Sura 9 At-Tawbah (The Repentance), ayah 38

  1. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَا لَكُمْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ انْفِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ اثَّاقَلْتُمْ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ۚ أَرَضِيتُمْ بِالْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ ۚ فَمَا مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

    Translation by words

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
    O you who believe!
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    O you who believe!
    ءَامَنُوا۟
    O you who believe!
    مَا
    What
    لَكُمْ
    (is the matter) with you
    إِذَا
    when
    قِيلَ
    it is said
    لَكُمُ
    to you
    ٱنفِرُوا۟
    go forth
    فِى
    in
    سَبِيلِ
    (the) way
    ٱللَّهِ
    (of) Allah,
    ٱثَّاقَلْتُمْ
    you cling heavily
    إِلَى
    to
    ٱلْأَرْضِ
    the earth?
    أَرَضِيتُم
    Are you pleased
    بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
    with the life
    ٱلدُّنْيَا
    (of) the world
    مِنَ
    (rather) than
    ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
    the Hereafter?
    فَمَا
    But what
    مَتَٰعُ
    (is the) enjoyment
    ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
    (of) the life
    ٱلدُّنْيَا
    (of) the world
    فِى
    in (comparison to)
    ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
    the hereafter
    إِلَّا
    except
    قَلِيلٌ
    a little.

    O you who have believed, what is (the matter) with you that, when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allah, you adhere heavily to the earth? Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But what is the enjoyment of worldly life compared to the Hereafter except a (very) little.

    9:38

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 9 At-Tawbah (The Repentance)