The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
al-Tawbah (Repentance)
ٱلتَّوْبَة
9:37
إِنَّمَا
النَّسِيءُ
زِيَادَةٌ
فِي
الْكُفْرِ
يُضَلُّ
بِهِ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
يُحِلُّونَهُ
عَامًا
وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُ
عَامًا
لِّيُوَاطِئُوا
عِدَّةَ
مَا
حَرَّمَ
اللَّهُ
فَيُحِلُّوا
مَا
حَرَّمَ
اللَّهُ
زُيِّنَ
لَهُمْ
سُوءُ
أَعْمَالِهِمْ
وَاللَّهُ
لَا
يَهْدِي
الْقَوْمَ
الْكَافِرِينَ
ʾinnamā n-nasīʾu ziyādatun fī l-kufri yuḍallu bihi lladhīna kafarū yuḥillūnahū ʿāman wa-yuḥarrimūnahū ʿāman li-yuwāṭiʾū ʿiddata mā ḥarrama llāhu fa-yuḥillū mā ḥarrama llāhu zuyyina lahum sūʾu ʾaʿmālihim wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna
To disregard the observation of the sacred months and to observe it during the non-sacred months is to add more to one's disbelief. This causes the unbelievers to go further astray. One year they (the pagans) consider a sacred month not sacred, (and observe it during a non-sacred month) but the next year they consider it sacred at the right time. By dealing with the sacred months in such a manner, they think that they have observed the laws of God, but, in fact, they have changed them. Their evil deeds seem attractive to them but God does not guide the unbelieving people.