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At-Tawbah 53

Ayah 53 of 129 · Medinan

قُلۡ أَنفِقُواْ طَوۡعًا أَوۡ كَرۡهٗا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمۡ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٥٣

Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. أَنفِقُواْSpendanfiqū
  3. طَوۡعًاwillinglyṭawʿan
  4. أَوۡoraw
  5. كَرۡهٗاunwillinglykarhan
  6. لَّنneverlan
  7. يُتَقَبَّلَwill be acceptedyutaqabbala
  8. مِنكُمۡfrom youminkum
  9. إِنَّكُمۡIndeed, youinnakum
  10. كُنتُمۡ[you] arekuntum
  11. قَوۡمٗاa peopleqawman
  12. فَٰسِقِينَdefiantly disobedientfāsiqīna

Tafsir

Tell them O Messenger, : 'Spend of your wealth willingly or unwillingly, for it will not be accepted from you because of your disbelief and disloyalty to Allah.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran