Quran 9:53 — At-Tawba, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Whether you give willingly or unwillingly, what you give will not be accepted, for you are disobedient people.’
قُلْ أَنْفِقُوا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَنْ يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
qul anfiqū ṭawʿan aw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman fāsiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Expend willingly, or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you; you are surely a people ungodly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "You may spend [anything], willingly-or unwillingly, [pretending that you do it for the sake of God:] it shall never be accepted from you -for, verily, you are people bent on iniquity!"
- Sahih International
- Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqū | Spend | نفق |
| 3 | طَوْعًاṭawʿan | willingly | طوع |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | كَرْهًۭاkarhan | unwillingly | كره |
| 6 | لَّنlan | never | — |
| 7 | يُتَقَبَّلَyutaqabbala | will be accepted | قبل |
| 8 | مِنكُمْ ۖminkum | from you | — |
| 9 | إِنَّكُمْinnakum | Indeed, you | — |
| 10 | كُنتُمْkuntum | [you] are | كون |
| 11 | قَوْمًۭاqawman | a people | قوم |
| 12 | فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīna | defiantly disobedient | فسق |