A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: Go forth, whether light or heavy, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of Allāh. That is better for you, if you only knew. Koran 9:41 Here’s my improved version: Muhammad later abrogated this verse to allow those Muslim men who couldn't… Continue reading Qur’an 9:41
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Qur’an 9:40
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: If you do not aid him [i.e., the Prophet] - Allāh has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he [i.e., Muḥammad] said to his companion, "Do not grieve;… Continue reading Qur’an 9:40
Qur’an 9:38-39
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:38 O you who have believed, what is [the matter] with you that, when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allāh, you adhere heavily to the earth? Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But what… Continue reading Qur’an 9:38-39
Qur’an 9:36-37
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:36 Indeed, the number of months with Allāh is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allāh [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion [i.e., way], so do not wrong yourselves during them.… Continue reading Qur’an 9:36-37
Qur’an 9:34-35
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:34 O you who have believed, indeed many of the scholars and the monks devour the wealth of people unjustly and avert [them] from the way of Allāh. And those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allāh - give… Continue reading Qur’an 9:34-35
Qur’an 9:32-33
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:32 They want to extinguish the light of Allāh with their mouths, but Allāh refuses except to perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it. 33 It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all… Continue reading Qur’an 9:32-33
Qur’an 9:30-31
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:30 The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allāh"; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allāh." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before [them]. May Allāh destroy them; how are they deluded?… Continue reading Qur’an 9:30-31
Qur’an 9:28-29
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:28 O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Ḥarām after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allāh will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Wise. 29 Fight… Continue reading Qur’an 9:28-29
Qur’an 9:25-27
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:25 Allāh has already given you victory in many regions and [even] on the day of Ḥunayn, when your great number pleased you, but it did not avail you at all, and the earth was confining for you with [i.e., in spite of] its vastness; then… Continue reading Qur’an 9:25-27
Qur’an 9:23-24
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:23 O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you - then it is those who are the wrongdoers. 24 Say, [O Muḥammad], "If your fathers, your… Continue reading Qur’an 9:23-24










