Quran 9:74 — At-Tawba, verse 74
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They swear by God that they did not, but they certainly did speak words of defiance and became defiant after having submitted; they tried to do something, though they did not achieve it, ––being spiteful was their only response to God and His Messenger enriching them out of His bounty. They would be better off turning back [to God]: if they turn away, God will punish them in this world and the Hereafter, and there will be no one on earth to protect or help them.
يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ مَا قَالُوا وَلَقَدْ قَالُوا كَلِمَةَ الْكُفْرِ وَكَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِمْ وَهَمُّوا بِمَا لَمْ يَنَالُوا ۚ وَمَا نَقَمُوا إِلَّا أَنْ أَغْنَاهُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ۚ فَإِنْ يَتُوبُوا يَكُ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ يَتَوَلَّوْا يُعَذِّبْهُمُ اللَّهُ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
yaḥlifūna bil-lahi mā qālū walaqad qālū kalimata l-kuf'ri wakafarū baʿda is'lāmihim wahammū bimā lam yanālū wamā naqamū illā an aghnāhumu l-lahu warasūluhu min faḍlihi fa-in yatūbū yaku khayran lahum wa-in yatawallaw yuʿadhib'humu l-lahu ʿadhāban alīman fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati wamā lahum fī l-arḍi min waliyyin walā naṣīrin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They swear by God that they said nothing, but they indeed said the word of unbelief and disbelieved, after they had surrendered. They purposed what they never attained to, and they took revenge only that God enriched them, and His Messenger, of His bounty. So if they repent it will be better for them; if they turn away, God will chastise them with a painful chastisement in this world and the next; on the earth they have no protector or helper.
- Muhammad Asad
- [The hypocrites] swear by God that they have said nothing [wrong]; yet most certainly have they uttered a saying which amounts to a denial of the truth, and have [thus] denied the truth after [having professed] their self-surrender to God: for they were aiming at something which was beyond their reach. And they could find no fault [with the Faith] save that God had enriched them and [caused] His Apostle [to enrich them] out of His bounty! Hence, if they repent, it will be for their own good. But if they turn away, God will cause them to suffer grievous suffering in this world and in the life to come, and they will find no helper on earth, and none to give [them] succour.
- Sahih International
- They swear by Allāh that they did not say [anything against the Prophet (ﷺ)] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islām and planned that which they were not to attain. And they were not resentful except [for the fact] that Allāh and His Messenger had enriched them of His bounty. So if they repent, it is better for them; but if they turn away, Allāh will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And there will not be for them on earth any protector or helper.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūna | They swear | حلف |
| 2 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | by Allah | أله |
| 3 | مَاmā | (that) they said nothing | — |
| 4 | قَالُوا۟qālū | (that) they said nothing | قول |
| 5 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | while certainly | — |
| 6 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 7 | كَلِمَةَkalimata | (the) word | كلم |
| 8 | ٱلْكُفْرِl-kuf'ri | (of) the disbelief | كفر |
| 9 | وَكَفَرُوا۟wakafarū | and disbelieved | كفر |
| 10 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 11 | إِسْلَـٰمِهِمْis'lāmihim | their (pretense of) Islam | سلم |
| 12 | وَهَمُّوا۟wahammū | and planned | همم |
| 13 | بِمَاbimā | [of] what | — |
| 14 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 15 | يَنَالُوا۟ ۚyanālū | they could attain | نيل |
| 16 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 17 | نَقَمُوٓا۟naqamū | they were resentful | نقم |
| 18 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 19 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 20 | أَغْنَىٰهُمُaghnāhumu | Allah had enriched them | غني |
| 21 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah had enriched them | أله |
| 22 | وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhu | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 23 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 24 | فَضْلِهِۦ ۚfaḍlihi | His Bounty | فضل |
| 25 | فَإِنfa-in | So if | — |
| 26 | يَتُوبُوا۟yatūbū | they repent | توب |
| 27 | يَكُyaku | it is | كون |
| 28 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | better | خير |
| 29 | لَّهُمْ ۖlahum | for them | — |
| 30 | وَإِنwa-in | and if | — |
| 31 | يَتَوَلَّوْا۟yatawallaw | they turn away | ولي |
| 32 | يُعَذِّبْهُمُyuʿadhib'humu | Allah will punish them | عذب |
| 33 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah will punish them | أله |
| 34 | عَذَابًاʿadhāban | (with) a punishment | عذب |
| 35 | أَلِيمًۭاalīman | painful | ألم |
| 36 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 37 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 38 | وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚwal-ākhirati | and (in) the Hereafter | أخر |
| 39 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 40 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 41 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 42 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 43 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 44 | وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyin | protector | ولي |
| 45 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 46 | نَصِيرٍۢnaṣīrin | a helper | نصر |