Sura 9: Bara'ah (Ultimatum) - Quran Inspector

[9:1] An ultimatum is herein issued from GOD and His messenger to the idol worshipers who enter into a treaty with you.

بَرَآءَةٌbarāatunAn ultimatumمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرَسُولِهِۦٓwarasūlihiand His messengerإِلَىilātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose (with) whomعَـٰهَدتُّمʿāhadttumyou [all] made a covenant / treatyمِّنَminafromٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers. ﴿١﴾

*9:1 The absence of Basmalah from this sura is not only a profound sign from the Almighty Author of the Quran that this sura has been tampered with, but also represents an awesome miracle in its own right. See the details in Appendices 24 & 29. *9:1 & *9:127 This is the only sura that is not prefixed with the Basmalah. This phenomenon has puzzled the students of the Quran for 14 centuries, and many theories were advanced to explain it. Now we realize that the conspicuous absence of the Basmalah serves three purposes: (1) It represents an advance divine proclamation that the idol worshipers were destined to tamper with the Quran by adding 2 false verses (9:128-129). (2) It demonstrates one of the functions of God's mathematical code in the Quran, namely, to guard the Quran against any alteration. (3) It provides additional miraculous features of the Quran's code. Due to their extraordinary importance, the details are given in Appendices 24 and 29. One immediate observation is that the number of occurrences of the word "God" at the end of Sura 9 is 1273 (19x67). If the two false verses 128 & 129 are included, this phenomenon - and many more - will vanish.

[9:2] Therefore, roam the earth freely for four months, and know that you cannot escape from GOD, and that GOD humiliates the disbelievers.

فَسِيحُوا۟fasīḥūSo roam freely [you all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthأَرْبَعَةَarbaʿata(for) fourأَشْهُرٍashhurinmonthsوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūbut know [you all]أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you [all]غَيْرُghayrunotمُعْجِزِىmuʿ'jizīone who can escapeٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَأَنَّwa-annaand thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مُخْزِىmukh'zīOne who humiliatesٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers. ﴿٢﴾

[9:3] A proclamation is herein issued from GOD and His messenger to all the people on the great day of pilgrimage, that GOD has disowned the idol worshipers, and so did His messenger. Thus, if you repent, it would be better for you. But if you turn away, then know that you can never escape from GOD. Promise those who disbelieve a painful retribution.

وَأَذَٰنٌwa-adhānunAnd an announcement / proclamationمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرَسُولِهِۦٓwarasūlihiand His messengerإِلَىilātoٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleيَوْمَyawma(on the) dayٱلْحَجِّl-ḥaji[the] Pilgrimageٱلْأَكْبَرِl-akbari[the] greatأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)بَرِىٓءٌbarīonfree from obligations / disownsمِّنَminafromٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers,وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand (so does) His messenger.فَإِنfa-inSo ifتُبْتُمْtub'tumyou [all] repented,فَهُوَfahuwathen, it (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbestلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].وَإِنwa-inBut ifتَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytumyou [all] turned awayفَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟fa-iʿ'lamūthen know [you all]أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you [all]غَيْرُghayrunotمُعْجِزِىmuʿ'jizīone who can escapeٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd promise,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved,بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinof a punishment / retributionأَلِيمٍalīminpainful. ﴿٣﴾

[9:4] If the idol worshipers sign a peace treaty with you, and do not violate it, nor band together with others against you, you shall fulfill your treaty with them, until the expiration date. GOD loves the righteous.

إِلَّاillāExceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose (with) whomعَـٰهَدتُّمʿāhadttumyou [all] made a covenant / treatyمِّنَminaamongٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers,ثُمَّthummathenلَمْlamnotيَنقُصُوكُمْyanquṣūkumthey failed / violated you [all]*شَيْـًٔاshayan(in) any thingوَلَمْwalamand notيُظَـٰهِرُوا۟yuẓāhirūthey supportعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you [all]أَحَدًاaḥadananyone,فَأَتِمُّوٓا۟fa-atimmūso fulfill [you all]إِلَيْهِمْilayhimwith themعَهْدَهُمْʿahdahumtheir treatyإِلَىٰilātillمُدَّتِهِمْmuddatihimtheir period / term.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٤﴾

[9:5] Once the Sacred Months are past, (and they refuse to make peace) you may kill the idol worshipers when you encounter them, punish them, and resist every move they make. If they repent and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), you shall let them go. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenٱنسَلَخَinsalakha[it] passed / expiredٱلْأَشْهُرُl-ashhuruthe Monthsٱلْحُرُمُl-ḥurumuthe Sacredفَٱقْتُلُوا۟fa-uq'tulūthen kill [you all]ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipersحَيْثُḥaythuwhereverوَجَدتُّمُوهُمْwajadttumūhumyou [all] found / encountered them (in war)وَخُذُوهُمْwakhudhūhumand seize / punish them [you all]وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْwa-uḥ'ṣurūhumand besiege / restrain them [you all]وَٱقْعُدُوا۟wa-uq'ʿudūand sit in wait [you all]لَهُمْlahumfor themكُلَّkulla(at) everyمَرْصَدٍmarṣadinplace of ambush / observation.فَإِنfa-inBut ifتَابُوا۟tābūthey repentedوَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand they observeٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawūand they giveٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)فَخَلُّوا۟fakhallūthen leave alone [you all]سَبِيلَهُمْsabīlahum(on) their way.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٥﴾

[9:6] If one of the idol worshipers sought safe passage with you, you shall grant him safe passage, so that he can hear the word of GOD, then send him back to his place of security. That is because they are people who do not know.

وَإِنْwa-inAnd ifأَحَدٌaḥadunanyoneمِّنَminaofٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipersٱسْتَجَارَكَis'tajārakaseek your protection (safe passage)فَأَجِرْهُfa-ajir'huthen grant him protection (safe passage)حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَسْمَعَyasmaʿahe hearsكَلَـٰمَkalāma(the) words ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.ثُمَّthummaThenأَبْلِغْهُabligh'huescort / forward / return himمَأْمَنَهُۥmamanahu(to) his place of safety.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they (are)قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleلَّاlānotيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know. ﴿٦﴾

[9:7] How can the idol worshipers demand any pledge from GOD and from His messenger? Exempted are those who have signed a peace treaty with you at the Sacred Masjid. If they honor and uphold such a treaty, you shall uphold it as well. GOD loves the righteous.

كَيْفَkayfaHow (can)يَكُونُyakūnuthere beلِلْمُشْرِكِينَlil'mush'rikīnafor the polytheists / idol worshipersعَهْدٌʿahduna pledgeعِندَʿindawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَعِندَwaʿindaand withرَسُولِهِۦٓrasūlihiHis messenger,إِلَّاillāexceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(with) those whomعَـٰهَدتُّمْʿāhadttumyou [all] made a covenant / treatyعِندَʿindanearٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi[the] Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmithe Sacred?فَمَاfamāSo long asٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟is'taqāmūthey remain upright / seek to upholdلَكُمْlakumto you [all]فَٱسْتَقِيمُوا۟fa-is'taqīmūthen remain upright / seek to uphold [you all]لَهُمْlahumto them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٧﴾

[9:8] How can they (demand a pledge) when they never observed any rights of kinship between you and them, nor any covenant, if they ever had a chance to prevail. They pacified you with lip service, while their hearts were in opposition, and most of them are wicked.

كَيْفَkayfaHow,وَإِنwa-inand ifيَظْهَرُوا۟yaẓharūthey gain dominanceعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you [all]لَاlānotيَرْقُبُوا۟yarqubūthey observeفِيكُمْfīkumwith you [all]إِلًّاillan(of) kinshipوَلَاwalāand notذِمَّةًdhimmatana protection covenant / guarantee.يُرْضُونَكُمyur'ḍūnakumThey satisfy / pacify you [all]بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْbi-afwāhihimwith their mouthsوَتَأْبَىٰwatabābut [it] refusesقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir heartsوَأَكْثَرُهُمْwa-aktharuhumand most of them (are)فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūnadefiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿٨﴾

[9:9] They traded away GOD's revelations for a cheap price. Consequently, they repulsed the people from His path. Miserable indeed is what they did!

ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ish'tarawThey sold / traded (away)بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti[with] (the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godثَمَنًاthamanan(for) a price,قَلِيلًاqalīlanlittle / cheapفَصَدُّوا۟faṣaddūand they hindered / repulsed (people)عَنʿanfromسَبِيلِهِۦٓsabīlihiHis path.إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, [they]سَآءَsāaevil (is)مَاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿٩﴾

[9:10] They never observe any rights of kinship towards any believer, nor do they uphold their covenants; these are the real transgressors.

لَاlāNotيَرْقُبُونَyarqubūnathey observeفِىfīamongمُؤْمِنٍmu'minina believerإِلًّاillankinshipوَلَاwalāand notذِمَّةًdhimmatana protection covenant / guarantee.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْمُعْتَدُونَl-muʿ'tadūnathe transgressors. ﴿١٠﴾

[9:11] If they repent and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), then they are your brethren in religion. We thus explain the revelations for people who know.

فَإِنfa-inBut ifتَابُوا۟tābūthey repentedوَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand they observedٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawūand they gaveٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat),فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْfa-ikh'wānukumthen (they are) your brothers / brethrenفِىfīinٱلدِّينِl-dīni[the] religion.وَنُفَصِّلُwanufaṣṣiluAnd we explain in detailٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelationsلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know. ﴿١١﴾

[9:12] If they violate their oaths after pledging to keep their covenants, and attack your religion, you may fight the leaders of paganism - you are no longer bound by your covenant with them - that they may refrain.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifنَّكَثُوٓا۟nakathūthey broke / violatedأَيْمَـٰنَهُمaymānahumtheir oathsمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterعَهْدِهِمْʿahdihimtheir covenantوَطَعَنُوا۟waṭaʿanūand they spoke ill and attackedفِىfī[in]دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion,فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا۟faqātilūthen fight [you all]أَئِمَّةَa-immata(the) leaders (of)ٱلْكُفْرِl-kuf'ri[the] disbelief (paganism),إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, theyلَآlānoأَيْمَـٰنَaymānaoathsلَهُمْlahumfor them,لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَنتَهُونَyantahūna[they] cease / refrain. ﴿١٢﴾

[9:13] Would you not fight people who violated their treaties, tried to banish the messenger, and they are the ones who started the war in the first place? Are you afraid of them? GOD is the One you are supposed to fear, if you are believers.

أَلَاalāWill notتُقَـٰتِلُونَtuqātilūnayou [all] fightقَوْمًاqawmana peopleنَّكَثُوٓا۟nakathūthey broke / violatedأَيْمَـٰنَهُمْaymānahumtheir oaths / treaties وَهَمُّوا۟wahammūand they intended / plannedبِإِخْرَاجِbi-ikh'rājito banishٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe messengerوَهُمwahumand theyبَدَءُوكُمْbadaūkum[they] initiated / began (to attack) you [all]أَوَّلَawwalafirstمَرَّةٍmarratintime?أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْatakhshawnahumDo you [all] fear them?فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuBut God (is)أَحَقُّaḥaqqumore worthyأَنanthatتَخْشَوْهُtakhshawhuyou [all] (should) fear Him,إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿١٣﴾

[9:14] You shall fight them, for GOD will punish them at your hands, humiliate them, grant you victory over them, and cool the chests of the believers.

قَـٰتِلُوهُمْqātilūhumFight them [you all]يُعَذِّبْهُمُyuʿadhib'humu[He] will punish themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِأَيْدِيكُمْbi-aydīkumby your handsوَيُخْزِهِمْwayukh'zihimand He will humiliate themوَيَنصُرْكُمْwayanṣur'kumand He gives you [all] support / victoryعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them,وَيَشْفِwayashfiand He heals / coolصُدُورَṣudūra(the) chests (of)قَوْمٍqawmina peopleمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnaones who believe. ﴿١٤﴾

[9:15] He will also remove the rage from the believers' hearts. GOD redeems whomever He wills. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

وَيُذْهِبْwayudh'hibAnd He removesغَيْظَghayẓa(the) anger / rageقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihim(from) their hearts.وَيَتُوبُwayatūbuAnd [He] redeemsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىٰʿalāofمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿١٥﴾

[9:16] Did you think that you will be left alone without GOD distinguishing those among you who strive, and never ally themselves with GOD's enemies, or the enemies of His messenger, or the enemies of the believers? GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.

أَمْamOr haveحَسِبْتُمْḥasib'tumyou [all] thoughtأَنanthatتُتْرَكُوا۟tut'rakūyou [all] (would be) leftوَلَمَّاwalammāwhile (has) yet يَعْلَمِyaʿlami[He] distinguishesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoجَـٰهَدُوا۟jāhadūthey stroveمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all],وَلَمْwalamand notيَتَّخِذُوا۟yattakhidhūthey take مِنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَلَاwalāand notرَسُولِهِۦrasūlihiHis messengerوَلَاwalāand notٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersوَلِيجَةًwalījatan(as) intimate friends / mergers / allies?وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrunCognizantبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do. ﴿١٦﴾

[9:17] The idol worshipers are not to frequent the masjids of GOD, while confessing their disbelief. These have nullified their works, and they will abide forever in Hell.

مَاmā Notكَانَkānait wasلِلْمُشْرِكِينَlil'mush'rikīna[for] the polytheists / idol worshipersأَنanthatيَعْمُرُوا۟yaʿmurūthey maintain / frequentمَسَـٰجِدَmasājida(the) masjid (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodشَـٰهِدِينَshāhidīna(while they are) [ones] testifying / confessing عَلَىٰٓʿalāagainstأَنفُسِهِمanfusihimthemselvesبِٱلْكُفْرِbil-kuf'ri[in the] disbelief.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika(For) those,حَبِطَتْḥabiṭat[it] became nullifiedأَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir works,وَفِىwafīand inٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fireهُمْhumtheyخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿١٧﴾

[9:18] The only people to frequent GOD's masjids are those who believe in GOD and the Last Day, and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and do not fear except GOD. These will surely be among the guided ones.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيَعْمُرُyaʿmuru[he] maintains / frequentsمَسَـٰجِدَmasājida(the) masjid (mosque of) ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)مَنْman(one) whoءَامَنَāmana[he] believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last,وَأَقَامَwa-aqāmaand [he] observedٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتَىwaātāand [he] gaveٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)وَلَمْwalamand notيَخْشَyakhshahe fearsإِلَّاillāexceptٱللَّهَl-lahaGod.فَعَسَىٰٓfaʿasāThen perhapsأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose,أَنan[that]يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey areمِنَminaofٱلْمُهْتَدِينَl-muh'tadīnathe guided ones. ﴿١٨﴾

[9:19] Have you considered the watering of the pilgrims and caring for the Sacred Masjid a substitute for believing in GOD and the Last Day, and striving in the cause of GOD? They are not equal in the sight of GOD. GOD does not guide the wicked people.

أَجَعَلْتُمْajaʿaltumHave you [all] consideredسِقَايَةَsiqāyata(the) providing of water (to)ٱلْحَآجِّl-ḥājithe pilgrimsوَعِمَارَةَwaʿimārataand (the) maintaining / caring (for)ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidithe Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmithe Sacredكَمَنْkamanlike (the one) whoءَامَنَāmana[he] believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last,وَجَـٰهَدَwajāhadaand he stroveفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God?لَاlāNotيَسْتَوُۥنَyastawūnathey are equalعِندَʿindain the sight of ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers / wicked [ones]. ﴿١٩﴾

[9:20] Those who believe, and emigrate, and strive in the cause of GOD with their money and their lives, are far greater in rank in the sight of GOD. These are the winners.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَهَاجَرُوا۟wahājarūand they emigratedوَجَـٰهَدُوا۟wajāhadūand they stroveفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godبِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihimwith their wealthوَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihimand their lives (are)أَعْظَمُaʿẓamugreaterدَرَجَةًdarajatan(in) rankعِندَʿindain the sight of ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْفَآئِزُونَl-fāizūnathe successful ones. ﴿٢٠﴾

[9:21] Their Lord gives them good news: mercy and approval from Him, and gardens where they rejoice in everlasting bliss.

يُبَشِّرُهُمْyubashiruhum[He] gives them good newsرَبُّهُمrabbuhumtheir Lord بِرَحْمَةٍbiraḥmatinof mercyمِّنْهُmin'hufrom Himوَرِضْوَٰنٍwariḍ'wāninand pleasure,وَجَنَّـٰتٍwajannātinand gardensلَّهُمْlahumfor themفِيهَاfīhāin it (is)نَعِيمٌnaʿīmunblissمُّقِيمٌmuqīmunenduring / everlasting. ﴿٢١﴾

[9:22] Eternally they abide therein. GOD possesses a great recompense.

خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[Ones] eternally abidingفِيهَآfīhāin itأَبَدًاabadanforever.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith Him (is)أَجْرٌajruna reward / recompenseعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿٢٢﴾

[9:23] O you who believe, do not ally yourselves even with your parents and your siblings, if they prefer disbelieving over believing. Those among you who ally themselves with them are transgressing.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūyou [all] takeءَابَآءَكُمْābāakumyour forefathers / parents,وَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْwa-ikh'wānakumand your brothers / siblingsأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) alliesإِنِiniifٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟is'taḥabbūthey seek to preferٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'rathe disbeliefعَلَىʿalāoverٱلْإِيمَـٰنِl-īmānithe faith / belief.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَوَلَّهُمyatawallahum[he] takes them as alliesمِّنكُمْminkumamong you [all],فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers. ﴿٢٣﴾

[9:24] Proclaim: "If your parents, your children, your siblings, your spouses, your family, the money you have earned, a business you worry about, and the homes you cherish are more beloved to you than GOD and His messenger,** and the striving in His cause, then just wait until GOD brings His judgment." GOD does not guide the wicked people.

قُلْqulSay / Proclaim,إِنin"Ifكَانَkāna[it were]ءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumyour fathers / parentsوَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْwa-abnāukumand your children,وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْwa-ikh'wānukumand your brothers / siblings,وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْwa-azwājukumand your spouses,وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْwaʿashīratukumand your companions / family,وَأَمْوَٰلٌwa-amwālunand wealthٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَاiq'taraftumūhā(that) you [all] acquired it,وَتِجَـٰرَةٌwatijāratunand (the) businessتَخْشَوْنَtakhshawnayou [all] fear / worry (about)كَسَادَهَاkasādahāits decline / slump,وَمَسَـٰكِنُwamasākinuand (the) dwellings / homesتَرْضَوْنَهَآtarḍawnahā(that) you [all] delight in it / cherish it (are)أَحَبَّaḥabbamore belovedإِلَيْكُمilaykumto you [all]مِّنَminathanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messengerوَجِهَادٍwajihādinand strivingفِىfīinسَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis causeفَتَرَبَّصُوا۟fatarabbaṣūthen you [all] wait حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَأْتِىَyatiya[He] bringsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihiby His command.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]." ﴿٢٤﴾

*9:24 Since the odds are overwhelming against any human being to actually believe and devote the worship to God alone (12:103, 106), it is virtually impossible to see a whole family believe. Thus, most believers have been faced with the question: "Either me or God and His messenger." This question is consistently stated by spouses of the believers, or their parents, their children, etc. Consistently, the believers made the right choice. This is a mandatory test for all believers (29:2). **9:24 The Quranic, mathematical evidence points specifically at God's Messenger of the Covenant. By adding the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505), plus the value of "Khalifa" (725), plus the verse number (24), we get 505+725+24=1254=19x66.

[9:25] GOD has granted you victory in many situations. But on the day of Hunayn, you became too proud of your great number. Consequently, it did not help you at all, and the spacious earth became so straitened around you, that you turned around and fled.

لَقَدْlaqadVerily,نَصَرَكُمُnaṣarakumu[He] helped / gave victory to you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفِىfīinمَوَاطِنَmawāṭinaplaces / positions [in battlefields] (situations)كَثِيرَةٍkathīratinmany,وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) day (of)حُنَيْنٍḥunayninHunayn,إِذْidhwhenأَعْجَبَتْكُمْaʿjabatkum[it] astonished / impressed you [all] (*you [all] became proud)كَثْرَتُكُمْkathratukumyour multitude,فَلَمْfalambut notتُغْنِtugh'niit avails / helpsعَنكُمْʿankum[for] you [all]شَيْـًٔاshayananythingوَضَاقَتْwaḍāqatand [it] became straitenedعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you [all]ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earthبِمَاbimāeven thoughرَحُبَتْraḥubatit was vastثُمَّthummathenوَلَّيْتُمwallaytumyou [all] turned back,مُّدْبِرِينَmud'birīna[ones] fleeing. ﴿٢٥﴾

[9:26] Then GOD sent down contentment upon His messenger and upon the believers. And He sent down invisible soldiers; He thus punished those who disbelieved. This is the requital for the disbelievers.

ثُمَّthummaThenأَنزَلَanzala[He] sent downٱللَّهُl-lahuGodسَكِينَتَهُۥsakīnatahuHis tranquility / contentmentعَلَىٰʿalāuponرَسُولِهِۦrasūlihiHis messenger,وَعَلَىwaʿalāand uponٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersوَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand He sent downجُنُودًاjunūdanforces / soldiers,لَّمْlamnotتَرَوْهَاtarawhāyou [all] (could) see themوَعَذَّبَwaʿadhabaand He punishedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved.وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that (is)جَزَآءُjazāu(the) requitalٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(for) the disbelievers. ﴿٢٦﴾

[9:27] Ultimately, GOD redeems whomever He wills. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

ثُمَّthummaThenيَتُوبُyatūbu[He] redeemsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathatعَلَىٰʿalāforمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٢٧﴾

[9:28] O you who believe, the idol worshipers are polluted; they shall not be permitted to approach the Sacred Masjid after this year. If you fear loss of income, GOD will shower you with His provisions, in accordance with His will. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!إِنَّمَاinnamāIndeed, thatٱلْمُشْرِكُونَl-mush'rikūnathe polytheists / idol worshipers (are)نَجَسٌnajasununclean / pollutedفَلَاfalā so (let) notيَقْرَبُوا۟yaqrabū[they] come nearٱلْمَسْجِدَl-masjidathe Masjidٱلْحَرَامَl-ḥarāmathe Sacredبَعْدَbaʿdaafterعَامِهِمْʿāmihimtheir [lunar] yearهَـٰذَاhādhāthis.وَإِنْwa-inAnd ifخِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou [all] fearedعَيْلَةًʿaylatanpoverty,فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soonيُغْنِيكُمُyugh'nīkumu[He] will enrich you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminfromفَضْلِهِۦٓfaḍlihiHis bounty / provision,إِنinifشَآءَshāaHe willed.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٢٨﴾

[9:29] You shall fight back against those who do not believe in GOD, nor in the Last Day, nor do they prohibit what GOD and His messenger have prohibited, nor do they abide by the religion of truth among those who received the scripture, until they pay the due tax, willingly or unwillingly.

قَـٰتِلُوا۟qātilūFight [you all]ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlānotيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَلَاwalāand notبِٱلْيَوْمِbil-yawmiin the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last,وَلَاwalāand notيُحَرِّمُونَyuḥarrimūnathey prohibitمَاmāwhatحَرَّمَḥarrama[He] prohibitedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His messenger,وَلَاwalāand notيَدِينُونَyadīnūnathey acknowledge / abide / observeدِينَdīna(the) religion (of)ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth,مِنَminafromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtūthey were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيُعْطُوا۟yuʿ'ṭūthey give / reward / offer (pay)ٱلْجِزْيَةَl-jiz'yatathe (war) reparations / due taxعَنʿan from*يَدٍyadinhand (*willingly) وَهُمْwahum (or) while they*صَـٰغِرُونَṣāghirūna[ones] subjected (*unwillingly). ﴿٢٩﴾

[9:30] The Jews said, "Ezra is the son of GOD," while the Christians said, "Jesus is the son of GOD!" These are blasphemies uttered by their mouths. They thus match the blasphemies of those who have disbelieved in the past. GOD condemns them. They have surely deviated.

وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd [it] saidٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūduthe Jews,عُزَيْرٌʿuzayrun"Ezra (is)ٱبْنُub'nuson (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod."وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd [it] saidٱلنَّصَـٰرَىl-naṣārāthe Christians,ٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥu"[the] Messiah (is)ٱبْنُub'nuson (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod."ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)قَوْلُهُمqawluhumtheir sayingبِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْbi-afwāhihimwith their mouths,يُضَـٰهِـُٔونَyuḍāhiūnathey imitate / resemble / matchقَوْلَqawla(the) sayingٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelievedمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore.قَـٰتَلَهُمُqātalahumu[He] condemned them,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod;أَنَّىٰannāhowيُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnathey turn away / deviate? ﴿٣٠﴾

[9:31] They have set up their religious leaders and scholars as lords,* instead of GOD. Others deified the Messiah, son of Mary. They were all commanded to worship only one god. There is no god except He. Be He glorified, high above having any partners.

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhūThey tookأَحْبَارَهُمْaḥbārahumtheir religious leaders / scholarsوَرُهْبَـٰنَهُمْwaruh'bānahumand their monksأَرْبَابًاarbāban(as) lordsمِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGod;وَٱلْمَسِيحَwal-masīḥaeven the Messiah,ٱبْنَib'nason (of)مَرْيَمَmaryamaMary.وَمَآwamāAnd notأُمِرُوٓا۟umirūthey were commandedإِلَّاillāexceptلِيَعْبُدُوٓا۟liyaʿbudūthat they worshipإِلَـٰهًاilāhangodوَٰحِدًاwāḥidanone.لَّآlā(There is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim.سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlory be to Himعَمَّاʿammāfrom whatيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate (with Him). ﴿٣١﴾

*9:31 If you consult the "Muslim scholars" about worshiping God alone, and upholding the word of God alone, as taught in this proven scripture, they will advise you against it. If you consult the Pope about the identity of Jesus, he will advise you to uphold a trinity. If you obey the "Muslim scholars" whose advice is contrary to God's teachings, or if you take the Pope's advice instead of God's, you have set up these religious leaders as gods instead of God.

[9:32] They want to put out GOD's light with their mouths, but GOD insists upon perfecting His light, in spite of the disbelievers.

يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnaThey wantأَنanthatيُطْفِـُٔوا۟yuṭ'fiū[they] extinguish / put outنُورَnūra(the) lightٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godبِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْbi-afwāhihimwith their mouths,وَيَأْبَىwayabābut [He] refusesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatيُتِمَّyutimmaHe completes / perfectsنُورَهُۥnūrahuHis Lightوَلَوْwalaweven thoughكَرِهَkariha[he] disliked (it)ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers. ﴿٣٢﴾

[9:33] He is the One who sent His messenger* with the guidance and the religion of truth, and will make it dominate all religions, in spite of the idol worshipers.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَرْسَلَarsalaHe sentرَسُولَهُۥrasūlahuHis messengerبِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāwith the guidanceوَدِينِwadīniand (the) religion (of)ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] truth,لِيُظْهِرَهُۥliyuẓ'hirahuthat He may make it dominateعَلَىʿalāoverٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religionكُلِّهِۦkullihiall [of it].وَلَوْwalawEven thoughكَرِهَkariha[he] disliked (it)ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَl-mush'rikūnathe polytheists / idol worshipers. ﴿٣٣﴾

*9:33 This statement, letter for letter, occurs here and in 61:9. If we write down the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505), followed by the value of "Khalifa" (725), followed by the sura and verse numbers where this statement occurs (9:33 & 61:9), we get 505 725 9 33 61 9, a multiple of 19. This confirms that the messenger here is Rashad Khalifa. Additionally, the number of verses from 9:33 to 61:9 (3902)+9+33+61+9+the value of "Rashad Khalifa" (1230) gives 5244, also a multiple of 19. The gematrical value of 9:33 & 61:9, calculated by adding the values of every letter, is 7858. By adding this number, plus the number of letters in the two verses (120), plus the number of verses from 9:33 to 61:9 (3902), plus the value of "Rashad Khalifa" (1230), we get 7858+120+3902+1230 = 13110 = 19x690. See Appendices 1, 2, and 26.

[9:34] O you who believe, many religious leaders and preachers take the people's money illicitly, and repel from the path of GOD. Those who hoard the gold and silver, and do not spend them in the cause of GOD, promise them a painful retribution.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!إِنَّinnaIndeed,كَثِيرًاkathīranmanyمِّنَminaofٱلْأَحْبَارِl-aḥbārithe rabbis / religious leaders / scholarsوَٱلرُّهْبَانِwal-ruh'bāniand the monksلَيَأْكُلُونَlayakulūnasurely they eat / consumeأَمْوَٰلَamwāla(the) wealth (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliin the corruption (*corruptly / illicitly),وَيَصُدُّونَwayaṣuddūnaand [they] hinder / repelعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيَكْنِزُونَyaknizūnathey hoardٱلذَّهَبَl-dhahabathe goldوَٱلْفِضَّةَwal-fiḍataand the silver,وَلَاwalāand (do) notيُنفِقُونَهَاyunfiqūnahāthey spend itفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,فَبَشِّرْهُمfabashir'hum[so] promise themبِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinof a punishment / retributionأَلِيمٍalīminpainful. ﴿٣٤﴾

[9:35] The day will come when their gold and silver will be heated in the fire of Hell, then used to burn their foreheads, their sides, and their backs: "This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you have hoarded."

يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيُحْمَىٰyuḥ'māit will be heatedعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāover itفِىfīinنَارِnāri(the) Fire (of)جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell,فَتُكْوَىٰfatuk'wāand it will be brandedبِهَاbihāwith itجِبَاهُهُمْjibāhuhumtheir foreheadsوَجُنُوبُهُمْwajunūbuhumand their sidesوَظُهُورُهُمْwaẓuhūruhumand their backs.هَـٰذَاhādhā"This (is)مَاmāwhatكَنَزْتُمْkanaztumyou [all] hoardedلِأَنفُسِكُمْli-anfusikumfor yourselves,فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūso taste [you all]مَاmāwhatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَكْنِزُونَtaknizūna[you all] hoard." ﴿٣٥﴾

[9:36] The count of months, as far as GOD is concerned, is twelve.* This has been GOD's law, since the day He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred. This is the perfect religion; you shall not wrong your souls (by fighting) during the Sacred Months. However, you may declare all-out war against the idol worshipers (even during the Sacred Months), when they declare all-out war against you, and know that GOD is on the side of the righteous.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,عِدَّةَʿiddata(the) number (of)ٱلشُّهُورِl-shuhūrithe monthsعِندَʿindaaccording toٱللَّهِl-lahiGodٱثْنَاith'nā two*عَشَرَʿasharaten (*twelve)شَهْرًاshahranmonth(s)فِىfīinكِتَـٰبِkitābi(the) ordinance / decree (law)ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godيَوْمَyawma(from the) DayخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth;مِنْهَآmin'hāthereof.أَرْبَعَةٌarbaʿatunFour (are)حُرُمٌḥurumunsacred.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)ٱلدِّينُl-dīnuthe religionٱلْقَيِّمُl-qayimuthe right / perfect,فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَظْلِمُوا۟taẓlimū[you all] wrongفِيهِنَّfīhinnathereinأَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves / your souls.وَقَـٰتِلُوا۟waqātilūAnd fight [you all]ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipersكَآفَّةًkāffatanaltogether,كَمَاkamāasيُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْyuqātilūnakumthey fight you [all]كَآفَّةًkāffatanaltogether.وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مَعَmaʿawithٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٣٦﴾

*9:36 The word "month" is mentioned in the Quran 12 times, and "day" 365 times.

[9:37] Altering the Sacred Months is a sign of excessive disbelief; it augments the straying of those who have disbelieved. They alternate the Sacred Months and the regular months, while preserving the number of months consecrated by GOD. They thus violate what GOD has consecrated. Their evil works are adorned in their eyes. GOD does not guide the disbelieving people.

إِنَّمَاinnamāIndeed, thatٱلنَّسِىٓءُl-nasīuthe ruling power and glory / postponing / altering (the Sacred Months)زِيَادَةٌziyādatunincreases / exceeds / augmentsفِىfīinٱلْكُفْرِl-kuf'rithe disbelief,يُضَلُّyuḍalluit sends astrayبِهِbihiby itٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved.يُحِلُّونَهُۥyuḥillūnahuThey make it lawful / permit itعَامًاʿāmana [lunar] yearوَيُحَرِّمُونَهُۥwayuḥarrimūnahuand they make it unlawful / prohibit itعَامًاʿāman(another) [lunar] year.لِّيُوَاطِـُٔوا۟liyuwāṭiūThat they may adjust / make equalعِدَّةَʿiddata(the) number (of months)مَاmāwhichحَرَّمَḥarrama[He] made unlawful / Sacredٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَيُحِلُّوا۟fayuḥillūthen they make lawful / permit / violateمَاmāwhatحَرَّمَḥarrama[He] made unlawful / Sacredٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.زُيِّنَzuyyinaIt was adornedلَهُمْlahumfor themسُوٓءُsūu(the) evil (of)أَعْمَـٰلِهِمْaʿmālihimtheir deeds.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers. ﴿٣٧﴾

*9:37 The Sacred Months according to the corrupted Muslim World are Rajab, Zul-Qe'dah, Zul-Hijjah, and Muharram (7th, 11th, 12th and 1st months of the Islamic Calendar). A careful study of the Quran, however, reveals that they should be Zul-Hijjah, Muharram, Safar, and Rabi I (12th, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd months). See Footnote 2:196.

[9:38] O you who believe, when you are told, "Mobilize in the cause of GOD," why do you become heavily attached to the ground? Have you chosen this worldly life in place of the Hereafter? The materials of this world, compared to the Hereafter, are nil.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!مَاmāWhatلَكُمْlakum(is the matter) with you [all]إِذَاidhāwhenقِيلَqīlait was saidلَكُمُlakumuto you [all],ٱنفِرُوا۟infirū"go forth / mobilize [you all]فِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,"ٱثَّاقَلْتُمْithāqaltumyou [all] become heavily attachedإِلَىilātoٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth?أَرَضِيتُمaraḍītumHave you [all] chosenبِٱلْحَيَوٰةِbil-ḥayatiin the life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldمِنَmina(rather) thanٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter?فَمَاfamāBut not (is)مَتَـٰعُmatāʿu(the) enjoyment (of)ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldفِىfīin comparison (to)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلٌqalīluna little / nil. ﴿٣٨﴾

[9:39] Unless you mobilize, He will commit you to painful retribution and substitute other people in your place; you can never hurt Him in the least. GOD is Omnipotent.

إِلَّاillāUnlessتَنفِرُوا۟tanfirūyou [all] go forth / mobilize,يُعَذِّبْكُمْyuʿadhib'kumHe will punish you [all]عَذَابًاʿadhābanpunishment / retributionأَلِيمًاalīmana painful وَيَسْتَبْدِلْwayastabdiland He will seek to substituteقَوْمًاqawman(with) a peopleغَيْرَكُمْghayrakumother than you [all],وَلَاwalāand not (can)تَضُرُّوهُtaḍurrūhuyou [all] harm Himشَيْـًٔاshayan(in) anything.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)قَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٣٩﴾

[9:40] If you fail to support him (the messenger), GOD has already supported him. Thus, when the disbelievers chased him, and he was one of two in the cave, he said to his friend, "Do not worry; GOD is with us." GOD then sent down contentment and security upon him, and supported him with invisible soldiers. He made the word of the disbelievers lowly. GOD's word reigns supreme. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

إِلَّاillāUnlessتَنصُرُوهُtanṣurūhuyou [all] help him,فَقَدْfaqadthen alreadyنَصَرَهُnaṣarahu[He] helped himٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,إِذْidhwhenأَخْرَجَهُakhrajahu[he] drove him outٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,ثَانِىَthāniya(the) second (of)ٱثْنَيْنِith'nayni(the) two,إِذْidhwhenهُمَاhumāthey bothفِىfī(were) inٱلْغَارِl-ghārithe cave.إِذْidhWhen [in the past] / Recallيَقُولُyaqūluhe saysلِصَـٰحِبِهِۦliṣāḥibihito his companion,لَاlā"(Do) notتَحْزَنْtaḥzanyou grieve,إِنَّinnaindeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مَعَنَاmaʿanāwith us."فَأَنزَلَfa-anzalaThen [He] sent downٱللَّهُl-lahuGodسَكِينَتَهُۥsakīnatahuHis tranquility / contentmentعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him,وَأَيَّدَهُۥwa-ayyadahuand He supported himبِجُنُودٍbijunūdinwith soldiersلَّمْlamnotتَرَوْهَاtarawhāyou [all] (could) see themوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He madeكَلِمَةَkalimata(the) wordٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedٱلسُّفْلَىٰl-suf'lāthe lowly,وَكَلِمَةُwakalimatuwhile (the) wordٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godهِىَhiyait (is)ٱلْعُلْيَاl-ʿul'yāthe highest.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٤٠﴾

[9:41] You shall readily mobilize, light or heavy, and strive with your money and your lives in the cause of GOD. This is better for you, if you only knew.

ٱنفِرُوا۟infirūGo forth / mobilize [you all]خِفَافًاkhifāfanlightوَثِقَالًاwathiqālanand heavyوَجَـٰهِدُوا۟wajāhidūand strive [you all]بِأَمْوَٰلِكُمْbi-amwālikumwith your wealthوَأَنفُسِكُمْwa-anfusikumand your livesفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all],إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] [were]تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٤١﴾

[9:42] If there were a quick material gain, and a short journey, they would have followed you. But the striving is just too much for them. They will swear by GOD: "If we could, we would have mobilized with you." They thus hurt themselves, and GOD knows that they are liars.

لَوْlawIfكَانَkānathere had beenعَرَضًاʿaraḍana gainقَرِيبًاqarībannearوَسَفَرًاwasafaranand a journeyقَاصِدًاqāṣidaneasy / short,لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَla-ittabaʿūkasurely they would have followed youوَلَـٰكِنۢwalākinbutبَعُدَتْbaʿudat[it] seemed far awayعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor themٱلشُّقَّةُl-shuqatuthe distance.وَسَيَحْلِفُونَwasayaḥlifūnaAnd they will swearبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby God,لَوِlawi"Ifٱسْتَطَعْنَاis'taṭaʿnāwe were able,لَخَرَجْنَاlakharajnāsurely we would have mobilizedمَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all]."يُهْلِكُونَyuh'likūnaThey destroy / hurtأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumtheir own selvesوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand GodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows (that)إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they (are)لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūnasurely liars. ﴿٤٢﴾

[9:43] GOD has pardoned you: why did you give them permission (to stay behind), before you could distinguish those who are truthful from the liars?

عَفَاʿafā[He] pardonedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَنكَʿankafor you!لِمَlimaWhy (have)أَذِنتَadhintayou granted leaveلَهُمْlahumto themحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَتَبَيَّنَyatabayyanait becomes clear / evidentلَكَlakato youٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoصَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqū[they] proved truthful,وَتَعْلَمَwataʿlamaand you knowٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars? ﴿٤٣﴾

[9:44] Those who truly believe in GOD and the Last Day do not ask your permission to evade the opportunity to strive with their money and their lives. GOD is fully aware of the righteous.

لَاlāNotيَسْتَـْٔذِنُكَyastadhinuka[he] asks your permissionٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Lastأَنanthatيُجَـٰهِدُوا۟yujāhidūthey striveبِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihimwith their wealthوَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihimand their lives.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunAll-Knower / fully awareبِٱلْمُتَّقِينَbil-mutaqīnaof the righteous [ones]. ﴿٤٤﴾

[9:45] The only people who wish to be excused are those who do not really believe in GOD and the Last Day. Their hearts are full of doubt, and their doubts cause them to waver.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيَسْتَـْٔذِنُكَyastadhinuka[he] asks your permissionٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlānotيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last,وَٱرْتَابَتْwa-ir'tābatand [it] doubtsقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts,فَهُمْfahumso theyفِىfīinرَيْبِهِمْraybihimtheir doubtsيَتَرَدَّدُونَyataraddadūnathey waver. ﴿٤٥﴾

[9:46] Had they really wanted to mobilize, they would have prepared for it thoroughly. But GOD disliked their participation, so He discouraged them; they were told, "Stay behind with those who are staying behind."

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifأَرَادُوا۟arādūthey wished / wantedٱلْخُرُوجَl-khurūjathe mobilizationلَأَعَدُّوا۟la-aʿaddūsurely they would have preparedلَهُۥlahufor itعُدَّةًʿuddatan(some) preparation.وَلَـٰكِنwalākinButكَرِهَkariha[He] dislikedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمْinbiʿāthahumtheir being sent,فَثَبَّطَهُمْfathabbaṭahumso He made them lag behind / discouraged themوَقِيلَwaqīlaand it was said,ٱقْعُدُوا۟uq'ʿudū"Sit / stay behind [you all]مَعَmaʿawithٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīnathose who sit / stay behind." ﴿٤٦﴾

[9:47] Had they mobilized with you, they would have created confusion, and would have caused disputes and divisions among you. Some of you were apt to listen to them. GOD is fully aware of the transgressors.

لَوْlawIfخَرَجُوا۟kharajūthey mobilizedفِيكُمfīkumwith you [all],مَّاmānotزَادُوكُمْzādūkumthey (would have) increased you [all]إِلَّاillāexceptخَبَالًاkhabālan(in) disorder / confusionوَلَأَوْضَعُوا۟wala-awḍaʿūand surely they would have been franticخِلَـٰلَكُمْkhilālakum(in) your midstيَبْغُونَكُمُyabghūnakumuthey seeking (for) you [all]ٱلْفِتْنَةَl-fit'nata[the] dissension / disputes / division.وَفِيكُمْwafīkumAnd among you [all] (are some)سَمَّـٰعُونَsammāʿūnalistenersلَهُمْlahumto them.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunAll-Knower / fully awareبِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīnaof the wrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿٤٧﴾

[9:48] They sought to spread confusion among you in the past, and confounded the matters for you. However, the truth ultimately prevails, and GOD's plan is carried out, in spite of them.

لَقَدِlaqadiFor alreadyٱبْتَغَوُا۟ib'taghawūthey soughtٱلْفِتْنَةَl-fit'nata[the] dissension / disputes / divisionمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubeforeوَقَلَّبُوا۟waqallabūand they were mediating plots to upsetلَكَlakafor youٱلْأُمُورَl-umūrathe mattersحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilجَآءَjāa[it] cameٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthوَظَهَرَwaẓaharaand [it] became manifestأَمْرُamru (the) order / command ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَهُمْwahumwhile they (are)كَـٰرِهُونَkārihūna[ones] (who) disliked (it). ﴿٤٨﴾

[9:49] Some of them would say, "Give me permission (to stay behind); do not impose such a hardship on me." In fact, they have thus incurred a terrible hardship; Hell is surrounding the disbelievers.

وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd among themمَّنman(is he) whoيَقُولُyaqūluhe says,ٱئْذَنi'dhan"Grant leaveلِّىlīfor meوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَفْتِنِّىٓtaftinnīyou put me to trial / impose hardship on me."أَلَاalāIn factفِىfīinٱلْفِتْنَةِl-fit'natithe hardship / trialسَقَطُوا۟saqaṭūthey collapsed / dropped (out).وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHellلَمُحِيطَةٌۢlamuḥīṭatunsurely surroundsبِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَbil-kāfirīna[in] the disbelievers. ﴿٤٩﴾

[9:50] If something good happens to you, they hurt, and if an affliction befalls you, they say, "We told you so," as they turn away rejoicing.

إِنinIfتُصِبْكَtuṣib'ka[it] befalls youحَسَنَةٌḥasanatungood,تَسُؤْهُمْtasu'humit distresses them,وَإِنwa-inbut ifتُصِبْكَtuṣib'ka[it] afflicts / befalls youمُصِيبَةٌmuṣībatunan afflictionيَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say,قَدْqad"Verily,أَخَذْنَآakhadhnāwe tookأَمْرَنَاamranāour matterمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore."وَيَتَوَلَّوا۟wayatawallawAnd they turn awayوَّهُمْwahumwhile they (are)فَرِحُونَfariḥūna[ones] rejoicing. ﴿٥٠﴾

[9:51] Say, "Nothing happens to us, except what GOD has decreed for us. He is our Lord and Master. In GOD the believers shall trust."

قُلqulSay,لَّنlan"Neverيُصِيبَنَآyuṣībanāit befalls / afflicts usإِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatكَتَبَkataba [He] decreedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَنَاlanāfor us,هُوَhuwaHe (is)مَوْلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector / Lord and Master."وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd onٱللَّهِl-lahiGodفَلْيَتَوَكَّلِfalyatawakkaliso let [him] rely / put (their) trustٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers. ﴿٥١﴾

[9:52] Say, "You can only expect for us one of two good things (victory or martyrdom), while we expect for you condemnation from GOD and retribution from Him, or at our hands. Therefore, wait, and we will wait along with you."

قُلْqulSay,هَلْhal"Doتَرَبَّصُونَtarabbaṣūnayou [all] awaitبِنَآbināfor usإِلَّآillāexceptإِحْدَىiḥ'dāone (of)ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِl-ḥus'nayaynithe two good (things)وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile weنَتَرَبَّصُnatarabbaṣuwe awaitبِكُمْbikumfor you [all]أَنanthatيُصِيبَكُمُyuṣībakumu[He] afflicts you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinwith a punishment / retributionمِّنْminfromعِندِهِۦٓʿindihi[near] Him,أَوْaworبِأَيْدِينَاbi-aydīnāby our hands?فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟fatarabbaṣūSo you [all] wait.إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we (are)مَعَكُمmaʿakumwith you [all]مُّتَرَبِّصُونَmutarabbiṣūna[ones who are] waiting." ﴿٥٢﴾

[9:53] Say, "Spend, willingly or unwillingly. Nothing will be accepted from you, for you are evil people."

قُلْqulSay,أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqū"Spend [you all]طَوْعًاṭawʿanwillinglyأَوْaworكَرْهًاkarhanunwillingly;لَّنlanneverيُتَقَبَّلَyutaqabbalait will be acceptedمِنكُمْminkumfrom you [all].إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you [all]كُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areقَوْمًاqawmana peopleفَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient / wicked / evil [ones]." ﴿٥٣﴾

[9:54] What prevented the acceptance of their spending is that they disbelieved in GOD and His messenger, and when they observed the Contact Prayers (Salat),* they observed them lazily, and when they gave to charity, they did so grudgingly.

وَمَاwamāAnd notمَنَعَهُمْmanaʿahumit prevented themأَنanthatتُقْبَلَtuq'balait is acceptedمِنْهُمْmin'humfrom themنَفَقَـٰتُهُمْnafaqātuhumtheir contributions / spendingإِلَّآillāexceptأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَبِرَسُولِهِۦwabirasūlihiand in His messenger,وَلَاwalāand notيَأْتُونَyatūnathey come (to)ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)إِلَّاillāexceptوَهُمْwahumwhile they (are)كُسَالَىٰkusālālazy,وَلَاwalāand notيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spendإِلَّاillāexceptوَهُمْwahumwhile they (are)كَـٰرِهُونَkārihūna[ones] averse / unwilling. ﴿٥٤﴾

*9:54 This is another proof that the Contact Prayers (Salat) existed before the Quran, and were handed down from Abraham (see 21:73). Also, it stumps those who challenge God's assertion that the Quran is complete and fully detailed when they ask, "Where can we find the details of the Contact Prayers in the Quran?" (6:19, 38, 114).

[9:55] Do not be impressed by their money, or their children. GOD causes these to be sources of retribution for them in this life, and (when they die) their souls depart while they are disbelievers.

فَلَاfalāSo (let) notتُعْجِبْكَtuʿ'jib'ka[it] impress youأَمْوَٰلُهُمْamwāluhumtheir wealthوَلَآwalāand notأَوْلَـٰدُهُمْawlāduhumtheir children.إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيُرِيدُyurīdu[He] intendsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيُعَذِّبَهُمliyuʿadhibahumthat He may punish themبِهَاbihāwith itفِىfīinٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,وَتَزْهَقَwatazhaqaand [it] departsأَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumtheir soulsوَهُمْwahumwhile they (are)كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūnadisbelievers. ﴿٥٥﴾

[9:56] They swear by GOD that they belong with you, while they do not belong with you; they are divisive people.

وَيَحْلِفُونَwayaḥlifūnaAnd they swearبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Godإِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they (are)لَمِنكُمْlaminkumsurely of you [all],وَمَاwamāwhile notهُمhumthey (are)مِّنكُمْminkumof you [all],وَلَـٰكِنَّهُمْwalākinnahumbut they (are)قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleيَفْرَقُونَyafraqūna[they are] divisive. ﴿٥٦﴾

[9:57] If they could find a refuge, or caves, or a hiding place, they would go to it, rushing.

لَوْlawIfيَجِدُونَyajidūnathey (could) findمَلْجَـًٔاmalja-ana place of refugeأَوْaworمَغَـٰرَٰتٍmaghārātinhollow places / cavesأَوْaworمُدَّخَلًاmuddakhalana retreating / hiding place,لَّوَلَّوْا۟lawallawsurely they would have turned backإِلَيْهِilayhito it,وَهُمْwahumand theyيَجْمَحُونَyajmaḥūna[they] rushing. ﴿٥٧﴾

[9:58] Some of them criticize your distribution of the charities; if they are given therefrom, they become satisfied, but if they are not given therefrom, they become objectors.

وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd among themمَّنman(is he) whoيَلْمِزُكَyalmizukahe criticizes youفِىfīconcerningٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِl-ṣadaqātithe charities.فَإِنْfa-inThen ifأُعْطُوا۟uʿ'ṭūthey were offered / givenمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it,رَضُوا۟raḍūthey were pleased / satisfied;وَإِنwa-inbut ifلَّمْlamnotيُعْطَوْا۟yuʿ'ṭawthey are offered / givenمِنْهَآmin'hāfrom it,إِذَاidhābehold!هُمْhumtheyيَسْخَطُونَyaskhaṭūna[they are] enraged / displeased / offended. ﴿٥٨﴾

[9:59] They should be satisfied with what GOD and His messenger have given them. They should have said, "GOD suffices us. GOD will provide for us from His bounties, and so will His messenger. We are seeking only GOD."

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifأَنَّهُمْannahum[that] theyرَضُوا۟raḍū[they] were pleased / satisfiedمَآmā(with) whatءَاتَىٰهُمُātāhumu[He] gave themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His messenger,وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand [they] said,حَسْبُنَاḥasbunā"Sufficient for us (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,سَيُؤْتِينَاsayu'tīnā [He] will give usٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminofفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bountyوَرَسُولُهُۥٓwarasūluhuand His messenger.إِنَّآinnāIndeed, weإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGodرَٰغِبُونَrāghibūna[ones] who turn humbly / suplicate earnestly." ﴿٥٩﴾

[9:60] Charities shall go to the poor, the needy, the workers who collect them, the new converts, to free the slaves, to those burdened by sudden expenses, in the cause of GOD, and to the traveling alien. Such is GOD's commandment. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyٱلصَّدَقَـٰتُl-ṣadaqātuthe charities (are)لِلْفُقَرَآءِlil'fuqarāifor the poor,وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the poor / needyوَٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَwal-ʿāmilīnaand those who work (collect)عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāfor them,وَٱلْمُؤَلَّفَةِwal-mu-alafatiand the ones inclined*قُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts (*new converts),وَفِىwafīand inٱلرِّقَابِl-riqābithe freeing of the necks (*freeing of slaves),وَٱلْغَـٰرِمِينَwal-ghārimīnaand the ones in debt,وَفِىwafīand inسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَٱبْنِwa-ib'ni and son (of)*ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe path / road (*and the traveling alien).فَرِيضَةًfarīḍatanAn obligation / law / commandmentمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٦٠﴾

[9:61] Some of them hurt the prophet by saying, "He is all ears!" Say, "It is better for you that he listens to you. He believes in GOD, and trusts the believers. He is a mercy for those among you who believe." Those who hurt GOD's messenger have incurred a painful retribution.

وَمِنْهُمُwamin'humuAnd among them (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُؤْذُونَyu'dhūnathey hurtٱلنَّبِىَّl-nabiyathe prophetوَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say,هُوَhuwa"He (is)أُذُنٌudhununan ear (*he only listens)."قُلْqulSay,أُذُنُudhunu"An ear (is)خَيْرٍkhayrinbetterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]يُؤْمِنُyu'minuhe believesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin God,وَيُؤْمِنُwayu'minuand he believes / trustsلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīna[for] the believers,وَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand (is) a mercyلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]."وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيُؤْذُونَyu'dhūnathey hurtرَسُولَrasūla(the) messengerٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,لَهُمْlahumfor them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿٦١﴾

[9:62] They swear by GOD to you, to please you, when GOD and His messenger are more worthy of pleasing, if they are really believers.

يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnaThey swearبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Godلَكُمْlakumto you [all]لِيُرْضُوكُمْliyur'ḍūkumthat they may please you [all]وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile Godوَرَسُولُهُۥٓwarasūluhuand His messengerأَحَقُّaḥaqqu(have) more rightأَنanthatيُرْضُوهُyur'ḍūhuthey please Him,إِنinifكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereمُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿٦٢﴾

[9:63] Did they not know that anyone who opposes GOD and His messenger has incurred the fire of Hell forever? This is the worst humiliation.

أَلَمْalamDo notيَعْلَمُوٓا۟yaʿlamūthey knowأَنَّهُۥannahuthat heمَنmanwhoيُحَادِدِyuḥādidihe opposesٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His messenger,فَأَنَّfa-anna[then] that,لَهُۥlahufor himنَارَnāraFireجَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell,خَـٰلِدًاkhālidanabiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it?ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)ٱلْخِزْىُl-khiz'yuthe humiliationٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great. ﴿٦٣﴾

[9:64] The hypocrites worry that a sura may be revealed exposing what is inside their hearts. Say, "Go ahead and mock. GOD will expose exactly what you are afraid of."

يَحْذَرُyaḥdharu[He] fears / concernsٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَl-munāfiqūnathe hypocritesأَنanlestتُنَزَّلَtunazzalait revealsعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout themسُورَةٌsūratuna sura,تُنَبِّئُهُمtunabbi-uhumit informing themبِمَاbimāof what (is)فِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts.قُلِquliSay,ٱسْتَهْزِءُوٓا۟is'tahziū"Mock, [you all]إِنَّinnaindeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مُخْرِجٌmukh'rijunOne who will bring forthمَّاmāwhatتَحْذَرُونَtaḥdharūnayou [all] fear / concern." ﴿٦٤﴾

[9:65] If you ask them, they would say, "We were only mocking and kidding." Say, "Do you realize that you are mocking GOD, and His revelations, and His messenger?"

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd surely ifسَأَلْتَهُمْsa-altahumyou asked them,لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnasurely they will say,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyكُنَّاkunnāwe wereنَخُوضُnakhūḍu[we] mockingوَنَلْعَبُwanalʿabuand [we] playing."قُلْqulSay,أَبِٱللَّهِabil-lahi"Is it in Godوَءَايَـٰتِهِۦwaāyātihiand His verses / revelationsوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messengerكُنتُمْkuntum(that) you [all] wereتَسْتَهْزِءُونَtastahziūna[you all] mocking?" ﴿٦٥﴾

[9:66] Do not apologize. You have disbelieved after having believed. If we pardon some of you, we will punish others among you, as a consequence of their wickedness.

لَاlā(Do) notتَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirū[you all] make excuses;قَدْqadverily,كَفَرْتُمkafartumyou [all] disbelievedبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِيمَـٰنِكُمْīmānikumyour faith / belief.إِنinIfنَّعْفُnaʿfuwe pardonعَنʿan[from]طَآئِفَةٍṭāifatinsomeمِّنكُمْminkumof you [all]نُعَذِّبْnuʿadhibwe will punishطَآئِفَةًۢṭāifatansome,بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereمُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals / sinners / wicked [ones]. ﴿٦٦﴾

[9:67] The hypocrite men and the hypocrite women belong with each other - they advocate evil and prohibit righteousness, and they are stingy. They forgot GOD, so He forgot them. The hypocrites are truly wicked.

ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَal-munāfiqūnaThe hypocrite menوَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُwal-munāfiqātuand the hypocrite women,بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of them*مِّنۢmin(are) ofبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others (*each other).يَأْمُرُونَyamurūnaThey enjoin / advocateبِٱلْمُنكَرِbil-munkari[in] the wrong / disapproved / immoralityوَيَنْهَوْنَwayanhawnaand [they] forbidعَنِʿanifromٱلْمَعْرُوفِl-maʿrūfithe righteousness / morality / approved / kindness,وَيَقْبِضُونَwayaqbiḍūnaand they clench*أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands (*they are stingy).نَسُوا۟nasūThey forgotٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,فَنَسِيَهُمْfanasiyahumso He forgot them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites,هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūnathe defiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿٦٧﴾

[9:68] GOD promises the hypocrite men and the hypocrite women, as well as the disbelievers, the fire of Hell, wherein they abide forever. It suffices them. GOD has condemned them; they have incurred an everlasting retribution.

وَعَدَwaʿada[He] promisedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrite men,وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتِwal-munāfiqātiand the hypocrite womenوَٱلْكُفَّارَwal-kufāraand the disbelievers,نَارَnāraFire (of)جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it.هِىَhiyaIt (is)حَسْبُهُمْḥasbuhumsufficient for them.وَلَعَنَهُمُwalaʿanahumuAnd [He] cursed them,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionمُّقِيمٌmuqīmuneverlasting / enduring. ﴿٦٨﴾

[9:69] Some of those before you were stronger than you, and possessed more money and children. They became preoccupied with their material possessions. Similarly, you have become preoccupied with your material possessions, just like those before you have become preoccupied. You have become totally heedless, just as they were heedless. Such are the people who nullify their works, both in this world and in the Hereafter; they are the losers.

كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnaLike thoseمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all]كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey wereأَشَدَّashaddagreater / mightierمِنكُمْminkumthan you [all]قُوَّةًquwwatan(in) strength,وَأَكْثَرَwa-aktharaand more abundantأَمْوَٰلًاamwālan(in) wealthوَأَوْلَـٰدًاwa-awlādanand children.فَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟fa-is'tamtaʿūSo they sought enjoymentبِخَلَـٰقِهِمْbikhalāqihimin their portion / share,فَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمfa-is'tamtaʿtumand you [all] sought enjoymentبِخَلَـٰقِكُمْbikhalāqikumin your portion / shareكَمَاkamājust asٱسْتَمْتَعَis'tamtaʿa[he] sought enjoymentٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathoseمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمqablikumbefore you [all]بِخَلَـٰقِهِمْbikhalāqihimin their portion / share,وَخُضْتُمْwakhuḍ'tumand you [all] indulged in vain talk / heedlessكَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīlike the one whoخَاضُوٓا۟khāḍūthey indulged in vain talk / were heedless.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose,حَبِطَتْḥabiṭat[it] became worthless / nullifiedأَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir deedsفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand (in) the Hereafter.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those,هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūnathe losers. ﴿٦٩﴾

[9:70] Have they not learned anything from the previous generations; the people of Noah, 'Ãd, Thamûd, the people of Abraham, the dwellers of Midyan, and the evildoers (of Sodom and Gomorrah)? Their messengers went to them with clear proofs. GOD never wronged them; they are the ones who wronged their own souls.

أَلَمْalamHas notيَأْتِهِمْyatihim[it] come to themنَبَأُnaba-u(the) newsٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them,قَوْمِqawmi(the) people (of)نُوحٍnūḥinNoah,وَعَادٍwaʿādinand Ad,وَثَمُودَwathamūdaand Thamud,وَقَوْمِwaqawmiand (the) people (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَأَصْحَـٰبِwa-aṣḥābiand (the) companions (of)مَدْيَنَmadyanaMidyan,وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتِwal-mu'tafikātiand the towns overturned?أَتَتْهُمْatathum[It] came to themرُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir messengersبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith the clear proofs.فَمَاfamāAnd notكَانَkāna[He] wasٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumthat He wrongs themوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were (to)أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their own soulsيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna[they] do wrong. ﴿٧٠﴾

[9:71] The believing men and women are allies of one another. They advocate righteousness and forbid evil, they observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and they obey GOD and His messenger. These will be showered by GOD's mercy. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَwal-mu'minūnaAnd the believing menوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُwal-mu'minātuand the believing women,بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them*أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu(are) alliesبَعْضٍbaʿḍin(of) some (*one another).يَأْمُرُونَyamurūnaThey command / advocateبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the kindness / morality / approved / righteousnessوَيَنْهَوْنَwayanhawnaand [they] forbidعَنِʿanifromٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong / disapproved / immorality,وَيُقِيمُونَwayuqīmūnaand they observeٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَيُؤْتُونَwayu'tūnaand they giveٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat),وَيُطِيعُونَwayuṭīʿūnaand they obeyٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَرَسُولَهُۥٓwarasūlahuand His messenger.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose,سَيَرْحَمُهُمُsayarḥamuhumu[He] will have mercy on themٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٧١﴾

[9:72] GOD promises the believing men and the believing women gardens with flowing streams, wherein they abide forever, and magnificent mansions in the gardens of Eden. And GOD's blessings and approval are even greater. This is the greatest triumph.

وَعَدَwaʿada[He] promisedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believing menوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِwal-mu'minātiand the believing womenجَنَّـٰتٍjannātingardens,تَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streamsخَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin itوَمَسَـٰكِنَwamasākinaand dwellings / mansionsطَيِّبَةًṭayyibatanexcellent / magnificentفِىfīinجَنَّـٰتِjannātigardens (of)عَدْنٍʿadninEden / everlasting bliss.وَرِضْوَٰنٌwariḍ'wānunBut (the) pleasure / approvalمِّنَminaofٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreater.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat,هُوَhuwaIt (is)ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzuthe triumphٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmu[the] great. ﴿٧٢﴾

[9:73] O you prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern in dealing with them. Their destiny is Hell; what a miserable abode!

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyu[the] prophet!جَـٰهِدِjāhidiStruggle / Strive (against)ٱلْكُفَّارَl-kufārathe disbelieversوَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَwal-munāfiqīnaand the hypocritesوَٱغْلُظْwa-ugh'luẓand be sternعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimwith them.وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْwamawāhumAnd their abode (is)جَهَنَّمُjahannamuHell,وَبِئْسَwabi'saand miserable (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / destiny. ﴿٧٣﴾

[9:74] They swear by GOD that they never said it, although they have uttered the word of disbelief; they have disbelieved after becoming submitters. In fact, they gave up what they never had. They have rebelled even though GOD and His messenger have showered them with His grace and provisions. If they repent, it would be best for them. But if they turn away, GOD will commit them to painful retribution in this life and in the Hereafter. They will find no one on earth to be their lord and master.

يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnaThey swearبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Godمَاmānotقَالُوا۟qālūthey said (it)وَلَقَدْwalaqadwhile certainlyقَالُوا۟qālūthey saidكَلِمَةَkalimata(the) word (of)ٱلْكُفْرِl-kuf'rithe disbeliefوَكَفَرُوا۟wakafarūand they disbelievedبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِسْلَـٰمِهِمْis'lāmihimtheir Submission,وَهَمُّوا۟wahammūand they intendedبِمَاbimā[of] whatلَمْlamnotيَنَالُوا۟yanālūthey attained.وَمَاwamāAnd notنَقَمُوٓا۟naqamūthey resented / hatedإِلَّآillāexceptأَنْanthatأَغْنَىٰهُمُaghnāhumu[He] enriched themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His messengerمِنminfromفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bounty / grace / provisions.فَإِنfa-inSo ifيَتُوبُوا۟yatūbūthey repent,يَكُyakuit isخَيْرًاkhayranbestلَّهُمْlahumfor them,وَإِنwa-inand ifيَتَوَلَّوْا۟yatawallawthey turn away,يُعَذِّبْهُمُyuʿadhib'humu[He] will punish themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَذَابًاʿadhāban(with) a punishment / retributionأَلِيمًاalīmanpainful,فِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand (in) the Hereafter.وَمَاwamāAnd notلَهُمْlahumfor themفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمِنminanyوَلِىٍّwaliyyinprotector / lord and masterوَلَاwalāand notنَصِيرٍnaṣīrina helper. ﴿٧٤﴾

[9:75] Some of them even pledged: "If GOD showered us with His grace, we would be charitable, and would lead a righteous life."

وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd among them (is)مَّنْman(he) whoعَـٰهَدَʿāhadahe made a covenant / pledgeٱللَّهَl-laha(with) God,لَئِنْla-in"Surely ifءَاتَىٰنَاātānāHe gave usمِنminfromفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bounty / grace,لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّlanaṣṣaddaqannasurely we will give charityوَلَنَكُونَنَّwalanakūnannaand surely we will beمِنَminaamongٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe reformers / righteous [ones]." ﴿٧٥﴾

[9:76] But when He did shower them with His provisions, they became stingy, and turned away in aversion.

فَلَمَّآfalammāBut whenءَاتَىٰهُمātāhumHe gave themمِّنminfromفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bounty / grace / provisions,بَخِلُوا۟bakhilūthey withheld / were stingyبِهِۦbihiwith itوَتَوَلَّوا۟watawallawand they turned awayوَّهُمwahumwhile they (are)مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnathose who are averse. ﴿٧٦﴾

[9:77] Consequently, He plagued them with hypocrisy in their hearts, till the day they meet Him. This is because they broke their promises to GOD, and because of their lying.

فَأَعْقَبَهُمْfa-aʿqabahumSo He afflicted themنِفَاقًاnifāqan(with) hypocrisyفِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir heartsإِلَىٰilātillيَوْمِyawmi(the) dayيَلْقَوْنَهُۥyalqawnahuthey meet Him,بِمَآbimābecauseأَخْلَفُوا۟akhlafūthey broke (their covenant)ٱللَّهَl-laha(with) Godمَاmāwhatوَعَدُوهُwaʿadūhuthey promised Him,وَبِمَاwabimāand becauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَكْذِبُونَyakdhibūna[they] lie. ﴿٧٧﴾

[9:78] Do they not realize that GOD knows their secrets, and their conspiracies, and that GOD is the Knower of all secrets?

أَلَمْalamDo notيَعْلَمُوٓا۟yaʿlamūthey knowأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[He] knowsسِرَّهُمْsirrahumtheir secretوَنَجْوَىٰهُمْwanajwāhumand their secret conversation,وَأَنَّwa-annaand thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلَّـٰمُʿallāmuKnower (of)ٱلْغُيُوبِl-ghuyūbithe unseen / secrets? ﴿٧٨﴾

[9:79] Those who criticize the generous believers for giving too much, and ridicule the poor believers for giving too little, GOD despises them. They have incurred a painful retribution.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَلْمِزُونَyalmizūna[they] criticizeٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَl-muṭawiʿīnathe ones who give willinglyمِنَminafromٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersفِىfīconcerningٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِl-ṣadaqātithe charities,وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoلَاlānotيَجِدُونَyajidūna[they] findإِلَّاillāexceptجُهْدَهُمْjuh'dahumtheir effort,فَيَسْخَرُونَfayaskharūnaso they ridiculeمِنْهُمْmin'hum[of] them,سَخِرَsakhira[He] ridiculed / despised,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,مِنْهُمْmin'hum[of] them,وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmun(the) painful. ﴿٧٩﴾

[9:80] Whether you ask forgiveness for them, or do not ask forgiveness for them - even if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times - GOD will not forgive them. This is because they disbelieve in GOD and His messenger. GOD does not guide the wicked people.

ٱسْتَغْفِرْis'taghfir(Whether you) ask forgivenessلَهُمْlahumfor themأَوْawor (do)لَاlānotتَسْتَغْفِرْtastaghfir[you] ask forgivenessلَهُمْlahumfor them.إِنinIfتَسْتَغْفِرْtastaghfiryou ask forgivenessلَهُمْlahumfor themسَبْعِينَsabʿīnaseventyمَرَّةًmarratantimes,فَلَنfalanbut neverيَغْفِرَyaghfira[He] will forgiveٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَهُمْlahumfor them.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messenger,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand GodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people,ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿٨٠﴾

*9:80 If Muhammad could not intercede on behalf of his own uncles and cousins, what makes strangers who never met him think that he will intercede on their behalf? Abraham could not intercede on behalf of his father, nor could Noah intercede on behalf of his son (11:46 & 60:4).

[9:81] The sedentary rejoiced in their staying behind the messenger of GOD, and hated to strive with their money and their lives in the cause of GOD. They said, "Let us not mobilize in this heat!" Say, "The fire of Hell is much hotter," if they could only comprehend.

فَرِحَfariḥa[He] rejoicedٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَl-mukhalafūnathose who remained behind / sedentaryبِمَقْعَدِهِمْbimaqʿadihimin their staying [behind]خِلَـٰفَkhilāfa[staying] behind / afterرَسُولِrasūli(the) messengerٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَكَرِهُوٓا۟wakarihūand they dislikedأَنanthatيُجَـٰهِدُوا۟yujāhidūthey striveبِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihimwith their wealthوَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihimand their livesفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said,لَاlā"(Do) notتَنفِرُوا۟tanfirū[you all] go forth / mobilizeفِىfīinٱلْحَرِّl-ḥarithe heat."قُلْqulSay,نَارُnāru"(The) fire (of)جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell (is)أَشَدُّashaddumore intense (in)حَرًّاḥarranheat."لَّوْlawIf (only)كَانُوا۟kānūthey were (to)يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna[they] understand. ﴿٨١﴾

[9:82] Let them laugh a little, and cry a lot. This is the requital for the sins they have earned.

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟falyaḍḥakūSo let them laughقَلِيلًاqalīlana little,وَلْيَبْكُوا۟walyabkūand let them weep / cryكَثِيرًاkathīranmuch / a lotجَزَآءًۢjazāan(as) a requitalبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna[they] earn. ﴿٨٢﴾

[9:83] If GOD returns you to a situation where they ask your permission to mobilize with you, you shall say, "You will never again mobilize with me, nor will you ever fight with me against any enemy. For you have chosen to be with the sedentary in the first place. Therefore, you must stay with the sedentary."

فَإِنfa-inThen ifرَّجَعَكَrajaʿaka[He] returned youٱللَّهُl-lahuGodإِلَىٰilātoطَآئِفَةٍṭāifatina groupمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them,فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَfa-is'tadhanūkaand they ask you permissionلِلْخُرُوجِlil'khurūjito [the] mobilization,فَقُلfaqulthen say,لَّنlan"Neverتَخْرُجُوا۟takhrujū[you all] will mobilizeمَعِىَmaʿiyawith meأَبَدًاabadaneverوَلَنwalanand neverتُقَـٰتِلُوا۟tuqātilūyou [all] will fightمَعِىَmaʿiyawith meعَدُوًّاʿaduwwanan enemy.إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you [all]رَضِيتُمraḍītum[you all] were satisfiedبِٱلْقُعُودِbil-quʿūdiwith [the] sitting / staying behindأَوَّلَawwala(the) firstمَرَّةٍmarratintime,فَٱقْعُدُوا۟fa-uq'ʿudūso sit / stay [you all]مَعَmaʿawithٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَl-khālifīnathose who stay behind." ﴿٨٣﴾

[9:84] You shall not observe the funeral prayer for any of them when he dies, nor shall you stand at his grave. They have disbelieved in GOD and His messenger, and died in a state of wickedness.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُصَلِّtuṣalliyou prayعَلَىٰٓʿalāforأَحَدٍaḥadinany oneمِّنْهُمmin'humof themمَّاتَmāta(who) he died,أَبَدًاabadanever,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَقُمْtaqumyou standعَلَىٰʿalābyقَبْرِهِۦٓqabrihihis grave.إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, theyكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messenger,وَمَاتُوا۟wamātūand they diedوَهُمْwahumwhile they (were)فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūnadefiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿٨٤﴾

[9:85] Do not be impressed by their money or their children; GOD causes these to be sources of misery for them in this world, and their souls depart as disbelievers.

وَلَاwalāAnd (let) notتُعْجِبْكَtuʿ'jib'ka[it] impress youأَمْوَٰلُهُمْamwāluhumtheir wealthوَأَوْلَـٰدُهُمْwa-awlāduhumand their children.إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيُرِيدُyurīdu[He] intendsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنanthatيُعَذِّبَهُمyuʿadhibahumHe punishes themبِهَاbihāwith itفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,وَتَزْهَقَwatazhaqaand [it] departsأَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumtheir soulsوَهُمْwahumwhile they (are)كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūnadisbelievers. ﴿٨٥﴾

[9:86] When a sura is revealed, stating: "Believe in GOD, and strive with His messenger," even the strong among them say, "Let us stay behind!"

وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd whenأُنزِلَتْunzilat[it] was revealedسُورَةٌsūratuna suraأَنْanthat;ءَامِنُوا۟āminūbelieve [you all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَجَـٰهِدُوا۟wajāhidūand strive [you all]مَعَmaʿawithرَسُولِهِrasūlihiHis messenger,ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَكَis'tadhanaka[he] asked your permission / sought leaveأُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose who possessٱلطَّوْلِl-ṭawlithe power (strong)مِنْهُمْmin'humamong themوَقَالُوا۟waqālūand [they] said,ذَرْنَاdharnā"Leave us,نَكُنnakun[we] (to) beمَّعَmaʿawithٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīnathose who sit / stay behind." ﴿٨٦﴾

[9:87] They chose to be with the sedentary. Consequently, their hearts were sealed, and thus, they cannot comprehend.

رَضُوا۟raḍūThey were satisfied / pleasedبِأَنbi-anin thatيَكُونُوا۟yakūnū[they] beمَعَmaʿawithٱلْخَوَالِفِl-khawālifithose who stay behind / the sedentary,وَطُبِعَwaṭubiʿaand it was sealedعَلَىٰʿalāoverقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts,فَهُمْfahumso theyلَاlā(do) notيَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna[they] understand. ﴿٨٧﴾

[9:88] As for the messenger and those who believed with him, they eagerly strive with their money and their lives. These have deserved all the good things; they are the winners.

لَـٰكِنِlākiniButٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messengerوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith himجَـٰهَدُوا۟jāhadūthey stroveبِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihimwith their wealthوَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihimand their lives.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those,لَهُمُlahumufor them (are)ٱلْخَيْرَٰتُl-khayrātuthe good things,وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūnathe successful ones. ﴿٨٨﴾

[9:89] GOD has prepared for them gardens with flowing streams, wherein they abide forever. This is the greatest triumph.

أَعَدَّaʿadda[He] preparedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod لَهُمْlahumfor themجَنَّـٰتٍjannātingardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzuthe triumphٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great. ﴿٨٩﴾

[9:90] The Arabs made up excuses, and came to you seeking permission to stay behind. This is indicative of their rejection of GOD and His messenger - they stay behind. Indeed, those who disbelieve among them have incurred a painful retribution.

وَجَآءَwajāaAnd [he] cameٱلْمُعَذِّرُونَl-muʿadhirūnathe apologists / ones who make excusesمِنَminaofٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe Arabs,لِيُؤْذَنَliyu'dhanathat he may be granted permission / given leaveلَهُمْlahumto them,وَقَعَدَwaqaʿadaand [he] sat / stayed behind (did not mobilize / sedentary),ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَذَبُوا۟kadhabūthey rejected / liedٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Godوَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His messenger.سَيُصِيبُsayuṣībuHe will afflict / strikeٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelievedمِنْهُمْmin'humamong themعَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿٩٠﴾

[9:91] Not to be blamed are those who are weak, or ill, or do not find anything to offer, so long as they remain devoted to GOD and His messenger. The righteous among them shall not be blamed. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

لَّيْسَlaysaNotعَلَىʿalāonٱلضُّعَفَآءِl-ḍuʿafāithe weakوَلَاwalāand notعَلَىʿalāonٱلْمَرْضَىٰl-marḍāthe sickوَلَاwalāand notعَلَىʿalāonٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlānotيَجِدُونَyajidūnathey findمَاmāwhatيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey (can) spend (offer)حَرَجٌḥarajunany blameإِذَاidhāwhenنَصَحُوا۟naṣaḥūthey were sincereلِلَّهِlillahito Godوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messenger.مَاmāNot (is)عَلَىʿalāonٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doersمِنminanyسَبِيلٍsabīlinresponsibility / blame.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٩١﴾

[9:92] Also excused are those who come to you wishing to be included with you, but you tell them, "I do not have anything to carry you on." They then turn back with tears in their eyes, genuinely saddened that they could not afford to contribute.

وَلَاwalāAnd notعَلَىʿalāonٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who,إِذَاidhāwhenمَآmāthatأَتَوْكَatawkathey came to youلِتَحْمِلَهُمْlitaḥmilahumso that you may carry them (provide them with mounts),قُلْتَqul'tayou said,لَآlā"NotأَجِدُajiduI findمَآmāwhatأَحْمِلُكُمْaḥmilukumI carry you [all]عَلَيْهِʿalayhion [it].تَوَلَّوا۟tawallawThey turned backوَّأَعْيُنُهُمْwa-aʿyunuhumwith their eyesتَفِيضُtafīḍuit overflowingمِنَminaofٱلدَّمْعِl-damʿithe tears (of)حَزَنًاḥazanansorrowأَلَّاallāthat notيَجِدُوا۟yajidūthey findمَاmāthatيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey (could) spend / contribute. ﴿٩٢﴾

[9:93] The blame is on those who ask your permission to stay behind, even though they have no excuse. They have chosen to be with the sedentary. Consequently, GOD has sealed their hearts, and thus, they do not attain any knowledge.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyٱلسَّبِيلُl-sabīluthe responsibility / blameعَلَىʿalā(is) onٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَسْتَـْٔذِنُونَكَyastadhinūnakathey ask your permissionوَهُمْwahumwhile they (are)أَغْنِيَآءُaghniyāurich.رَضُوا۟raḍūThey are satisfied / pleasedبِأَنbi-anin thatيَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey beمَعَmaʿawithٱلْخَوَالِفِl-khawālifithose who stay behind / the sedentary,وَطَبَعَwaṭabaʿaand [He] placed a sealٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts,فَهُمْfahumso theyلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿٩٣﴾

[9:94] They apologize to you when you return to them (from battle). Say, "Do not apologize; we no longer trust you. GOD has informed us about you." GOD will see your works, and so will the messenger, then you will be returned to the Knower of all secrets and declarations, then He will inform you of everything you had done.

يَعْتَذِرُونَyaʿtadhirūnaThey make excusesإِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you [all]إِذَاidhāwhenرَجَعْتُمْrajaʿtumyou [all] returnedإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them.قُلqulSay,لَّاlā"(Do) notتَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirū[you all] make excuses,لَنlanneverنُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believeلَكُمْlakum[to] you [all].قَدْqadVerily,نَبَّأَنَاnabba-anā[He] informed usٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنْminofأَخْبَارِكُمْakhbārikumyour news / intentions,وَسَيَرَىwasayarāand [He] will seeٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَمَلَكُمْʿamalakumyour deed(s),وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His messenger.ثُمَّthummaThenتُرَدُّونَturaddūnayou [all] will be returnedإِلَىٰilātoعَـٰلِمِʿālimi(the) Knower (of)ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseen / secretوَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the testimony / declaration,فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumthen He will inform you [all]بِمَاbimāof whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do. ﴿٩٤﴾

[9:95] They will swear by GOD to you, when you return to them, that you may disregard them. Do disregard them. They are polluted, and their destiny is Hell, as a requital for the sins they have earned.

سَيَحْلِفُونَsayaḥlifūnaThey will swearبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Godلَكُمْlakumto you [all]إِذَاidhāwhenٱنقَلَبْتُمْinqalabtumyou [all] returnedإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them,لِتُعْرِضُوا۟lituʿ'riḍūthat you [all] may turn away (disregard)عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them.فَأَعْرِضُوا۟fa-aʿriḍūSo turn away (disregard) [you all]عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them,إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they (are)رِجْسٌrij'sunpollutedوَمَأْوَىٰهُمْwamawāhumand their abode (is)جَهَنَّمُjahannamuHell,جَزَآءًۢjazāana requitalبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna[they] earn. ﴿٩٥﴾

[9:96] They swear to you, that you may pardon them. Even if you pardon them, GOD does not pardon such wicked people.

يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnaThey swearلَكُمْlakumto you [all]لِتَرْضَوْا۟litarḍawthat you [all] may be pleasedعَنْهُمْʿanhumwith them.فَإِنfa-inBut ifتَرْضَوْا۟tarḍawyou [all] are pleasedعَنْهُمْʿanhumwith them,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَرْضَىٰyarḍāHe is pleasedعَنِʿaniwithٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient / wicked ones. ﴿٩٦﴾

[9:97] The Arabs are the worst in disbelief and hypocrisy, and the most likely to ignore the laws that GOD has revealed to His messenger. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

ٱلْأَعْرَابُal-aʿrābuthe Arabs (are)أَشَدُّashaddustrongest / worstكُفْرًاkuf'ran(in) disbeliefوَنِفَاقًاwanifāqanand hypocrisy,وَأَجْدَرُwa-ajdaruand most likelyأَلَّاallāthat notيَعْلَمُوا۟yaʿlamūthey knowحُدُودَḥudūda(the) limitsمَآmā(of) whatأَنزَلَanzala[He] revealedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىٰʿalātoرَسُولِهِۦrasūlihiHis messenger.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٩٧﴾

[9:98] Some Arabs consider their spending (in the cause of GOD) to be a loss, and even wait in anticipation that a disaster may hit you. It is they who will incur the worst disaster. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.

وَمِنَwaminaAnd amongٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe Arabs,مَنman(is he) whoيَتَّخِذُyattakhidhu[he] takesمَاmāwhatيُنفِقُyunfiquhe spendsمَغْرَمًاmaghraman(as) a forced loan / undue debt / loss,وَيَتَرَبَّصُwayatarabbaṣuand he awaitsبِكُمُbikumufor you [all]ٱلدَّوَآئِرَl-dawāirathe turns (of misfortune).عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimUpon them (will be)دَآئِرَةُdāiratu(the) turn (of)ٱلسَّوْءِl-sawithe evil / worst.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿٩٨﴾

[9:99] Other Arabs do believe in GOD and the Last Day, and consider their spending to be a means towards GOD, and a means of supporting the messenger. Indeed, it will bring them nearer; GOD will admit them into His mercy. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَمِنَwaminaBut amongٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe Arabs,مَنman(is he) who,يُؤْمِنُyu'minu[he] believesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last,وَيَتَّخِذُwayattakhidhuand he takesمَاmāwhatيُنفِقُyunfiquhe spends (as)قُرُبَـٰتٍqurubātina means of nearnessعِندَʿindawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَصَلَوَٰتِwaṣalawātiand blessings / supportingٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūli(of) the messenger.أَلَآalāNo doubtإِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it (is)قُرْبَةٌqur'batuna means of nearnessلَّهُمْlahumfor them.سَيُدْخِلُهُمُsayud'khiluhumu[He] will admit themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفِىfītoرَحْمَتِهِۦٓraḥmatihiHis mercy.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٩٩﴾

[9:100] As for the early vanguards who immigrated (Muhãjerin), and the supporters who gave them refuge (Ansãr) and those who followed them in righteousness, GOD is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. He has prepared for them gardens with flowing streams, wherein they abide forever. This is the greatest triumph.

وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَwal-sābiqūnaAnd the forerunners / vanguards,ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūnathe first [ones]مِنَminaamongٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَl-muhājirīnathe emigrants (Muhajarin)وَٱلْأَنصَارِwal-anṣāriand the helpers (Ansar)وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoٱتَّبَعُوهُمittabaʿūhumthey followed themبِإِحْسَـٰنٍbi-iḥ'sāninin righteousness,رَّضِىَraḍiya[He] (will be) pleasedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَنْهُمْʿanhumwith them,وَرَضُوا۟waraḍūand they (will be) pleasedعَنْهُʿanhuwith Him.وَأَعَدَّwa-aʿaddaAnd He preparedلَهُمْlahumfor themجَنَّـٰتٍjannātingardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsتَحْتَهَاtaḥtahāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] eternally abidingفِيهَآfīhāin itأَبَدًاabadanforever.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzuthe triumphٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great. ﴿١٠٠﴾

[9:101] Among the Arabs around you, there are hypocrites. Also, among the city dwellers, there are those who are accustomed to hypocrisy. You do not know them, but we know them. We will double the retribution for them, then they end up committed to a terrible retribution.

وَمِمَّنْwamimmanAnd among thoseحَوْلَكُمḥawlakumaround you [all]مِّنَminasome (of)ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe Arabs (are)مُنَـٰفِقُونَmunāfiqūnahypocritesوَمِنْwaminand (also) fromأَهْلِahlipeople (of)ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe Medina / city (dwellers).مَرَدُوا۟maradūThey persisted / are accustomedعَلَىʿalāinٱلنِّفَاقِl-nifāqithe hypocrisy,لَاlānotتَعْلَمُهُمْtaʿlamuhumyou know them,نَحْنُnaḥnuweنَعْلَمُهُمْnaʿlamuhum[we] know them.سَنُعَذِّبُهُمsanuʿadhibuhumwe will punish themمَّرَّتَيْنِmarrataynitwice / doubleثُمَّthummathenيُرَدُّونَyuraddūnathey will be returnedإِلَىٰilātoعَذَابٍʿadhābina punishmentعَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat. ﴿١٠١﴾

*9:101 The hypocrites sit among the believers, listen to the message and proofs, then spread their poisonous doubts. It is a Quranic law that they receive double the retribution, now and forever.

[9:102] There are others who have confessed their sins; they have mixed good deeds with bad deeds. GOD will redeem them, for GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَءَاخَرُونَwaākharūnaAnd othersٱعْتَرَفُوا۟iʿ'tarafūthey recognized / confessedبِذُنُوبِهِمْbidhunūbihimin their sins.خَلَطُوا۟khalaṭūThey mixedعَمَلًاʿamalana deedsصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥangoodوَءَاخَرَwaākharawith otherسَيِّئًاsayyi-an(that was) evil.عَسَىʿasāPerhapsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنan[that]يَتُوبَyatūbaHe redeemsعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٠٢﴾

[9:103] Take from their money a charity to purify them and sanctify them. And encourage them, for your encouragement reassures them. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.

خُذْkhudhTakeمِنْminfromأَمْوَٰلِهِمْamwālihimtheir wealthصَدَقَةًṣadaqatana charity,تُطَهِّرُهُمْtuṭahhiruhum[it] purifying themوَتُزَكِّيهِمwatuzakkīhimand [it] purify / sanctify themبِهَاbihāby it,وَصَلِّwaṣalliand bless / support (encourage)عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,صَلَوٰتَكَṣalatakayour blessings / support (encouragement)سَكَنٌsakanun(are a) solace / reassuranceلَّهُمْlahumfor them.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿١٠٣﴾

[9:104] Do they not realize that GOD accepts the repentance of His worshipers, and takes the charities, and that GOD is the Redeemer, Most Merciful?

أَلَمْalamDo notيَعْلَمُوٓا۟yaʿlamūthey knowأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodهُوَhuwaHeيَقْبَلُyaqbalu[He] acceptsٱلتَّوْبَةَl-tawbatathe repentanceعَنْʿanfromعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis worshipersوَيَأْخُذُwayakhudhuand He takesٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِl-ṣadaqātithe charities,وَأَنَّwa-annaand thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābuthe Acceptor of Repentance / Redeemer,ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿١٠٤﴾

[9:105] Say, "Work righteousness; GOD will see your work, and so will His messenger and the believers. Ultimately, you will be returned to the Knower of all secrets and declarations, then He will inform you of everything you had done."

وَقُلِwaquliAnd say,ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malū"Do / Work, [you all]فَسَيَرَىfasayarāthen [He] will seeٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَمَلَكُمْʿamalakumyour deedوَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His messenger,وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَwal-mu'minūnaand the believers.وَسَتُرَدُّونَwasaturaddūnaAnd you [all] will be returnedإِلَىٰilātoعَـٰلِمِʿālimi(the) Knower (of)ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseen / secretوَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the testimony / declaration,فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumthen He will inform you [all]بِمَاbimāof whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do." ﴿١٠٥﴾

[9:106] Others are waiting for GOD's decision; He may punish them, or He may redeem them. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

وَءَاخَرُونَwaākharūnaAnd othersمُرْجَوْنَmur'jawna[ones] who waitedلِأَمْرِli-amrifor the command / decisionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God;إِمَّاimmāwhetherيُعَذِّبُهُمْyuʿadhibuhumHe punishes themوَإِمَّاwa-immāor ifيَتُوبُyatūbuHe redeemsعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim[for] them.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿١٠٦﴾

[9:107] There are those who abuse the masjid by practicing idol worship, dividing the believers, and providing comfort to those who oppose GOD and His messenger. They solemnly swear: "Our intentions are honorable!" GOD bears witness that they are liars.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey tookمَسْجِدًاmasjidan(the) masjidضِرَارًاḍirāran(for causing) harmوَكُفْرًاwakuf'ranand (for) disbelief,وَتَفْرِيقًۢاwatafrīqanand (for) divisionبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers,وَإِرْصَادًاwa-ir'ṣādanand (as a place for) observation / ambush / hiding and lurkingلِّمَنْlimanfor whoeverحَارَبَḥāraba[he] warred / fought / opposedٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His messengerمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore.وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّwalayaḥlifunnaAnd surely they will swear,إِنْin"Notأَرَدْنَآaradnāour wish / intentionإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāthe best."وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuBut Godيَشْهَدُyashhadu[He] bears witnessإِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they (are)لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūnasurely liars. ﴿١٠٧﴾

*9:107 Any masjid where the practices are not devoted absolutely to God ALONE belongs to Satan, not God. For example, mentioning the names of Abraham, Muhammad, and/or Ali in the Azan and/or the Salat prayers violates God's commandments in 2:136, 2:285, 3:84, & 72:18. Unfortunately, this is a common idolatrous practice throughout the corrupted Muslim world.

[9:108] You shall never pray in such a masjid. A masjid that is established on the basis of righteousness from the first day is more worthy of your praying therein. In it, there are people who love to be purified. GOD loves those who purify themselves.

لَاlā(Do) notتَقُمْtaqum[you] standفِيهِfīhiin itأَبَدًاabadanever.لَّمَسْجِدٌlamasjidunSurely a masjidأُسِّسَussisait was foundedعَلَىʿalāonٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwāthe righteousnessمِنْminfromأَوَّلِawwali(the) firstيَوْمٍyawminday (is)أَحَقُّaḥaqqumore worthyأَنanthatتَقُومَtaqūmayou standفِيهِfīhiin it.فِيهِfīhiWithin it (are)رِجَالٌrijālunmenيُحِبُّونَyuḥibbūna(who) they loveأَنanthatيَتَطَهَّرُوا۟yataṭahharūthey purify themselves,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand GodيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلْمُطَّهِّرِينَl-muṭahirīnathe ones who purify themselves. ﴿١٠٨﴾

[9:109] Is one who establishes his building on the basis of reverencing GOD and to gain His approval better, or one who establishes his building on the brink of a crumbling cliff, that falls down with him into the fire of Hell? GOD does not guide the transgressing people.

أَفَمَنْafamanThen is one (who)أَسَّسَassasahe founded / establishedبُنْيَـٰنَهُۥbun'yānahuhis buildingعَلَىٰʿalāonتَقْوَىٰtaqwārighteousnessمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرِضْوَٰنٍwariḍ'wāninand (His) pleasureخَيْرٌkhayrunbetterأَمamor isمَّنْman(one) whoأَسَّسَassasahe founded / establishedبُنْيَـٰنَهُۥbun'yānahuhis buildingعَلَىٰʿalāonشَفَاshafāedge / brink (of)جُرُفٍjurufinan unstable cliffهَارٍhārincollapsing / crumbling,فَٱنْهَارَfa-in'hāraso it collapsedبِهِۦbihiwith himفِىfīinنَارِnāri(the) Fire (of)جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell?وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna[the] wrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿١٠٩﴾

[9:110] Such a building that they have established remains a source of doubt in their hearts, until their hearts are stilled. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

لَاlāNotيَزَالُyazālu[it] persistsبُنْيَـٰنُهُمُbun'yānuhumutheir buildingٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichبَنَوْا۟banawthey established / builtرِيبَةًrībatandoubtفِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir heartsإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatتَقَطَّعَtaqaṭṭaʿait splits upقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿١١٠﴾

[9:111] GOD has bought from the believers their lives and their money in exchange for Paradise. Thus, they fight in the cause of GOD, willing to kill and get killed. Such is His truthful pledge in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran - and who fulfills His pledge better than GOD? You shall rejoice in making such an exchange. This is the greatest triumph.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodٱشْتَرَىٰish'tarā[He] boughtمِنَminafromٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumtheir livesوَأَمْوَٰلَهُمwa-amwālahumand their wealth,بِأَنَّbi-annabecauseلَهُمُlahumufor them (is)ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata[the] Paradise.يُقَـٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnaThey fightفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,فَيَقْتُلُونَfayaqtulūnaand they killوَيُقْتَلُونَwayuq'talūnaand they are slain / get killed.وَعْدًاwaʿdanA promiseعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon Himحَقًّاḥaqqantrue,فِىfīinٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِl-tawrātithe Torahوَٱلْإِنجِيلِwal-injīliand the Gospelوَٱلْقُرْءَانِwal-qur'āniand the Quran.وَمَنْwamanAnd whoأَوْفَىٰawfā[he] fulfilledبِعَهْدِهِۦbiʿahdihito his pledgeمِنَminathanٱللَّهِl-lahiGod?فَٱسْتَبْشِرُوا۟fa-is'tabshirūSo give good news / rejoice in the good news [you all]بِبَيْعِكُمُbibayʿikumuin your transaction / exchangeٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichبَايَعْتُمbāyaʿtumyou [all] contractedبِهِۦbihitherein.وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd thatهُوَhuwait (is)ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzuthe triumphٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great. ﴿١١١﴾

[9:112] They are the repenters, the worshipers, the praisers, the meditators, the bowing and prostrating, the advocators of righteousness and forbidders of evil, and the keepers of GOD's laws. Give good news to such believers.

ٱلتَّـٰٓئِبُونَal-tāibūnaThe repenters,ٱلْعَـٰبِدُونَl-ʿābidūnathe worshipers,ٱلْحَـٰمِدُونَl-ḥāmidūnathe praisers,ٱلسَّـٰٓئِحُونَl-sāiḥūnathose who fast / hold themselves back from doing, saying or thinking evil (meditators)ٱلرَّٰكِعُونَl-rākiʿūnathe bowers,ٱلسَّـٰجِدُونَl-sājidūnathe prostraters,ٱلْـَٔامِرُونَl-āmirūnathe commanders / advocatorsبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the kindness / morality / approved / righteousnessوَٱلنَّاهُونَwal-nāhūnaand the forbiddersعَنِʿani[from]ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong / immorality / disapproved / evil,وَٱلْحَـٰفِظُونَwal-ḥāfiẓūnaand the observers / guardsلِحُدُودِliḥudūdifor (the) limits / lawsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give good newsٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believers. ﴿١١٢﴾

[9:113] Neither the prophet, nor those who believe shall ask forgiveness for the idol worshipers, even if they were their nearest of kin, once they realize that they are destined for Hell.

مَاmāNotكَانَkānait wasلِلنَّبِىِّlilnnabiyyifor the prophetوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūthey believedأَنanthatيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟yastaghfirūthey ask forgivenessلِلْمُشْرِكِينَlil'mush'rikīnafor the polytheists / idol worshipers,وَلَوْwalaweven thoughكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey wereأُو۟لِىulī those possessingقُرْبَىٰqur'bānear relative / near of kinمِنۢmin[from]بَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāthatتَبَيَّنَtabayyanait became clear / evidentلَهُمْlahumto themأَنَّهُمْannahumthat they (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmithe Hellfire. ﴿١١٣﴾

[9:114] The only reason Abraham asked forgiveness for his father was that he had promised him to do so. But as soon as he realized that he was an enemy of GOD, he disowned him. Abraham was extremely kind, clement.

وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkānawasٱسْتِغْفَارُis'tigh'fāru[he] asked forgivenessإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamلِأَبِيهِli-abīhifor his fatherإِلَّاillāexceptعَنʿanbecauseمَّوْعِدَةٍmawʿidatin(of) a promiseوَعَدَهَآwaʿadahāhe promised itإِيَّاهُiyyāhu(to) him.فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenتَبَيَّنَtabayyanait became clear / evidentلَهُۥٓlahuto himأَنَّهُۥannahuthat heعَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(was) an enemyلِّلَّهِlillahiof God,تَبَرَّأَtabarra-ahe disassociated / disownedمِنْهُmin'hufrom him.إِنَّinnaIndeed,إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamلَأَوَّٰهٌla-awwāhun(was) surely compassionate / extremely kind,حَلِيمٌḥalīmunclement. ﴿١١٤﴾

[9:115] GOD does not send any people astray, after He had guided them, without first pointing out for them what to expect. GOD is fully aware of all things.

وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkāna[He] wasٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيُضِلَّliyuḍillathat He may send astrayقَوْمًۢاqawmana peopleبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِذْidhwhenهَدَىٰهُمْhadāhumHe guided themحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيُبَيِّنَyubayyinaHe makes clearلَهُمlahumto themمَّاmāwhatيَتَّقُونَyattaqūnathey (should) guard / protect.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِكُلِّbikulliin everyشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knower. ﴿١١٥﴾

[9:116] To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He controls life and death. You have none beside GOD as a Lord and Master.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَهُۥlahuto Him (belongs)مُلْكُmul'ku(the) dominion (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīHe gives life,وَيُمِيتُwayumītuand He causes death.وَمَاwamāAnd notلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمِنminanyوَلِىٍّwaliyyinprotector / lord and masterوَلَاwalāand notنَصِيرٍnaṣīrina helper. ﴿١١٦﴾

[9:117] GOD has redeemed the prophet, and the immigrants (Muhãjireen) and the supporters who hosted them and gave them refuge (Ansãr), who followed him during the difficult times. That is when the hearts of some of them almost wavered. But He has redeemed them, for He is Compassionate towards them, Most Merciful.

لَّقَدlaqadVerily,تَّابَtāba[He] redeemedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىʿalā[upon]ٱلنَّبِىِّl-nabiyithe prophet,وَٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَwal-muhājirīnaand the emigrants (Muhajarin),وَٱلْأَنصَارِwal-anṣāriand the helpers (Ansar)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّبَعُوهُittabaʿūhuthey followed him,فِىfīinسَاعَةِsāʿati(the) hour (of)ٱلْعُسْرَةِl-ʿus'rati[the] difficultyمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāthatكَادَkādait nearly / almostيَزِيغُyazīghuit deviatesقُلُوبُqulūbu(the) hearts (of)فَرِيقٍfarīqina group / someمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them,ثُمَّthummathenتَابَtābaHe redeemedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim[of] them.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)بِهِمْbihimto themرَءُوفٌraūfunCompassionate / Kind,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١١٧﴾

[9:118] Also (redeemed were) the three who stayed behind. The spacious earth became so straitened for them, that they almost gave up all hope for themselves. Finally, they realized that there was no escape from GOD, except to Him. He then redeemed them that they may repent. GOD is the Redeemer, Most Merciful.

وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd onٱلثَّلَـٰثَةِl-thalāthatithe threeٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoخُلِّفُوا۟khullifūthey stayed behind,حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَاidhāwhenضَاقَتْḍāqat[it] became straitenedعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor themٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth,بِمَاbimāthoughرَحُبَتْraḥubatit was vast.وَضَاقَتْwaḍāqatAnd [it] was straitenedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themأَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumtheir own soulsوَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūand they deemed / realizedأَنanthatلَّاlā(there is) noمَلْجَأَmalja-aplace of refugeمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِلَّآillāexceptإِلَيْهِilayhito Him.ثُمَّthummaThenتَابَtābaHe redeemedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim[to] themلِيَتُوبُوٓا۟liyatūbūthat they may repent.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābuthe Acceptor of Repentance / Redeemerٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿١١٨﴾

[9:119] O you who believe, you shall reverence GOD, and be among the truthful.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūObserve [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَكُونُوا۟wakūnūand be [you all]مَعَmaʿawithٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful [ones]. ﴿١١٩﴾

[9:120] Neither the dwellers of the city, nor the Arabs around them, shall seek to stay behind the messenger of GOD (when he mobilizes for war). Nor shall they give priority to their own affairs over supporting him. This is because they do not suffer any thirst, or any effort, or hunger in the cause of GOD, or make a single step that enrages the disbelievers, or inflict any hardship upon the enemy, without having it written down for them as a credit. GOD never fails to recompense those who work righteousness.

مَاmāNotكَانَkānait wasلِأَهْلِli-ahlifor (the) people (of)ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe Medina / city (dwellers)وَمَنْwamanand whoحَوْلَهُمḥawlahum(were) around themمِّنَminaofٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe Arabs,أَنanthatيَتَخَلَّفُوا۟yatakhallafūthey stay behindعَنʿanafterرَّسُولِrasūli(the) messengerٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَلَاwalāand notيَرْغَبُوا۟yarghabūthey preferبِأَنفُسِهِمْbi-anfusihim[in] their livesعَنʿantoنَّفْسِهِۦnafsihihis life.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause [they]لَاlānotيُصِيبُهُمْyuṣībuhum[it] afflicts themظَمَأٌẓama-onthirstوَلَاwalāand notنَصَبٌnaṣabunfatigueوَلَاwalāand notمَخْمَصَةٌmakhmaṣatunhungerفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَلَاwalāand notيَطَـُٔونَyaṭaūnathey stepمَوْطِئًاmawṭi-ana stepيَغِيظُyaghīẓu(that) it angersٱلْكُفَّارَl-kufārathe disbelieversوَلَاwalāand notيَنَالُونَyanālūnathey attain / inflictمِنْminuponعَدُوٍّʿaduwwinan enemyنَّيْلًاnaylanan attainment / inflictionإِلَّاillāexceptكُتِبَkutibait was recordedلَهُمlahumfor themبِهِۦbihiin itعَمَلٌʿamalun(as) a deedصَـٰلِحٌṣāliḥunrighteous.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيُضِيعُyuḍīʿuHe lets go to wasteأَجْرَajra(the) reward (of)ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿١٢٠﴾

[9:121] Nor do they incur any expense, small or large, nor do they cross any valley, without having the credit written down for them. GOD will surely reward them generously for their works.

وَلَاwalāAnd notيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spendنَفَقَةًnafaqatanany spendingصَغِيرَةًṣaghīratansmallوَلَاwalāand notكَبِيرَةًkabīratanbig / large,وَلَاwalāand notيَقْطَعُونَyaqṭaʿūnathey crossوَادِيًاwādiyana valleyإِلَّاillābutكُتِبَkutibait was recordedلَهُمْlahumfor them,لِيَجْزِيَهُمُliyajziyahumuthat [He] may reward themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) bestمَاmā(of) whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٢١﴾

[9:122] When the believers mobilize, not all of them shall do so. A few from each group shall mobilize by devoting their time to studying the religion. Thus, they can pass the knowledge on to their people when they return, that they may remain religiously informed.

وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkānait wasٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūna(for) the believersلِيَنفِرُوا۟liyanfirūthat they may go forth / mobilizeكَآفَّةًkāffatanaltogether.فَلَوْلَاfalawlāSo if notنَفَرَnafara[it] gone forth / mobilizedمِنminfromكُلِّkullieveryفِرْقَةٍfir'qatingroupمِّنْهُمْmin'humamong themطَآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna party لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا۟liyatafaqqahūthat they may obtain understanding / studyفِىfīinٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion,وَلِيُنذِرُوا۟waliyundhirūand that they may warnقَوْمَهُمْqawmahumtheir peopleإِذَاidhāwhenرَجَعُوٓا۟rajaʿūthey returnedإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them,لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَحْذَرُونَyaḥdharūna[they] beware. ﴿١٢٢﴾

[9:123] O you who believe, you shall fight the disbelievers who attack you - let them find you stern - and know that GOD is with the righteous.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!قَـٰتِلُوا۟qātilūFight [you all]ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَلُونَكُمyalūnakumthey writhe / recoil (*attack) you [all]مِّنَminaamongٱلْكُفَّارِl-kufārithe disbelievers,وَلْيَجِدُوا۟walyajidūand let them findفِيكُمْfīkumin you [all]غِلْظَةًghil'ẓatansternness / harshness.وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مَعَmaʿawithٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathose who are righteous. ﴿١٢٣﴾

[9:124] When a sura was revealed, some of them would say, "Did this sura strengthen the faith of anyone among you?" Indeed, it did strengthen the faith of those who believed, and they rejoice in any revelation.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenمَآmā[that]أُنزِلَتْunzilat[it] was revealedسُورَةٌsūratuna sura,فَمِنْهُمfamin'humthen among themمَّنman(are some) whoيَقُولُyaqūlu[he] says,أَيُّكُمْayyukum"Which of you [all]زَادَتْهُzādathu[it] increased himهَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihithisإِيمَـٰنًاīmānanfaith?"فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAnd as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedفَزَادَتْهُمْfazādathumthen it increased themإِيمَـٰنًاīmānan(in) faithوَهُمْwahumand theyيَسْتَبْشِرُونَyastabshirūna[they] receive good news / rejoice. ﴿١٢٤﴾

[9:125] As for those who harbored doubts in their hearts, it actually added unholiness to their unholiness, and they died as disbelievers.

وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomفِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts (is)مَّرَضٌmaraḍuna disease,فَزَادَتْهُمْfazādathumthen it increases themرِجْسًاrij'san(in) evil / unholinessإِلَىٰilāoverرِجْسِهِمْrij'sihimtheir evil / unholiness.وَمَاتُوا۟wamātūAnd they diedوَهُمْwahumwhile they (were)كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūnadisbelievers. ﴿١٢٥﴾

[9:126] Do they not see that they suffer from exacting trials every year once or twice? Yet, they consistently fail to repent, and fail to take heed?

أَوَلَاawalāAnd do notيَرَوْنَyarawnathey seeأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyيُفْتَنُونَyuf'tanūna[they] are tested / put on trialفِىfī[in]كُلِّkullieveryعَامٍʿāmin[lunar] yearمَّرَّةًmarratanonceأَوْaworمَرَّتَيْنِmarrataynitwice?ثُمَّthummaYetلَاlānotيَتُوبُونَyatūbūnathey repent,وَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūna[they] take heed. ﴿١٢٦﴾

[9:127] Whenever a sura was revealed, some of them would look at each other as if to say: "Does anyone see you?" Then they left. Thus, GOD has diverted their hearts, for they are people who do not comprehend.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenمَآmā[that]أُنزِلَتْunzilat[it] was revealedسُورَةٌsūratuna sura,نَّظَرَnaẓara[he] lookedبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them*إِلَىٰilāto*بَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome* (to each other),هَلْhal"Doesيَرَىٰكُمyarākum[he] see you [all]مِّنْminanyأَحَدٍaḥadinone?"ثُمَّthummaThenٱنصَرَفُوا۟inṣarafūthey turned away.صَرَفَṣarafa[He] turned awayٱللَّهُl-lahuGodقُلُوبَهُمqulūbahumtheir heartsبِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they (are)قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleلَّاlānotيَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnathey understand. ﴿١٢٧﴾

Sura 9: Bara'ah (Ultimatum) براءة

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