Tafsir Ibn Abbas: At-Tawba, Ayah 7

At-Tawba · Ayah 7 · View Ayah
كَيْفَ يَكُونُ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ عَهْدٌ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعِندَ رَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّمْ عِندَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ فَمَا ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱسْتَقِيمُوا۟ لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
How can there be for the polytheists a treaty in the sight of Allah and with His Messenger, except for those with whom you made a treaty at al-Masjid al-Haram? So as long as they are upright toward you, be upright toward them. Indeed, Allah loves the righteous [who fear Him].

Common Words

23 total21 unique2 repeated
عند2x
ٱلله2x
كيف1x
يكون1x
للمشركين1x
عهد1x
وعند1x
رسوله1x
إلا1x
ٱلذين1x
عهدتم1x
ٱلمسجد1x
ٱلحرام1x
فما1x
ٱستقموا1x
لكم1x
فٱستقيموا1x
لهم1x
إن1x
يحب1x

Ibn Abbas Commentary

(How) this is said by way of astonishment (can there be a treaty with Allah and with His messenger for the idolaters save those with whom ye made a treaty at the Inviolable Place of Worship?) after the year of al-Hudaybiyyah, the reference here is to the Banu Kinanah. (So long as they are true to you) in that they honour their treaty, (be true to them) completely. (Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their duty) and abstain from breaking their treaties.

Other Scholars on This Ayah

Tafsir

75%59%59%Al-JalalaynIbn AbbasIbn Kathir
Scholars offer complementary perspectives

How can the idolaters have a pact with God and His Messenger — they cannot —while they disbelieve in God and His Messenger acting treacherously; except for those with whom you made a pact at the Sacred Mosque? the day of al-Hudaybiyya — these were Quraysh for whom an exception was made earlier Q. 94. So long as they are true to you keeping to the pact and not breaking it be true to them by fulfilling it fa-mā ‘so long as’ the mā is a conditional particle. Truly God loves the God-fearing the Prophet s had kept to the pact made with them until they broke it by supporting the Banū Bakr against Khuzā‘a.

Related Hadiths

Sahih Muslim#2209Sahih

My mother who was a polytheist came to me when he (the Holy Prophet) entered into treaty with, the Quraish (of Mecca). I inquired from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: Messenger of Allah, there has ...

Narrated by Asma' bint Abu Bakr reported:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#1625Sahih

"I heard Sulaim bin 'Amir saying: 'There was a treaty between Mu'awiyah and the people of Rome. He was making an expedition into their lands so that when the period of the treaty was expires he would ...

Narrated by Narrated Abu Al-Faid:
Sahih Muslim#4498Sahih

'Ali b. Abu Talib penned the treaty between the Prophet (ﷺ) and the polytheists on the Day of Hudaibiya. He wrote: This is what Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, has settled. They (the polytheists) sa...

Narrated by It has been narrated on the authority of al-Bara' b. 'Azib who said:
Sahih Muslim#4500Sahih

When the Prophet (ﷺ) was checked from going to the Ka'ba, the people of Mecca made peace with him'on the condition that he would (be allowed to) enter Mecca (next year) and stay there for three days, ...

Narrated by It has been narrated on the authority of Bara' who said:
Sunan Abu Dawud#3042Hasan

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) concluded peace with the people of Najran on condition that they would pay to Muslims two thousand suits of garments, half of Safar, and the rest in Rajab, and they would le...

Narrated by Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
Sahih al-Bukhari#3051Sahih

During the period of the peace treaty of Quraish with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), my mother, accompanied by her father, came to visit me, and she was a pagan. I consulted Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "O Allah's...

Narrated by Narrated Asma 'bint Abi Bakr:
Sahih al-Bukhari#2589Sahih

When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) concluded a peace treaty with the people of Hudaibiya, `Ali bin Abu Talib wrote the document and he mentioned in it, "Muhammad, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ." The pagans said, "D...

Narrated by Narrated Al-Bara bin `Azib:
Sunan Abu Dawud#2760Da'if

Sulaym ibn Amir, a man of Himyar, said: There was a covenant between Mu'awiyah and the Byzantines, and he was going towards their country, and when the covenant came to an end, he attacked them. A man...

Narrated by Narrated Amr ibn Abasah:
Sahih al-Bukhari#2591Sahih

On the day of Hudaibiya, the Prophet (ﷺ), the Prophet (ﷺ) made a peace treaty with the Al-Mushrikun on three conditions: 1. The Prophet (ﷺ) would return to them any person from Al-Mushrikun (polythei...

Narrated by Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (ra):
Sahih al-Bukhari#5852Sahih

I said to Anas bin Malik, "Did it reach you that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no treaty of brotherhood in Islam'?" Anas said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) made a treaty (of brotherhood) between the Ansar and ...

Narrated by Narrated `Asim:

Related Topics