِن
يَظۡهَرُواْ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
لَا
يَرۡقُبُواْ
فِيكُمۡ
إِلّٗا
وَلَا
ذِمَّةٗۚ
يُرۡضُونَكُم
بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ
وَتَأۡبَىٰ
قُلُوبُهُمۡ
وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ
فَٰسِقُونَ
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How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse [compliance], and most of them are defiantly disobedient.
— Saheeh International
How ˹can they have a treaty˺? If they were to have the upper hand over you, they would have no respect for kinship or treaty. They only flatter you with their tongues, but their hearts are in denial, and most of them are rebellious.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah encourages the believers to show enmity to the idolators andto dissociate from them, affirming that they do not deserve to enjoy a covenant of peace, because of their Shirk in Allah and disbelief in Allah's Messenger ﷺ.
Allah encourages the believers to show enmity to the idolators and to disso
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