Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. لقد ابتغوا الفتنة من قبل وقلبوا لك الأمور حتى جاء الحق وظهر أمر الله وهم كارهون

   48

   They certainly sought to cause sedition earlier, and upset the matters for you, until the truth came and Allah’s command prevailed, much as they were averse.

   la-qadi btaghawu l-fitnata min qablu wa-qallabū laka l-ʾumūra ḥattā jāʾa l-ḥaqqu wa-ẓahara ʾamru llāhi wa-hum kārihūna

2. ومنهم من يقول ائذن لي ولا تفتني ألا في الفتنة سقطوا وإن جهنم لمحيطة بالكافرين

   49

   Among them there are some who say, ‘Give me leave, and do not put me to temptation.’ Look! They have already fallen into temptation and indeed hell besieges the faithless.

   wa-minhum man yaqūlu ʾdhan lī wa-lā taftinnī ʾa-lā fī l-fitnati saqaṭū wa-ʾinna jahannama la-muḥīṭatun bi-l-kāfirīna

3. إن تصبك حسنة تسؤهم وإن تصبك مصيبة يقولوا قد أخذنا أمرنا من قبل ويتولوا وهم فرحون

   50

   If some good should befall you, it upsets them; but if an adversity befalls you, they say, ‘We had already taken our precautions in advance,’ and they go away boasting.

   ʾin tuṣibka ḥasanatun tasuʾhum wa-ʾin tuṣibka muṣībatun yaqūlū qad ʾakhadhnā ʾamranā min qablu wa-yatawallaw wa-hum fariḥūna

4. قل لن يصيبنا إلا ما كتب الله لنا هو مولانا وعلى الله فليتوكل المؤمنون

   51

   Say, ‘Nothing will befall us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is our master, and in Allah let all the faithful put their trust.’

   qul lan yuṣībanā ʾillā mā kataba llāhu lanā huwa mawlānā wa-ʿalā llāhi fa-l-yatawakkali l-muʾminūna

5. قل هل تربصون بنا إلا إحدى الحسنيين ونحن نتربص بكم أن يصيبكم الله بعذاب من عنده أو بأيدينا فتربصوا إنا معكم متربصون

   52

   Say, ‘Do you not await one of the two excellent things to happen to us? But we await that Allah shall visit on you a punishment, from Him, or by our hands. So wait! We too are waiting along with you.’

   qul hal tarabbaṣūna binā ʾillā ʾiḥdā l-ḥusnayayni wa-naḥnu natarabbaṣu bikum ʾan yuṣībakumu llāhu bi-ʿadhābin min ʿindihī ʾaw bi-ʾaydīnā fa-tarabbaṣū ʾinnā maʿakum mutarabbiṣūna

6. قل أنفقوا طوعا أو كرها لن يتقبل منكم إنكم كنتم قوما فاسقين

   53

   Say, ‘Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall never be accepted from you; for you are indeed a transgressing lot.’

   qul ʾanfiqū ṭawʿan ʾaw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum ʾinnakum kuntum qawman fāsiqīna

7. وما منعهم أن تقبل منهم نفقاتهم إلا أنهم كفروا بالله وبرسوله ولا يأتون الصلاة إلا وهم كسالى ولا ينفقون إلا وهم كارهون

   54

   Nothing stops their charities from being accepted except that they have no faith in Allah and His Apostle and do not perform the prayer but lazily, and do not spend but reluctantly.

   wa-mā manaʿahum ʾan tuqbala minhum nafaqātuhum ʾillā ʾannahum kafarū bi-llāhi wa-bi-rasūlihī wa-lā yaʾtūna ṣ-ṣalāta ʾillā wa-hum kusālā wa-lā yunfiqūna ʾillā wa-hum kārihūna