Surah At-Tawba

وَمِنْهُمُٱلَّذِينَيُؤْذُونَٱلنَّبِىَّوَيَقُولُونَهُوَأُذُنٌۭقُلْأُذُنُخَيْرٍۢلَّكُمْيُؤْمِنُبِٱللَّهِوَيُؤْمِنُلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَرَحْمَةٌۭلِّلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟مِنكُمْوَٱلَّذِينَيُؤْذُونَرَسُولَٱللَّهِلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

AND AMONG those [enemies of the truth] there are such as malign the Prophet by saying, "He is all ear." Say: "[Yes,] he is all ear, [listening] to what is good for you! He believes in God, and trusts the believers, and is [a manifestation of God's] grace towards such of you as have [truly] attained to faith. And as for those who malign God's Apostle - grievous suffering awaits them [in the life to come]!"

يَحْلِفُونَبِٱللَّهِلَكُمْلِيُرْضُوكُمْوَٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥٓأَحَقُّأَنيُرْضُوهُإِنكَانُوا۟مُؤْمِنِينَ

[The hypocrites] swear to you by God [that they are acting in good faith], with a view to pleasing you [O believers] - the while it is God and His Apostle whose pleasure they should seek above all else, if indeed they are believers!

أَلَمْيَعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّهُۥمَنيُحَادِدِٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥفَأَنَّلَهُۥنَارَجَهَنَّمَخَٰلِدًۭافِيهَاذَٰلِكَٱلْخِزْىُٱلْعَظِيمُ

Do they not know that for him who sets himself against God and His Apostle there is in store the fire of hell, therein to abide -that most awesome disgrace?

يَحْذَرُٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَأَنتُنَزَّلَعَلَيْهِمْسُورَةٌۭتُنَبِّئُهُمبِمَافِىقُلُوبِهِمْقُلِٱسْتَهْزِءُوٓا۟إِنَّٱللَّهَمُخْرِجٌۭمَّاتَحْذَرُونَ

[Some of] the hypocrites dread lest a [new] surah be revealed [in evidence] against them, making them understand what is [really] in their hearts. Say: "Go on mocking! Behold, God will bring to light the very thing that you are dreading!"

وَلَئِنسَأَلْتَهُمْلَيَقُولُنَّإِنَّمَاكُنَّانَخُوضُوَنَلْعَبُقُلْأَبِٱللَّهِوَءَايَٰتِهِۦوَرَسُولِهِۦكُنتُمْتَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Yet, indeed, if thou wert to question them. they would surely answer, "We were only indulging in idle talk, and were playing [with words]. Say: "Were you, then. mocking at God and His messages and His Apostle?

لَاتَعْتَذِرُوا۟قَدْكَفَرْتُمبَعْدَإِيمَٰنِكُمْإِننَّعْفُعَنطَآئِفَةٍۢمِّنكُمْنُعَذِّبْطَآئِفَةًۢبِأَنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟مُجْرِمِينَ

Do not offer [empty] excuses! You have indeed denied the truth after [having professed] your belief [in it] - Though We may efface the sin of some of you, We shall chastise others - seeing that they were lost in sin.

ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَوَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتُبَعْضُهُممِّنۢبَعْضٍۢيَأْمُرُونَبِٱلْمُنكَرِوَيَنْهَوْنَعَنِٱلْمَعْرُوفِوَيَقْبِضُونَأَيْدِيَهُمْنَسُوا۟ٱللَّهَفَنَسِيَهُمْإِنَّٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَهُمُٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

The hypocrites, both men and women. are all of a kind: they enjoin the doing of what is wrong and forbid the doing of what is right and withhold their hands [from doing good]. They are oblivious of God, and so He is oblivious of them. Verily, the hypocrites-it is they, they who are truly iniquitously

وَعَدَٱللَّهُٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَوَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتِوَٱلْكُفَّارَنَارَجَهَنَّمَخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَاهِىَحَسْبُهُمْوَلَعَنَهُمُٱللَّهُوَلَهُمْعَذَابٌۭمُّقِيمٌۭ

God- has promised the hypocrites, both men and women-as well as the [outright] deniers of the _ truth-the fire of hell, therein to abide: this shall be their allotted_ portion. For, God has rejected them, and long-lasting suffering awaits them.

كَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِكُمْكَانُوٓا۟أَشَدَّمِنكُمْقُوَّةًۭوَأَكْثَرَأَمْوَٰلًۭاوَأَوْلَٰدًۭافَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟بِخَلَٰقِهِمْفَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمبِخَلَٰقِكُمْكَمَاٱسْتَمْتَعَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِكُمبِخَلَٰقِهِمْوَخُضْتُمْكَٱلَّذِىخَاضُوٓا۟أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَحَبِطَتْأَعْمَٰلُهُمْفِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱلْءَاخِرَةِوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

[Say unto them: "You are] like those [hypocrites] who lived before your time. Greater than you were they in power, and richer in wealth and in children; and they enjoyed their share [of happiness]. And you have been enjoying your share -just as those who preceded you enjoyed their share; and you have been indulging in scurrilous talk -just as they indulged in it. It is they whose works have come to nought in this world and in the life to come - and it is they, they who are the cost!"

أَلَمْيَأْتِهِمْنَبَأُٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْقَوْمِنُوحٍۢوَعَادٍۢوَثَمُودَوَقَوْمِإِبْرَٰهِيمَوَأَصْحَٰبِمَدْيَنَوَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتِأَتَتْهُمْرُسُلُهُمبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِفَمَاكَانَٱللَّهُلِيَظْلِمَهُمْوَلَٰكِنكَانُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْيَظْلِمُونَ

Have, then, the stories of those who preceded them never come within the ken of these [hypocrites and deniers of the truth]?-[the stories] of Noah's people, and of [the tribes of] `Ad and Thamud, and of Abraham's people, and of the folk of Madyan, and of the cities that were overthrown? To [all of] them their apostles had come with all evidence of the truth. [but they rejected them:] and so it was not God who wronged them [by His punishment], but it was they who wronged themselves.

وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُبَعْضُهُمْأَوْلِيَآءُبَعْضٍۢيَأْمُرُونَبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِوَيَنْهَوْنَعَنِٱلْمُنكَرِوَيُقِيمُونَٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَيُؤْتُونَٱلزَّكَوٰةَوَيُطِيعُونَٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥٓأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَسَيَرْحَمُهُمُٱللَّهُإِنَّٱللَّهَعَزِيزٌحَكِيمٌۭ

AND [as for] the believers, both men and women they are close unto one another: they [all] enjoin the doing of what is right and forbid the doing of what is wrong, and are constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues, and pay heed unto God and His Apostle. It is they upon whom God will bestow His grace: verily, God is almighty, wise!

وَعَدَٱللَّهُٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِجَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَاوَمَسَٰكِنَطَيِّبَةًۭفِىجَنَّٰتِعَدْنٍۢوَرِضْوَٰنٌۭمِّنَٱللَّهِأَكْبَرُذَٰلِكَهُوَٱلْفَوْزُٱلْعَظِيمُ

God has promised the believers, both men and women, gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide, and goodly dwellings in gardens of perpetual bliss: but God's goodly acceptance is the greatest [bliss of all] -for this, this is the triumph supreme!

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّبِىُّجَٰهِدِٱلْكُفَّارَوَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَوَٱغْلُظْعَلَيْهِمْوَمَأْوَىٰهُمْجَهَنَّمُوَبِئْسَٱلْمَصِيرُ

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!

