The Holy Quran 4:84 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

فَقَـٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ ۚ وَحَرِّضِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَكُفَّ بَأْسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ أَشَدُّ بَأْسًا وَأَشَدُّ تَنكِيلًا

Translation

So fight in Allaah's way (O Muhammad ﷺ)! You are responsible only for yourself, and urge the Mu'mineen (to fight in Jihaad). Allaah shall perhaps restrain the aggression of the Kuffaar. Allaah is indeed more Powerful in might and more Capable of punishing (the unbelievers). (Allaah therefore instilled fear into the hearts of the Kuffaar and they did not have the courage to fight the Muslims as referred to in verses 172-174 of Surah 3)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A special command to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to fight: that is, if these hypocrites and Muslims of weak faith, who were mentioned above, are afraid of fighting the disbelievers, then you, O Messenger ﷺ, do not hold back from jihad (striving in the path of Allah) even if you are alone: Almighty Allah is your helper.

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