Quran 9:81 — At-Tawba, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who were left behind were happy to stay behind when God’s Messenger set out; they hated the thought of striving in God’s way with their possessions and their persons. They said to one another, ‘Do not go [to war] in this heat.’ Say, ‘Hellfire is hotter.’ If only they understood!
فَرِحَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ بِمَقْعَدِهِمْ خِلَافَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَكَرِهُوا أَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَقَالُوا لَا تَنْفِرُوا فِي الْحَرِّ ۗ قُلْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ أَشَدُّ حَرًّا ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَفْقَهُونَ
fariḥa l-mukhalafūna bimaqʿadihim khilāfa rasūli l-lahi wakarihū an yujāhidū bi-amwālihim wa-anfusihim fī sabīli l-lahi waqālū lā tanfirū fī l-ḥari qul nāru jahannama ashaddu ḥarran law kānū yafqahūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who were left behind rejoiced in tarrying behind the Messenger of God, and were averse to struggle with their possessions and their selves in the way of God. They said, 'Go not forth in the heat.' Say: 'Gehenna's fire is hotter, did they but understand.'
- Muhammad Asad
- THOSE [hypocrites] who were left behind rejoiced in their staying away [from war] after [the departure of] God's Apostle, for they hated the thought of striving with their possessions and their lives in God's cause; and they had [even] said [to the others], "Do not go forth to war in this heat!" Say: "The fire of hell is hotter by far!" Had they but grasped this truth!
- Sahih International
- Those who remained behind rejoiced in their staying [at home] after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh and disliked to strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of Allāh and said, "Do not go forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is more intense in heat" - if they would but understand.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَرِحَfariḥa | Rejoice | فرح |
| 2 | ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَl-mukhalafūna | those who remained behind | خلف |
| 3 | بِمَقْعَدِهِمْbimaqʿadihim | in their staying | قعد |
| 4 | خِلَـٰفَkhilāfa | behind | خلف |
| 5 | رَسُولِrasūli | (the) Messenger | رسل |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | وَكَرِهُوٓا۟wakarihū | and they disliked | كره |
| 8 | أَنan | to | — |
| 9 | يُجَـٰهِدُوا۟yujāhidū | strive | جهد |
| 10 | بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihim | with their wealth | مول |
| 11 | وَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihim | and their lives | نفس |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 14 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 15 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | and they said | قول |
| 16 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 17 | تَنفِرُوا۟tanfirū | go forth | نفر |
| 18 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 19 | ٱلْحَرِّ ۗl-ḥari | the heat | حرر |
| 20 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 21 | نَارُnāru | (The) Fire | نور |
| 22 | جَهَنَّمَjahannama | (of) Hell | — |
| 23 | أَشَدُّashaddu | (is) more intense | شدد |
| 24 | حَرًّۭا ۚḥarran | (in) heat | حرر |
| 25 | لَّوْlaw | If (only) | — |
| 26 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they could | كون |
| 27 | يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna | understand | فقه |