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Ayah 217

Surah Al-Baqara

They ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. Say, "Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allah and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Haram and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allah. And fitnah is greater than killing." And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able. And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally.﴿217

Translation

They ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. Say, "Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allah and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Haram and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allah. And fitnah is greater than killing." And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able. And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally.

Simplified Tafsir

يسألك المشركون -أيها الرسول- عن الشهر الحرام: هل يحل فيه القتال؟ قل لهم: القتال في الشهر الحرام عظيم عند الله استحلاله وسفك الدماء فيه، ومَنْعكم الناس من دخول الإسلام بالتعذيب والتخويف، وجحودكم بالله وبرسوله وبدينه، ومَنْع المسلمين من دخول المسجد الحرام، وإخراج النبي والمهاجرين منه وهم أهله وأولياؤه، ذلك أكبر ذنبًا، وأعظم جرمًا عند الله من القتال في الشهر الحرام. والشرك الذي أنتم فيه أكبر وأشد من القتل في الشهر الحرام. وهؤلاء الكفار لم يرتدعوا عن جرائمهم، بل هم مستمرون عليها، ولا يزالون يقاتلونكم حتى يردوكم عن الإسلام إلى الكفر إن استطاعوا تحقيق ذلك. ومن أطاعهم منكم -أيها المسلمون- وارتدَّ عن دينه فمات على الكفر، فقد ذهب عمله في الدنيا والآخرة، وصار من الملازمين لنار جهنم لا يخرج منها أبدًا.

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