Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. فلا تعجبك أموالهم ولا أولادهم إنما يريد الله ليعذبهم بها في الحياة الدنيا وتزهق أنفسهم وهم كافرون

   55

   So let not their wealth and children impress you: Allah only desires to punish them with these in the life of this world, and that their souls may depart while they are faithless.

   fa-lā tuʿjibka ʾamwāluhum wa-lā ʾawlāduhum ʾinnamā yurīdu llāhu li-yuʿadhdhibahum bihā fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-tazhaqa ʾanfusuhum wa-hum kāfirūna

2. ويحلفون بالله إنهم لمنكم وما هم منكم ولكنهم قوم يفرقون

   56

   They swear by Allah that they belong to you, but they do not belong to you. Rather, they are a frightened lot.

   wa-yaḥlifūna bi-llāhi ʾinnahum la-minkum wa-mā hum minkum wa-lākinnahum qawmun yafraqūna

3. لو يجدون ملجأ أو مغارات أو مدخلا لولوا إليه وهم يجمحون

   57

   If they could find a refuge, or a hideout, or a hole [to creep into], they would turn to it in frantic haste.

   law yajidūna maljaʾan ʾaw maghārātin ʾaw muddakhalan la-wallaw ʾilayhi wa-hum yajmaḥūna

4. ومنهم من يلمزك في الصدقات فإن أعطوا منها رضوا وإن لم يعطوا منها إذا هم يسخطون

   58

   There are some of them who blame you regarding [the distribution of] the charities: if they are given from them, they are pleased, but if they are not given from them, behold, they are displeased.

   wa-minhum man yalmizuka fī ṣ-ṣadaqāti fa-ʾin ʾuʿṭū minhā raḍū wa-ʾin lam yuʿṭaw minhā ʾidhā hum yaskhaṭūna

5. ولو أنهم رضوا ما آتاهم الله ورسوله وقالوا حسبنا الله سيؤتينا الله من فضله ورسوله إنا إلى الله راغبون

   59

   [It would have been better] if they had been pleased with what Allah and His Apostle gave them, and had said, ‘Allah is sufficient for us; Allah and His Apostle will give to us out of His grace. Indeed to Allah do we eagerly turn.’

   wa-law ʾannahum raḍū mā ʾātāhumu llāhu wa-rasūluhū wa-qālū ḥasbunā llāhu sa-yuʾtīnā llāhu min faḍlihī wa-rasūluhū ʾinnā ʾilā llāhi rāghibūna

6. إنما الصدقات للفقراء والمساكين والعاملين عليها والمؤلفة قلوبهم وفي الرقاب والغارمين وفي سبيل الله وابن السبيل فريضة من الله والله عليم حكيم

   60

   The charities are only for the poor and the needy, and those employed to collect them, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and for [the freedom of] the slaves and the debtors, and in the way of Allah, and for the traveller. [This is] an ordinance from Allah, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   ʾinnamā ṣ-ṣadaqātu li-l-fuqarāʾi wa-l-masākīni wa-l-ʿāmilīna ʿalayhā wa-l-muʾallafati qulūbuhum wa-fī r-riqābi wa-l-ghārimīna wa-fī sabīli llāhi wa-bni s-sabīli farīḍatan mina llāhi wa-llāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

7. ومنهم الذين يؤذون النبي ويقولون هو أذن قل أذن خير لكم يؤمن بالله ويؤمن للمؤمنين ورحمة للذين آمنوا منكم والذين يؤذون رسول الله لهم عذاب أليم

   61

   Among them are those who torment the Prophet, and say, ‘He is an ear.’ Say, ‘An ear that is good for you. He has faith in Allah and trusts the faithful, and is a mercy for those of you who have faith.’ As for those who torment the Apostle of Allah, there is a painful punishment for them.

   wa-minhumu lladhīna yuʾdhūna n-nabiyya wa-yaqūlūna huwa ʾudhunun qul ʾudhunu khayrin lakum yuʾminu bi-llāhi wa-yuʾminu li-l-muʾminīna wa-raḥmatun li-lladhīna ʾāmanū minkum wa-lladhīna yuʾdhūna rasūla llāhi lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun