Surah Al-Anfal 8:39 — translation and meaning

الأنفال · Verse 39 / 75 · Page 181

ۚ وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ لِلَّهِ فَإِنِ انتَهَوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ
waqatiluhum
And fight them
حَتَّى
hatta
until
لَا
la
not
تَكُونَ
takuna
there is
فِتْنَةٌ
fit'natun
oppression
وَيَكُونَ
wayakuna
and is
الدِّينُ
al-dinu
the religion
كُلُّهُ
kulluhu
all of it
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
for Allah
فَإِنِ
fa-ini
But if
انتَهَوْا
intahaw
they ceased
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
بِمَا
bima
of what
يَعْمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
they do
بَصِيرٌ
basirun
(is) All-Seer

Transliteration

Wa qaatiloohum hattaa laa takoona fitnatunw wa yakoonaddeenu kulluhoo lillaah; fainin tahaw fa innallaaha bimaa ya'maloona Baseer

Translation

And fight them until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion, all of it, is for Allah. And if they cease - then indeed, Allah is Seeing of what they do.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O believers, fight your disbelieving enemies until there is no more idolatry or Muslims being stopped from Allah’s religion, when religion and obedience is for Allah alone without any partner being put alongside Him. If the disbelievers stop their idolatry and preventing Muslims from Allah’s religion, then leave them, because Allah sees what they do and nothing is hidden from Him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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