Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 87 (9:87)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

رَضُوا۟ بِأَن يَكُونُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَوَالِفِ وَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Quran 9:87 is ayah 87 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 201 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:87
رَضُوا۟بِأَنيَكُونُوا۟مَعَٱلْخَوَالِفِوَطُبِعَعَلَىٰقُلُوبِهِمْفَهُمْلَايَفْقَهُونَ٨٧
raḍū bi-an yakūnū maʿa l-khawālifi waṭubiʿa ʿalā qulūbihim fahum lā yafqahūna

They were satisfied to be with those who stay behind, and their hearts were sealed over, so they do not understand.(87)

Word by word

  1. رَضُوا۟raḍūThey (were) satisfied
  2. بِأَنbi-anto
  3. يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūbe
  4. مَعَmaʿawith
  5. ٱلْخَوَالِفِl-khawālifithose who stay behind
  6. وَطُبِعَwaṭubiʿaand were sealed
  7. عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
  8. قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
  9. فَهُمْfahumso they
  10. لَاlā(do) not
  11. يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand

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