Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 53
قُلْ أَنفِقُوا۟ طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ ۖ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ
Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."
At-Tawbah · 9:53
Word by word
- قُلْqulSay
- أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqūSpend
- طَوْعًاṭawʿanwillingly
- أَوْawor
- كَرْهًۭاkarhanunwillingly
- لَّنlannever
- يُتَقَبَّلَyutaqabbalawill be accepted
- مِنكُمْ ۖminkumfrom you
- إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
- كُنتُمْkuntum[you] are
- قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
- فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient
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