{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_009_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_009_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_009_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/009.htm","summary":"This is a translation of Surah 9 (*At-Tawbah*, \"The Repentance\"), the ninth chapter of the Quran, rendered here in a 19th-century English style (likely E.H. Palmer's 1880 translation). The chapter formally annuls existing treaties with polytheists, granting them a four-month grace period to convert or face military confrontation \u2014 the \"sword verses\" here are among the most cited in Islamic law regarding the treatment of non-Muslims. A central distinction runs throughout: treaty partners who have kept their covenants must still be honored, while those who have broken oaths or backed enemies are to be fought; People of the Book (Jews and Christians) are given a separate status, permitted to remain under Muslim rule upon payment of the *jizya* (tribute). The chapter also addresses internal dissent, sharply condemning \"hypocrites\" \u2014 nominal Muslims who sought exemptions from military campaigns \u2014 and arguing their reluctance proves their unbelief. Notably, the text frames military expansion not merely as self-defense but as a religious obligation to make Islam \"prevail over every other religion,\" and rebukes those who prioritize family, wealth, or commerce over that struggle. The chapter's placement without an opening *bismillah* (\"In the name of God\") is unique in the Quran, a feature classical scholars attributed to its uncompromising, ultimatum-style tone.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"THE CHAPTER OF REPENTANCE OR IMMUNITY","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":4974}