Quran 9:65 — At-Tawba, verse 65
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
yet if you were to question them, they would be sure to say, ‘We were just chatting, just amusing ourselves.’ Say, ‘Were you making jokes about God, His Revelations, and His Mes-senger?
وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ ۚ قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
wala-in sa-altahum layaqūlunna innamā kunnā nakhūḍu wanalʿabu qul abil-lahi waāyātihi warasūlihi kuntum tastahziūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if thou questionest them, then assuredly they will say, 'We were only plunging and playing.' Say: 'What, then were you mocking God, and His signs, and His Messenger?
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet, indeed, if thou wert to question them. they would surely answer, "We were only indulging in idle talk, and were playing [with words]. Say: "Were you, then. mocking at God and His messages and His Apostle?
- Sahih International
- And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَئِنwala-in | And if | — |
| 2 | سَأَلْتَهُمْsa-altahum | you ask them | سأل |
| 3 | لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunna | surely they will say | قول |
| 4 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 5 | كُنَّاkunnā | we were | كون |
| 6 | نَخُوضُnakhūḍu | conversing | خوض |
| 7 | وَنَلْعَبُ ۚwanalʿabu | and playing | لعب |
| 8 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 9 | أَبِٱللَّهِabil-lahi | Is it Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَءَايَـٰتِهِۦwaāyātihi | and His Verses | أيي |
| 11 | وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihi | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 12 | كُنتُمْkuntum | (that) you were | كون |
| 13 | تَسْتَهْزِءُونَtastahziūna | mocking | هزأ |