Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. رضوا بأن يكونوا مع الخوالف وطبع على قلوبهم فهم لا يفقهون

   87

   They are pleased to be with those who stay back, and their hearts have been sealed. So they do not understand.

   raḍū bi-ʾan yakūnū maʿa l-khawālifi wa-ṭubiʿa ʿalā qulūbihim fa-hum lā yafqahūna

2. لكن الرسول والذين آمنوا معه جاهدوا بأموالهم وأنفسهم وأولئك لهم الخيرات وأولئك هم المفلحون

   88

   But the Apostle and the faithful who are with him wage jihad with their possessions and persons, and to such belong all the blessings, and it is they who are the felicitous.

   lākini r-rasūlu wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū maʿahū jāhadū bi-ʾamwālihim wa-ʾanfusihim wa-ʾulāʾika lahumu l-khayrātu wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-mufliḥūna

3. أعد الله لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها ذلك الفوز العظيم

   89

   Allah has prepared for them gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever]. That is the great success.

   ʾaʿadda llāhu lahum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā dhālika l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

4. وجاء المعذرون من الأعراب ليؤذن لهم وقعد الذين كذبوا الله ورسوله سيصيب الذين كفروا منهم عذاب أليم

   90

   Some of the Bedouins who sought to be excused came, so that they may be granted leave [to stay back]; while those who lied to Allah and His Apostle sat back. Soon there shall visit the faithless among them a painful punishment.

   wa-jāʾa l-muʿadhdhirūna mina l-ʾaʿrābi li-yuʾdhana lahum wa-qaʿada lladhīna kadhabū llāha wa-rasūlahū sa-yuṣību lladhīna kafarū minhum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

5. ليس على الضعفاء ولا على المرضى ولا على الذين لا يجدون ما ينفقون حرج إذا نصحوا لله ورسوله ما على المحسنين من سبيل والله غفور رحيم

   91

   There is no blame on the weak, nor on the sick, nor on those who do not find anything to spend, so long as they are sincere to Allah and His Apostle. There is no [cause for] blaming the virtuous, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   laysa ʿalā ḍ-ḍuʿafāʾi wa-lā ʿalā l-marḍā wa-lā ʿalā lladhīna lā yajidūna mā yunfiqūna ḥarajun ʾidhā naṣaḥū li-llāhi wa-rasūlihī mā ʿalā l-muḥsinīna min sabīlin wa-llāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun

6. ولا على الذين إذا ما أتوك لتحملهم قلت لا أجد ما أحملكم عليه تولوا وأعينهم تفيض من الدمع حزنا ألا يجدوا ما ينفقون

   92

   Nor [is there any blame] on those to whom, when they came to you to provide them with a mount, you said, ‘I do not find any mount for you,’ and they turned back, their eyes flowing with tears, grieved because they did not find any means to spend.

   wa-lā ʿalā lladhīna ʾidhā mā ʾatawka li-taḥmilahum qulta lā ʾajidu mā ʾaḥmilukum ʿalayhi tawallaw wa-ʾaʿyunuhum tafīḍu mina d-damʿi ḥazanan ʾallā yajidū mā yunfiqūna

7. إنما السبيل على الذين يستأذنونك وهم أغنياء رضوا بأن يكونوا مع الخوالف وطبع الله على قلوبهم فهم لا يعلمون

   93

   The blame lies only on those who ask leave of you [to stay behind] though they are well-off. They are pleased to be with those who stay back; Allah has set a seal on their hearts, so they do not know [the outcome of their conduct].

   ʾinnamā s-sabīlu ʿalā lladhīna yastaʾdhinūnaka wa-hum ʾaghniyāʾu raḍū bi-ʾan yakūnū maʿa l-khawālifi wa-ṭabaʿa llāhu ʿalā qulūbihim fa-hum lā yaʿlamūna