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The word ذمة in the Quran

2 times in 2 verses

Every form of the word is counted (with article, prefix or pronoun), in the Hafs reading.

The word

  • ذِمَّة noun · covenant of protection 2 times Root ذ م م

The 2 verses

At-Tawbah9:8

كَيْفَ وَإِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا۟ فِيكُمْ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً يُرْضُونَكُم بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتَأْبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ ۝٨

How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse [compliance], and most of them are defiantly disobedient.

At-Tawbah9:10

لَا يَرْقُبُونَ فِى مُؤْمِنٍ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَ ۝١٠

They do not observe toward a believer any pact of kinship or covenant of protection. And it is they who are the transgressors.

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