At-Tawbah
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At-Tawbah · Ayah 29

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Translation

Fight

Word Breakdown

قَـٰتِلُوا۟

Fight

Word Breakdown

قتلُFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralImperativeForm ((III))
Rootقتل
Very common

to kill, slay, fight

Lemmaقَٰتَلَ

Verb (form III) - to fight

واIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine plural)

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Command verb
قَـٰتِلُوا۟ (Fight) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Verb form III — mutual action
قَـٰتِلُوا۟ (Fight) uses form III (فَاعَلَ) — it describes doing something with or to each other.
The action involves two parties.

Sahih International

Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allāh and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islām] from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

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