Quran 9:34 — At-Tawba, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Believers, many rabbis and monks wrongfully consume people’s possessions and turn people away from God’s path. [Prophet], tell those who hoard gold and silver instead of giving in God’s cause that they will have a grievous punishment:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْأَحْبَارِ وَالرُّهْبَانِ لَيَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū inna kathīran mina l-aḥbāri wal-ruh'bāni layakulūna amwāla l-nāsi bil-bāṭili wayaṣuddūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi wa-alladhīna yaknizūna l-dhahaba wal-fiḍata walā yunfiqūnahā fī sabīli l-lahi fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, many of the rabbis and monks indeed consume the goods of the people in vanity and bar from God's way. Those who treasure up gold and silver, and do not expend them in the way of God -- give them the good tidings of a painful chastisement,
- Muhammad Asad
- O you who have attained to faith! Behold, many of the rabbis and monks do indeed wrongfully devour men's possessions and turn [others] away from the path of God. But as for all who lay up treasures of gold and silver and do not spend them for the sake of God - give them the tiding of grievous suffering [in the life to come]:
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, indeed many of the scholars and the monks devour the wealth of people unjustly and avert [them] from the way of Allāh. And those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allāh - give them tidings of a painful punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you who believe | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | O you who believe | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | O you who believe | أمن |
| 4 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 5 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | many | كثر |
| 6 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 7 | ٱلْأَحْبَارِl-aḥbāri | the rabbis | حبر |
| 8 | وَٱلرُّهْبَانِwal-ruh'bāni | and the monks | رهب |
| 9 | لَيَأْكُلُونَlayakulūna | surely eat | أكل |
| 10 | أَمْوَٰلَamwāla | (the) wealth | مول |
| 11 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (of) the people | نوس |
| 12 | بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭili | in falsehood | بطل |
| 13 | وَيَصُدُّونَwayaṣuddūna | and hinder | صدد |
| 14 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 15 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 16 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 17 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 18 | يَكْنِزُونَyaknizūna | hoard | كنز |
| 19 | ٱلذَّهَبَl-dhahaba | the gold | ذهب |
| 20 | وَٱلْفِضَّةَwal-fiḍata | and the silver | فضض |
| 21 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 22 | يُنفِقُونَهَاyunfiqūnahā | spend it | نفق |
| 23 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 24 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 25 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 26 | فَبَشِّرْهُمfabashir'hum | [so] give them tidings | بشر |
| 27 | بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābin | of a punishment | عذب |
| 28 | أَلِيمٍۢalīmin | painful | ألم |