Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 44 (9:44)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

لَا يَسْتَْٔذِنُكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَْٔاخِرِ أَن يُجَٰهِدُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ …

Quran 9:44 is ayah 44 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 194 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:44
لَايَسْتَْٔذِنُكَٱلَّذِينَيُؤْمِنُونَبِٱللَّهِوَٱلْيَوْمِٱلَْٔاخِرِأَنيُجَٰهِدُوا۟بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْوَأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌۢبِٱلْمُتَّقِينَ٤٤
lā yastadhinuka alladhīna yu'minūna bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri an yujāhidū bi-amwālihim wa-anfusihim wal-lahu ʿalīmun bil-mutaqīna

Those who believe in Allāh and the Last Day would not ask permission of you to be excused from striving [i.e., fighting] with their wealth and their lives. And Allāh is Knowing of those who fear Him.(44)

Word by word

  1. لَاlā(Would) not ask your permission
  2. يَسْتَْٔذِنُكَyastadhinuka(Would) not ask your permission
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  5. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  6. وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
  7. ٱلَْٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last
  8. أَنanthat
  9. يُجَٰهِدُوا۟yujāhidūthey strive
  10. بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihimwith their wealth
  11. وَأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗwa-anfusihimand their lives
  12. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  13. عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
  14. بِٱلْمُتَّقِينَbil-mutaqīnaof the righteous

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