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
Verse Refutations
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
Qur’an 9:19-22
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:19 Have you made the providing of water for the pilgrim and the maintenance of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām equal to [the deeds of] one who believes in Allāh and the Last Day and strives in the cause of Allāh? They are not equal in the sight of… Continue reading Qur’an 9:19-22
Qur’an 9:17-18
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:17 It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allāh [while] witnessing against themselves with disbelief. [For] those, their deeds have become worthless, and in the Fire they will abide eternally. 18 The mosques of Allāh are only to be maintained by those… Continue reading Qur’an 9:17-18
Qur’an 9:16
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: Do you think that you will be left [as you are] while Allāh has not yet made evident those among you who strive [for His cause] and do not take other than Allāh, His Messenger and the believers as intimates? And Allāh is [fully] Aware of… Continue reading Qur’an 9:16
Qur’an 9:13-15
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:13 Would you not fight against a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allāh has more right that you should fear Him, if you are… Continue reading Qur’an 9:13-15
Qur’an 9:12
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then combat the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that] they might cease. Koran 9:12 Here’s my improved version: It's OK for Muhammad to break… Continue reading Qur’an 9:12
Qur’an 9:9-11
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 9:9 They have exchanged the signs of Allāh for a small price and averted [people] from His way. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing. 10 They do not observe toward a believer any pact of kinship or covenant of protection. And it is they… Continue reading Qur’an 9:9-11
Qur’an 9:8
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse [compliance], and most of them are defiantly disobedient. Koran… Continue reading Qur’an 9:8










