Surah At-Tawba

فَرِحَٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَبِمَقْعَدِهِمْخِلَٰفَرَسُولِٱللَّهِوَكَرِهُوٓا۟أَنيُجَٰهِدُوا۟بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْوَأَنفُسِهِمْفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِوَقَالُوا۟لَاتَنفِرُوا۟فِىٱلْحَرِّقُلْنَارُجَهَنَّمَأَشَدُّحَرًّۭالَّوْكَانُوا۟يَفْقَهُونَ

THOSE [hypocrites] who were left behind rejoiced in their staying away [from war] after [the departure of] God's Apostle, for they hated the thought of striving with their possessions and their lives in God's cause; and they had [even] said [to the others], "Do not go forth to war in this heat!" Say: "The fire of hell is hotter by far!" Had they but grasped this truth!

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟قَلِيلًۭاوَلْيَبْكُوا۟كَثِيرًۭاجَزَآءًۢبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَكْسِبُونَ

Let them, then, laugh a little - for they will weep a lot in return for what they have earned.

فَإِنرَّجَعَكَٱللَّهُإِلَىٰطَآئِفَةٍۢمِّنْهُمْفَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَلِلْخُرُوجِفَقُللَّنتَخْرُجُوا۟مَعِىَأَبَدًۭاوَلَنتُقَٰتِلُوا۟مَعِىَعَدُوًّاإِنَّكُمْرَضِيتُمبِٱلْقُعُودِأَوَّلَمَرَّةٍۢفَٱقْعُدُوا۟مَعَٱلْخَٰلِفِينَ

Hence, [O Prophet,] if God brings thee again face to face with some of them," and then they ask thy leave to go forth [to war with thee], say: "Never shall you go forth with me. nor shall you fight an enemy together with me! Behold, you were well-pleased to stay at home on that first occasion: stay at home, then, with, those who [are obliged to] remain behind!"

وَلَاتُصَلِّعَلَىٰٓأَحَدٍۢمِّنْهُممَّاتَأَبَدًۭاوَلَاتَقُمْعَلَىٰقَبْرِهِۦٓإِنَّهُمْكَفَرُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦوَمَاتُوا۟وَهُمْفَٰسِقُونَ

And never shalt thou pray over any of them that has died, and never shalt thou stand by his grave: for, behold, they were bent on denying God and His Apostle, and they died in this their iniquity.

وَلَاتُعْجِبْكَأَمْوَٰلُهُمْوَأَوْلَٰدُهُمْإِنَّمَايُرِيدُٱللَّهُأَنيُعَذِّبَهُمبِهَافِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَتَزْهَقَأَنفُسُهُمْوَهُمْكَٰفِرُونَ

And let not their worldly goods and [the happiness which they may derive from] their children excite thy admiration: God but wants to chastise them by these means in [the life of] this world, and [to cause] their souls to depart while they are [still] denying the truth.

وَإِذَآأُنزِلَتْسُورَةٌأَنْءَامِنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَجَٰهِدُوا۟مَعَرَسُولِهِٱسْتَـْٔذَنَكَأُو۟لُوا۟ٱلطَّوْلِمِنْهُمْوَقَالُوا۟ذَرْنَانَكُنمَّعَٱلْقَٰعِدِينَ

[They are indeed denying it:] for, when they were called upon through revelation, "Believe in God, and strive hard [in His cause] together with His Apostle," [even] such of them as were well able [to go to war] asked thee for exemption, saying, "Allow us to stay behind with those who remain at home!"

رَضُوا۟بِأَنيَكُونُوا۟مَعَٱلْخَوَالِفِوَطُبِعَعَلَىٰقُلُوبِهِمْفَهُمْلَايَفْقَهُونَ

They were well-pleased to remain with those who were left behind - where for their hearts have been sealed, so that they cannot grasp the truth.

لَٰكِنِٱلرَّسُولُوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟مَعَهُۥجَٰهَدُوا۟بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْوَأَنفُسِهِمْوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمُٱلْخَيْرَٰتُوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

The Apostle, however, and all who share his faith strive hard [in God's cause] with, their possessions and their lives: and it is they whom the most excellent things await [in the life to come], and it is they, they who shall attain to a happy state!

أَعَدَّٱللَّهُلَهُمْجَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَاذَٰلِكَٱلْفَوْزُٱلْعَظِيمُ

God has readied for them gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide: and this is the triumph supreme!

وَجَآءَٱلْمُعَذِّرُونَمِنَٱلْأَعْرَابِلِيُؤْذَنَلَهُمْوَقَعَدَٱلَّذِينَكَذَبُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥسَيُصِيبُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟مِنْهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

AND THERE came [unto the Apostle] such of the bedouin as had some excuse to offer, [with the request] that they be granted exemption, whereas those who were bent on giving the lie to God and His Apostle [simply] remained at home. [And] grievous suffering is bound to befall such of them as are bent on denying the truth!

لَّيْسَعَلَىٱلضُّعَفَآءِوَلَاعَلَىٱلْمَرْضَىٰوَلَاعَلَىٱلَّذِينَلَايَجِدُونَمَايُنفِقُونَحَرَجٌإِذَانَصَحُوا۟لِلَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦمَاعَلَىٱلْمُحْسِنِينَمِنسَبِيلٍۢوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

[But] no blame shall attach to the weak, nor to the sick, nor to those who have no means. [to equip themselves], provided that they are sincere towards God and His Apostle: there is no cause to reproach the doers of good, for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَلَاعَلَىٱلَّذِينَإِذَامَآأَتَوْكَلِتَحْمِلَهُمْقُلْتَلَآأَجِدُمَآأَحْمِلُكُمْعَلَيْهِتَوَلَّوا۟وَّأَعْيُنُهُمْتَفِيضُمِنَٱلدَّمْعِحَزَنًاأَلَّايَجِدُوا۟مَايُنفِقُونَ

Nor [shall blame attach] to those who, when they came unto thee [O Prophet, with the request] that thou provide them with mounts, were told by thee, "I cannot find anything whereon to mount you" - [whereupon] they turned away, their eyes overflowing with tears out of sorrow that they had no means to spend [on their equipment].

