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At-Tawbah (Arabic: ٱلتوبة, lit. 'the Repentance') is the ninth chapter of the Quran.It contains 129 verses and is one of the last Medinan surahs.This Surah is known by two names, At-Taubah and Al-Bara'at.
The Opening, the Opening of the Divine Writ, The Essence of the Divine Writ, The Surah of Praise, The Foundation of the Qur'an, and The Seven Oft-Repeated [Verses] [6] 7 (1) Makkah: 5: 48: Whole Surah [6] The fundamental principles of the Qur'an in a condensed form. [6] It reads: “(1) In the name of God (Allah), the Compassionate and Merciful ...
In verse 22 of sura Al-Hashr, for example, He assures: "He is Allah besides Whom there is no God; the Knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful". [16] The use of the verse "In the name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful" at the beginning of every sura (except one) further testifies to this fact.
The day after Abu Bakr and his party had left for the Hajj, Muhammad received a new revelation: Surah Tawbah, the ninth chapter of the Quran. [53] It is related that when this revelation came, someone suggested to Muhammad that he should send news of it to Abu Bakr. Muhammad said that only a man of his house could proclaim the revelation. [54]
At-Tawbah UrduScript. Verse 29 of chapter 9 of the Qur'an is notable as dealing with the imposition of tribute on non-Muslims who have fallen under Muslim rule (the ahl al-ḏimma). Most Muslim commentators believe this verse was revealed at the time of the expedition to Tabuk to threaten the Christians of Arabia in Syria and those of Rome.
A seemingly proscriptive verse may be made merely polemical by interpretation, while a seemingly non-proscriptive verse may have actual legal import. Lastly there is the issue of juridical inflation/deflation (the latter termed takhsīs ) where the scope/applicability of the ruling may be radically increased or decreased by exegesis.
There are two principal verses in the Quran (9:5 and 9:29) that are called "sword verses" though the word 'sword' does not occur in the Quran. [48] Quran 9:5 , in particular, from Surah At-Tawba is known as the Sword Verse or Verse of the Sword ( Ayat al-sayf ).
— Surah At-Tawbah 9:60 Islamic scholars have traditionally interpreted this verse as identifying the following eight categories of Muslim causes to be the proper recipients of zakat: [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Those living without means of livelihood ( Al-Fuqarā' ), [ 55 ] the poor [ 56 ]