Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 24
قُلْ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلٌ ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَـٰرَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَـٰكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَجِهَادٍ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ
Say, [O Muḥammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allāh and His Messenger and jihād [i.e., striving] in His cause, then wait until Allāh executes His command. And Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people."
Word by word
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنinIf
- كَانَkānaare
- ءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumyour fathers
- وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْwa-abnāukumand your sons
- وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْwa-ikh'wānukumand your brothers
- وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْwa-azwājukumand your spouses
- وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْwaʿashīratukumand your relatives
- وَأَمْوَٰلٌwa-amwālunand wealth
- ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَاiq'taraftumūhāthat you have acquired
- وَتِجَـٰرَةٌۭwatijāratunand the commerce
- تَخْشَوْنَtakhshawnayou fear
- كَسَادَهَاkasādahāa decline (in) it
- وَمَسَـٰكِنُwamasākinuand the dwellings
- تَرْضَوْنَهَآtarḍawnahāyou delight (in) it
- أَحَبَّaḥabba(are) more beloved
- إِلَيْكُمilaykumto you
- مِّنَminathan
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
- وَجِهَادٍۢwajihādinand striving
- فِىfīin
- سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis way
- فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟fatarabbaṣūthen wait
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يَأْتِىَyatiyaAllah brings
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah brings
- بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۗbi-amrihiHis Command
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- لَاlā(does) not
- يَهْدِىyahdīguide
- ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
- ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient
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