Surah At-Tawbah (The Repentance) in English

1. يا أيها الذين آمنوا قاتلوا الذين يلونكم من الكفار وليجدوا فيكم غلظة واعلموا أن الله مع المتقين

   123

   O you who have faith! Fight the faithless who are in your vicinity, and let them find severity in you, and know that Allah is with the Godwary.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū qātilū lladhīna yalūnakum mina l-kuffāri wa-l-yajidū fīkum ghilẓatan wa-ʿlamū ʾanna llāha maʿa l-muttaqīna

2. وإذا ما أنزلت سورة فمنهم من يقول أيكم زادته هذه إيمانا فأما الذين آمنوا فزادتهم إيمانا وهم يستبشرون

   124

   Whenever a surah is sent down, there are some of them who say, ‘Which of you did it increase in faith?’ As for those who have faith, it increases them in faith, and they rejoice.

   wa-ʾidhā mā ʾunzilat sūratun fa-minhum man yaqūlu ʾayyukum zādathu hādhihī ʾīmānan fa-ʾammā lladhīna ʾāmanū fa-zādathum ʾīmānan wa-hum yastabshirūna

3. وأما الذين في قلوبهم مرض فزادتهم رجسا إلى رجسهم وماتوا وهم كافرون

   125

   But as for those in whose heart is a sickness, it only adds defilement to their defilement, and they die while they are faithless.

   wa-ʾammā lladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun fa-zādathum rijsan ʾilā rijsihim wa-mātū wa-hum kāfirūna

4. أولا يرون أنهم يفتنون في كل عام مرة أو مرتين ثم لا يتوبون ولا هم يذكرون

   126

   Do they not see that they are tried once or twice every year? Yet they neither repent, nor do they take admonition.

   ʾa-wa-lā yarawna ʾannahum yuftanūna fī kulli ʿāmin marratan ʾaw marratayni thumma lā yatūbūna wa-lā hum yadhdhakkarūna

5. وإذا ما أنزلت سورة نظر بعضهم إلى بعض هل يراكم من أحد ثم انصرفوا صرف الله قلوبهم بأنهم قوم لا يفقهون

   127

   Whenever a surah is sent down they look at one another: ‘Is anybody observing you?’ Then they slip away. Allah has turned aside their hearts, for they are a people who do not understand.

   wa-ʾidhā mā ʾunzilat sūratun naẓara baʿḍuhum ʾilā baʿḍin hal yarākum min ʾaḥadin thumma nṣarafū ṣarafa llāhu qulūbahum bi-ʾannahum qawmun lā yafqahūna

6. لقد جاءكم رسول من أنفسكم عزيز عليه ما عنتم حريص عليكم بالمؤمنين رءوف رحيم

   128

   There has certainly come to you an apostle from among yourselves. Grievous to him is your distress; he has deep concern for you, and is most kind and merciful to the faithful.

   la-qad jāʾakum rasūlun min ʾanfusikum ʿazīzun ʿalayhi mā ʿanittum ḥarīṣun ʿalaykum bi-l-muʾminīna raʾūfun raḥīmun

7. فإن تولوا فقل حسبي الله لا إله إلا هو عليه توكلت وهو رب العرش العظيم

   129

   But if they turn their backs [on you], say, ‘Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god except Him. In Him I have put my trust and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.’

   fa-ʾin tawallaw fa-qul ḥasbiya llāhu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa-huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīmi