Surah At-Tawba · Ayah 123·Madanī

123

ٱلَّذِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِّنَ فِيكُمْ أَنَّ مَعَ ﴿١٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

نمایش قدرت در برابر دشمنان

خداوند در این آیه به جهاد عمومی دستور می‌دهد؛ جهادی که اسلام با آن گسترش می‌یابد تا سراسر دنیا را فرا گیرد. بدین روش» اگر هر گروه از موّمنان با کفار نزدیک خود جهاد کنندء اسلام مرحله به مرحله گسترش می‌یاید و بر همه مردم دنیا حاکم خواهد شد. منظور از شدت و خشونت در این آیه, شدت عمل برای خدا و دین اوست و منظور این نیست که با کافران بدرفتاری و به آنان ستم و تجاوز شود؛ چرا که تمام اصول دینی و اخلاقی» این رفتارها را زشت می‌شمرند و یات جهاد نیز موّمنان را از هر نوع ظلم و تجاوز نهی کرده است.! نکتةٌ دیگری که از جملة «آنها (کافران) باید در شما شدت و خشونت و قدرت احساس کنند» برداشت می‌شود.ء این است که شجاعت و شهامت درونی و آمادگی روانی در برابر دشمن کافی نیست؛ بلکه این آمادگی را باید به دشمن نشان داد. به تعبیر دیگر» وجود قدرت کافی نیست؛ باید در برابر دشمن نمایش قدرت داد. > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): al-Kāfī.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 10 roots in 10 of 16 words

Recitation · 24 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd munfaṣil14
  • Idghām shafawī2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

16 words · 77 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 123 of 129

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 5:8 · Al-Maaidavery close

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ ٱعْدِلُوا۟ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm for Allah, witnesses in justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer…

  • Quran 5:57 · Al-Maaidavery close

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَكُمْ هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَٱلْكُفَّارَ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    O you who have believed, take not those who have taken your religion in ridicule and amusement among the ones who were given the Scripture before you nor the disbelievers as…

  • Quran 9:119 · At-Tawbavery close

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَكُونُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    O you who have believed, fear Allah and be with those who are true.

  • Quran 4:84 · An-Nisaavery close

    فَقَٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ وَحَرِّضِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَكُفَّ بَأْسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ أَشَدُّ بَأْسًا وَأَشَدُّ تَنكِيلًا

    So fight, [O Muhammad], in the cause of Allah; you are not held responsible except for yourself. And encourage the believers [to join you] that perhaps Allah will restrain the…

  • Quran 3:28 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    لَّا يَتَّخِذِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ فِى شَىْءٍ إِلَّآ أَن تَتَّقُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ تُقَىٰةً وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسَهُۥ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    Let not believers take disbelievers as allies rather than believers. And whoever [of you] does that has nothing with Allah, except when taking precaution against them in prudence…

  • Quran 5:35 · Al-Maaidavery close

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱبْتَغُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ وَجَٰهِدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

    O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Fath 48:224 shared roots

    وَلَوْ قَٰتَلَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوَلَّوُا۟ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    و-ج-دق-ت-لو-ل-يك-ف-ر

  • Muhammad 47:114 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَوْلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَأَنَّ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَا مَوْلَىٰ لَهُمْ

    و-ل-يك-ف-رأ-م-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ghaashiya 88:232 shared roots

    إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ

    و-ل-يك-ف-ر

  • Abasa 80:172 shared roots

    قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

    ق-ت-لك-ف-ر

  • Hud 11:582 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا هُودًا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

    غ-ل-ظأ-م-ن

  • At-Tawba 9:733 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ جَٰهِدِ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    غ-ل-ظك-ف-رأ-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 9:123?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 9:123 include Quran 5:8 (Surah Al-Maaida), Quran 5:57 (Surah Al-Maaida), Quran 9:119 (Surah At-Tawba), and Quran 4:84 (Surah An-Nisaa). For example, 5:8 reads: “O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm for Allah, witnesses in justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 9:123 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 9:123 (Surah At-Tawba, The Repentance) reads: “O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.”

Which surah is verse 9:123 in?

Quran 9:123 is āyah 123 of Surah At-Tawba (The Repentance), chapter 9 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 129 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 9:123?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 9:123 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 9:123?

Tartīl presents Quran 9:123 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.