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At-Tawbah 59

Ayah 59 of 129 · Medinan

وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ رَضُواْ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَقَالُواْ حَسۡبُنَا ٱللَّهُ سَيُؤۡتِينَا ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ رَٰغِبُونَ ٥٩

If only they had been satisfied with what Allāh and His Messenger gave them and said, "Sufficient for us is Allāh; Allāh will give us of His bounty, and [so will] His Messenger; indeed, we are desirous toward Allāh,"1 [it would have been better for them].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Meaning "We desire Allāh and His grace and acceptance," or "We desire whatever Allāh wills to give us of His bounty."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. أَنَّهُمۡ[that] theyannahum
  3. رَضُواْ(were) satisfiedraḍū
  4. مَآ(with) whatmā
  5. ءَاتَىٰهُمُAllah gave themātāhumu
  6. ٱللَّهُAllah gave theml-lahu
  7. وَرَسُولُهُۥand His Messengerwarasūluhu
  8. وَقَالُواْand saidwaqālū
  9. حَسۡبُنَاSufficient for usḥasbunā
  10. ٱللَّهُ(is) Allahl-lahu
  11. سَيُؤۡتِينَاAllah will give ussayu'tīnā
  12. ٱللَّهُAllah will give usl-lahu
  13. مِنofmin
  14. فَضۡلِهِۦHis Bountyfaḍlihi
  15. وَرَسُولُهُۥٓand His Messengerwarasūluhu
  16. إِنَّآIndeed, weinnā
  17. إِلَىtoilā
  18. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  19. رَٰغِبُونَturn our hopesrāghibūna

Tafsir

If only these hypocrites who criticize you in the distribution of charity had been pleased with their portion that Allah had assigned for them and with what the Messenger gave them, saying: 'Allah is sufficient for us and He will grant us more from His Grace, and the Messenger will also give us from what Allah has given him, and we ask Allah alone to enrich us!'-had they said this it would have been better for them then criticising the Messenger.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran