Repentance
[9:73]
O PROPHET! Strive hard against the deniers of the truth and the hypocrites, and be adamant with them. And [if they do not repent,] their goal shall be hell – and how vile a journey’s end!

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* v.73 : I.e., “do not compromise with them in matters of principle.” Regarding the meaning of the verb jahada (“he strove hard,” i.e., in a righteous cause), see sūrah 4, note 122. The imperative jāhid is obviously used here in its spiritual connotation, implying efforts at convincing both the outspoken unbelievers and the waverers, including the various types of hypocrites spoken of in the preceding passages. Although the imperative is addressed in the first instance to the Prophet, it is considered to be morally binding on all believers.