إِنَّمَاٱلسَّبِيلُعَلَىٱلَّذِينَيَسْتَـْٔذِنُونَكَوَهُمْأَغْنِيَآءُرَضُوا۟بِأَنيَكُونُوا۟مَعَٱلْخَوَالِفِوَطَبَعَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰقُلُوبِهِمْفَهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَ

Only they may rightly be reproached who asked thee for exemption even though they were fully able [to go to war]. They were well-pleased to remain with those who were left behind -wherefore God has sealed their hearts, so that they do not know [what they are doing].

يَعْتَذِرُونَإِلَيْكُمْإِذَارَجَعْتُمْإِلَيْهِمْقُللَّاتَعْتَذِرُوا۟لَننُّؤْمِنَلَكُمْقَدْنَبَّأَنَاٱللَّهُمِنْأَخْبَارِكُمْوَسَيَرَىٱللَّهُعَمَلَكُمْوَرَسُولُهُۥثُمَّتُرَدُّونَإِلَىٰعَٰلِمِٱلْغَيْبِوَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِفَيُنَبِّئُكُمبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

[And] they will [still] be offering excuses to you when you return to them, [from the campaign]! Say: "Do not offer [empty] excuses, [for] we shall not believe you: God has already enlightened us about you. And God will behold your [future] deeds, and [so will] His Apostle; and in the end you will be brought before Him who knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being's perception as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature's senses or mind, and then He will make you truly understand what you were doing [in life]."

سَيَحْلِفُونَبِٱللَّهِلَكُمْإِذَاٱنقَلَبْتُمْإِلَيْهِمْلِتُعْرِضُوا۟عَنْهُمْفَأَعْرِضُوا۟عَنْهُمْإِنَّهُمْرِجْسٌۭوَمَأْوَىٰهُمْجَهَنَّمُجَزَآءًۢبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَكْسِبُونَ

When you will have returned to them, (O believers,] they will swear to you by God, [repeating their excuses,] with a view to your letting them be. Let them be, then: behold, they are loathsome, and hell is their goal in recompense for what they were wont to do.

يَحْلِفُونَلَكُمْلِتَرْضَوْا۟عَنْهُمْفَإِنتَرْضَوْا۟عَنْهُمْفَإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايَرْضَىٰعَنِٱلْقَوْمِٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

They will swear to you with a view to making you pleased with them: but [even] should you be pleased with them, verily, God shall never be pleased with iniquitous folk.

ٱلْأَعْرَابُأَشَدُّكُفْرًۭاوَنِفَاقًۭاوَأَجْدَرُأَلَّايَعْلَمُوا۟حُدُودَمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰرَسُولِهِۦوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌحَكِيمٌۭ

[The hypocrites among] the bedouin are more tenacious in [their] refusal to acknowledge the truth and in [their] hypocrisy [than are settled people], and more liable to ignore the ordinances which God has bestowed from on high upon His Apostle - but God is all-knowing, wise.

وَمِنَٱلْأَعْرَابِمَنيَتَّخِذُمَايُنفِقُمَغْرَمًۭاوَيَتَرَبَّصُبِكُمُٱلدَّوَآئِرَعَلَيْهِمْدَآئِرَةُٱلسَّوْءِوَٱللَّهُسَمِيعٌعَلِيمٌۭ

And among the bedouin there are such as regard all that they might spend [in God's cause] as a loss, and wait for misfortune to encompass you, [O believers: but] it is they whom evil fortune shall encompass - for God is all-hearing, all-knowing.

وَمِنَٱلْأَعْرَابِمَنيُؤْمِنُبِٱللَّهِوَٱلْيَوْمِٱلْءَاخِرِوَيَتَّخِذُمَايُنفِقُقُرُبَٰتٍعِندَٱللَّهِوَصَلَوَٰتِٱلرَّسُولِأَلَآإِنَّهَاقُرْبَةٌۭلَّهُمْسَيُدْخِلُهُمُٱللَّهُفِىرَحْمَتِهِۦٓإِنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

However, among the bedouin there are [also] such as believe in God and the Last Day, and regard all that they spend (in God's cause] as a means of drawing them nearer to God and of [their being remembered in] the. Apostle's prayers. Oh, verily, it shall [indeed] be a means of [God's] nearness to them, [for] God will admit them unto His grace: verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَٱلْأَوَّلُونَمِنَٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَوَٱلْأَنصَارِوَٱلَّذِينَٱتَّبَعُوهُمبِإِحْسَٰنٍۢرَّضِىَٱللَّهُعَنْهُمْوَرَضُوا۟عَنْهُوَأَعَدَّلَهُمْجَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىتَحْتَهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَآأَبَدًۭاذَٰلِكَٱلْفَوْزُٱلْعَظِيمُ

And as for the first and foremost of those who have forsaken the domain of evil and of those who have sheltered and succoured the Faith, as well as those who follow them in [the way of] righteousness - God is well-pleased with them, and well--pleased are they with Him. And for them has He readied gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide beyond the count of time: this is the triumph supreme!