Quran 9:121 — At-Tawba, verse 121
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if they spend a little or a lot for God’s cause, if they traverse a mountain pass, all this is recorded to their credit so that God can reward them in accordance with the best of their deeds.
وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَ نَفَقَةً صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً وَلَا يَقْطَعُونَ وَادِيًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
walā yunfiqūna nafaqatan ṣaghīratan walā kabīratan walā yaqṭaʿūna wādiyan illā kutiba lahum liyajziyahumu l-lahu aḥsana mā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nor do they expend any sum, small or great, nor do they traverse any valley, but it is written to their account, that God may recompense them the best of what they were doing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And whenever they spend anything [for the sake of God], be it little or much, and whenever they move on earth [in God's cause] -it is recorded in their favour, and God will grant them the best reward for all that they have been doing.
- Sahih International
- Nor do they spend an expenditure, small or large, or cross a valley but that it is registered for them that Allāh may reward them for the best of what they were doing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 2 | يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūna | they spend | نفق |
| 3 | نَفَقَةًۭnafaqatan | any spending | نفق |
| 4 | صَغِيرَةًۭṣaghīratan | small | صغر |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 6 | كَبِيرَةًۭkabīratan | big | كبر |
| 7 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 8 | يَقْطَعُونَyaqṭaʿūna | they cross | قطع |
| 9 | وَادِيًاwādiyan | a valley | ودي |
| 10 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 11 | كُتِبَkutiba | is recorded | كتب |
| 12 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 13 | لِيَجْزِيَهُمُliyajziyahumu | that Allah may reward them | جزي |
| 14 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | that Allah may reward them | أله |
| 15 | أَحْسَنَaḥsana | the best | حسن |
| 16 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 17 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 18 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |