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ʾa-lā tuqātilūna qawman nakathū ʾaymānahum wa-hammū bi-ʾikhrāji r-rasūli wa-hum badaʾūkum ʾawwala marratin ʾa-takhshawnahum fa-llāhu ʾaḥaqqu ʾan takhshawhu ʾin kuntum muʾminīna
Will you not make war on a people who broke their pledges and resolved to expel the Apostle, and opened [hostilities] against you initially? Do you fear them? But Allah is worthier of being feared by you, should you be faithful.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah At-Tawbah – Verse 13
13 . “Will you not fight a people who broke their oaths and aimed at the expulsion of the Messenger, and they did attack you first? Do you fear them? But Allah is most deserving that you should fear Him, if you are believers.”
In order to encourage Muslims and to banish any kind of listlessness, fear, and hesitation concerning this vital affair from their minds and their selves, the Qur’ān says:
You were not the beginners of attack and perjury to be worried and anxious about it, but the fight and perjury was started form their own side. The verse says:
So, if some of you hesitate fighting against them because of fear, this fright is quietly improper. The verse continues saying: