يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ
عَنِ
ٱلشَّهْرِ
ٱلْحَرَامِ
قِتَالٍۢ
فِيهِ ۖ
قُلْ
قِتَالٌۭ
فِيهِ
كَبِيرٌۭ ۖ
وَصَدٌّ
عَن
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَكُفْرٌۢ
بِهِۦ
وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ
ٱلْحَرَامِ
وَإِخْرَاجُ
أَهْلِهِۦ
مِنْهُ
أَكْبَرُ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ
أَكْبَرُ
مِنَ
ٱلْقَتْلِ ۗ
وَلَا
يَزَالُونَ
يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْ
حَتَّىٰ
يَرُدُّوكُمْ
عَن
دِينِكُمْ
إِنِ
ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ ۚ
وَمَن
يَرْتَدِدْ
مِنكُمْ
عَن
دِينِهِۦ
فَيَمُتْ
وَهُوَ
كَافِرٌۭ
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
حَبِطَتْ
أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ
فِى
ٱلدُّنْيَا
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
أَصْحَـٰبُ
ٱلنَّارِ ۖ
هُمْ
فِيهَا
خَـٰلِدُونَ
٢١٧
They ask you [Prophet] about fighting in the prohibited month. Say, ‘Fighting in that month is a great offence, but to bar others from God’s path, to disbelieve in Him, prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and expel its people, are still greater offences in God’s eyes: persecution is worse than killing.’ They will not stop fighting you [believers] until they make you revoke your faith, if they can. If any of you revoke your faith and die as disbelievers, your deeds will come to nothing in this world and the Hereafter, and you will be inhabitants of the Fire, there to remain.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem