Quran 9:98 — At-Tawba, verse 98
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Some of the desert Arabs consider what they give to be an imposition; they are waiting for fortune to turn against you, but fortune will turn against them. God is all hearing and all knowing.
وَمِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنْفِقُ مَغْرَمًا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ الدَّوَائِرَ ۚ عَلَيْهِمْ دَائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
wamina l-aʿrābi man yattakhidhu mā yunfiqu maghraman wayatarabbaṣu bikumu l-dawāira ʿalayhim dāiratu l-sawi wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Some of the Bedouins take what they expend for a fine, and await the turns of fortune to go against you. Theirs shall be the evil turn; God is All-hearing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And among the bedouin there are such as regard all that they might spend [in God's cause] as a loss, and wait for misfortune to encompass you, [O believers: but] it is they whom evil fortune shall encompass - for God is all-hearing, all-knowing.
- Sahih International
- And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And among | — |
| 2 | ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābi | the bedouins | عرب |
| 3 | مَنman | (is he) who | — |
| 4 | يَتَّخِذُyattakhidhu | takes | أخذ |
| 5 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 6 | يُنفِقُyunfiqu | he spends | نفق |
| 7 | مَغْرَمًۭاmaghraman | (as) a loss | غرم |
| 8 | وَيَتَرَبَّصُwayatarabbaṣu | and he awaits | ربص |
| 9 | بِكُمُbikumu | for you | — |
| 10 | ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ ۚl-dawāira | the turns (of misfortune) | دور |
| 11 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | Upon them | — |
| 12 | دَآئِرَةُdāiratu | (will be) the turn | دور |
| 13 | ٱلسَّوْءِ ۗl-sawi | (of) the evil | سوأ |
| 14 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 15 | سَمِيعٌsamīʿun | (is) All-Hearer | سمع |
| 16 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | All-Knower | علم |