Tafsir Ibn Abbas: At-Tawba, Ayah 73

At-Tawba · Ayah 73 · View Ayah
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ جَٰهِدِ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers) with the sword (and the hypocrites) with words! (Be harsh) be tough (with them) with both parties with words and actions. (Their ultimate abode is hell) their destiny is hell, (a hapless journey's end) they shall come to.

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O Prophet struggle against the disbelievers with the sword and the hypocrites with words and definitive arguments and be harsh with them through rebuke and aversion towards them; for their abode will be Hell an evil journey’s end an evil resort it is!

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Narrated by Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
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Narrated by Narrated `Ali:
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On the day of Al-Khandaq (the battle of the Trench). the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "They (i.e. pagans prevented us from offering the middle (the Best) Prayer till the sun had set. May Allah fill their graves...

Narrated by Narrated `Ali (through two chains):
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Use your property, your persons any your tongues in striving against the polytheists.

Narrated by Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
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Narrated by Narrated Mu'adh ibn Anas:
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Narrated by Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri ; Anas ibn Malik:
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Narrated by Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d As Saidi:
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: We have not made peace with them since we fought with them, so he who leaves any of them alone through fear does not belong to us.

Narrated by Narrated AbuHurayrah:
Sahih al-Bukhari#3438Sahih

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Narrated by Narrated Abu Huraira:
Sunan Abu Dawud#2503

Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying “He who dies without having fought or having felt fighting (against the infidels) to be his duty will die guilty of a kind of hypocrisy.”

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