Quran 9:79 — At-Tawba, verse 79
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is they who criticize the believers who give freely and those who can only give a little with great effort: they scoff at such people, but it is God who scoffs at them- a painful punishment awaits them.
الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ ۙ سَخِرَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
alladhīna yalmizūna l-muṭawiʿīna mina l-mu'minīna fī l-ṣadaqāti wa-alladhīna lā yajidūna illā juh'dahum fayaskharūna min'hum sakhira l-lahu min'hum walahum ʿadhābun alīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who find fault with the believers who volunteer their freewill offerings, and those who find nothing but their endeavour they deride -- God derides them; for them awaits a painful chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- [It is these hypocrites] who find fault with such of the believers as give for the sake of God more than they are duty-bound to give, as well as with, such as find nothing [to give] beyond [the meagre fruits of] their toil, and who scoff at them [all]. God will cause their scoffing to rebound on themselves. and grievous suffering awaits them.
- Sahih International
- Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allāh will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | يَلْمِزُونَyalmizūna | criticize | لمز |
| 3 | ٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَl-muṭawiʿīna | the ones who give willingly | طوع |
| 4 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 5 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 6 | فِىfī | concerning | — |
| 7 | ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِl-ṣadaqāti | the charities | صدق |
| 8 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those who | — |
| 9 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 10 | يَجِدُونَyajidūna | find | وجد |
| 11 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 12 | جُهْدَهُمْjuh'dahum | their effort | جهد |
| 13 | فَيَسْخَرُونَfayaskharūna | so they ridicule | سخر |
| 14 | مِنْهُمْ ۙmin'hum | them | — |
| 15 | سَخِرَsakhira | Allah will ridicule | سخر |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah will ridicule | أله |
| 17 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | them | — |
| 18 | وَلَهُمْwalahum | and for them | — |
| 19 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 20 | أَلِيمٌalīmun | painful | ألم |