Quran 9:37 — At-Tawba, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Postponing sacred months is another act of disobedience by which those who disregard [God] are led astray: they will allow it one year and forbid it in another in order outwardly to conform with the number of God’s sacred months, but in doing so they permit what God has forbidden. Their evil deeds are made alluring to them: God does not guide those who disregard [Him].
إِنَّمَا النَّسِيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الْكُفْرِ ۖ يُضَلُّ بِهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُحِلُّونَهُ عَامًا وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُ عَامًا لِيُوَاطِئُوا عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ فَيُحِلُّوا مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ ۚ زُيِّنَ لَهُمْ سُوءُ أَعْمَالِهِمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ
innamā l-nasīu ziyādatun fī l-kuf'ri yuḍallu bihi alladhīna kafarū yuḥillūnahu ʿāman wayuḥarrimūnahu ʿāman liyuwāṭiū ʿiddata mā ḥarrama l-lahu fayuḥillū mā ḥarrama l-lahu zuyyina lahum sūu aʿmālihim wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The month postponed is an increase of unbelief whereby the unbelievers go astray; one year they make it profane, and hallow it another, to agree with the number that God has hallowed, and so profane what God has hallowed. Decked out fair to them are their evil deeds; and God guides not the people of the unbelievers.
- Muhammad Asad
- The intercalation [of months] is but one more instance of [their] refusal to acknowledge the truth- [a means] by which those who are bent on denying the truth are led astray. They declare this [intercalation] to be permissible in one year and forbidden in [another] year, in order to conform [outwardly] to the number of months which God has hallowed: and thus they make allowable what God has forbidden. Goodly seems unto them the evil of their own doings, since God does not grace with His guidance people who refuse to acknowledge the truth.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allāh and [thus] make lawful what Allāh has made unlawful. Made pleasing to them is the evil of their deeds; and Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّسِىٓءُl-nasīu | the postponing | نسأ |
| 3 | زِيَادَةٌۭziyādatun | (is) an increase | زيد |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْكُفْرِ ۖl-kuf'ri | the disbelief | كفر |
| 6 | يُضَلُّyuḍallu | are led astray | ضلل |
| 7 | بِهِbihi | by it | — |
| 8 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 9 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 10 | يُحِلُّونَهُۥyuḥillūnahu | They make it lawful | حلل |
| 11 | عَامًۭاʿāman | one year | عوم |
| 12 | وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُۥwayuḥarrimūnahu | and make it unlawful | حرم |
| 13 | عَامًۭاʿāman | (another) year | عوم |
| 14 | لِّيُوَاطِـُٔوا۟liyuwāṭiū | to adjust | وطأ |
| 15 | عِدَّةَʿiddata | the number | عدد |
| 16 | مَاmā | which | — |
| 17 | حَرَّمَḥarrama | Allah has made unlawful | حرم |
| 18 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah has made unlawful | أله |
| 19 | فَيُحِلُّوا۟fayuḥillū | and making lawful | حلل |
| 20 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 21 | حَرَّمَḥarrama | Allah has made unlawful | حرم |
| 22 | ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahu | Allah has made unlawful | أله |
| 23 | زُيِّنَzuyyina | Is made fair-seeming | زين |
| 24 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 25 | سُوٓءُsūu | (the) evil | سوأ |
| 26 | أَعْمَـٰلِهِمْ ۗaʿmālihim | (of) their deeds | عمل |
| 27 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 28 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 29 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 30 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 31 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |