Surah At-Tawbah

التوبة

Surah 9 · Ruku 10 of 16 · ayahs 73–80 · Juz 10 · pages 199–200 · Madani

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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ جَٰهِدِ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿73﴾

O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.

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O ProphetيَاأَيُّهَاH
O ProphetالنَّبِيُّIالthe+نَبِيُّO Prophet
Strive againstجَاهِدِF
The disbelieversالْكُفَّارَIالthe+كُفَّارَDisbelievers
And the hypocritesوَالْمُنَافِقِينَCBICONJ+Nوَand+الthe+مُنَافِقِينَHypocrites
And be sternوَاغْلُظْCBFCONJ+Vوَand+اغْلُظْBe stern
With themعَلَيْهِمْCBHP+PRONATTعَلَىWith+هِمْthem / their
And their abodeوَمَأْوَاهُمْCBICONJ+N+PRONATTوَand+مَأْوَاTheir abode+هُمْthem / their
Is HellجَهَنَّمُI
And wretchedوَبِئْسَCBFCONJ+Vوَand+بِئْسَWretched
Is the destinationالْمَصِيرُIالthe+مَصِيرُIs the destination

يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ مَا قَالُوا۟ وَلَقَدْ قَالُوا۟ كَلِمَةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ وَكَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ إِسْلَٰمِهِمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يَنَالُوا۟ ۚ وَمَا نَقَمُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ أَنْ أَغْنَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۚ فَإِن يَتُوبُوا۟ يَكُ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَتَوَلَّوْا۟ يُعَذِّبْهُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ﴿74﴾

They swear by Allah that they did not say [anything against the Prophet] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islam and planned that which they were not to attain. And they were not resentful except [for the fact] that Allah and His Messenger had enriched them of His bounty. So if they repent, it is better for them; but if they turn away, Allah will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And there will not be for them on earth any protector or helper.

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They swearيَحْلِفُونَF
By AllahبِاللَّهِCBIP+PNبِwith / in+اللَّهِAllah
That they said nothingمَاH
That they said nothingقَالُواF
While certainlyوَلَقَدْCBHCONJ+CERTوَand+لَقَدْWhile certainly
They saidقَالُواF
The wordكَلِمَةَI
Of the disbeliefالْكُفْرِIالthe+كُفْرِOf the disbelief
And disbelievedوَكَفَرُواCBFCONJ+Vوَand+كَفَرُواDisbelieved
AfterبَعْدَI
Their pretense of islamإِسْلَامِهِمْCBIN+PRONATTإِسْلَامِTheir pretense of islam+هِمْthem / their
And plannedوَهَمُّواCBFCONJ+Vوَand+هَمُّواPlanned
[of] whatبِمَاCBHP+SUBبِwith / in+مَا[of] what
NotلَمْH
They could attainيَنَالُواF
And notوَمَاCBHCONJ+NEGوَand+مَاNot
They were resentfulنَقَمُواF
ExceptإِلَّاHإِنْif=لَاnot
ThatأَنْH
Allah had enriched themأَغْنَاهُمُCBFV+PRONATTأَغْنَاAllah had enriched+هُمُthem / their
Allah had enriched themاللَّهُI
And his MessengerوَرَسُولُهُCBICONJ+N+PRONATTوَand+رَسُولُHis Messenger+هُhim / his / it
OfمِنْH
His bountyفَضْلِهِCBIN+PRONATTفَضْلِHis bounty+هِhim / his / it
So ifفَإِنْCBHCONJ+CONDفَso / then+إِنْIf
They repentيَتُوبُواF
It isيَكُF
BetterخَيْرًاI
For themلَهُمْCBHP+PRONATTلَfor / to+هُمْthem / their
And ifوَإِنْCBHCONJ+CONDوَand+إِنْIf
They turn awayيَتَوَلَّوْاF
Allah will punish themيُعَذِّبْهُمُCBFV+PRONATTيُعَذِّبْAllah will punish+هُمُthem / their
Allah will punish themاللَّهُI
With a punishmentعَذَابًاI
PainfulأَلِيمًاI
InفِيH
The worldالدُّنْيَاIالthe+دُنْيَاWorld
And in the HereafterوَالْآخِرَةِCBICONJ+Nوَand+الthe+آخِرَةِIn the Hereafter
And notوَمَاCBHCONJ+NEGوَand+مَاNot
For themلَهُمْCBHP+PRONATTلَfor / to+هُمْthem / their
InفِيH
The earthالْأَرْضِIالthe+أَرْضِEarth
AnyمِنْH
ProtectorوَلِيٍّI
And notوَلَاCBHCONJ+NEGوَand+لَاNot
A helperنَصِيرٍI

وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ عَٰهَدَ ٱللَّهَ لَئِنْ ءَاتَىٰنَا مِن فَضْلِهِۦ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ﴿75﴾

And among them are those who made a covenant with Allah, [saying], "If He should give us from His bounty, we will surely spend in charity, and we will surely be among the righteous."

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And among themوَمِنْهُمْCBHCONJ+P+PRONATTوَand+مِنْهُمْAmong them
Is he whoمَنْI
Made a covenantعَاهَدَF
With AllahاللَّهَI
IfلَئِنْH
He gives usآتَانَاCBFV+PRONATTآتَاHe gives+نَاus / our
OfمِنْH
His bountyفَضْلِهِCBIN+PRONATTفَضْلِHis bounty+هِhim / his / it
Surely we will give charityلَنَصَّدَّقَنَّCBFLAM+V+PRONATTلَfor / to+نَصَّدَّقَSurely we will give charity+نَّemphasis
And surely we will beوَلَنَكُونَنَّCBFCONJ+LAM+V+PRONATTوَand+لَfor / to+نَكُونَSurely we will be+نَّemphasis
AmongمِنَH
The righteousالصَّالِحِينَIالthe+صَالِحِينَRighteous

فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦ بَخِلُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴿76﴾

But when he gave them from His bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused.

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But whenفَلَمَّاCBICONJ+Tفَso / then+لَمَّاBut when
He gave themآتَاهُمْCBFV+PRONATTآتَاHe gave+هُمْthem / their
OfمِنْH
His bountyفَضْلِهِCBIN+PRONATTفَضْلِHis bounty+هِhim / his / it
They became stingyبَخِلُواF
With itبِهِCBHP+PRONATTبِwith / in+هِhim / his / it
And turned awayوَتَوَلَّوْاCBFCONJ+Vوَand+تَوَلَّوْاTurned away
While theyوَهُمْCBICONJ+PRONSUBJوَand+هُمْWhile they
Were averseمُعْرِضُونَI

فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ بِمَآ أَخْلَفُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ وَبِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ ﴿77﴾

So He penalized them with hypocrisy in their hearts until the Day they will meet Him - because they failed Allah in what they promised Him and because they [habitually] used to lie.

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So he penalized themفَأَعْقَبَهُمْCBFCONJ+V+PRONATTفَso / then+أَعْقَبَHe penalized+هُمْthem / their
With hypocrisyنِفَاقًاI
InفِيH
Their heartsقُلُوبِهِمْCBIN+PRONATTقُلُوبِTheir hearts+هِمْthem / their
UntilإِلَىH
The dayيَوْمِI
When they will meet himيَلْقَوْنَهُCBFV+PRONATTيَلْقَوْنَWhen they will meet+هُhim / his / it
BecauseبِمَاCBHP+SUBبِwith / in+مَاBecause
They brokeأَخْلَفُواF
The covenant with AllahاللَّهَI
WhatمَاI
They had promised himوَعَدُوهُCBFV+PRONATTوَعَدُوThey had promised+هُhim / his / it
And becauseوَبِمَاCBHCONJ+P+SUBبِwith / in+مَاAnd because
They used toكَانُواF
LieيَكْذِبُونَF

أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ ﴿78﴾

Did they not know that Allah knows their secrets and their private conversations and that Allah is the Knower of the unseen?

