Quran 9:99 — At-Tawba, verse 99
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But there are also some desert Arabs who believe in God and the Last Day and consider their contributions as bringing them nearer to God and the prayers of the Messenger: they will indeed bring them nearer and God will admit them to His mercy. God is most forgiving and merciful.
وَمِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَيَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنْفِقُ قُرُبَاتٍ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَصَلَوَاتِ الرَّسُولِ ۚ أَلَا إِنَّهَا قُرْبَةٌ لَهُمْ ۚ سَيُدْخِلُهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
wamina l-aʿrābi man yu'minu bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri wayattakhidhu mā yunfiqu qurubātin ʿinda l-lahi waṣalawāti l-rasūli alā innahā qur'batun lahum sayud'khiluhumu l-lahu fī raḥmatihi inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And some of the Bedouins believe in God and the Last Day, and take what they expend for offerings bringing them near to God, and the prayers of the Messenger. Surely they are an offering for them, and God will admit them into His mercy; God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- However, among the bedouin there are [also] such as believe in God and the Last Day, and regard all that they spend (in God's cause] as a means of drawing them nearer to God and of [their being remembered in] the. Apostle's prayers. Oh, verily, it shall [indeed] be a means of [God's] nearness to them, [for] God will admit them unto His grace: verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!
- Sahih International
- But among the bedouins are some who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and consider what they spend as means of nearness to Allāh and of [obtaining] invocations of the Messenger. Unquestionably, it is a means of nearness for them. Allāh will admit them to His mercy. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | But among | — |
| 2 | ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābi | the bedouins | عرب |
| 3 | مَنman | (is he) who | — |
| 4 | يُؤْمِنُyu'minu | believes | أمن |
| 5 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 6 | وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmi | and the Day | يوم |
| 7 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhiri | the Last | أخر |
| 8 | وَيَتَّخِذُwayattakhidhu | and takes | أخذ |
| 9 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 10 | يُنفِقُyunfiqu | he spends | نفق |
| 11 | قُرُبَـٰتٍqurubātin | (as) means of nearness | قرب |
| 12 | عِندَʿinda | with | عند |
| 13 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 14 | وَصَلَوَٰتِwaṣalawāti | and blessings | صلو |
| 15 | ٱلرَّسُولِ ۚl-rasūli | (of) the Messenger | رسل |
| 16 | أَلَآalā | Behold | — |
| 17 | إِنَّهَاinnahā | Indeed, it | — |
| 18 | قُرْبَةٌۭqur'batun | (is) a means of nearness | قرب |
| 19 | لَّهُمْ ۚlahum | for them | — |
| 20 | سَيُدْخِلُهُمُsayud'khiluhumu | Allah will admit them | دخل |
| 21 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah will admit them | أله |
| 22 | فِىfī | to | — |
| 23 | رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗraḥmatihi | His Mercy | رحم |
| 24 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 25 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 26 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 27 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |