Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. قاتلوهم يعذبهم الله بأيديكم ويخزهم وينصركم عليهم ويشف صدور قوم مؤمنين

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   Make war on them so that Allah may punish them by your hands and humiliate them, and help you against them, and heal the hearts of a faithful folk,

   qātilūhum yuʿadhdhibhumu llāhu bi-ʾaydīkum wa-yukhzihim wa-yanṣurkum ʿalayhim wa-yashfi ṣudūra qawmin muʾminīna

2. ويذهب غيظ قلوبهم ويتوب الله على من يشاء والله عليم حكيم

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   and remove rage from their hearts, and Allah turns clemently to whomever He wishes, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise

   wa-yudhhib ghayẓa qulūbihim wa-yatūbu llāhu ʿalā man yashāʾu wa-llāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

3. أم حسبتم أن تتركوا ولما يعلم الله الذين جاهدوا منكم ولم يتخذوا من دون الله ولا رسوله ولا المؤمنين وليجة والله خبير بما تعملون

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   Do you suppose that you will be let off while Allah has not yet ascertained those of you who wage jihad and those who do not take anyone as [their] confidant besides Allah and His Apostle and the faithful? Allah is well aware of what you do.

   ʾam ḥasibtum ʾan tutrakū wa-lammā yaʿlami llāhu lladhīna jāhadū minkum wa-lam yattakhidhū min dūni llāhi wa-lā rasūlihī wa-lā l-muʾminīna walījatan wa-llāhu khabīrun bi-mā taʿmalūna

4. ما كان للمشركين أن يعمروا مساجد الله شاهدين على أنفسهم بالكفر أولئك حبطت أعمالهم وفي النار هم خالدون

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   The polytheists may not maintain Allah’s mosques while they are witness to their own unfaith. Their works have failed, and they shall remain in the Fire [forever].

   mā kāna li-l-mushrikīna ʾan yaʿmurū masājida llāhi shāhidīna ʿalā ʾanfusihim bi-l-kufri ʾulāʾika ḥabiṭat ʾaʿmāluhum wa-fī n-nāri hum khālidūna

5. إنما يعمر مساجد الله من آمن بالله واليوم الآخر وأقام الصلاة وآتى الزكاة ولم يخش إلا الله فعسى أولئك أن يكونوا من المهتدين

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   Only those shall maintain Allah’s mosques who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and maintain the prayer, and give the zakat, and fear no one except Allah. They, hopefully, will be among the guided.

   ʾinnamā yaʿmuru masājida llāhi man ʾāmana bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri wa-ʾaqāma ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾātā z-zakāta wa-lam yakhsha ʾillā llāha fa-ʿasā ʾulāʾika ʾan yakūnū mina l-muhtadīna

6. أجعلتم سقاية الحاج وعمارة المسجد الحرام كمن آمن بالله واليوم الآخر وجاهد في سبيل الله لا يستوون عند الله والله لا يهدي القوم الظالمين

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   Do you regard the providing of water to Hajj pilgrims and the maintenance of the Holy Mosque as similar [in worth] to someone who has faith in Allah and [believes in] the Last Day and wages jihad in the way of Allah? They are not equal with Allah, and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.

   ʾa-jaʿaltum siqāyata l-ḥājji wa-ʿimārata l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ka-man ʾāmana bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri wa-jāhada fī sabīli llāhi lā yastawūna ʿinda llāhi wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīna

7. الذين آمنوا وهاجروا وجاهدوا في سبيل الله بأموالهم وأنفسهم أعظم درجة عند الله وأولئك هم الفائزون

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   Those who have believed and migrated, and waged jihad in the way of Allah with their possessions and persons have a greater rank near Allah, and it is they who are the triumphant.

   alladhīna ʾāmanū wa-hājarū wa-jāhadū fī sabīli llāhi bi-ʾamwālihim wa-ʾanfusihim ʾaʿẓamu darajatan ʿinda llāhi wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-fāʾizūna