Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 52
قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْدَى ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا ۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ
Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things [i.e., martyrdom or victory] while we await for you that Allāh will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."
At-Tawbah · 9:52
Word by word
- قُلْqulSay
- هَلْhalDo
- تَرَبَّصُونَtarabbaṣūnayou await
- بِنَآbināfor us
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- إِحْدَىiḥ'dāone
- ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖl-ḥus'nayayni(of) the two best (things)
- وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
- نَتَرَبَّصُnatarabbaṣu[we] await
- بِكُمْbikumfor you
- أَنanthat
- يُصِيبَكُمُyuṣībakumuAllah will afflict you
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will afflict you
- بِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
- مِّنْminfrom
- عِندِهِۦٓʿindihi[near] Him
- أَوْawor
- بِأَيْدِينَا ۖbi-aydīnāby our hands
- فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟fatarabbaṣūSo wait
- إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
- مَعَكُمmaʿakumwith you
- مُّتَرَبِّصُونَmutarabbiṣūna(are) waiting
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