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'''Sūra al-Tawba''' or '''al-Barāʾa''' (Arabic: {{ia|سورة التوبة}}) is the ninth [[sura]] of the [[Quran]]. It is a [[Madani sura]] of the Quran, located in [[juz']] ten or eleven. It is called “al-Tawba” because some of its [[verses]] are about [[repentance]].  The name “Baraʾa” (repudiation) comes from its first verse. Sura al-Tawba begins without “[[Bism Allah al-Rahman al-Rahim]]” (In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful). It commands Muslims to cut their ties to [[polytheists]], and commands the [[Prophet (s)]] not to ask for the forgiveness of polytheists. The sura also talks about [[jihad]] against [[disbeliever]]s and polytheists as well as [[zakat]]. According to [[hadiths]], the Prophet (s) first entrusted [[Abu Bakr]] with the task of declaring this sura to polytheists, but he then cancelled Abu Bakr’s mission and left it to [[Imam 'Ali (a)]].