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At-Tawbah 90

Ayah 90 of 129 · Medinan

وَجَآءَ ٱلۡمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ لِيُؤۡذَنَ لَهُمۡ وَقَعَدَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥۚ سَيُصِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٩٠

And those with excuses among the bedouins came to be permitted [to remain], and they who had lied1 to Allāh and His Messenger sat [at home]. There will strike those who disbelieved among them a painful punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., claimed faith.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَجَآءَAnd camewajāa
  2. ٱلۡمُعَذِّرُونَthe ones who make excusesl-muʿadhirūna
  3. مِنَofmina
  4. ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِthe bedouinsl-aʿrābi
  5. لِيُؤۡذَنَthat permission be grantedliyu'dhana
  6. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  7. وَقَعَدَand satwaqaʿada
  8. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  9. كَذَبُواْliedkadhabū
  10. ٱللَّهَ(to) Allahl-laha
  11. وَرَسُولَهُۥۚand His Messengerwarasūlahu
  12. سَيُصِيبُWill strikesayuṣību
  13. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  14. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  15. مِنۡهُمۡamong themmin'hum
  16. عَذَابٌa punishmentʿadhābun
  17. أَلِيمٞpainfulalīmun

Tafsir

A group of people from the desert Arabs of Medina and the surrounding areas came with excuses to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him), so that he would give them permission to remain behind from going out and striving in Allah’s path. Another group of people who did not even make any excuse also stayed behind from going out because they did not accept the Prophet and they did not have faith in Allah’s promise. A painful punishment will afflict these people because of their disbelief.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran