meaning of fitnah the meaning of the word fitnah as claimed by scholar ibn kathir in his tafsir is shirk and also muhsin khan clarifies and fight them until there is no more fitnah disbelief and worshipping of others along with allah and all and every kind of worship is for allah alone but if they cease let there be no transgression except against az zalimun the polytheists and wrong doers etc sura ref source tafsir ibn kathir verse