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Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 82

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا۟ كَثِيرًا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.

At-Tawbah · 9:82

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  1. فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟falyaḍḥakūSo let them laugh
  2. قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
  3. وَلْيَبْكُوا۟walyabkūand let them weep
  4. كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
  5. جَزَآءًۢjazāan(as) a recompense
  6. بِمَاbimāfor what
  7. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  8. يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn

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