Quran 9:91 — At-Tawba, verse 91
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but there is no blame attached to the weak, the sick, and those who have no means to spend, provided they are true to God and His Messenger- there is no reason to reproach those who do good: God is most forgiving and merciful.
لَيْسَ عَلَى الضُّعَفَاءِ وَلَا عَلَى الْمَرْضَىٰ وَلَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ مَا يُنْفِقُونَ حَرَجٌ إِذَا نَصَحُوا لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ۚ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْسِنِينَ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
laysa ʿalā l-ḍuʿafāi walā ʿalā l-marḍā walā ʿalā alladhīna lā yajidūna mā yunfiqūna ḥarajun idhā naṣaḥū lillahi warasūlihi mā ʿalā l-muḥ'sinīna min sabīlin wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There is no fault in the weak and the sick and those who find nothing to expend, if they are true to God and to His Messenger. There is no way against the good-doers -- God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate --
- Muhammad Asad
- [But] no blame shall attach to the weak, nor to the sick, nor to those who have no means. [to equip themselves], provided that they are sincere towards God and His Apostle: there is no cause to reproach the doers of good, for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- There is not upon the weak or upon the ill or upon those who do not find anything to spend any discomfort [i.e., guilt] when they are sincere to Allāh and His Messenger. There is not upon the doers of good any cause [for blame]. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّيْسَlaysa | Not | ليس |
| 2 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 3 | ٱلضُّعَفَآءِl-ḍuʿafāi | the weak | ضعف |
| 4 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 5 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 6 | ٱلْمَرْضَىٰl-marḍā | the sick | مرض |
| 7 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 8 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 10 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 11 | يَجِدُونَyajidūna | they find | وجد |
| 12 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 13 | يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūna | they (can) spend | نفق |
| 14 | حَرَجٌḥarajun | any blame | حرج |
| 15 | إِذَاidhā | if | — |
| 16 | نَصَحُوا۟naṣaḥū | they (are) sincere | نصح |
| 17 | لِلَّهِlillahi | to Allah | أله |
| 18 | وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚwarasūlihi | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 19 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 20 | عَلَىʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 21 | ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna | the good-doers | حسن |
| 22 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 23 | سَبِيلٍۢ ۚsabīlin | way (for blame) | سبل |
| 24 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 25 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 26 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |