Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 83
فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُل لَّن تَخْرُجُوا۟ مَعِىَ أَبَدًا وَلَن تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ مَعِىَ عَدُوًّا ۖ إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُم بِٱلْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَ
If Allāh should return you to a faction of them [after the expedition] and then they ask your permission to go out [to battle], say, "You will not go out with me, ever, and you will never fight with me an enemy. Indeed, you were satisfied with sitting [at home] the first time, so sit [now] with those who stay behind."
At-Tawbah · 9:83
Word by word
- فَإِنfa-inThen if
- رَّجَعَكَrajaʿakaAllah returns you
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah returns you
- إِلَىٰilāto
- طَآئِفَةٍۢṭāifatina group
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
- فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَfa-is'tadhanūkaand they ask you permission
- لِلْخُرُوجِlil'khurūjito go out
- فَقُلfaqulthen say
- لَّنlanNever
- تَخْرُجُوا۟takhrujūwill you come out
- مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
- أَبَدًۭاabadanever
- وَلَنwalanand never
- تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟tuqātilūwill you fight
- مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
- عَدُوًّا ۖʿaduwwanany enemy
- إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
- رَضِيتُمraḍītumwere satisfied
- بِٱلْقُعُودِbil-quʿūdiwith sitting
- أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
- مَرَّةٍۢmarratintime
- فَٱقْعُدُوا۟fa-uq'ʿudūso sit
- مَعَmaʿawith
- ٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَl-khālifīnathose who stay behind
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