About the Surah
Surah Title : التوبة
English Title : At-Taubah
Order in Al-Mushaf : 9
Number of Verses : 129
Type : madinah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 187 To Page 207
At-Taubah
ٱنفِرُواْ خِفَافٗا وَثِقَالٗا وَجَٰهِدُواْ بِأَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡ وَأَنفُسِكُمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ
41Do go forth whether you are light (healthy, young and wealthy) or heavy (being old etc.) and fight hard with your wealth and lives in the Path of Allah. That is better for you if you understand it (hence, don’t delay it).
41The reason for descending the verse
This was revealed about those who excused themselves from taking part in fighting because of their farms, work, and preoccupations. But Allah (exalted is He) refused to excuse them unless they went forth to fight, despite of what had ensued from them before. Anas (r.a) said, “Abu Talhah recited this verse and then said, ‘I see that Allah has not excused anyone’, and he went to Syria to take part in Jihad and remained there until he died.” As-Suddi said, “One day, Al-Miqdad ibn Al-Aswad, who was a huge, fat man, went to see the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) to complain to him [about his size] and to dispense him from taking part in fighting. (Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed) was revealed about him. But when this verse was revealed, people found it very hard on them, and so Allah (The Almighty) abrogated it and revealed instead (There is not upon the weak or upon the ill or upon those who do not find anything to spend any discomfort when they are sincere to Allah and His Messenger …) [9:91].” (Al-Wahidi,Reasons of Revelation)