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Do notأَلَمْCBHINTG+NEGأَis it? / did?+لَمْNot
They knowيَعْلَمُواF
ThatأَنَّH
AllahاللَّهَI
KnowsيَعْلَمُF
Their secretسِرَّهُمْCBIN+PRONATTسِرَّTheir secret+هُمْthem / their
And their secret conversationوَنَجْوَاهُمْCBICONJ+N+PRONATTوَand+نَجْوَاTheir secret conversation+هُمْthem / their
And thatوَأَنَّCBHCONJ+ACCوَand+أَنَّThat
AllahاللَّهَI
Is all knowerعَلَّامُI
Of the unseenالْغُيُوبِIالthe+غُيُوبِOf the unseen

ٱلَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ ٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِى ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ ۙ سَخِرَ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿79﴾

Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allah will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.

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Those whoالَّذِينَI
CriticizeيَلْمِزُونَF
The ones who give willinglyالْمُطَّوِّعِينَIالthe+مُطَّوِّعِينَOnes who give willingly
OfمِنَH
The believersالْمُؤْمِنِينَIالthe+مُؤْمِنِينَBelievers
ConcerningفِيH
The charitiesالصَّدَقَاتِIالthe+صَدَقَاتِCharities
And those whoوَالَّذِينَCBICONJ+RELوَand+الَّذِينَThose who
NotلَاH
FindيَجِدُونَF
ExceptإِلَّاHإِنْif=لَاnot
Their effortجُهْدَهُمْCBIN+PRONATTجُهْدَTheir effort+هُمْthem / their
So they ridiculeفَيَسْخَرُونَCBFCONJ+Vفَso / then+يَسْخَرُونَThey ridicule
ThemمِنْهُمْCBHP+PRONATTمِنْthem+هُمْthem / their
Allah will ridiculeسَخِرَF
Allah will ridiculeاللَّهُI
ThemمِنْهُمْCBHP+PRONATTمِنْthem+هُمْthem / their
And for themوَلَهُمْCBHCONJ+P+PRONATTوَand+لَهُمْFor them
Is a punishmentعَذَابٌI
PainfulأَلِيمٌI

ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِن تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ ﴿80﴾

Ask forgiveness for them, [O Muhammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allah forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

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Ask forgivenessاسْتَغْفِرْF
For themلَهُمْCBHP+PRONATTلَfor / to+هُمْthem / their
OrأَوْH
Do notلَاH
Ask forgivenessتَسْتَغْفِرْF
For themلَهُمْCBHP+PRONATTلَfor / to+هُمْthem / their
IfإِنْH
You ask forgivenessتَسْتَغْفِرْF
For themلَهُمْCBHP+PRONATTلَfor / to+هُمْthem / their
SeventyسَبْعِينَI
TimesمَرَّةًI
NeverفَلَنْCBHCONJ+NEGفَso / then+لَنْNever
Will Allah forgiveيَغْفِرَF
Will Allah forgiveاللَّهُI
[for] themلَهُمْCBHP+PRONATTلَfor / to+هُمْthem / their
ThatذَلِكَI
Is because theyبِأَنَّهُمْCBHP+ACC+PRONATTبِwith / in+أَنَّIs because+هُمْthem / their
DisbelievedكَفَرُواF
In AllahبِاللَّهِCBIP+PNبِwith / in+اللَّهِAllah
And his MessengerوَرَسُولِهِCBICONJ+N+PRONATTوَand+رَسُولِHis Messenger+هِhim / his / it
And AllahوَاللَّهُCBICONJ+PNوَand+اللَّهُAllah
Does notلَاH
GuideيَهْدِيF
The peopleالْقَوْمَIالthe+قَوْمَPeople
The defiantly disobedientالْفَاسِقِينَIالthe+فَاسِقِينَDefiantly disobedient

English translation: Saheeh International. Arabic in the Uthmani script. Word meanings, grammar markers and word pieces are ILMHUB’s own work from its Quran database. Sources and thanks.