Quran 9:86 — At-Tawba, verse 86
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When a sura is revealed [saying], ‘Believe in God and strive hard alongside His Messenger,’ their wealthy ask your permission [to be exempt], saying, ‘Allow us to stay behind with the others’:
وَإِذَا أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَجَاهِدُوا مَعَ رَسُولِهِ اسْتَأْذَنَكَ أُولُو الطَّوْلِ مِنْهُمْ وَقَالُوا ذَرْنَا نَكُنْ مَعَ الْقَاعِدِينَ
wa-idhā unzilat sūratun an āminū bil-lahi wajāhidū maʿa rasūlihi is'tadhanaka ulū l-ṭawli min'hum waqālū dharnā nakun maʿa l-qāʿidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when a sura is sent down, saying, 'Believe in God, and struggle with His Messenger,' the affluent among them ask leave of thee, saying, 'Let us be with the tarriers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [They are indeed denying it:] for, when they were called upon through revelation, "Believe in God, and strive hard [in His cause] together with His Apostle," [even] such of them as were well able [to go to war] asked thee for exemption, saying, "Allow us to stay behind with those who remain at home!"
- Sahih International
- And when a sūrah was revealed [enjoining them] to believe in Allāh and to fight with His Messenger, those of wealth among them asked your permission [to stay back] and said, "Leave us to be with them who sit [at home]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَآwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | أُنزِلَتْunzilat | was revealed | نزل |
| 3 | سُورَةٌsūratun | a Surah | سور |
| 4 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 5 | ءَامِنُوا۟āminū | believe | أمن |
| 6 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 7 | وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟wajāhidū | and strive | جهد |
| 8 | مَعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 9 | رَسُولِهِrasūlihi | His Messenger | رسل |
| 10 | ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَكَis'tadhanaka | ask your permission | أذن |
| 11 | أُو۟لُوا۟ulū | (the) men | أول |
| 12 | ٱلطَّوْلِl-ṭawli | (of) wealth | طول |
| 13 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | among them | — |
| 14 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | and said | قول |
| 15 | ذَرْنَاdharnā | Leave us | وذر |
| 16 | نَكُنnakun | (to) be | كون |
| 17 | مَّعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 18 | ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīna | those who sit | قعد |