Quran 9:52 — At-Tawba, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Do you expect something other than one of the two best things to happen to us? Well, we expect God to inflict punishment on you, either from Himself or at our hands. So wait; we too are waiting.’
قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا إِلَّا إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا ۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُتَرَبِّصُونَ
qul hal tarabbaṣūna binā illā iḥ'dā l-ḥus'nayayni wanaḥnu natarabbaṣu bikum an yuṣībakumu l-lahu biʿadhābin min ʿindihi aw bi-aydīnā fatarabbaṣū innā maʿakum mutarabbiṣūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Are you awaiting for aught to come to us but one of the two rewards most fair? We are awaiting in your case too, for God to visit you with chastisement. from Him, or at our hands; so await; we are awaiting with you.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "Are you, perchance, hopefully waiting for something [bad] to happen to us-[the while nothing can happen to us] save one of the two best things? But as far as you are concerned, we are hopefully waiting for God to inflict chastisement upon you, [either] from Himself or by our hands! Wait, then, hopefully; behold, we shall hopefully wait with you!"
- Sahih International
- Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things [i.e., martyrdom or victory] while we await for you that Allāh will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | هَلْhal | Do | — |
| 3 | تَرَبَّصُونَtarabbaṣūna | you await | ربص |
| 4 | بِنَآbinā | for us | — |
| 5 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 6 | إِحْدَىiḥ'dā | one | أحد |
| 7 | ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖl-ḥus'nayayni | (of) the two best (things) | حسن |
| 8 | وَنَحْنُwanaḥnu | while we | — |
| 9 | نَتَرَبَّصُnatarabbaṣu | [we] await | ربص |
| 10 | بِكُمْbikum | for you | — |
| 11 | أَنan | that | — |
| 12 | يُصِيبَكُمُyuṣībakumu | Allah will afflict you | صوب |
| 13 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah will afflict you | أله |
| 14 | بِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābin | with a punishment | عذب |
| 15 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 16 | عِندِهِۦٓʿindihi | [near] Him | عند |
| 17 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 18 | بِأَيْدِينَا ۖbi-aydīnā | by our hands | يدي |
| 19 | فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟fatarabbaṣū | So wait | ربص |
| 20 | إِنَّاinnā | indeed, we | — |
| 21 | مَعَكُمmaʿakum | with you | — |
| 22 | مُّتَرَبِّصُونَmutarabbiṣūna | (are) waiting | ربص |