Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. وعلى الثلاثة الذين خلفوا حتى إذا ضاقت عليهم الأرض بما رحبت وضاقت عليهم أنفسهم وظنوا أن لا ملجأ من الله إلا إليه ثم تاب عليهم ليتوبوا إن الله هو التواب الرحيم

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   —and to the three who were left behind. When the earth became narrow for them with [all] its expanse, and their own souls weighed heavily on them, and they knew that there was no refuge from Allah except in Him, then He turned clemently toward them so that they might be penitent. Indeed Allah is the All-clement, the All-merciful.

   wa-ʿalā th-thalāthati lladhīna khullifū ḥattā ʾidhā ḍāqat ʿalayhimu l-ʾarḍu bi-mā raḥubat wa-ḍāqat ʿalayhim ʾanfusuhum wa-ẓannū ʾan lā maljaʾa mina llāhi ʾillā ʾilayhi thumma tāba ʿalayhim li-yatūbū ʾinna llāha huwa t-tawwābu r-raḥīmu

2. يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وكونوا مع الصادقين

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   O you who have faith! Be wary of Allah, and be with the Truthful.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ttaqū llāha wa-kūnū maʿa ṣ-ṣādiqīna

3. ما كان لأهل المدينة ومن حولهم من الأعراب أن يتخلفوا عن رسول الله ولا يرغبوا بأنفسهم عن نفسه ذلك بأنهم لا يصيبهم ظمأ ولا نصب ولا مخمصة في سبيل الله ولا يطئون موطئا يغيظ الكفار ولا ينالون من عدو نيلا إلا كتب لهم به عمل صالح إن الله لا يضيع أجر المحسنين

   120

   It is not fitting for the people of Madinah and the Bedouins around them to hang back behind the Apostle of Allah and prefer their own lives to his life. That is because they neither experience any thirst, nor fatigue, nor hunger, in the way of Allah, nor do they tread any ground enraging the faithless, nor do they gain any ground against an enemy but a righteous deed is written for them on its account. Indeed Allah does not waste the reward of the virtuous.

   mā kāna li-ʾahli l-madīnati wa-man ḥawlahum mina l-ʾaʿrābi ʾan yatakhallafū ʿan rasūli llāhi wa-lā yarghabū bi-ʾanfusihim ʿan nafsihī dhālika bi-ʾannahum lā yuṣībuhum ẓamaʾun wa-lā naṣabun wa-lā makhmaṣatun fī sabīli llāhi wa-lā yaṭaʾūna mawṭiʾan yaghīẓu l-kuffāra wa-lā yanālūna min ʿaduwwin naylan ʾillā kutiba lahum bihī ʿamalun ṣāliḥun ʾinna llāha lā yuḍīʿu ʾajra l-muḥsinīna

4. ولا ينفقون نفقة صغيرة ولا كبيرة ولا يقطعون واديا إلا كتب لهم ليجزيهم الله أحسن ما كانوا يعملون

   121

   And neither do they incur any expense, big or small, nor do they cross any valley, but it is written to their account, so that Allah may reward them by the best of what they used to do.

   wa-lā yunfiqūna nafaqatan ṣaghīratan wa-lā kabīratan wa-lā yaqṭaʿūna wādiyan ʾillā kutiba lahum li-yajziyahumu llāhu ʾaḥsana mā kānū yaʿmalūna

5. وما كان المؤمنون لينفروا كافة فلولا نفر من كل فرقة منهم طائفة ليتفقهوا في الدين ولينذروا قومهم إذا رجعوا إليهم لعلهم يحذرون

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   Yet it is not for the faithful to go forth en masse. But why should not there a group from each of their sections go forth to become learned in religion, and to warn their people when they return to them, so that they may beware?

   wa-mā kāna l-muʾminūna li-yanfirū kāffatan fa-law-lā nafara min kulli firqatin minhum ṭāʾifatun li-yatafaqqahū fī d-dīni wa-li-yundhirū qawmahum ʾidhā rajaʿū ʾilayhim laʿallahum yaḥdharūna