وَإِن طَآئِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَإِنۢ بَغَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ فَقَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى تَبْغِى حَتَّىٰ تَفِىٓءَ إِلَىٰٓ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن فَآءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ
And if two factions among the believers should fight, then make settlement between the two. But if one of them oppresses the other, then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allah. And if it returns, then make settlement between them in justice and act justly. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.
Introduction
This is āyah 9 of Sūrat Al-Hujuraat (The Rooms), the 106th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Medinan period and sits within Juzʾ 26. Medinan verses often address community life, law, and the building of society.
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Revelation & occasion
- Period
- Medinan
- Order revealed
- 106 of 114
- Surah
- Al-Hujuraat (49)
(And if two parties of believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them�) [49:9]. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja�far al-Nahwi informed us> Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Sinan al-Muqri�> Ahmad ibn �Ali al-Mawsili> Ishaq ibn Abi Isra�il> Mu�tamir ibn Sulayman> his father> Anas who related: �I said: �O Prophet of Allah, why do you not visit �Abd Allah ibn Ubayy?� The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, decided to go and visit him. He mounted an ass and the Muslims walked with him. It happened that the ground was full of manure. So when the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, reached �Abd Allah ibn Ubayy, the latter said: �Keep away from me, the staunch of your ass is offending me�. A man from the Helpers said to him: �By Allah, the ass of the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, smells better than you�. One of the men of �Abd Allah ibn Ubayy got angry; then the men of both parties became angry because of what was said. They exchanged blows and hurled leafless palm leaves and sandals at each others. We heard that it is about them that (And if two parties of believers fall to fighting�) was revealed�. This was narrated by Bukhari from Musaddid and by Muslim from Muhammad ibn �Abd al-A�la; both Musaddid and Muhammad ibn �Abd al-A�la related it from al-Mu�tamir.
Tafsir
Hafiz Ibn Kathir
Chains of transmission
Oral — isnād
- ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation
Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.
- 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation
Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.
- TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation
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Written — the manuscript record
- ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation
The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).
- 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation
Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.
- Modern printModern printawaiting curation
The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.
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