Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 53 (9:53)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

قُلْ أَنفِقُوا۟ طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ ۖ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

Quran 9:53 is ayah 53 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 195 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:53
قُلْأَنفِقُوا۟طَوْعًاأَوْكَرْهًالَّنيُتَقَبَّلَمِنكُمْ ۖإِنَّكُمْكُنتُمْقَوْمًافَٰسِقِينَ٥٣
qul anfiqū ṭawʿan aw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman fāsiqīna

Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."(53)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqūSpend
  3. طَوْعًاṭawʿanwillingly
  4. أَوْawor
  5. كَرْهًاkarhanunwillingly
  6. لَّنlannever
  7. يُتَقَبَّلَyutaqabbalawill be accepted
  8. مِنكُمْ ۖminkumfrom you
  9. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
  10. كُنتُمْkuntum[you] are
  11. قَوْمًاqawmana people
  12. فَٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient

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