Quran 9:32 — At-Tawba, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They try to extinguish God’s light with their mouths, but God insists on bringing His light to its fullness, even if the disbelievers hate it.
يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ
yurīdūna an yuṭ'fiū nūra l-lahi bi-afwāhihim wayabā l-lahu illā an yutimma nūrahu walaw kariha l-kāfirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- desiring to extinguish with their mouths God's light; and God refuses but to perfect His light, though the unbelievers be averse.
- Muhammad Asad
- They want to extinguish God's [guiding] light with their utterances: but God will not allow [this to pass], for He has willed to spread His light in all its fullness, however hateful this may be to all who deny the truth.
- Sahih International
- They want to extinguish the light of Allāh with their mouths, but Allāh refuses except to perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يُرِيدُونَyurīdūna | They want | رود |
| 2 | أَنan | to | — |
| 3 | يُطْفِـُٔوا۟yuṭ'fiū | extinguish | طفأ |
| 4 | نُورَnūra | Allah's light | نور |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah's light | أله |
| 6 | بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْbi-afwāhihim | with their mouths | فوه |
| 7 | وَيَأْبَىwayabā | but Allah refuses | أبي |
| 8 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | but Allah refuses | أله |
| 9 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 10 | أَنan | to | — |
| 11 | يُتِمَّyutimma | perfect | تمم |
| 12 | نُورَهُۥnūrahu | His Light | نور |
| 13 | وَلَوْwalaw | even if | — |
| 14 | كَرِهَkariha | the disbelievers dislike (it) | كره |
| 15 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna | the disbelievers dislike (it) | كفر |