Surah At-Tawba 9:33 — translation and meaning

التوبة · Verse 33 / 129 · Page 192

هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ

Word by Word

هُوَ
huwa
He
الَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
أَرْسَلَ
arsala
has sent
رَسُولَهُ
rasulahu
His Messenger
بِالْهُدَى
bil-huda
with the guidance
وَدِينِ
wadini
and the religion
الْحَقِّ
al-haqi
(of) [the] truth
لِيُظْهِرَهُ
liyuz'hirahu
to manifest it
عَلَى
ala
over
الدِّينِ
al-dini
all religions
كُلِّهِ
kullihi
all religions
وَلَوْ
walaw
Even if
كَرِهَ
kariha
dislike (it)
الْمُشْرِكُونَ
al-mush'rikuna
the polytheists

Transliteration

huwal lazeee ar sala Rasoolahoo bilhudaa wa deenil haqqi liyuzhirahoo 'alad deeni kullihee wa law karihal mushrikoon

Translation

It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion, although they who associate others with Allah dislike it.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

It is Allah, glory be to Him, Who sent His Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him)with the Qur’ān as the guidance for all people and the path of truth – establishing the religion of Islam – so as to raise it above all other religions through its proof, evidence and laws, even if the idolaters hate this.

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

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