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At-Tawbah 96

Ayah 96 of 129 · Medinan

يَحۡلِفُونَ لَكُمۡ لِتَرۡضَوۡاْ عَنۡهُمۡۖ فَإِن تَرۡضَوۡاْ عَنۡهُمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَرۡضَىٰ عَنِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٩٦

They swear to you so that you might be satisfied with them. But if you should be satisfied with them - indeed, Allāh is not satisfied with a defiantly disobedient people.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَحۡلِفُونَThey swearyaḥlifūna
  2. لَكُمۡto youlakum
  3. لِتَرۡضَوۡاْthat you may be pleasedlitarḍaw
  4. عَنۡهُمۡۖwith themʿanhum
  5. فَإِنBut iffa-in
  6. تَرۡضَوۡاْyou are pleasedtarḍaw
  7. عَنۡهُمۡwith themʿanhum
  8. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  9. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  10. لَا(is) not pleasedlā
  11. يَرۡضَىٰ(is) not pleasedyarḍā
  12. عَنِwithʿani
  13. ٱلۡقَوۡمِthe peoplel-qawmi
  14. ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ(who are) defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqīna

Tafsir

Those who stay behind will swear to you, O believers, so that you become pleased with them and accept their excuses. Do not become pleased with them. If you become pleased with them you would go against your Lord, because He will not be pleased with people who have left His obedience by disbelief and hypocrisy. So be careful, O Muslims, of becoming pleased with those whom Allah is not pleased with.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran