Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 99 (9:99)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

وَمِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَْٔاخِرِ وَيَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ قُرُبَٰتٍ …

Quran 9:99 is ayah 99 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 202 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:99
وَمِنَٱلْأَعْرَابِمَنيُؤْمِنُبِٱللَّهِوَٱلْيَوْمِٱلَْٔاخِرِوَيَتَّخِذُمَايُنفِقُقُرُبَٰتٍعِندَٱللَّهِوَصَلَوَٰتِٱلرَّسُولِ ۚأَلَآإِنَّهَاقُرْبَةٌلَّهُمْ ۚسَيُدْخِلُهُمُٱللَّهُفِىرَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ٩٩
wamina l-aʿrābi man yu'minu bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri wayattakhidhu mā yunfiqu qurubātin ʿinda l-lahi waṣalawāti l-rasūli alā innahā qur'batun lahum sayud'khiluhumu l-lahu fī raḥmatihi inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun

But among the bedouins are some who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and consider what they spend as means of nearness to Allāh and of [obtaining] invocations of the Messenger. Unquestionably, it is a means of nearness for them. Allāh will admit them to His mercy. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.(99)

Word by word

  1. وَمِنَwaminaBut among
  2. ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe bedouins
  3. مَنman(is he) who
  4. يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieves
  5. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  6. وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
  7. ٱلَْٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last
  8. وَيَتَّخِذُwayattakhidhuand takes
  9. مَاmāwhat
  10. يُنفِقُyunfiquhe spends
  11. قُرُبَٰتٍqurubātin(as) means of nearness
  12. عِندَʿindawith
  13. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  14. وَصَلَوَٰتِwaṣalawātiand blessings
  15. ٱلرَّسُولِ ۚl-rasūli(of) the Messenger
  16. أَلَآalāBehold
  17. إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it
  18. قُرْبَةٌqur'batun(is) a means of nearness
  19. لَّهُمْ ۚlahumfor them
  20. سَيُدْخِلُهُمُsayud'khiluhumuAllah will admit them
  21. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will admit them
  22. فِىfīto
  23. رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗraḥmatihiHis Mercy
  24. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  25. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  26. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  27. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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