[9] Surah At-Tawbah mind map

At-Tawbah is the only surah that does not begin with the Basmala, and it deals with the end of treaties, the campaign to Tabuk, and the people who found reasons not to go. It ends with the three who were truthful about having no excuse.

  • 129 Ayahs
  • 5 Blocks
  • Medinan Revealed

Your memorisation plan

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At this pace the whole surah takes 43 study days.

Study days are days you actually sit down to memorise — miss one and the plan simply moves with you.

The map

  1. 1

    A declaration of immunity

    Ayahs 1-29

    بَرَآءَةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتُّم مِّنَٱلْكِتَٰبَ حَتَّىٰ يُعْطُوا۟ ٱلْجِزْيَةَ عَن يَدٍۢ وَهُمْ صَٰغِرُونَ

    Four months given; the sacred months; and the maintenance of the Sacred Mosque is not for those who bear witness against themselves.

    Study days 1-10

  2. 2

    Hoarded gold, and the call to march

    Ayahs 30-42

    وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌ ٱبْنُ ٱللَّهِ وَقَالَتِ ٱلنَّصَٰرَى ٱلْمَسِيحُلَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْ يُهْلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

    Those who take their scholars as lords; the wealth stored and not spent; and: what is wrong with you that you cling heavily to the earth?

    Study days 10-14

  3. 3

    The excuses

    Ayahs 43-70

    عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنكَ لِمَ أَذِنتَ لَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَفَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

    Those who asked to be exempted; the mosque built to cause harm; and: they swear by Allah to please you, when Allah and His Messenger are more deserving.

    Study days 15-24

  4. 4

    Believing men and women are allies

    Ayahs 71-99

    وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَسَيُدْخِلُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ

    Enjoining good and forbidding wrong; the desert Arabs, some of whom take what they spend as a loss and some as nearness to Allah.

    Study days 24-33

  5. 5

    The three who were left behind

    Ayahs 100-129

    وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ وَٱلْأَنصَارِ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحْسَٰنٍۢإِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ ۖ وَهُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    The foremost among the emigrants and the helpers; the earth closing in on those three despite its vastness — and the closing verses on the Messenger's concern for you.

    Study days 34-43

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The lesson

The three who stayed behind and admitted it were boycotted for fifty nights and then forgiven; the ones who lied were left alone — the surah treats the lie as the graver matter.

The sections of this surah, explained

A short walk through all 5 sections of this surah, in the order you will memorise them.

Common questions

How long does it take to memorise Surah At-Tawbah mind map?
At 3 ayahs a day, its 129 ayahs take 43 study days. Change the pace above and every date on this page updates.
Do I have to memorise it in order?
Most teachers keep the surah's own order, because the 5 blocks below follow one another for a reason. The map matters more than the sequence: knowing which block you are inside is what stops the similar passages blurring together.
Do I need a teacher for this?
You can memorise from a map alone, but almost nobody corrects their own recitation. A teacher hears the mistakes you cannot, and holds you to the schedule you just set.

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