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Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 52 (9:52)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْدَى ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ …

Quran 9:52 is ayah 52 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 195 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:52
قُلْهَلْتَرَبَّصُونَبِنَآإِلَّآإِحْدَىٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖوَنَحْنُنَتَرَبَّصُبِكُمْأَنيُصِيبَكُمُٱللَّهُبِعَذَابٍمِّنْعِندِهِۦٓأَوْبِأَيْدِينَا ۖفَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟إِنَّامَعَكُممُّتَرَبِّصُونَ٥٢
qul hal tarabbaṣūna binā illā iḥ'dā l-ḥus'nayayni wanaḥnu natarabbaṣu bikum an yuṣībakumu l-lahu biʿadhābin min ʿindihi aw bi-aydīnā fatarabbaṣū innā maʿakum mutarabbiṣūna

Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things [i.e., martyrdom or victory] while we await for you that Allāh will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."(52)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. هَلْhalDo
  3. تَرَبَّصُونَtarabbaṣūnayou await
  4. بِنَآbināfor us
  5. إِلَّآillāexcept
  6. إِحْدَىiḥ'dāone
  7. ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖl-ḥus'nayayni(of) the two best (things)
  8. وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
  9. نَتَرَبَّصُnatarabbaṣu[we] await
  10. بِكُمْbikumfor you
  11. أَنanthat
  12. يُصِيبَكُمُyuṣībakumuAllah will afflict you
  13. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will afflict you
  14. بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
  15. مِّنْminfrom
  16. عِندِهِۦٓʿindihi[near] Him
  17. أَوْawor
  18. بِأَيْدِينَا ۖbi-aydīnāby our hands
  19. فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟fatarabbaṣūSo wait
  20. إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
  21. مَعَكُمmaʿakumwith you
  22. مُّتَرَبِّصُونَmutarabbiṣūna(are) waiting

Tafsir (commentary) of 9:52

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This commentary explains ayahs 9:52–54 together.

قُلْ

(Say), O Muhammad to them,

هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ

(Do you wait for us), anything,

إِلاَ إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ

(except one of the two best things), martyrdom or victory over you, according to the meaning given by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, and others.

وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ

(while we await for you), that this will touch you,

أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا

(either that Allah will afflict you with a punishment from Himself or at our hands), either capture or killing,

فَتَرَبَّصُواْ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ

(So wait, we too are waiting with you.) Allah said next,

قُلْ أَنفِقُواْ طَوْعاً أَوْ كَرْهاً

(Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly), for whatever you spend either way,

لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْماً فَـسِقِينَ

(it will not be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are rebellious.) Allah mentions the reason behind not accepting their charity from them,

إِلاَ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ

(except that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger. ) and the deeds are accepted if they are preceded with faith,

وَلاَ يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَوةَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ كُسَالَى

(and that they came not to the Salah except in a lazy state.) Therefore, they neither have good intention nor eagerness to perform the acts of faith,

وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَـتُهُمْ إِلاَ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَلاَ يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَوةَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ كُسَالَى وَلاَ يُنفِقُونَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ كَـرِهُونَ

(And nothing prevents their contributions from being accepted from them except that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger, and that they came not to the Salah (the prayer) except in a lazy state, and that they offer not contributions but unwillingly.) The Truthful, to whom the Truth was revealed, Muhammad, peace be upon him, said that Allah does not stop giving rewards until you (believers) stop performing good deeds, and that Allah is Tayyib Good and Pure and only accepts what is Tayyib. This is why Allah does not accept charity or good deeds from the people described in these Ayat, because He only accepts it from those who have Taqwa.

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