Quran 9:3 — At-Tawba, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
On the Day of the Great Pilgrimage [there will be] a proclamation from God and His Messenger to all people: ‘God and His Messenger are released from [treaty] obligations to the idolaters. It will be better for you [idolaters] if you repent; know that you cannot escape God if you turn away.’ [Prophet], warn those who ignore [God] that they will have a painful punishment.
وَأَذَانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ إِلَى النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْحَجِّ الْأَكْبَرِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ۙ وَرَسُولُهُ ۚ فَإِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ مُعْجِزِي اللَّهِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
wa-adhānun mina l-lahi warasūlihi ilā l-nāsi yawma l-ḥaji l-akbari anna l-laha barīon mina l-mush'rikīna warasūluhu fa-in tub'tum fahuwa khayrun lakum wa-in tawallaytum fa-iʿ'lamū annakum ghayru muʿ'jizī l-lahi wabashiri alladhīna kafarū biʿadhābin alīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- A proclamation, from God and His Messenger, unto mankind on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage: 'God is quit, and His Messenger, of the idolaters. So if you repent, that will be better for you; but if you turn your backs; know that you cannot frustrate the will of God. And give thou good tidings to the unbelievers of a painful chastisement;
- Muhammad Asad
- And a proclamation from God and His Apostle [is herewith made] unto all mankind on this day of the Greatest Pilgrimage: "God disavows all who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him, and [so does] His Apostle. Hence, if you repent, it shall be for your own good; and if you turn away, then know that you can never elude God!" And unto those who are bent on denying the truth give thou [O Prophet] the tiding of grievous chastisement.
- Sahih International
- And [it is] an announcement from Allāh and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allāh is disassociated from the disbelievers, and [so is] His Messenger. So if you repent, that is best for you; but if you turn away - then know that you will not cause failure to Allāh. And give tidings to those who disbelieve of a painful punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَذَٰنٌۭwa-adhānun | And an announcement | أذن |
| 2 | مِّنَmina | from Allah | — |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | from Allah | أله |
| 4 | وَرَسُولِهِۦٓwarasūlihi | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 5 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 6 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 7 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) day | يوم |
| 8 | ٱلْحَجِّl-ḥaji | (of) the greater Pilgrimage | حجج |
| 9 | ٱلْأَكْبَرِl-akbari | (of) the greater Pilgrimage | كبر |
| 10 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīon | (is) free from obligations | برأ |
| 13 | مِّنَmina | [of] | — |
| 14 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ۙl-mush'rikīna | (to) the polytheists | شرك |
| 15 | وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚwarasūluhu | and (so is) His Messenger | رسل |
| 16 | فَإِنfa-in | So if | — |
| 17 | تُبْتُمْtub'tum | you repent | توب |
| 18 | فَهُوَfahuwa | then, it is | — |
| 19 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | best | خير |
| 20 | لَّكُمْ ۖlakum | for you | — |
| 21 | وَإِنwa-in | But if | — |
| 22 | تَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytum | you turn away | ولي |
| 23 | فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟fa-iʿ'lamū | then know | علم |
| 24 | أَنَّكُمْannakum | that you | — |
| 25 | غَيْرُghayru | (can) not | غير |
| 26 | مُعْجِزِىmuʿ'jizī | escape | عجز |
| 27 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 28 | وَبَشِّرِwabashiri | And give glad tidings | بشر |
| 29 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (to) those who | — |
| 30 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 31 | بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābin | of a punishment | عذب |
| 32 | أَلِيمٍalīmin | painful | ألم |