Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 193
| وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ لِلَّهِ ۖ فَإِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَلَا عُدْوَانَ إِلَّا عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- qaatilo -hum h.attaa laa takon fitnah wa- yakon ad- den li- 'allaah fa- 'in intahaw fa- laa cudwaan 'illaa calaa az.- z.aalimen |
| Pickthall | : | And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah. But if they desist, then let there be no hostility except against wrongdoers. |
| Asad | : | Hence, fight against them until there is no more oppression and all worship is devoted to God alone;170 but if they desist, then all hostility shall cease, save against those who [wilfully] do wrong. |
| Malik | : | Fight against them until there is no more disorder and Allah's supremacy is established. If they desist, let there be no hostility except against the oppressors. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression and there prevail justice and faith in Allah; but if they cease let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression. 207 208 |
Note - 170Lit., "and religion belongs to God [alone]" - i.e., until
God can be worshipped without fear of persecution, and
none is compelled to bow down in awe before another human
being. (See also 22:40.) The term din is in this
context more suitably translated as "worship" inasmuch as
it comprises here both the doctrinal and the moral
aspects of religion: that is to say, man's faith as well
as the obligations arising from that faith.
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Note - 207Justice and faith. The Arabic word is Din, which is
comprehensive. It implies the ideas of indebtedness,
duty, obedience, judgment, justice, faith, religion,
customary rites, etc. The clause means: "until there is
Din for God."
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Note - 208If the opposite party cease to persecute you, your
hostility ends with them as a party, but it does not
mean, that you become friends to oppression. Your fight
is against wrong; there should be no rancour against men.
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Lit., "and religion belongs to God [alone]" - i.e., until God can be worshipped without fear of persecution, and none is compelled to bow down in awe before another human being. (See also 22:40.) The term din is in this context more suitably translated as "worship" inasmuch as it comprises here both the doctrinal and the moral aspects of religion: that is to say, man's faith as well as the obligations arising from that faith. |
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Justice and faith. The Arabic word is Din, which is comprehensive. It implies the ideas of indebtedness, duty, obedience, judgment, justice, faith, religion, customary rites, etc. The clause means: "until there is Din for God." |
