Quran 9:82 — At-Tawba, verse 82
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Let them laugh a little; they will weep a lot in return for what they have done.
فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا كَثِيرًا جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
falyaḍḥakū qalīlan walyabkū kathīran jazāan bimā kānū yaksibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Therefore let them laugh little, and weep much, in recompense for what they have been earning.
- Muhammad Asad
- Let them, then, laugh a little - for they will weep a lot in return for what they have earned.
- Sahih International
- So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟falyaḍḥakū | So let them laugh | ضحك |
| 2 | قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan | a little | قلل |
| 3 | وَلْيَبْكُوا۟walyabkū | and let them weep | بكي |
| 4 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | much | كثر |
| 5 | جَزَآءًۢjazāan | (as) a recompense | جزي |
| 6 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 7 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 8 | يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna | earn | كسب |