Quran 9:83 — At-Tawba, verse 83
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So [Prophet], if God brings you back to a group of them, who ask you for permission to go out [to battle], say, ‘You will never go out and fight an enemy with me: you chose to sit at home the first time, so remain with those who stay behind now.’
فَإِنْ رَجَعَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَائِفَةٍ مِنْهُمْ فَاسْتَأْذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُلْ لَنْ تَخْرُجُوا مَعِيَ أَبَدًا وَلَنْ تُقَاتِلُوا مَعِيَ عَدُوًّا ۖ إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُمْ بِالْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَاقْعُدُوا مَعَ الْخَالِفِينَ
fa-in rajaʿaka l-lahu ilā ṭāifatin min'hum fa-is'tadhanūka lil'khurūji faqul lan takhrujū maʿiya abadan walan tuqātilū maʿiya ʿaduwwan innakum raḍītum bil-quʿūdi awwala marratin fa-uq'ʿudū maʿa l-khālifīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, if God returns thee to a party of them and they ask leave of thee to go forth, say: 'You shall not go forth with me ever, and you shall not fight with me any enemy. You were well-pleased to tarry the first time, so now tarry with those behind.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, [O Prophet,] if God brings thee again face to face with some of them," and then they ask thy leave to go forth [to war with thee], say: "Never shall you go forth with me. nor shall you fight an enemy together with me! Behold, you were well-pleased to stay at home on that first occasion: stay at home, then, with, those who [are obliged to] remain behind!"
- Sahih International
- If Allāh should return you to a faction of them [after the expedition] and then they ask your permission to go out [to battle], say, "You will not go out with me, ever, and you will never fight with me an enemy. Indeed, you were satisfied with sitting [at home] the first time, so sit [now] with those who stay behind."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِنfa-in | Then if | — |
| 2 | رَّجَعَكَrajaʿaka | Allah returns you | رجع |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah returns you | أله |
| 4 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 5 | طَآئِفَةٍۢṭāifatin | a group | طوف |
| 6 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | of them | — |
| 7 | فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَfa-is'tadhanūka | and they ask you permission | أذن |
| 8 | لِلْخُرُوجِlil'khurūji | to go out | خرج |
| 9 | فَقُلfaqul | then say | قول |
| 10 | لَّنlan | Never | — |
| 11 | تَخْرُجُوا۟takhrujū | will you come out | خرج |
| 12 | مَعِىَmaʿiya | with me | — |
| 13 | أَبَدًۭاabadan | ever | أبد |
| 14 | وَلَنwalan | and never | — |
| 15 | تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟tuqātilū | will you fight | قتل |
| 16 | مَعِىَmaʿiya | with me | — |
| 17 | عَدُوًّا ۖʿaduwwan | any enemy | عدو |
| 18 | إِنَّكُمْinnakum | Indeed, you | — |
| 19 | رَضِيتُمraḍītum | were satisfied | رضو |
| 20 | بِٱلْقُعُودِbil-quʿūdi | with sitting | قعد |
| 21 | أَوَّلَawwala | (the) first | أول |
| 22 | مَرَّةٍۢmarratin | time | مرر |
| 23 | فَٱقْعُدُوا۟fa-uq'ʿudū | so sit | قعد |
| 24 | مَعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 25 | ٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَl-khālifīna | those who stay behind | خلف |