Quran 9:24 — At-Tawba, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say [Prophet], ‘If your fathers, sons, brothers, wives, tribes, the wealth you have acquired, the trade which you fear will decline, and the dwellings you love are dearer to you than God and His Messenger and the struggle in His cause, then wait until God brings about His punishment.’ God does not guide those who break away.
قُلْ إِنْ كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
qul in kāna ābāukum wa-abnāukum wa-ikh'wānukum wa-azwājukum waʿashīratukum wa-amwālun iq'taraftumūhā watijāratun takhshawna kasādahā wamasākinu tarḍawnahā aḥabba ilaykum mina l-lahi warasūlihi wajihādin fī sabīlihi fatarabbaṣū ḥattā yatiya l-lahu bi-amrihi wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your clan, your possessions that you have gained, commerce you fear may slacken, dwellings you love -- if these are dearer to you than God and His Messenger, and to struggle in His way, then wait till God brings His command; God guides not the people of the ungodly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "If your fathers and your sons and your brothers and your spouses and your clan, and the worldly goods which you have acquired, and the commerce whereof you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you take pleasure - [if all these] are dearer to you than God and His Apostle and the struggle in His cause, then wait until God makes manifest His will; and [know that] God does not grace iniquitous folk with His guidance."
- Sahih International
- Say, [O Muḥammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allāh and His Messenger and jihād [i.e., striving] in His cause, then wait until Allāh executes His command. And Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | إِنin | If | — |
| 3 | كَانَkāna | are | كون |
| 4 | ءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukum | your fathers | أبو |
| 5 | وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْwa-abnāukum | and your sons | بني |
| 6 | وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْwa-ikh'wānukum | and your brothers | أخو |
| 7 | وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْwa-azwājukum | and your spouses | زوج |
| 8 | وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْwaʿashīratukum | and your relatives | عشر |
| 9 | وَأَمْوَٰلٌwa-amwālun | and wealth | مول |
| 10 | ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَاiq'taraftumūhā | that you have acquired | قرف |
| 11 | وَتِجَـٰرَةٌۭwatijāratun | and the commerce | تجر |
| 12 | تَخْشَوْنَtakhshawna | you fear | خشي |
| 13 | كَسَادَهَاkasādahā | a decline (in) it | كسد |
| 14 | وَمَسَـٰكِنُwamasākinu | and the dwellings | سكن |
| 15 | تَرْضَوْنَهَآtarḍawnahā | you delight (in) it | رضو |
| 16 | أَحَبَّaḥabba | (are) more beloved | حبب |
| 17 | إِلَيْكُمilaykum | to you | — |
| 18 | مِّنَmina | than | — |
| 19 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 20 | وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihi | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 21 | وَجِهَادٍۢwajihādin | and striving | جهد |
| 22 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 23 | سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihi | His way | سبل |
| 24 | فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟fatarabbaṣū | then wait | ربص |
| 25 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 26 | يَأْتِىَyatiya | Allah brings | أتي |
| 27 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah brings | أله |
| 28 | بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۗbi-amrihi | His Command | أمر |
| 29 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 30 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 31 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 32 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 33 | ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīna | the defiantly disobedient | فسق |