The Holy Quran 9:4 — Surah At-Tawbah

Arabic text

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ عَـٰهَدتُّم مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنقُصُوكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَمْ يُظَـٰهِرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَدًا فَأَتِمُّوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِمْ عَهْدَهُمْ إِلَىٰ مُدَّتِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Translation

(The above applied to all the Mushrikeen tribes) Except those Mushrikeen with whom you have a treaty (up to a specified term), who have not let you down in the least (have not broken any conditions of the treaty), nor have they assisted any others (your enemies) against you. So fulfil their treaty with them for their stipulated term (the term specified in the treaty). Verily Allaah loves those who adopt Taqwa (who fulfil their pledges).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

this exception is for those tribes whose treaty was for a fixed term and who kept to it steadfastly: they fell short in nothing in fulfilling the treaty, neither did they themselves take any action against the treaty nor did they help other treaty-breakers (for example, the Banu Damrah and the Banu Mudlij).

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