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Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 61 (9:61)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

وَمِنْهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱلنَّبِىَّ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ أُذُنٌ ۚ قُلْ أُذُنُ خَيْرٍ لَّكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ …

Quran 9:61 is ayah 61 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 196 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:61
وَمِنْهُمُٱلَّذِينَيُؤْذُونَٱلنَّبِىَّوَيَقُولُونَهُوَأُذُنٌ ۚقُلْأُذُنُخَيْرٍلَّكُمْيُؤْمِنُبِٱللَّهِوَيُؤْمِنُلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَرَحْمَةٌلِّلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟مِنكُمْ ۚوَٱلَّذِينَيُؤْذُونَرَسُولَٱللَّهِلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ٦١
wamin'humu alladhīna yu'dhūna l-nabiya wayaqūlūna huwa udhunun qul udhunu khayrin lakum yu'minu bil-lahi wayu'minu lil'mu'minīna waraḥmatun lilladhīna āmanū minkum wa-alladhīna yu'dhūna rasūla l-lahi lahum ʿadhābun alīmun

And among them are those who abuse the Prophet and say, "He is an ear." Say, "[It is] an ear of goodness for you that believes in Allāh and believes the believers and [is] a mercy to those who believe among you." And those who abuse the Messenger of Allāh - for them is a painful punishment.(61)

Word by word

  1. وَمِنْهُمُwamin'humuAnd among them
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) those who
  3. يُؤْذُونَyu'dhūnahurt
  4. ٱلنَّبِىَّl-nabiyathe Prophet
  5. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
  6. هُوَhuwaHe is
  7. أُذُنٌ ۚudhunun(all) ear
  8. قُلْqulSay
  9. أُذُنُudhunuAn ear
  10. خَيْرٍkhayrin(of) goodness
  11. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
  12. يُؤْمِنُyu'minuhe believes
  13. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  14. وَيُؤْمِنُwayu'minuand believes
  15. لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnathe believers
  16. وَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand (is) a mercy
  17. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
  18. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  19. مِنكُمْ ۚminkumamong you
  20. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  21. يُؤْذُونَyu'dhūnahurt
  22. رَسُولَrasūla(the) Messenger
  23. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  24. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  25. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  26. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

Tafsir (commentary) of 9:61

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Hypocrites annoy the Prophet

Allah says, some hypocrites bother the Messenger of Allah ﷺ by questioning his character, saying,

هُوَ أُذُنٌ

(he is (lending his) ear), to those who say anything about us; he believes whoever talks to him. Therefore, if we went to him and swore, he would believe us. Similar was reported from Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah. Allah said,

قُلْ أُذُنُ خَيْرٍ لَّكُمْ

(Say: "He listens to what is best for you"), he knows who's saying the truth and who is lying,

يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَيُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(he believes in Allah; has faith in the believers), he believes the believers,

وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنكُمْ

(and is a mercy to those of you who believe"), and a proof against the disbelievers,

وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

(But those who annoy Allah's Messenger, will have a painful torment.)

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