Quran 9:46 — At-Tawba, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they had really wanted to go out [to battle] with you, they would have made preparations, but God was loath to let them rise up and made them hold back. It was said, ‘Stay with those who stay behind.’
وَلَوْ أَرَادُوا الْخُرُوجَ لَأَعَدُّوا لَهُ عُدَّةً وَلَـٰكِنْ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ انْبِعَاثَهُمْ فَثَبَّطَهُمْ وَقِيلَ اقْعُدُوا مَعَ الْقَاعِدِينَ
walaw arādū l-khurūja la-aʿaddū lahu ʿuddatan walākin kariha l-lahu inbiʿāthahum fathabbaṭahum waqīla uq'ʿudū maʿa l-qāʿidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If they had desired to go forth, they would have made some preparation for it; but God was averse that they should be aroused, so He made them pause, and it was said to them, 'Tarry you with the tarriers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- For, had they been [truly] desirous of setting out [with thee], they would surely have made some preparation therefor: but God was averse to their taking the field, and so He caused them to hold back when it was said, "[You may] stay at home with all [the others] who stay at home."
- Sahih International
- And if they had intended to go forth, they would have prepared for it [some] preparation. But Allāh disliked their being sent, so He kept them back, and they were told, "Remain [behind] with those who remain."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | أَرَادُوا۟arādū | they had wished | رود |
| 3 | ٱلْخُرُوجَl-khurūja | (to) go forth | خرج |
| 4 | لَأَعَدُّوا۟la-aʿaddū | surely they (would) have prepared | عدد |
| 5 | لَهُۥlahu | for it | — |
| 6 | عُدَّةًۭʿuddatan | (some) preparation | عدد |
| 7 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | But | — |
| 8 | كَرِهَkariha | Allah disliked | كره |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah disliked | أله |
| 10 | ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمْinbiʿāthahum | their being sent | بعث |
| 11 | فَثَبَّطَهُمْfathabbaṭahum | so He made them lag behind | ثبط |
| 12 | وَقِيلَwaqīla | and it was said | قول |
| 13 | ٱقْعُدُوا۟uq'ʿudū | Sit | قعد |
| 14 | مَعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 15 | ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīna | those who sit | قعد |