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At-Tawbah 74

Ayah 74 of 129 · Medinan

يَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ مَا قَالُواْ وَلَقَدۡ قَالُواْ كَلِمَةَ ٱلۡكُفۡرِ وَكَفَرُواْ بَعۡدَ إِسۡلَٰمِهِمۡ وَهَمُّواْ بِمَا لَمۡ يَنَالُواْۚ وَمَا نَقَمُوٓاْ إِلَّآ أَنۡ أَغۡنَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۚ فَإِن يَتُوبُواْ يَكُ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۡۖ وَإِن يَتَوَلَّوۡاْ يُعَذِّبۡهُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ وَمَا لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٖ ٧٤

They swear by Allāh that they did not say [anything against the Prophet (ﷺ)] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islām and planned that which they were not to attain.1 And they were not resentful except [for the fact] that Allāh and His Messenger had enriched them of His bounty.2 So if they repent, it is better for them; but if they turn away, Allāh will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And there will not be for them on earth any protector or helper.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the murder of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

2 i.e., for no reason. On the contrary, they should have been grateful.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَحۡلِفُونَThey swearyaḥlifūna
  2. بِٱللَّهِby Allahbil-lahi
  3. مَا(that) they said nothingmā
  4. قَالُواْ(that) they said nothingqālū
  5. وَلَقَدۡwhile certainlywalaqad
  6. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  7. كَلِمَةَ(the) wordkalimata
  8. ٱلۡكُفۡرِ(of) the disbeliefl-kuf'ri
  9. وَكَفَرُواْand disbelievedwakafarū
  10. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  11. إِسۡلَٰمِهِمۡtheir (pretense of) Islamis'lāmihim
  12. وَهَمُّواْand plannedwahammū
  13. بِمَا[of] whatbimā
  14. لَمۡnotlam
  15. يَنَالُواْۚthey could attainyanālū
  16. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  17. نَقَمُوٓاْthey were resentfulnaqamū
  18. إِلَّآexceptillā
  19. أَنۡthatan
  20. أَغۡنَىٰهُمُAllah had enriched themaghnāhumu
  21. ٱللَّهُAllah had enriched theml-lahu
  22. وَرَسُولُهُۥand His Messengerwarasūluhu
  23. مِنofmin
  24. فَضۡلِهِۦۚHis Bountyfaḍlihi
  25. فَإِنSo iffa-in
  26. يَتُوبُواْthey repentyatūbū
  27. يَكُit isyaku
  28. خَيۡرٗاbetterkhayran
  29. لَّهُمۡۖfor themlahum
  30. وَإِنand ifwa-in
  31. يَتَوَلَّوۡاْthey turn awayyatawallaw
  32. يُعَذِّبۡهُمُAllah will punish themyuʿadhib'humu
  33. ٱللَّهُAllah will punish theml-lahu
  34. عَذَابًا(with) a punishmentʿadhāban
  35. أَلِيمٗاpainfulalīman
  36. فِيinfī
  37. ٱلدُّنۡيَاthe worldl-dun'yā
  38. وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚand (in) the Hereafterwal-ākhirati
  39. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  40. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  41. فِيinfī
  42. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  43. مِنanymin
  44. وَلِيّٖprotectorwaliyyin
  45. وَلَاand notwalā
  46. نَصِيرٖa helpernaṣīrin

Tafsir

The hypocrites swear a false oath by Allah that they did not say the words of insults about you and your religion that have reached you. But they did say those things which showed them to be disbelievers after they had announced that they have faith. They had intended to assassinate the Prophet (peace be upon him), but were unsuccessful. They only disliked something that should not have been disliked!: that Allah had graciously favoured the Prophet and the believers by blessing them with the gains of war. If they turn to Allah and repent from their hypocrisy, their repentance will be better for them than remaining in their hypocrisy. Yet if they do not repent to Allah, He will punish them with a painful punishment in this world, by having them killed or taken prisoner, and He will also punish them in the Afterlife in the fire of Hell, and they will not have anyone to save them from the punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran