Surah At-Taubah Ayah 52

At-Taubah · Ayah 52 · Juz 10 · Page 195

قُلۡ هَلۡ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحۡدَى ٱلۡحُسۡنَيَيۡنِۖ وَنَحۡنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمۡ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٖ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوۡ بِأَيۡدِينَاۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوٓاْ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ ٥٢

Qul hal tarabbaṣūna binā illā iḥdal-ḥusnayayn, wa naḥnu natarabbaṣu bikum ay yuṣībakumullāhu biʿadhābim min ʿindihī aw biʾaydīnā, fatarabbaṣū innā maʿakum mutarabbiṣūn.

Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things [i.e., martyrdom or victory] while we await for you that Allāh will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."

Translation: Sahih International

Tafsir

Tafsir of ayahs 52–54

Say: "Do you wait for us (anything) except one of the two best things; while we await for you either that Allah will afflict you with a punishment from Himself or at our hands. So wait, we too are waiting with you. (52)Say: "Spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are rebellious. (53)And nothing prevents their contributions from being accepted from them except that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger, and that they came not to the Salah except in a lazy state, and that they offer not contributions but unwillingly (54)

Allah said,

قُلْ

(Say), O Muhammad to them,

هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا

(Do you wait for us), anything,

إِلَّا إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ

(except one of the two best things), martyrdom or victory over you, according to the meaning given by Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, and others.

وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ

(while we await for you), that this will touch you,

أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا

(either that Allah will afflict you with a punishment from Himself or at our hands), either capture or killing,

فَتَرَبَّصُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ

(So wait, we too are waiting with you.) Allah said next,

قُلْ أَنفِقُوا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا

(Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly), for whatever you spend either way,

لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ ۖ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ

(it will not be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are rebellious.)

Allah mentions the reason behind not accepting their charity from them,

إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ

(except that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger.) and the deeds are accepted if they are preceded with faith,

وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰ

(and that they came not to the Salah except in a lazy state.)

Therefore, they neither have good intention nor eagerness to perform the acts [of faith],

وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَاتُهُمْ إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَارِهُونَ

(And nothing prevents their contributions from being accepted from them except that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger, and that they came not to the Salah (the prayer) except in a lazy state, and that they offer not contributions but unwillingly.)

The Truthful, to whom the Truth was revealed, Muhammad, peace be upon him, said that Allah does not stop giving rewards until you (believers) stop performing good deeds, and that Allah is Tayyib [Good and Pure] and only accepts what is Tayyib. This is why Allah does not accept charity or good deeds from the people described in these Ayat, because He only accepts it from those who have Taqwa.

Word by word22 words

  • قُلۡSay
  • هَلۡDo
  • تَرَبَّصُونَyou await
  • بِنَآfor us
  • إِلَّآexcept
  • إِحۡدَىone
  • ٱلۡحُسۡنَيَيۡنِۖ(of) the two best (things)
  • وَنَحۡنُwhile we
  • نَتَرَبَّصُ[we] await
  • بِكُمۡfor you
  • أَنthat
  • يُصِيبَكُمُAllah will afflict you
  • ٱللَّهُAllah will afflict you
  • بِعَذَابٖwith a punishment
  • مِّنۡfrom
  • عِندِهِۦٓ[near] Him
  • أَوۡor
  • بِأَيۡدِينَاۖby our hands
  • فَتَرَبَّصُوٓاْSo wait
  • إِنَّاindeed, we
  • مَعَكُمwith you
  • مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ(are) waiting

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At-Taubahالتوبة

Repentance · Medinan · 129 ayahs

Juz
10
Page
195
Hizb
20