Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 24 (9:24)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

قُلْ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلٌ …

Quran 9:24 is ayah 24 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 190 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:24
قُلْإِنكَانَءَابَآؤُكُمْوَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْوَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْوَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْوَعَشِيرَتُكُمْوَأَمْوَٰلٌٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَاوَتِجَٰرَةٌتَخْشَوْنَكَسَادَهَاوَمَسَٰكِنُتَرْضَوْنَهَآأَحَبَّإِلَيْكُممِّنَٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦوَجِهَادٍفِىسَبِيلِهِۦفَتَرَبَّصُوا۟حَتَّىٰيَأْتِىَٱللَّهُبِأَمْرِهِۦ ۗوَٱللَّهُلَايَهْدِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ٢٤
qul in kāna ābāukum wa-abnāukum wa-ikh'wānukum wa-azwājukum waʿashīratukum wa-amwālun iq'taraftumūhā watijāratun takhshawna kasādahā wamasākinu tarḍawnahā aḥabba ilaykum mina l-lahi warasūlihi wajihādin fī sabīlihi fatarabbaṣū ḥattā yatiya l-lahu bi-amrihi wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allāh and His Messenger and jihād [i.e., striving] in His cause, then wait until Allāh executes His command. And Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people."(24)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنinIf
  3. كَانَkānaare
  4. ءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumyour fathers
  5. وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْwa-abnāukumand your sons
  6. وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْwa-ikh'wānukumand your brothers
  7. وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْwa-azwājukumand your spouses
  8. وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْwaʿashīratukumand your relatives
  9. وَأَمْوَٰلٌwa-amwālunand wealth
  10. ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَاiq'taraftumūhāthat you have acquired
  11. وَتِجَٰرَةٌwatijāratunand the commerce
  12. تَخْشَوْنَtakhshawnayou fear
  13. كَسَادَهَاkasādahāa decline (in) it
  14. وَمَسَٰكِنُwamasākinuand the dwellings
  15. تَرْضَوْنَهَآtarḍawnahāyou delight (in) it
  16. أَحَبَّaḥabba(are) more beloved
  17. إِلَيْكُمilaykumto you
  18. مِّنَminathan
  19. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  20. وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
  21. وَجِهَادٍwajihādinand striving
  22. فِىfīin
  23. سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis way
  24. فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟fatarabbaṣūthen wait
  25. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  26. يَأْتِىَyatiyaAllah brings
  27. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah brings
  28. بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۗbi-amrihiHis Command
  29. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  30. لَاlā(does) not
  31. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
  32. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
  33. ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient

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