يَحْلِفُونَبِٱللَّهِمَاقَالُوا۟وَلَقَدْقَالُوا۟كَلِمَةَٱلْكُفْرِوَكَفَرُوا۟بَعْدَإِسْلَٰمِهِمْوَهَمُّوا۟بِمَالَمْيَنَالُوا۟وَمَانَقَمُوٓا۟إِلَّآأَنْأَغْنَىٰهُمُٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥمِنفَضْلِهِۦفَإِنيَتُوبُوا۟يَكُخَيْرًۭالَّهُمْوَإِنيَتَوَلَّوْا۟يُعَذِّبْهُمُٱللَّهُعَذَابًاأَلِيمًۭافِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱلْءَاخِرَةِوَمَالَهُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِمِنوَلِىٍّۢوَلَانَصِيرٍۢ

[The hypocrites] swear by God that they have said nothing [wrong]; yet most certainly have they uttered a saying which amounts to a denial of the truth, and have [thus] denied the truth after [having professed] their self-surrender to God: for they were aiming at something which was beyond their reach. And they could find no fault [with the Faith] save that God had enriched them and [caused] His Apostle [to enrich them] out of His bounty! Hence, if they repent, it will be for their own good. But if they turn away, God will cause them to suffer grievous suffering in this world and in the life to come, and they will find no helper on earth, and none to give [them] succour.

وَمِنْهُممَّنْعَٰهَدَٱللَّهَلَئِنْءَاتَىٰنَامِنفَضْلِهِۦلَنَصَّدَّقَنَّوَلَنَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

And among them are such as vow unto God, "If indeed He grant us [something] out of His bounty, we shall most certainly spend in charity, and shall most certainly be among the righteous!"

فَلَمَّآءَاتَىٰهُممِّنفَضْلِهِۦبَخِلُوا۟بِهِۦوَتَوَلَّوا۟وَّهُممُّعْرِضُونَ

But as soon as He has given them [aught] out of His bounty. they cling to it niggardly, and turn away in their obstinacy [from all that they have vowed]:

فَأَعْقَبَهُمْنِفَاقًۭافِىقُلُوبِهِمْإِلَىٰيَوْمِيَلْقَوْنَهُۥبِمَآأَخْلَفُوا۟ٱللَّهَمَاوَعَدُوهُوَبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَكْذِبُونَ

whereupon He causes hypocrisy to take root in their hearts, [therein to remain] until the Day on which they shall meet Him" - because they have failed to fulfil the vow which they had made unto God, and because they were wont to lie.

أَلَمْيَعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَيَعْلَمُسِرَّهُمْوَنَجْوَىٰهُمْوَأَنَّٱللَّهَعَلَّٰمُٱلْغُيُوبِ

Do they not know that God knows [all] their hidden thoughts and their secret confabulations, and that God knows fully all the things that are beyond the reach of human perception'?

ٱلَّذِينَيَلْمِزُونَٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَمِنَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَفِىٱلصَّدَقَٰتِوَٱلَّذِينَلَايَجِدُونَإِلَّاجُهْدَهُمْفَيَسْخَرُونَمِنْهُمْسَخِرَٱللَّهُمِنْهُمْوَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ

[It is these hypocrites] who find fault with such of the believers as give for the sake of God more than they are duty-bound to give, as well as with, such as find nothing [to give] beyond [the meagre fruits of] their toil, and who scoff at them [all]. God will cause their scoffing to rebound on themselves. and grievous suffering awaits them.

ٱسْتَغْفِرْلَهُمْأَوْلَاتَسْتَغْفِرْلَهُمْإِنتَسْتَغْفِرْلَهُمْسَبْعِينَمَرَّةًۭفَلَنيَغْفِرَٱللَّهُلَهُمْذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّهُمْكَفَرُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦوَٱللَّهُلَايَهْدِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

[And] whether thou dost pray [unto God] that they be forgiven or dost not pray for them - [it will all be the same: for even] if thou wert to pray seventy times that they be forgiven, God will not forgive them, seeing that they are bent on denying God and His Apostle. And God does not bestow His guidance upon such iniquitous folk.