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Quran-9:24 Surah At-tawbah English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

قُلۡ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ وَأَبۡنَآؤُكُمۡ وَإِخۡوَٰنُكُمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمۡ وَأَمۡوَٰلٌ ٱقۡتَرَفۡتُمُوهَا وَتِجَٰرَةٞ تَخۡشَوۡنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَٰكِنُ تَرۡضَوۡنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَجِهَادٖ فِي سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ,

Transliteration:( Qul in kaana aabaaa'ukum wa abnaaa'ukum wa ikhwaanukum wa azwaajukum wa 'asheeratukum wa amwaaluniq taraftumoohaa wa tijaaratun takhshawna kasaadahaa wa masaakinu tardawnahaaa ahabba ilaikum minal laahi wa Rasoolihee wa Jihaadin fee Sabeelihee fatarabbasoo hattaa ya'tiyallahu bi amrih; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmal faasiqeen )

24. Please declare: "If your fathers and your sons and your brothers and your wives (50), and your clan (51), and the wealth of your earnings(52), and the trade of which you fear loss, and the houses of your choice, are things (53), dearer (54), to you than Allah and His Messenger, and the striving in His Path, then wait till Allah sends His Command. And Allah guides not the disobedient.

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Surah At-Tawbah Ayat 24 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

50. From this we learn that you are allowed to fulfil family rights as outlined by Shariah to the infidel wife and parents, but whole heartedly love for them is unlawful because inclination of the heart should not be towards the enemies of Allah Almighty and His Beloved Prophet

Further it should be remembered صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم it is infidelity to love an infidel wholeheartedly. Also, when the right of the Creator and the creation are in opposition priority must at all times be given to rights of the Creator

51. In the word 'your claim all the inlaws. family relations blood brothers, are included. 

52. Earning has been mentioned with wealth to show that wealth earned through your hard work is better than inherited wealth because it is acquired through your effort

53. From this we learn that love for material things is not prohibited as long as they are not given preferance over Allah Almighty and His Beloved Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم in which case it would be prohibited. 

Similarly, unlawful love relations too are prohibited. 

54. The commentary of this verse is that Hadith which states none of you is a believer until I do not becomes more beloved to him than his parents, his children and everyone else. From this we learn that we should have natural love for the Holy Prophet  صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم and not just common or rational love. 

Man has natural love for his children. Here natural love is contrasted with rational love. Further, we learn the type of love we have for the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم  should be similar to that we have for Allah Almighty i.e. the love based on greatness and obedience. 

Also, to love with the Holy Prophet  صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم Almighty Allah is no polytheism, but it is part of faith. We also learn that to keep the heart bereft of the Holy Prophet's love is infidelity as this is being denounced as deserving of severe punishment.


 

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Taubah verse 24 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Taubah ayat 23 which provides the complete commentary from verse 23 through 24.

(9:24) Tell them, (O Prophet): “If your fathers and your sons and your brothers and your wives and your tribe and the riches you have acquired and the commerce of which you fear a slackening, and the dwellings that you love, if they are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His cause, then wait until Allah brings about His decree.[22] Allah does not guide the evil-doing folk.”

22. That is: “The judgment will deprive them of the blessings of the true faith, and of the honor of bearing its standard and leading the world towards its guidance and bestow these on others”.

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