Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 90 (9:90)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

وَجَآءَ ٱلْمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ لِيُؤْذَنَ لَهُمْ وَقَعَدَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ …

Quran 9:90 is ayah 90 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 201 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:90
وَجَآءَٱلْمُعَذِّرُونَمِنَٱلْأَعْرَابِلِيُؤْذَنَلَهُمْوَقَعَدَٱلَّذِينَكَذَبُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥ ۚسَيُصِيبُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟مِنْهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ٩٠
wajāa l-muʿadhirūna mina l-aʿrābi liyu'dhana lahum waqaʿada alladhīna kadhabū l-laha warasūlahu sayuṣību alladhīna kafarū min'hum ʿadhābun alīmun

And those with excuses among the bedouins came to be permitted [to remain], and they who had lied to Allāh and His Messenger sat [at home]. There will strike those who disbelieved among them a painful punishment.(90)

Word by word

  1. وَجَآءَwajāaAnd came
  2. ٱلْمُعَذِّرُونَl-muʿadhirūnathe ones who make excuses
  3. مِنَminaof
  4. ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe bedouins
  5. لِيُؤْذَنَliyu'dhanathat permission be granted
  6. لَهُمْlahumto them
  7. وَقَعَدَwaqaʿadaand sat
  8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  9. كَذَبُوا۟kadhabūlied
  10. ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
  11. وَرَسُولَهُۥ ۚwarasūlahuand His Messenger
  12. سَيُصِيبُsayuṣībuWill strike
  13. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  14. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  15. مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
  16. عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
  17. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

Tafsir (commentary) of 9:90

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وَقَعَدَ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُواْ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ

(and those who had lied to Allah and His Messenger sat at home), and did not ask for permission for it; and Allah warned them of painful punishment,

سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

(a painful torment will seize those of them who disbelieve.)

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