Sura 9 At-Tawbah (The Repentance), ayah 83
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فَإِنْ رَجَعَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَائِفَةٍ مِنْهُمْ فَاسْتَأْذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُلْ لَنْ تَخْرُجُوا مَعِيَ أَبَدًا وَلَنْ تُقَاتِلُوا مَعِيَ عَدُوًّا ۖ إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُمْ بِالْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَاقْعُدُوا مَعَ الْخَالِفِينَ
Translation by words
- فَإِن
- Then if
- رَّجَعَكَ
- Allah returns you
- ٱللَّهُ
- Allah returns you
- إِلَىٰ
- to
- طَآئِفَةٍ
- a group
- مِّنْهُمْ
- of them,
- فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ
- and they ask you permission
- لِلْخُرُوجِ
- to go out,
- فَقُل
- then say,
- لَّن
- "Never
- تَخْرُجُوا۟
- will you come out
- مَعِىَ
- with me
- أَبَدًا
- ever
- وَلَن
- and never
- تُقَٰتِلُوا۟
- will you fight
- مَعِىَ
- with me
- عَدُوًّا
- any enemy.
- إِنَّكُمْ
- Indeed, you
- رَضِيتُم
- were satisfied
- بِٱلْقُعُودِ
- with sitting
- أَوَّلَ
- (the) first
- مَرَّةٍ
- time,
- فَٱقْعُدُوا۟
- so sit
- مَعَ
- with
- ٱلْخَٰلِفِينَ
- those who stay behind."
If Allah should return you to a faction of them (after the expedition) and then they ask your permission to go out (to battle), say, "You will not go out with me, ever, and you will never fight with me an enemy. Indeed, you were satisfied with sitting (at home) the first time, so sit (now) with those who stay behind."
9:83
Translation: Saheeh International