Quran 9:76 — At-Tawba, verse 76
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
yet when He did give them some of His bounty, they became mean and turned obstinately away.
فَلَمَّا آتَاهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ بَخِلُوا بِهِ وَتَوَلَّوْا وَهُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ
falammā ātāhum min faḍlihi bakhilū bihi watawallaw wahum muʿ'riḍūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nevertheless, when He gave them of His bounty they were niggardly of it, and turned away, swerving aside.
- Muhammad Asad
- But as soon as He has given them [aught] out of His bounty. they cling to it niggardly, and turn away in their obstinacy [from all that they have vowed]:
- Sahih International
- But when He gave them from His bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّآfalammā | But when | — |
| 2 | ءَاتَىٰهُمātāhum | He gave them | أتي |
| 3 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 4 | فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihi | His Bounty | فضل |
| 5 | بَخِلُوا۟bakhilū | they became stingy | بخل |
| 6 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 7 | وَتَوَلَّوا۟watawallaw | and turned away | ولي |
| 8 | وَّهُمwahum | while they | — |
| 9 | مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna | (were) averse | عرض |