Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. استغفر لهم أو لا تستغفر لهم إن تستغفر لهم سبعين مرة فلن يغفر الله لهم ذلك بأنهم كفروا بالله ورسوله والله لا يهدي القوم الفاسقين

   80

   Whether you plead forgiveness for them or do not plead forgiveness for them, even if you plead forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah shall never forgive them because they defied Allah and His Apostle; and Allah does not guide the transgressing lot.

   istaghfir lahum ʾaw lā tastaghfir lahum ʾin tastaghfir lahum sabʿīna marratan fa-lan yaghfira llāhu lahum dhālika bi-ʾannahum kafarū bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihī wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna

2. فرح المخلفون بمقعدهم خلاف رسول الله وكرهوا أن يجاهدوا بأموالهم وأنفسهم في سبيل الله وقالوا لا تنفروا في الحر قل نار جهنم أشد حرا لو كانوا يفقهون

   81

   Those who were left behind boasted for sitting back against [the command of] the Apostle of Allah, and were reluctant to wage jihad with their possessions and persons in the way of Allah, and they said, ‘Do not go forth in this heat.’ Say, The fire of hell is severer in heat, should they understand.

   fariḥa l-mukhallafūna bi-maqʿadihim khilāfa rasūli llāhi wa-karihū ʾan yujāhidū bi-ʾamwālihim wa-ʾanfusihim fī sabīli llāhi wa-qālū lā tanfirū fī l-ḥarri qul nāru jahannama ʾashaddu ḥarran law kānū yafqahūna

3. فليضحكوا قليلا وليبكوا كثيرا جزاء بما كانوا يكسبون

   82

   So let them laugh a little; much will they weep as a requital for what they used to earn.

   fa-l-yaḍḥakū qalīlan wa-l-yabkū kathīran jazāʾan bi-mā kānū yaksibūna

4. فإن رجعك الله إلى طائفة منهم فاستأذنوك للخروج فقل لن تخرجوا معي أبدا ولن تقاتلوا معي عدوا إنكم رضيتم بالقعود أول مرة فاقعدوا مع الخالفين

   83

   If Allah brings you back [from the battlefront] to a group of them and they seek your permission to go forth, say, ‘You shall never go forth with me, and you shall not fight with me against any enemy. You were indeed pleased to sit back the first time, so sit back with those who stay behind.’

   fa-ʾin rajaʿaka llāhu ʾilā ṭāʾifatin minhum fa-staʾdhanūka li-l-khurūji fa-qul lan takhrujū maʿiya ʾabadan wa-lan tuqātilū maʿiya ʿaduwwan ʾinnakum raḍītum bi-l-quʿūdi ʾawwala marratin fa-qʿudū maʿa l-khālifīna

5. ولا تصل على أحد منهم مات أبدا ولا تقم على قبره إنهم كفروا بالله ورسوله وماتوا وهم فاسقون

   84

   And never pray over any of them when he dies, nor stand at his graveside. They indeed defied Allah and His Apostle and died as transgressors.

   wa-lā tuṣalli ʿalā ʾaḥadin minhum māta ʾabadan wa-lā taqum ʿalā qabrihī ʾinnahum kafarū bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihī wa-mātū wa-hum fāsiqūna

6. ولا تعجبك أموالهم وأولادهم إنما يريد الله أن يعذبهم بها في الدنيا وتزهق أنفسهم وهم كافرون

   85

   Let not their possessions or their children impress you. Allah only desires to punish them with these in this world, and that their souls may depart while they are faithless.

   wa-lā tuʿjibka ʾamwāluhum wa-ʾawlāduhum ʾinnamā yurīdu llāhu ʾan yuʿadhdhibahum bihā fī d-dunyā wa-tazhaqa ʾanfusuhum wa-hum kāfirūna

7. وإذا أنزلت سورة أن آمنوا بالله وجاهدوا مع رسوله استأذنك أولو الطول منهم وقالوا ذرنا نكن مع القاعدين

   86

   When a surah is sent down [declaring]: ‘Have faith in Allah, and wage jihad along with His Apostle, the affluent among them ask you for leave, and say, ‘Let us remain with those who sit back.’

   wa-ʾidhā ʾunzilat sūratun ʾan ʾāminū bi-llāhi wa-jāhidū maʿa rasūlihi staʾdhanaka ʾulū ṭ-ṭawli minhum wa-qālū dharnā nakun maʿa l-qāʿidīna