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At-Tawbah 52

Ayah 52 of 129 · Medinan

قُلۡ هَلۡ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحۡدَى ٱلۡحُسۡنَيَيۡنِۖ وَنَحۡنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمۡ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٖ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوۡ بِأَيۡدِينَاۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوٓاْ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ ٥٢

Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things [i.e., martyrdom or victory] while we await for you that Allāh will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. هَلۡDohal
  3. تَرَبَّصُونَyou awaittarabbaṣūna
  4. بِنَآfor usbinā
  5. إِلَّآexceptillā
  6. إِحۡدَىoneiḥ'dā
  7. ٱلۡحُسۡنَيَيۡنِۖ(of) the two best (things)l-ḥus'nayayni
  8. وَنَحۡنُwhile wewanaḥnu
  9. نَتَرَبَّصُ[we] awaitnatarabbaṣu
  10. بِكُمۡfor youbikum
  11. أَنthatan
  12. يُصِيبَكُمُAllah will afflict youyuṣībakumu
  13. ٱللَّهُAllah will afflict youl-lahu
  14. بِعَذَابٖwith a punishmentbiʿadhābin
  15. مِّنۡfrommin
  16. عِندِهِۦٓ[near] Himʿindihi
  17. أَوۡoraw
  18. بِأَيۡدِينَاۖby our handsbi-aydīnā
  19. فَتَرَبَّصُوٓاْSo waitfatarabbaṣū
  20. إِنَّاindeed, weinnā
  21. مَعَكُمwith youmaʿakum
  22. مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ(are) waitingmutarabbiṣūna

Tafsir

O Messenger, say to them: 'Are you waiting for anything other than victory or martyrdom to befall us – which are both good outcomes – while we expect Allah to send down a misfortune upon you: a punishment from Allah which would destroy you, or that you are punished at our hands with either death or being captured, if Allah permits us to fight against you? Wait to see then what our outcome will be, for we are also waiting to see your outcome.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran