Surah At-Tawba 9:14 — translation and meaning

التوبة · Verse 14 / 129 · Page 189

قَاتِلُوهُمْ يُعَذِّبْهُمُ اللَّهُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ وَيُخْزِهِمْ وَيَنصُرْكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَشْفِ صُدُورَ قَوْمٍ مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Word by Word

قَاتِلُوهُمْ
qatiluhum
Fight them
يُعَذِّبْهُمُ
yu'adhib'humu
Allah will punish them
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah will punish them
بِأَيْدِيكُمْ
bi-aydikum
by your hands
وَيُخْزِهِمْ
wayukh'zihim
and disgrace them
وَيَنصُرْكُمْ
wayansur'kum
and give you victory
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
over them
وَيَشْفِ
wayashfi
and will heal
صُدُورَ
sudura
(the) breasts
قَوْمٍ
qawmin
(of) a people
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minina
(who are) believers

Transliteration

Qaatiloohum yu'az zibhumul laahu bi aideekum wa yukhzihim wa yansurkum 'alaihim wa yashfi sudoora qawmim mu 'mineen

Translation

Fight them; Allah will punish them by your hands and will disgrace them and give you victory over them and satisfy the breasts of a believing people

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Fight then O believers, the idolaters, so that Allah may punish them by your hands by you killing, humiliating, defeating and capturing them. He also wants to help you making you overcome the idolaters and to heal the hearts of a believing people who had not seen fighting, through the believers killing, capturing, defeating and overcoming their enemies.

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

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