Quran 9:111 — At-Tawba, verse 111
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God has purchased the persons and possessions of the believers in return for the Garden- they fight in God’s way: they kill and are killed- this is a true promise given by Him in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran. Who could be more faithful to his promise than God? So be happy with the bargain you have made: that is the supreme triumph.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَىٰ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ ۚ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ ۖ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ ۚ وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِعَهْدِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ ۚ فَاسْتَبْشِرُوا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذِي بَايَعْتُمْ بِهِ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
inna l-laha ish'tarā mina l-mu'minīna anfusahum wa-amwālahum bi-anna lahumu l-janata yuqātilūna fī sabīli l-lahi fayaqtulūna wayuq'talūna waʿdan ʿalayhi ḥaqqan fī l-tawrāti wal-injīli wal-qur'āni waman awfā biʿahdihi mina l-lahi fa-is'tabshirū bibayʿikumu alladhī bāyaʿtum bihi wadhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of God; they kill, and are killed; that is a promise binding upon God in the Torah, and the Gospel, and the Koran; and who fulfils his covenant truer than God? So rejoice in the bargain you have made with Him; that is the mighty triumph.
- Muhammad Asad
- BEHOLD, God has bought of the believers their lives and their possessions, promising them paradise in return, [and so] they fight in God's cause, and slay, and are slain: a promise which in truth He has willed upon Himself in [the words of] the Torah, and the Gospel, and the Qur'an. And who could be more faithful to his covenant than God? Rejoice, then, in the bargain which you have made with Him: for this, this is the triumph supreme!
- Sahih International
- Indeed, Allāh has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allāh, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’ān. And who is truer to his covenant than Allāh? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 3 | ٱشْتَرَىٰish'tarā | (has) purchased | شري |
| 4 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 5 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 6 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | their lives | نفس |
| 7 | وَأَمْوَٰلَهُمwa-amwālahum | and their wealth | مول |
| 8 | بِأَنَّbi-anna | because | — |
| 9 | لَهُمُlahumu | for them | — |
| 10 | ٱلْجَنَّةَ ۚl-janata | (is) Paradise | جنن |
| 11 | يُقَـٰتِلُونَyuqātilūna | They fight | قتل |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 14 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 15 | فَيَقْتُلُونَfayaqtulūna | they slay | قتل |
| 16 | وَيُقْتَلُونَ ۖwayuq'talūna | and they are slain | قتل |
| 17 | وَعْدًاwaʿdan | A promise | وعد |
| 18 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | upon Him | — |
| 19 | حَقًّۭاḥaqqan | true | حقق |
| 20 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 21 | ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِl-tawrāti | the Taurat | — |
| 22 | وَٱلْإِنجِيلِwal-injīli | and the Injeel | — |
| 23 | وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚwal-qur'āni | and the Quran | قرأ |
| 24 | وَمَنْwaman | And who | — |
| 25 | أَوْفَىٰawfā | (is) more faithful | وفي |
| 26 | بِعَهْدِهِۦbiʿahdihi | to his promise | عهد |
| 27 | مِنَmina | than | — |
| 28 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 29 | فَٱسْتَبْشِرُوا۟fa-is'tabshirū | So rejoice | بشر |
| 30 | بِبَيْعِكُمُbibayʿikumu | in your transaction | بيع |
| 31 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | which | — |
| 32 | بَايَعْتُمbāyaʿtum | you have contracted | بيع |
| 33 | بِهِۦ ۚbihi | [with it] | — |
| 34 | وَذَٰلِكَwadhālika | And that | — |
| 35 | هُوَhuwa | it | — |
| 36 | ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzu | (is) the success | فوز |
| 37 | ٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmu | the great | عظم |