Asbab al-Nuzul on At-Tawbah 9:111

Surah At-Tawbah 9:111

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ﲥ ﲦ ﲧ ﲨ ﲩ ﲪ ﲫ ﲬ ﲭ ﲮ ﲯ ﲰ ﲱ ﲲ ﲳ ﲴ ﲵ ﲶ ﲷ ﲸ ﲹ ﲺ ﲻ ﲼ ﲽ ﲾ ﲿ ﳀ ﳁ ﳂ ﳃ ﳄ ﳅ ﳆ ﳇ ﳈ ﳉ ﳊ ﳋ ﳌ ﳍ ﳎ ﳏ

Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.

(Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs…) [9:111]. Muhammad ibn Ka‘b al-Qurazi said: “When the Helpers — seventy in number — swore allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, at al-‘Aqabah in Mecca, ‘Abd Allah ibn Rawahah said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, stipulate anything you wish with regard to your Lord and to yourself’. He said: ‘As for my Lord, I stipulate that you worship Him and not associate anything with him; and I stipulate for myself that you defend me from that which you would defend yourselves’. They said: ‘What do we get if we were to do this?’ He said: ‘The Garden!’ they exclaimed: ‘This is a prosperous transaction; we will not revoke it nor will we resign it’. And so this verse was revealed”.

Tafsir of At-Tawbah 9:111

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