9:80
ٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ
is'taghfir
Ask forgiveness
لَهُمۡ
lahum
for them
أَوۡ
aw
or
لَا
la
(do) not
تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ
tastaghfir
ask forgiveness
لَهُمۡ
lahum
for them
إِن
in
If
تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ
tastaghfir
you ask forgiveness
لَهُمۡ
lahum
for them
سَبۡعِينَ
sab'ina
seventy
مَرَّةٗ
marratan
times
فَلَن
falan
never
يَغۡفِرَ
yaghfira
will Allah forgive
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
will Allah forgive
لَهُمۡۚ
lahum
[for] them
ذَٰلِكَ
dhalika
That
بِأَنَّهُمۡ
bi-annahum
(is) because they
كَفَرُواْ
kafaru
disbelieved
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦۗ
warasulihi
and His Messenger
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
لَا
la
(does) not
يَهۡدِي
yahdi
guide
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
al-qawma
the people
ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ
al-fasiqina
the defiantly disobedient
٨٠

It makes no difference [Prophet] whether you ask forgiveness for them or not: God will not forgive them even if you ask seventy times, because they reject God and His Messenger. God does not guide those who rebel against Him

Translation 1260

9:81
فَرِحَ
fariha
Rejoice
ٱلۡمُخَلَّفُونَ
al-mukhalafuna
those who remained behind
بِمَقۡعَدِهِمۡ
bimaq'adihim
in their staying
خِلَٰفَ
khilafa
behind
رَسُولِ
rasuli
(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
وَكَرِهُوٓاْ
wakarihu
and they disliked
أَن
an
to
يُجَٰهِدُواْ
yujahidu
strive
بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ
bi-amwalihim
with their wealth
وَأَنفُسِهِمۡ
wa-anfusihim
and their lives
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
وَقَالُواْ
waqalu
and they said
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَنفِرُواْ
tanfiru
go forth
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡحَرِّۗ
al-hari
the heat
قُلۡ
qul
Say
نَارُ
naru
(The) Fire
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
(of) Hell
أَشَدُّ
ashaddu
(is) more intense
حَرّٗاۚ
harran
(in) heat
لَّوۡ
law
If (only)
كَانُواْ
kanu
they could
يَفۡقَهُونَ
yafqahuna
understand
٨١

Those who were left behind were happy to stay behind when God’s Messenger set out; they hated the thought of striving in God’s way with their possessions and their persons. They said to one another, ‘Do not go [to war] in this heat.’ Say, ‘Hellfire is hotter.’ If only they understood

Translation 1260

9:82
فَلۡيَضۡحَكُواْ
falyadhaku
So let them laugh
قَلِيلٗا
qalilan
a little
وَلۡيَبۡكُواْ
walyabku
and let them weep
كَثِيرٗا
kathiran
much
جَزَآءَۢ
jazaan
(as) a recompense
بِمَا
bima
for what
كَانُواْ
kanu
they used to
يَكۡسِبُونَ
yaksibuna
earn
٨٢

Let them laugh a little; they will weep a lot in return for what they have done

Translation 1260

9:83
فَإِن
fa-in
Then if
رَّجَعَكَ
raja'aka
Allah returns you
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah returns you
إِلَىٰ
ila
to
طَآئِفَةٖ
taifatin
a group
مِّنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
of them
فَٱسۡتَـٔۡذَنُوكَ
fa-is'tadhanuka
and they ask you permission
لِلۡخُرُوجِ
lil'khuruji
to go out
فَقُل
faqul
then say
لَّن
lan
Never
تَخۡرُجُواْ
takhruju
will you come out
مَعِيَ
ma'iya
with me
أَبَدٗا
abadan
ever
وَلَن
walan
and never
تُقَٰتِلُواْ
tuqatilu
will you fight
مَعِيَ
ma'iya
with me
عَدُوًّاۖ
aduwwan
any enemy
إِنَّكُمۡ
innakum
Indeed you
رَضِيتُم
raditum
were satisfied
بِٱلۡقُعُودِ
bil-qu'udi
with sitting
أَوَّلَ
awwala
(the) first
مَرَّةٖ
marratin
time
فَٱقۡعُدُواْ
fa-uq'udu
so sit
مَعَ
ma'a
with
ٱلۡخَٰلِفِينَ
al-khalifina
those who stay behind
٨٣

So [Prophet], if God brings you back to a group of them, who ask you for permission to go out [to battle], say, ‘You will never go out and fight an enemy with me: you chose to sit at home the first time, so remain with those who stay behind now.’

Translation 1260

9:84
وَلَا
wala
And not
تُصَلِّ
tusalli
you pray
عَلَىٰٓ
ala
for
أَحَدٖ
ahadin
any
مِّنۡهُم
min'hum
of them
مَّاتَ
mata
who dies
أَبَدٗا
abadan
ever
وَلَا
wala
and not
تَقُمۡ
taqum
you stand
عَلَىٰ
ala
by
قَبۡرِهِۦٓۖ
qabrihi
his grave
إِنَّهُمۡ
innahum
Indeed they
كَفَرُواْ
kafaru
disbelieved
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦ
warasulihi
and His Messenger
وَمَاتُواْ
wamatu
and died
وَهُمۡ
wahum
while they were
فَٰسِقُونَ
fasiquna
defiantly disobedient
٨٤

Do not hold prayers for any of them if they die, and do not stand by their graves: they disbelieved in God and His Messenger and died rebellious

Translation 1260

9:85
وَلَا
wala
And (let) not
تُعۡجِبۡكَ
tu'jib'ka
impress you
أَمۡوَٰلُهُمۡ
amwaluhum
their wealth
وَأَوۡلَٰدُهُمۡۚ
wa-awladuhum
and their children
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
يُرِيدُ
yuridu
Allah intends
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah intends
أَن
an
to
يُعَذِّبَهُم
yu'adhibahum
punish them
بِهَا
biha
with it
فِي
fi
in
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
al-dun'ya
the world
وَتَزۡهَقَ
watazhaqa
and will depart
أَنفُسُهُمۡ
anfusuhum
their souls
وَهُمۡ
wahum
while they
كَٰفِرُونَ
kafiruna
(are) disbelievers
٨٥

Do not let their possessions and their children impress you: God means to punish them through these in this world, and that their souls should depart while they disbelieve

Translation 1260

9:86
وَإِذَآ
wa-idha
And when
أُنزِلَتۡ
unzilat
was revealed
سُورَةٌ
suratun
a Surah
أَنۡ
an
that
ءَامِنُواْ
aminu
believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَجَٰهِدُواْ
wajahidu
and strive
مَعَ
ma'a
with
رَسُولِهِ
rasulihi
His Messenger
ٱسۡتَـٔۡذَنَكَ
is'tadhanaka
ask your permission
أُوْلُواْ
ulu
(the) men
ٱلطَّوۡلِ
al-tawli
(of) wealth
مِنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
among them
وَقَالُواْ
waqalu
and said
ذَرۡنَا
dharna
Leave us
نَكُن
nakun
(to) be
مَّعَ
ma'a
with
ٱلۡقَٰعِدِينَ
al-qa'idina
those who sit
٨٦

When a sura is revealed [saying], ‘Believe in God and strive hard alongside His Messenger,’ their wealthy ask your permission [to be exempt], saying, ‘Allow us to stay behind with the others’

Translation 1260