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At-Tawbah 24

Ayah 24 of 129 · Medinan

قُلۡ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ وَأَبۡنَآؤُكُمۡ وَإِخۡوَٰنُكُمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمۡ وَأَمۡوَٰلٌ ٱقۡتَرَفۡتُمُوهَا وَتِجَٰرَةٞ تَخۡشَوۡنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَٰكِنُ تَرۡضَوۡنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَجِهَادٖ فِي سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٢٤

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allāh and His Messenger and jihād [i.e., striving] in His cause, then wait until Allāh executes His command. And Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. إِنIfin
  3. كَانَarekāna
  4. ءَابَآؤُكُمۡyour fathersābāukum
  5. وَأَبۡنَآؤُكُمۡand your sonswa-abnāukum
  6. وَإِخۡوَٰنُكُمۡand your brotherswa-ikh'wānukum
  7. وَأَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡand your spouseswa-azwājukum
  8. وَعَشِيرَتُكُمۡand your relativeswaʿashīratukum
  9. وَأَمۡوَٰلٌand wealthwa-amwālun
  10. ٱقۡتَرَفۡتُمُوهَاthat you have acquirediq'taraftumūhā
  11. وَتِجَٰرَةٞand the commercewatijāratun
  12. تَخۡشَوۡنَyou feartakhshawna
  13. كَسَادَهَاa decline (in) itkasādahā
  14. وَمَسَٰكِنُand the dwellingswamasākinu
  15. تَرۡضَوۡنَهَآyou delight (in) ittarḍawnahā
  16. أَحَبَّ(are) more belovedaḥabba
  17. إِلَيۡكُمto youilaykum
  18. مِّنَthanmina
  19. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  20. وَرَسُولِهِۦand His Messengerwarasūlihi
  21. وَجِهَادٖand strivingwajihādin
  22. فِيinfī
  23. سَبِيلِهِۦHis waysabīlihi
  24. فَتَرَبَّصُواْthen waitfatarabbaṣū
  25. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  26. يَأۡتِيَAllah bringsyatiya
  27. ٱللَّهُAllah bringsl-lahu
  28. بِأَمۡرِهِۦۗHis Commandbi-amrihi
  29. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  30. لَا(does) notlā
  31. يَهۡدِيguideyahdī
  32. ٱلۡقَوۡمَthe people l-qawma
  33. ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَthe defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqīna

Tafsir

Say O Messenger to the believers, if their fathers, sons, brothers, wives and relatives, the wealth which they have gained, the trade which they want to grow and fear its reduction, and the houses which they like to live in are more beloved to them than Allah and His Messenger and striving for His sake, then they should wait for the punishment that Allah will send down upon them. Allah does not make it easy for those who disobey Him to do actions which please Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran