Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 74 (9:74)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ مَا قَالُوا۟ وَلَقَدْ قَالُوا۟ كَلِمَةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ وَكَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ …

Quran 9:74 is ayah 74 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 199 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:74
يَحْلِفُونَبِٱللَّهِمَاقَالُوا۟وَلَقَدْقَالُوا۟كَلِمَةَٱلْكُفْرِوَكَفَرُوا۟بَعْدَإِسْلَٰمِهِمْوَهَمُّوا۟بِمَالَمْيَنَالُوا۟ ۚوَمَانَقَمُوٓا۟إِلَّآأَنْأَغْنَىٰهُمُٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥمِنفَضْلِهِۦ ۚفَإِنيَتُوبُوا۟يَكُخَيْرًالَّهُمْ ۖوَإِنيَتَوَلَّوْا۟يُعَذِّبْهُمُٱللَّهُعَذَابًاأَلِيمًافِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۚوَمَالَهُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِمِنوَلِىٍّوَلَانَصِيرٍ٧٤
yaḥlifūna bil-lahi mā qālū walaqad qālū kalimata l-kuf'ri wakafarū baʿda is'lāmihim wahammū bimā lam yanālū wamā naqamū illā an aghnāhumu l-lahu warasūluhu min faḍlihi fa-in yatūbū yaku khayran lahum wa-in yatawallaw yuʿadhib'humu l-lahu ʿadhāban alīman fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati wamā lahum fī l-arḍi min waliyyin walā naṣīrin

They swear by Allāh that they did not say [anything against the Prophet (ﷺ)] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islām and planned that which they were not to attain. And they were not resentful except [for the fact] that Allāh and His Messenger had enriched them of His bounty. So if they repent, it is better for them; but if they turn away, Allāh will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And there will not be for them on earth any protector or helper.(74)

Word by word

  1. يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnaThey swear
  2. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
  3. مَاmā(that) they said nothing
  4. قَالُوا۟qālū(that) they said nothing
  5. وَلَقَدْwalaqadwhile certainly
  6. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  7. كَلِمَةَkalimata(the) word
  8. ٱلْكُفْرِl-kuf'ri(of) the disbelief
  9. وَكَفَرُوا۟wakafarūand disbelieved
  10. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  11. إِسْلَٰمِهِمْis'lāmihimtheir (pretense of) Islam
  12. وَهَمُّوا۟wahammūand planned
  13. بِمَاbimā[of] what
  14. لَمْlamnot
  15. يَنَالُوا۟ ۚyanālūthey could attain
  16. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  17. نَقَمُوٓا۟naqamūthey were resentful
  18. إِلَّآillāexcept
  19. أَنْanthat
  20. أَغْنَىٰهُمُaghnāhumuAllah had enriched them
  21. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah had enriched them
  22. وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His Messenger
  23. مِنminof
  24. فَضْلِهِۦ ۚfaḍlihiHis Bounty
  25. فَإِنfa-inSo if
  26. يَتُوبُوا۟yatūbūthey repent
  27. يَكُyakuit is
  28. خَيْرًاkhayranbetter
  29. لَّهُمْ ۖlahumfor them
  30. وَإِنwa-inand if
  31. يَتَوَلَّوْا۟yatawallawthey turn away
  32. يُعَذِّبْهُمُyuʿadhib'humuAllah will punish them
  33. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will punish them
  34. عَذَابًاʿadhāban(with) a punishment
  35. أَلِيمًاalīmanpainful
  36. فِىfīin
  37. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
  38. وَٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۚwal-ākhiratiand (in) the Hereafter
  39. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  40. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  41. فِىfīin
  42. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  43. مِنminany
  44. وَلِىٍّwaliyyinprotector
  45. وَلَاwalāand not
  46. نَصِيرٍnaṣīrina helper

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