Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 110 (9:110)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

لَا يَزَالُ بُنْيَٰنُهُمُ ٱلَّذِى بَنَوْا۟ رِيبَةً فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَقَطَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ …

Quran 9:110 is ayah 110 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 204 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:110
لَايَزَالُبُنْيَٰنُهُمُٱلَّذِىبَنَوْا۟رِيبَةًفِىقُلُوبِهِمْإِلَّآأَنتَقَطَّعَقُلُوبُهُمْ ۗوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌحَكِيمٌ١١٠
lā yazālu bun'yānuhumu alladhī banaw rībatan fī qulūbihim illā an taqaṭṭaʿa qulūbuhum wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

Their building which they built will not cease to be a [cause of] skepticism in their hearts until their hearts are cut [i.e., stopped]. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.(110)

Word by word

  1. لَاlāNot
  2. يَزَالُyazālu(will) cease
  3. بُنْيَٰنُهُمُbun'yānuhumutheir building
  4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
  5. بَنَوْا۟banawthey built
  6. رِيبَةًrībatana (cause of) doubt
  7. فِىfīin
  8. قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
  9. إِلَّآillāexcept
  10. أَنanthat
  11. تَقَطَّعَtaqaṭṭaʿa(are) cut into pieces
  12. قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗqulūbuhumtheir hearts
  13. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  14. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
  15. حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise

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