Quran 9:39 — At-Tawba, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you do not go out and fight, God will punish you severely and put others in your place, but you cannot harm Him in any way: God has power over all things.
إِلَّا تَنْفِرُوا يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا وَيَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّوهُ شَيْئًا ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
illā tanfirū yuʿadhib'kum ʿadhāban alīman wayastabdil qawman ghayrakum walā taḍurrūhu shayan wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you go not forth, He will chastise you with a painful chastisement, and instead of you He will substitute another people; and you will not hurt Him anything, for God is powerful over everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- If you do not go forth to war [in God's cause], He will chastise you with grievous chastisement, and will place another people in your stead - whereas you shall in no wise harm Him: for, God has the power to will anything.
- Sahih International
- If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment and will replace you with another people, and you will not harm Him at all. And Allāh is over all things competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّاillā | If not | — |
| 2 | تَنفِرُوا۟tanfirū | you go forth | نفر |
| 3 | يُعَذِّبْكُمْyuʿadhib'kum | He will punish you | عذب |
| 4 | عَذَابًاʿadhāban | (with) a painful punishment | عذب |
| 5 | أَلِيمًۭاalīman | (with) a painful punishment | ألم |
| 6 | وَيَسْتَبْدِلْwayastabdil | and will replace you | بدل |
| 7 | قَوْمًاqawman | (with) a people | قوم |
| 8 | غَيْرَكُمْghayrakum | other than you | غير |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 10 | تَضُرُّوهُtaḍurrūhu | you can harm Him | ضرر |
| 11 | شَيْـًۭٔا ۗshayan | (in) anything | شيأ |
| 12 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 13 | عَلَىٰʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 14 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 15 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 16 | قَدِيرٌqadīrun | All-Powerful | قدر |