Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. انفروا خفافا وثقالا وجاهدوا بأموالكم وأنفسكم في سبيل الله ذلكم خير لكم إن كنتم تعلمون

   41

   Go forth, whether [armed] lightly or heavily, and wage jihad with your possessions and persons in the way of Allah. That is better for you, should you know.

   infirū khifāfan wa-thiqālan wa-jāhidū bi-ʾamwālikum wa-ʾanfusikum fī sabīli llāhi dhālikum khayrun lakum ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna

2. لو كان عرضا قريبا وسفرا قاصدا لاتبعوك ولكن بعدت عليهم الشقة وسيحلفون بالله لو استطعنا لخرجنا معكم يهلكون أنفسهم والله يعلم إنهم لكاذبون

   42

   Were it an accessible gain or a short journey, they would have surely followed you; but the distance seemed too far to them. Yet they will swear by Allah: ‘If we could, we would have surely gone forth with you.’ They [merely] destroy themselves. Allah knows that they are indeed liars.

   law kāna ʿaraḍan qarīban wa-safaran qāṣidan la-ttabaʿūka wa-lākin baʿudat ʿalayhimu sh-shuqqatu wa-sa-yaḥlifūna bi-llāhi lawi staṭaʿnā la-kharajnā maʿakum yuhlikūna ʾanfusahum wa-llāhu yaʿlamu ʾinnahum la-kādhibūna

3. عفا الله عنك لم أذنت لهم حتى يتبين لك الذين صدقوا وتعلم الكاذبين

   43

   May Allah excuse you! Why did you grant them leave [to stay behind] before those who told the truth were evident to you and you had ascertained the liars?

   ʿafā llāhu ʿanka li-ma ʾadhinta lahum ḥattā yatabayyana laka lladhīna ṣadaqū wa-taʿlama l-kādhibīna

4. لا يستأذنك الذين يؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر أن يجاهدوا بأموالهم وأنفسهم والله عليم بالمتقين

   44

   Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day do not ask you for leave [exempting them] from waging jihad with their possessions and their persons, and Allah knows best the Godwary.

   lā yastaʾdhinuka lladhīna yuʾminūna bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri ʾan yujāhidū bi-ʾamwālihim wa-ʾanfusihim wa-llāhu ʿalīmun bi-l-muttaqīna

5. إنما يستأذنك الذين لا يؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر وارتابت قلوبهم فهم في ريبهم يترددون

   45

   Only those seek a leave [of exemption] from you who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts are in doubt, so they waver in their doubt.

   ʾinnamā yastaʾdhinuka lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri wa-rtābat qulūbuhum fa-hum fī raybihim yataraddadūna

6. ولو أرادوا الخروج لأعدوا له عدة ولكن كره الله انبعاثهم فثبطهم وقيل اقعدوا مع القاعدين

   46

   Had they desired to go forth, they would have surely made some preparations for it; but Allah was averse to arouse them, so He held them back, and it was said [to them], ‘Be seated with those who sit back.’

   wa-law ʾarādū l-khurūja la-ʾaʿaddū lahū ʿuddatan wa-lākin kariha llāhu nbiʿāthahum fa-thabbaṭahum wa-qīla qʿudū maʿa l-qāʿidīna

7. لو خرجوا فيكم ما زادوكم إلا خبالا ولأوضعوا خلالكم يبغونكم الفتنة وفيكم سماعون لهم والله عليم بالظالمين

   47

   Had they gone forth with you, they would have only added to your troubles, and they would have surely spread rumours in your midst, seeking to cause sedition among you. They have some spies among you, and Allah knows best the wrongdoers.

   law kharajū fīkum mā zādūkum ʾillā khabālan wa-la-ʾawḍaʿū khilālakum yabghūnakumu l-fitnata wa-fīkum sammāʿūna lahum wa-llāhu ʿalīmun bi-ẓ-ẓālimīna