Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. يا أيها النبي جاهد الكفار والمنافقين واغلظ عليهم ومأواهم جهنم وبئس المصير

   73

   O Prophet! Wage jihad against the faithless and the hypocrites, and be severe with them. Their refuge shall be hell, and it is an evil destination.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu jāhidi l-kuffāra wa-l-munāfiqīna wa-ghluẓ ʿalayhim wa-maʾwāhum jahannamu wa-biʾsa l-maṣīru

2. يحلفون بالله ما قالوا ولقد قالوا كلمة الكفر وكفروا بعد إسلامهم وهموا بما لم ينالوا وما نقموا إلا أن أغناهم الله ورسوله من فضله فإن يتوبوا يك خيرا لهم وإن يتولوا يعذبهم الله عذابا أليما في الدنيا والآخرة وما لهم في الأرض من ولي ولا نصير

   74

   They swear by Allah that they did not say it. But they certainly did utter the word of unfaith and renounced faith after their Islam. They contemplated what they could not achieve, and they were vindictive only because Allah and His Apostle had enriched them out of His grace. Yet if they repent, it will be better for them; but if they turn away, Allah shall punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they shall not find on the earth any guardian or helper.

   yaḥlifūna bi-llāhi mā qālū wa-la-qad qālū kalimata l-kufri wa-kafarū baʿda ʾislāmihim wa-hammū bi-mā lam yanālū wa-mā naqamū ʾillā ʾan ʾaghnāhumu llāhu wa-rasūluhū min faḍlihī fa-ʾin yatūbū yaku khayran lahum wa-ʾin yatawallaw yuʿadhdhibhumu llāhu ʿadhāban ʾalīman fī d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-mā lahum fī l-ʾarḍi min waliyyin wa-lā naṣīrin

3. ومنهم من عاهد الله لئن آتانا من فضله لنصدقن ولنكونن من الصالحين

   75

   Among them are those who made a pledge with Allah: ‘If He gives us out of His grace, we will surely give the zakat and we will surely be among the righteous.’

   wa-minhum man ʿāhada llāha la-ʾin ʾātānā min faḍlihī la-naṣṣaddaqanna wa-la-nakūnanna mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

4. فلما آتاهم من فضله بخلوا به وتولوا وهم معرضون

   76

   But when He gave them out of His grace, they begrudged it and turned away, being disregardful.

   fa-lammā ʾātāhum min faḍlihī bakhilū bihī wa-tawallaw wa-hum muʿriḍūna

5. فأعقبهم نفاقا في قلوبهم إلى يوم يلقونه بما أخلفوا الله ما وعدوه وبما كانوا يكذبون

   77

   So He caused hypocrisy to ensue in their hearts until the day they will encounter Him, because of their going back on what they had promised Allah and because of the lies they used to tell.

   fa-ʾaʿqabahum nifāqan fī qulūbihim ʾilā yawmi yalqawnahū bi-mā ʾakhlafū llāha mā waʿadūhu wa-bi-mā kānū yakdhibūna

6. ألم يعلموا أن الله يعلم سرهم ونجواهم وأن الله علام الغيوب

   78

   Do they not know that Allah knows their secret [thoughts] and [hears] their secret talks, and that Allah is knower of all that is Unseen?

   ʾa-lam yaʿlamū ʾanna llāha yaʿlamu sirrahum wa-najwāhum wa-ʾanna llāha ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi

7. الذين يلمزون المطوعين من المؤمنين في الصدقات والذين لا يجدون إلا جهدهم فيسخرون منهم سخر الله منهم ولهم عذاب أليم

   79

   Those who blame the voluntary donors from among the faithful concerning the charities—and as for those who do not find [anything] except [what] their means [permit], they ridicule them—Allah shall put them to ridicule, and there is a painful punishment for them.

   alladhīna yalmizūna l-muṭṭawwiʿīna mina l-muʾminīna fī ṣ-ṣadaqāti wa-lladhīna lā yajidūna ʾillā juhdahum fa-yaskharūna minhum sakhira llāhu minhum wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun-i