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1 Surahs59 Versesالحزب 20
9:34
۞يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
O you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
O you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓاۡ
O you who believe
إِنَّ
Indeed
كَثِيرًا
many
مِّنَ
of
ٱلۡأَحۡبَارِ
the rabbis
وَٱلرُّهۡبَانِ
and the monks
لَيَأۡكُلُونَ
surely eat
أَمۡوٰلَ
(the) wealth
ٱلنَّاسِ
(of) the people
بِٱلۡبَـٰطِلِ
in falsehood
وَيَصُدُّونَ
and hinder
عَن
from
سَبِيلِ
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ‌ۗ
(of) Allah
وَٱلَّذِينَ
And those who
يَكۡنِزُونَ
hoard
ٱلذَّهَبَ
the gold
وَٱلۡفِضَّةَ
and the silver
وَلَا
and (do) not
يُنفِقُونَهَا
spend it
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
فَبَشِّرۡهُم
[so] give them tidings
بِعَذَابٍ
of a punishment
أَلِيمٍ
painful
٣٤
O you who have believed, indeed many of the scholars and the monks devour the wealth of people unjustly1 and avert [them] from the way of Allāh. And those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allāh - give them tidings of a painful punishment.
9:35
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
يُحۡمَىٰ
it will be heated [on it]
عَلَيۡهَا
it will be heated [on it]
فِى
in
نَارِ
the Fire
جَهَنَّمَ
(of) Hell
فَتُكۡوَىٰ
and will be branded
بِهَا
with it
جِبَاهُهُمۡ
their foreheads
وَجُنُوبُهُمۡ
and their flanks
وَظُهُورُهُمۡ‌ۖ
and their backs
هَـٰذَا
This
مَا
(is) what
كَنَزۡتُمۡ
you hoarded
لِأَنفُسِكُمۡ
for yourselves
فَذُوقُواۡ
so taste
مَا
what
كُنتُمۡ
you used to
تَكۡنِزُونَ
hoard
٣٥
The Day when it1 will be heated in the fire of Hell and seared therewith will be their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, [it will be said], "This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard."
9:36
إِنَّ
Indeed
عِدَّةَ
(the) number
ٱلشُّهُورِ
(of) the months
عِندَ
with
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
ٱثۡنَا
(is) twelve
عَشَرَ
(is) twelve
شَهۡرًا
months
فِى
in
كِتَـٰبِ
(the) ordinance
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
يَوۡمَ
(from the) Day
خَلَقَ
He created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوٰتِ
the heavens
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ
and the earth
مِنۡهَآ
of them
أَرۡبَعَةٌ
four
حُرُمٌ‌ۚ
(are) sacred
ذٰلِكَ
That
ٱلدِّينُ
(is) the religion
ٱلۡقَيِّمُ‌ۚ
the upright
فَلَا
so (do) not
تَظۡلِمُواۡ
wrong
فِيهِنَّ
therein
أَنفُسَكُمۡ‌ۚ
yourselves
وَقَـٰتِلُواۡ
And fight
ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ
the polytheists
كَآفَّةً
all together
كَمَا
as
يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمۡ
they fight you
كَآفَّةً‌ۚ
all together
وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاۡ
And know
أَنَّ
that
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
مَعَ
(is) with
ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ
the righteous
٣٦
Indeed, the number of months with Allāh is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allāh [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred.1 That is the correct religion [i.e., way], so do not wrong yourselves during them.2 And fight against the disbelievers collectively as they fight against you collectively. And know that Allāh is with the righteous [who fear Him].
9:37
إِنَّمَا
Indeed
ٱلنَّسِىٓءُ
the postponing
زِيَادَةٌ
(is) an increase
فِى
in
ٱلۡكُفۡرِ‌ۖ
the disbelief
يُضَلُّ
are led astray
بِهِ
by it
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieve
يُحِلُّونَهُۥ
They make it lawful
عَامًا
one year
وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُۥ
and make it unlawful
عَامًا
(another) year
لِّيُوَاطِــُٔواۡ
to adjust
عِدَّةَ
the number
مَا
which
حَرَّمَ
Allah has made unlawful
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has made unlawful
فَيُحِلُّواۡ
and making lawful
مَا
what
حَرَّمَ
Allah has made unlawful
ٱللَّهُ‌ۚ
Allah has made unlawful
زُيِّنَ
Is made fair-seeming
لَهُمۡ
to them
سُوٓءُ
(the) evil
أَعۡمَـٰلِهِمۡ‌ۗ
(of) their deeds
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
لَا
(does) not
يَهۡدِى
guide
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
the people
ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ
the disbelievers
٣٧
Indeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it1 lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allāh2 and [thus] make lawful what Allāh has made unlawful. Made pleasing to them is the evil of their deeds; and Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.
9:38
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
O you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
O you who believe
ءَامَنُواۡ
O you who believe
مَا
What
لَكُمۡ
(is the matter) with you
إِذَا
when
قِيلَ
it is said
لَكُمُ
to you
ٱنفِرُواۡ
go forth
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
ٱثَّاقَلۡتُمۡ
you cling heavily
إِلَى
to
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ‌ۚ
the earth
أَرَضِيتُم
Are you pleased
بِٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
with the life
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
(of) the world
مِنَ
(rather) than
ٱلۡأَخِرَةِ‌ۚ
the Hereafter
فَمَا
But what
مَتَـٰعُ
(is the) enjoyment
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
(of) the life
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
(of) the world
فِى
in (comparison to)
ٱلۡأَخِرَةِ
the hereafter
إِلَّا
except
قَلِيلٌ
a little
٣٨
O you who have believed, what is [the matter] with you that, when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allāh, you adhere heavily to the earth?1 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.
9:39
إِلَّا
If not
تَنفِرُواۡ
you go forth
يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡ
He will punish you
عَذَابًا
(with) a painful punishment
أَلِيمًا
(with) a painful punishment
وَيَسۡتَبۡدِلۡ
and will replace you
قَوۡمًا
(with) a people
غَيۡرَكُمۡ
other than you
وَلَا
and not
تَضُرُّوهُ
you can harm Him
شَيۡــًٔا‌ۗ
(in) anything
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
عَلَىٰ
(is) on
كُلِّ
every
شَىۡءٍ
thing
قَدِيرٌ
All-Powerful
٣٩
If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment and will replace you with another people, and you will not harm Him at all. And Allāh is over all things competent.
9:40
إِلَّا
If not
تَنصُرُوهُ
you help him
فَقَدۡ
certainly
نَصَرَهُ
Allah helped him
ٱللَّهُ
Allah helped him
إِذۡ
when
أَخۡرَجَهُ
drove him out
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieved
ثَانِىَ
the second
ٱثۡنَيۡنِ
(of) the two
إِذۡ
when
هُمَا
they both
فِى
(were) in
ٱلۡغَارِ
the cave
إِذۡ
when
يَقُولُ
he said
لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ
to his companion
لَا
(Do) not
تَحۡزَنۡ
grieve
إِنَّ
indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
مَعَنَا‌ۖ
(is) with us
فَأَنزَلَ
Then Allah sent down
ٱللَّهُ
Then Allah sent down
سَكِينَتَهُۥ
His tranquility
عَلَيۡهِ
upon him
وَأَيَّدَهُۥ
and supported him
بِجُنُودٍ
with forces
لَّمۡ
which you did not see
تَرَوۡهَا
which you did not see
وَجَعَلَ
and made
كَلِمَةَ
(the) word
ٱلَّذِينَ
(of) those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieved
ٱلسُّفۡلَىٰ‌ۗ
the lowest
وَكَلِمَةُ
while (the) Word
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
هِىَ
it (is)
ٱلۡعُلۡيَا‌ۗ
the highest
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
عَزِيزٌ
(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌ
All-Wise
٤٠
If you do not aid him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] - Allāh has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two,1 when they were in the cave and he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allāh is with us." And Allāh sent down His tranquility upon him and supported him with soldiers [i.e., angels] you did not see and made the word2 of those who disbelieved the lowest,3 while the word of Allāh4 - that is the highest. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
9:41
ٱنفِرُواۡ
Go forth
خِفَافًا
light
وَثِقَالاً
or heavy
وَجَـٰهِدُواۡ
and strive
بِأَمۡوٰلِكُمۡ
with your wealth
وَأَنفُسِكُمۡ
and your lives
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ‌ۚ
(of) Allah
ذٰلِكُمۡ
That
خَيۡرٌ
(is) better
لَّكُمۡ
for you
إِن
if
كُنتُمۡ
you
تَعۡلَمُونَ
know
٤١
Go forth, whether light or heavy,1 and strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of Allāh. That is better for you, if you only knew.
9:42
لَوۡ
If
كَانَ
it had been
عَرَضًا
a gain
قَرِيبًا
near
وَسَفَرًا
and a journey
قَاصِدًا
easy
لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَ
surely they (would) have followed you
وَلَـٰكِنۢ
but
بَعُدَتۡ
was long
عَلَيۡهِمُ
for them
ٱلشُّقَّةُ‌ۚ
the distance
وَسَيَحۡلِفُونَ
And they will swear
بِٱللَّهِ
by Allah
لَوِ
If
ٱسۡتَطَعۡنَا
we were able
لَخَرَجۡنَا
certainly we (would) have come forth
مَعَكُمۡ
with you
يُهۡلِكُونَ
They destroy
أَنفُسَهُمۡ
their own selves
وَٱللَّهُ
and Allah
يَعۡلَمُ
knows
إِنَّهُمۡ
(that) indeed, they
لَكَـٰذِبُونَ
(are) surely liars
٤٢
Had it been a near [i.e., easy] gain and a moderate trip, they [i.e., the hypocrites] would have followed you, but distant to them was the journey. And they will swear by Allāh,1 "If we were able, we would have gone forth with you," destroying themselves [through false oaths], and Allāh knows that indeed they are liars.
9:43
عَفَا
(May) Allah forgive
ٱللَّهُ
(May) Allah forgive
عَنكَ
you
لِمَ
Why (did)
أَذِنتَ
you grant leave
لَهُمۡ
to them
حَتَّىٰ
until
يَتَبَيَّنَ
(became) evident
لَكَ
to you
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
صَدَقُواۡ
were truthful
وَتَعۡلَمَ
and you knew
ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِينَ
the liars
٤٣
Allāh has pardoned you, [O Muḥammad, but] why did you give them permission [to remain behind]? [You should not have] until it was evident to you who were truthful and you knew [who were] the liars.
9:44
لَا
(Would) not ask your permission
يَسۡتَــٔۡذِنُكَ
(Would) not ask your permission
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
believe
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
and the Day
ٱلۡأَخِرِ
the Last
أَن
that
يُجَـٰهِدُواۡ
they strive
بِأَمۡوٰلِهِمۡ
with their wealth
وَأَنفُسِهِمۡ‌ۗ
and their lives
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
عَلِيمُۢ
(is) All-Knower
بِٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ
of the righteous
٤٤
Those who believe in Allāh and the Last Day would not ask permission of you to be excused from striving [i.e., fighting] with their wealth and their lives. And Allāh is Knowing of those who fear Him.
9:45
إِنَّمَا
Only
يَسۡتَــٔۡذِنُكَ
ask your leave
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
لَا
(do) not
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
believe
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
and the Day
ٱلۡأَخِرِ
the Last
وَٱرۡتَابَتۡ
and (are in) doubts
قُلُوبُهُمۡ
their hearts
فَهُمۡ
so they
فِى
in
رَيۡبِهِمۡ
their doubts
يَتَرَدَّدُونَ
they waver
٤٥
Only those would ask permission of you who do not believe in Allāh and the Last Day and whose hearts have doubted, and they, in their doubt, are hesitating.
9:46
۞وَلَوۡ
And if
أَرَادُواۡ
they had wished
ٱلۡخُرُوجَ
(to) go forth
لَأَعَدُّواۡ
surely they (would) have prepared
لَهُۥ
for it
عُدَّةً
(some) preparation
وَلَـٰكِن
But
كَرِهَ
Allah disliked
ٱللَّهُ
Allah disliked
ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمۡ
their being sent
فَثَبَّطَهُمۡ
so He made them lag behind
وَقِيلَ
and it was said
ٱقۡعُدُواۡ
Sit
مَعَ
with
ٱلۡقَـٰعِدِينَ
those who sit
٤٦
And if they had intended to go forth, they would have prepared for it [some] preparation. But Allāh disliked their being sent, so He kept them back, and they were told, "Remain [behind] with those who remain."1
9:47
لَوۡ
If
خَرَجُواۡ
they (had) gone forth
فِيكُم
with you
مَّا
not
زَادُوكُمۡ
they (would) have increased you
إِلَّا
except
خَبَالاً
(in) confusion
وَلَأَوۡضَعُواۡ
and would have been active
خِلَـٰلَكُمۡ
in your midst
يَبۡغُونَكُمُ
seeking (for) you
ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ
dissension
وَفِيكُمۡ
And among you (are some)
سَمَّـٰعُونَ
who would have listened
لَهُمۡ‌ۗ
to them
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
عَلِيمُۢ
(is) All-Knower
بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
of the wrongdoers
٤٧
Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah [i.e., chaos and dissension]. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
9:48
لَقَدِ
Verily
ٱبۡتَغَوُاۡ
they had sought
ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ
dissension
مِن
before
قَبۡلُ
before
وَقَلَّبُواۡ
and had upset
لَكَ
for you
ٱلۡأُمُورَ
the matters
حَتَّىٰ
until
جَآءَ
came
ٱلۡحَقُّ
the truth
وَظَهَرَ
and became manifest
أَمۡرُ
(the) Order of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
(the) Order of Allah
وَهُمۡ
while they
كَـٰرِهُونَ
disliked (it)
٤٨
They had already desired dissension before and had upset matters for you1 until the truth came and the ordinance [i.e., victory] of Allāh appeared, while they were averse.
9:49
وَمِنۡهُم
And among them
مَّن
(is he) who
يَقُولُ
says
ٱئۡذَن
Grant me leave
لِّى
Grant me leave
وَلَا
and (do) not
تَفۡتِنِّىٓ‌ۚ
put me to trial
أَلَا
Surely
فِى
in
ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ
the trial
سَقَطُواۡ‌ۗ
they have fallen
وَإِنَّ
And indeed
جَهَنَّمَ
Hell
لَمُحِيطَةُۢ
(will) surely surround
بِٱلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ
the disbelievers
٤٩
And among them is he who says, "Permit me [to remain at home] and do not put me to trial." Unquestionably, into trial they have fallen.1 And indeed, Hell will encompass the disbelievers.
9:50
إِن
If
تُصِبۡكَ
befalls you
حَسَنَةٌ
good
تَسُؤۡهُمۡ‌ۖ
it distresses them
وَإِن
but if
تُصِبۡكَ
befalls you
مُصِيبَةٌ
a calamity
يَقُولُواۡ
they say
قَدۡ
Verily
أَخَذۡنَآ
we took
أَمۡرَنَا
our matter
مِن
before
قَبۡلُ
before
وَيَتَوَلَّواۡ
And they turn away
وَّهُمۡ
while they
فَرِحُونَ
(are) rejoicing
٥٠
If good befalls you, it distresses them; but if disaster strikes you, they say, "We took our matter [in hand] before,"1 and turn away while they are rejoicing.
9:51
قُل
Say
لَّن
Never
يُصِيبَنَآ
will befall us
إِلَّا
except
مَا
what
كَتَبَ
Allah has decreed
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has decreed
لَنَا
for us
هُوَ
He
مَوۡلَـٰنَا‌ۚ
(is) our Protector
وَعَلَى
And on
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ
[so] let the believers put (their) trust
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
[so] let the believers put (their) trust
٥١
Say, "Never will we be struck except by what Allāh has decreed for us; He is our protector." And upon Allāh let the believers rely.
9:52
قُلۡ
Say
هَلۡ
Do
تَرَبَّصُونَ
you await
بِنَآ
for us
إِلَّآ
except
إِحۡدَى
one
ٱلۡحُسۡنَيَيۡنِ‌ۖ
(of) the two best (things)
وَنَحۡنُ
while we
نَتَرَبَّصُ
[we] await
بِكُمۡ
for you
أَن
that
يُصِيبَكُمُ
Allah will afflict you
ٱللَّهُ
Allah will afflict you
بِعَذَابٍ
with a punishment
مِّنۡ
from
عِندِهِۦٓ
[near] Him
أَوۡ
or
بِأَيۡدِينَا‌ۖ
by our hands
فَتَرَبَّصُوٓاۡ
So wait
إِنَّا
indeed, we
مَعَكُم
with you
مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ
(are) waiting
٥٢
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."
9:53
قُلۡ
Say
أَنفِقُواۡ
Spend
طَوۡعًا
willingly
أَوۡ
or
كَرۡهًا
unwillingly
لَّن
never
يُتَقَبَّلَ
will be accepted
مِنكُمۡ‌ۖ
from you
إِنَّكُمۡ
Indeed, you
كُنتُمۡ
[you] are
قَوۡمًا
a people
فَـٰسِقِينَ
defiantly disobedient
٥٣
Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."
9:54
وَمَا
And not
مَنَعَهُمۡ
prevents them
أَن
that
تُقۡبَلَ
is accepted
مِنۡهُمۡ
from them
نَفَقَـٰتُهُمۡ
their contributions
إِلَّآ
except
أَنَّهُمۡ
that they
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieve
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
وَبِرَسُولِهِۦ
and in His Messenger
وَلَا
and not
يَأۡتُونَ
they come
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
(to) the prayer
إِلَّا
except
وَهُمۡ
while they
كُسَالَىٰ
(are) lazy
وَلَا
and not
يُنفِقُونَ
they spend
إِلَّا
except
وَهُمۡ
while they
كَـٰرِهُونَ
(are) unwilling
٥٤
And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allāh and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and that they do not spend except while they are unwilling.
9:55
فَلَا
So (let) not
تُعۡجِبۡكَ
impress you
أَمۡوٰلُهُمۡ
their wealth
وَلَآ
and not
أَوۡلَـٰدُهُمۡ‌ۚ
their children
إِنَّمَا
Only
يُرِيدُ
Allah intends
ٱللَّهُ
Allah intends
لِيُعَذِّبَهُم
to punish them
بِهَا
with it
فِى
in
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
the life
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
(of) the world
وَتَزۡهَقَ
and should depart
أَنفُسُهُمۡ
their souls
وَهُمۡ
while they
كَـٰفِرُونَ
(are) disbelievers
٥٥
So let not their wealth or their children impress you. Allāh only intends to punish them through them in worldly life and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are disbelievers.
9:56
وَيَحۡلِفُونَ
And they swear
بِٱللَّهِ
by Allah
إِنَّهُمۡ
indeed, they
لَمِنكُمۡ
surely (are) of you
وَمَا
while not
هُم
they
مِّنكُمۡ
(are) of you
وَلَـٰكِنَّهُمۡ
but they
قَوۡمٌ
(are) a people
يَفۡرَقُونَ
(who) are afraid
٥٦
And they swear by Allāh that they are from among you while they are not from among you; but they are a people who are afraid.
9:57
لَوۡ
If
يَجِدُونَ
they could find
مَلۡجَــًٔا
a refuge
أَوۡ
or
مَغَـٰرٰتٍ
caves
أَوۡ
or
مُدَّخَلاً
a place to enter
لَّوَلَّوۡاۡ
surely, they would turn
إِلَيۡهِ
to it
وَهُمۡ
and they
يَجۡمَحُونَ
run wild
٥٧
If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly.
9:58
وَمِنۡهُم
And among them
مَّن
(is he) who
يَلۡمِزُكَ
criticizes you
فِى
concerning
ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ
the charities
فَإِنۡ
Then if
أُعۡطُواۡ
they are given
مِنۡهَا
from it
رَضُواۡ
they are pleased
وَإِن
but if
لَّمۡ
not
يُعۡطَوۡاۡ
they are given
مِنۡهَآ
from it
إِذَا
then
هُمۡ
they
يَسۡخَطُونَ
(are) enraged
٥٨
And among them are some who criticize you concerning the [distribution of] charities. If they are given from them, they approve; but if they are not given from them, at once they become angry.
9:59
وَلَوۡ
And if
أَنَّهُمۡ
[that] they
رَضُواۡ
(were) satisfied
مَآ
(with) what
ءَاتَـٰهُمُ
Allah gave them
ٱللَّهُ
Allah gave them
وَرَسُولُهُۥ
and His Messenger
وَقَالُواۡ
and said
حَسۡبُنَا
Sufficient for us
ٱللَّهُ
(is) Allah
سَيُؤۡتِينَا
Allah will give us
ٱللَّهُ
Allah will give us
مِن
of
فَضۡلِهِۦ
His Bounty
وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ
and His Messenger
إِنَّآ
Indeed, we
إِلَى
to
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
رٰغِبُونَ
turn our hopes
٥٩
If only they had been satisfied with what Allāh and His Messenger gave them and said, "Sufficient for us is Allāh; Allāh will give us of His bounty, and [so will] His Messenger; indeed, we are desirous toward Allāh,"1 [it would have been better for them].
9:60
۞إِنَّمَا
Only
ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتُ
the charities
لِلۡفُقَرَآءِ
(are) for the poor
وَٱلۡمَسَـٰكِينِ
and the needy
وَٱلۡعَـٰمِلِينَ
and those who collect
عَلَيۡهَا
them
وَٱلۡمُؤَلَّفَةِ
and the ones inclined
قُلُوبُهُمۡ
their hearts
وَفِى
and in
ٱلرِّقَابِ
the (freeing of) the necks
وَٱلۡغَـٰرِمِينَ
and for those in debt
وَفِى
and in
سَبِيلِ
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
وَٱبۡنِ
and the wayfarer
ٱلسَّبِيلِ‌ۖ
and the wayfarer
فَرِيضَةً
an obligation
مِّنَ
from
ٱللَّهِ‌ۗ
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
عَلِيمٌ
(is) All-Knowing
حَكِيمٌ
All-Wise
٦٠
Zakāh expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed for it1 and for bringing hearts together [for Islām] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allāh and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allāh. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
9:61
وَمِنۡهُمُ
And among them
ٱلَّذِينَ
(are) those who
يُؤۡذُونَ
hurt
ٱلنَّبِىَّ
the Prophet
وَيَقُولُونَ
and they say
هُوَ
He is
أُذُنٌ‌ۚ
(all) ear
قُلۡ
Say
أُذُنُ
An ear
خَيۡرٍ
(of) goodness
لَّكُمۡ
for you
يُؤۡمِنُ
he believes
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
وَيُؤۡمِنُ
and believes
لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
the believers
وَرَحۡمَةٌ
and (is) a mercy
لِّلَّذِينَ
to those who
ءَامَنُواۡ
believe
مِنكُمۡ‌ۚ
among you
وَٱلَّذِينَ
And those who
يُؤۡذُونَ
hurt
رَسُولَ
(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
لَهُمۡ
for them
عَذَابٌ
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
painful
٦١
And among them are those who abuse the Prophet and say, "He is an ear."1 Say, "[It is] an ear of goodness for you that believes in Allāh and believes the believers and [is] a mercy to those who believe among you." And those who abuse the Messenger of Allāh - for them is a painful punishment.
9:62
يَحۡلِفُونَ
They swear
بِٱللَّهِ
by Allah
لَكُمۡ
to you
لِيُرۡضُوكُمۡ
to please you
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ
and His Messenger
أَحَقُّ
(have) more right
أَن
that
يُرۡضُوهُ
they should please Him
إِن
if
كَانُواۡ
they are
مُؤۡمِنِينَ
believers
٦٢
They swear by Allāh to you [Muslims] to satisfy you. But Allāh and His Messenger are more worthy for them to satisfy,1 if they were to be believers.
9:63
أَلَمۡ
Do not
يَعۡلَمُوٓاۡ
they know
أَنَّهُۥ
that he
مَن
who
يُحَادِدِ
opposes
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥ
and His Messenger
فَأَنَّ
[then] that
لَهُۥ
for him
نَارَ
(is the) Fire
جَهَنَّمَ
(of) Hell
خَـٰلِدًا
(will) abide forever
فِيهَا‌ۚ
in it
ذٰلِكَ
That
ٱلۡخِزۡىُ
(is) the disgrace
ٱلۡعَظِيمُ
the great
٦٣
Do they not know that whoever opposes Allāh and His Messenger - that for him is the fire of Hell, wherein he will abide eternally? That is the great disgrace.
9:64
يَحۡذَرُ
Fear
ٱلۡمُنَـٰفِقُونَ
the hypocrites
أَن
lest
تُنَزَّلَ
be revealed
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
about them
سُورَةٌ
a Surah
تُنَبِّئُهُم
informing them
بِمَا
of what
فِى
(is) in
قُلُوبِهِمۡ‌ۚ
their hearts
قُلِ
Say
ٱسۡتَهۡزِءُوٓاۡ
Mock
إِنَّ
indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
مُخۡرِجٌ
(will) bring forth
مَّا
what
تَحۡذَرُونَ
you fear
٦٤
The hypocrites are apprehensive lest a sūrah be revealed about them, informing them of1 what is in their hearts. Say, "Mock [as you wish]; indeed, Allāh will expose that which you fear."
9:65
وَلَئِن
And if
سَأَلۡتَهُمۡ
you ask them
لَيَقُولُنَّ
surely they will say
إِنَّمَا
Only
كُنَّا
we were
نَخُوضُ
conversing
وَنَلۡعَبُ‌ۚ
and playing
قُلۡ
Say
أَبِٱللَّهِ
Is it Allah
وَءَايَـٰتِهِۦ
and His Verses
وَرَسُولِهِۦ
and His Messenger
كُنتُمۡ
(that) you were
تَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
mocking
٦٥
And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"
9:66
لَا
(Do) not
تَعۡتَذِرُواۡ
make excuse
قَدۡ
verily
كَفَرۡتُم
you have disbelieved
بَعۡدَ
after
إِيمَـٰنِكُمۡ‌ۚ
your belief
إِن
If
نَّعۡفُ
We pardon
عَن
[on]
طَآئِفَةٍ
a party
مِّنكُمۡ
of you
نُعَذِّبۡ
We will punish
طَآئِفَةَۢ
a party
بِأَنَّهُمۡ
because they
كَانُواۡ
were
مُجۡرِمِينَ
criminals
٦٦
Make no excuse; you have disbelieved [i.e., rejected faith] after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
9:67
ٱلۡمُنَـٰفِقُونَ
The hypocrite men
وَٱلۡمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُ
and the hypocrite women
بَعۡضُهُم
some of them
مِّنۢ
(are) of
بَعۡضٍ‌ۚ
others
يَأۡمُرُونَ
They enjoin
بِٱلۡمُنكَرِ
the wrong
وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ
and forbid
عَنِ
what
ٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ
(is) the right
وَيَقۡبِضُونَ
and they close
أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ‌ۚ
their hands
نَسُواۡ
They forget
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
فَنَسِيَهُمۡ‌ۗ
so He has forgotten them
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلۡمُنَـٰفِقِينَ
the hypocrites
هُمُ
they (are)
ٱلۡفَـٰسِقُونَ
the defiantly disobedient
٦٧
The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right and close their hands.1 They have forgotten Allāh, so He has forgotten them [accordingly]. Indeed, the hypocrites - it is they who are the defiantly disobedient.
9:68
وَعَدَ
Allah has promised
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has promised
ٱلۡمُنَـٰفِقِينَ
the hypocrite men
وَٱلۡمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتِ
and the hypocrite women
وَٱلۡكُفَّارَ
and the disbelievers
نَارَ
Fire
جَهَنَّمَ
(of) Hell
خَـٰلِدِينَ
they (will) abide forever
فِيهَا‌ۚ
in it
هِىَ
It (is)
حَسۡبُهُمۡ‌ۚ
sufficient for them
وَلَعَنَهُمُ
And Allah has cursed them
ٱللَّهُ‌ۖ
And Allah has cursed them
وَلَهُمۡ
and for them
عَذَابٌ
(is) a punishment
مُّقِيمٌ
enduring
٦٨
Allāh has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the disbelievers the fire of Hell, wherein they will abide eternally. It is sufficient for them. And Allāh has cursed them, and for them is an enduring punishment.
9:69
كَٱلَّذِينَ
Like those
مِن
before you
قَبۡلِكُمۡ
before you
كَانُوٓاۡ
they were
أَشَدَّ
mightier
مِنكُمۡ
than you
قُوَّةً
(in) strength
وَأَكۡثَرَ
and more abundant
أَمۡوٰلاً
(in) wealth
وَأَوۡلَـٰدًا
and children
فَٱسۡتَمۡتَعُواۡ
So they enjoyed
بِخَلَـٰقِهِمۡ
their portion
فَٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُم
and you have enjoyed
بِخَلَـٰقِكُمۡ
your portion
كَمَا
like
ٱسۡتَمۡتَعَ
enjoyed
ٱلَّذِينَ
those
مِن
before you
قَبۡلِكُم
before you
بِخَلَـٰقِهِمۡ
their portion
وَخُضۡتُمۡ
and you indulge
كَٱلَّذِى
like the one who
خَاضُوٓاۡ‌ۚ
indulges (in idle talk)
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
Those
حَبِطَتۡ
worthless
أَعۡمَـٰلُهُمۡ
(are) their deeds
فِى
in
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
the world
وَٱلۡأَخِرَةِ‌ۖ
and (in) the Hereafter
وَأُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
And those
هُمُ
they
ٱلۡخَـٰسِرُونَ
(are) the losers
٦٩
[You disbelievers are] like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion [of worldly enjoyment], and you have enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their portion, and you have engaged [in vanities] like that in which they engaged. [It is] those whose deeds have become worthless in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the losers.
9:70
أَلَمۡ
Has not
يَأۡتِهِمۡ
come to them
نَبَأُ
(the) news
ٱلَّذِينَ
(of) those who
مِن
(were) before them
قَبۡلِهِمۡ
(were) before them
قَوۡمِ
(the) people
نُوحٍ
(of) Nuh
وَعَادٍ
and Aad
وَثَمُودَ
and Thamud
وَقَوۡمِ
and (the) people
إِبۡرٰهِيمَ
(of) Ibrahim
وَأَصۡحَـٰبِ
and (the) companions
مَدۡيَنَ
(of) Madyan
وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَـٰتِ‌ۚ
and the towns overturned
أَتَتۡهُمۡ
Came to them
رُسُلُهُم
their Messengers
بِٱلۡبَيِّنَـٰتِ‌ۖ
with clear proofs
فَمَا
And not
كَانَ
was
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ
to wrong them
وَلَـٰكِن
but
كَانُوٓاۡ
they were (to)
أَنفُسَهُمۡ
themselves
يَظۡلِمُونَ
doing wrong
٧٠
Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] ʿAad and Thamūd and the people of Abraham and the companions [i.e., dwellers] of Madyan and the towns overturned?1 Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allāh would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
9:71
وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
And the believing men
وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتُ
and the believing women
بَعۡضُهُمۡ
some of them
أَوۡلِيَآءُ
(are) allies
بَعۡضٍ‌ۚ
(of) others
يَأۡمُرُونَ
They enjoin
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ
the right
وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ
and forbid
عَنِ
from
ٱلۡمُنكَرِ
the wrong
وَيُقِيمُونَ
and they establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
the prayer
وَيُؤۡتُونَ
and give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
the zakah
وَيُطِيعُونَ
and they obey
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ‌ۚ
and His Messenger
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
Those
سَيَرۡحَمُهُمُ
Allah will have mercy on them
ٱللَّهُ‌ۗ
Allah will have mercy on them
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
عَزِيزٌ
(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌ
All-Wise
٧١
The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. Those - Allāh will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
9:72
وَعَدَ
(Has been) promised
ٱللَّهُ
(by) Allah
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
(to) the believing men
وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ
and the believing women
جَنَّـٰتٍ
Gardens
تَجۡرِى
flow
مِن
from
تَحۡتِهَا
underneath it
ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ
the rivers
خَـٰلِدِينَ
(will) abide forever
فِيهَا
in it
وَمَسَـٰكِنَ
and dwellings
طَيِّبَةً
blessed
فِى
in
جَنَّـٰتِ
Gardens
عَدۡنٍ‌ۚ
(of) everlasting bliss
وَرِضۡوٰنٌ
But the pleasure
مِّنَ
of
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
أَكۡبَرُ‌ۚ
(is) greater
ذٰلِكَ
That
هُوَ
it
ٱلۡفَوۡزُ
(is) the success
ٱلۡعَظِيمُ
great
٧٢
Allāh has promised the believing men and believing women gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence; but approval from Allāh is greater. It is that which is the great attainment.
9:73
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
O Prophet
ٱلنَّبِىُّ
O Prophet
جَـٰهِدِ
Strive (against)
ٱلۡكُفَّارَ
the disbelievers
وَٱلۡمُنَـٰفِقِينَ
and the hypocrites
وَٱغۡلُظۡ
and be stern
عَلَيۡهِمۡ‌ۚ
with them
وَمَأۡوَٮٰهُمۡ
And their abode
جَهَنَّمُ‌ۖ
(is) Hell
وَبِئۡسَ
and wretched
ٱلۡمَصِيرُ
(is) the destination
٧٣
O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.
9:74
يَحۡلِفُونَ
They swear
بِٱللَّهِ
by Allah
مَا
(that) they said nothing
قَالُواۡ
(that) they said nothing
وَلَقَدۡ
while certainly
قَالُواۡ
they said
كَلِمَةَ
(the) word
ٱلۡكُفۡرِ
(of) the disbelief
وَكَفَرُواۡ
and disbelieved
بَعۡدَ
after
إِسۡلَـٰمِهِمۡ
their (pretense of) Islam
وَهَمُّواۡ
and planned
بِمَا
[of] what
لَمۡ
not
يَنَالُواۡ‌ۚ
they could attain
وَمَا
And not
نَقَمُوٓاۡ
they were resentful
إِلَّآ
except
أَنۡ
that
أَغۡنَـٰهُمُ
Allah had enriched them
ٱللَّهُ
Allah had enriched them
وَرَسُولُهُۥ
and His Messenger
مِن
of
فَضۡلِهِۦ‌ۚ
His Bounty
فَإِن
So if
يَتُوبُواۡ
they repent
يَكُ
it is
خَيۡرًا
better
لَّهُمۡ‌ۖ
for them
وَإِن
and if
يَتَوَلَّوۡاۡ
they turn away
يُعَذِّبۡهُمُ
Allah will punish them
ٱللَّهُ
Allah will punish them
عَذَابًا
(with) a punishment
أَلِيمًا
painful
فِى
in
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
the world
وَٱلۡأَخِرَةِ‌ۚ
and (in) the Hereafter
وَمَا
And not
لَهُمۡ
for them
فِى
in
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
the earth
مِن
any
وَلِىٍّ
protector
وَلَا
and not
نَصِيرٍ
a helper
٧٤
They swear by Allāh that they did not say [anything against the Prophet (ﷺ)] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islām and planned that which they were not to attain.1 And they were not resentful except [for the fact] that Allāh and His Messenger had enriched them of His bounty.2 So if they repent, it is better for them; but if they turn away, Allāh will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And there will not be for them on earth any protector or helper.
9:75
۞وَمِنۡهُم
And among them
مَّنۡ
(is he) who
عَـٰهَدَ
made a covenant
ٱللَّهَ
(with) Allah
لَئِنۡ
If
ءَاتَـٰنَا
He gives us
مِن
of
فَضۡلِهِۦ
His bounty
لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ
surely we will give charity
وَلَنَكُونَنَّ
and surely we will be
مِنَ
among
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
the righteous
٧٥
And among them are those who made a covenant with Allāh, [saying], "If He should give us from His bounty, we will surely spend in charity, and we will surely be among the righteous."
9:76
فَلَمَّآ
But when
ءَاتَـٰهُم
He gave them
مِّن
of
فَضۡلِهِۦ
His Bounty
بَخِلُواۡ
they became stingy
بِهِۦ
with it
وَتَوَلَّواۡ
and turned away
وَّهُم
while they
مُّعۡرِضُونَ
(were) averse
٧٦
But when He gave them from His bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused.
9:77
فَأَعۡقَبَهُمۡ
So He penalized them
نِفَاقًا
(with) hypocrisy
فِى
in
قُلُوبِهِمۡ
their hearts
إِلَىٰ
until
يَوۡمِ
the day
يَلۡقَوۡنَهُۥ
when they will meet Him
بِمَآ
because
أَخۡلَفُواۡ
they broke
ٱللَّهَ
(the covenant with) Allah
مَا
what
وَعَدُوهُ
they had promised Him
وَبِمَا
and because
كَانُواۡ
they used to
يَكۡذِبُونَ
lie
٧٧
So He penalized them with hypocrisy in their hearts until the Day they will meet Him - because they failed Allāh in what they promised Him and because they [habitually] used to lie.
9:78
أَلَمۡ
Do not
يَعۡلَمُوٓاۡ
they know
أَنَّ
that
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
يَعۡلَمُ
knows
سِرَّهُمۡ
their secret
وَنَجۡوَٮٰهُمۡ
and their secret conversation
وَأَنَّ
and that
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
عَلَّـٰمُ
(is) All-Knower
ٱلۡغُيُوبِ
(of) the unseen
٧٨
Did they not know that Allāh knows their secrets and their private conversations and that Allāh is the Knower of the unseen?
9:79
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those who
يَلۡمِزُونَ
criticize
ٱلۡمُطَّوِّعِينَ
the ones who give willingly
مِنَ
of
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
the believers
فِى
concerning
ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ
the charities
وَٱلَّذِينَ
and those who
لَا
not
يَجِدُونَ
find
إِلَّا
except
جُهۡدَهُمۡ
their effort
فَيَسۡخَرُونَ
so they ridicule
مِنۡهُمۡ‌ۙ
them
سَخِرَ
Allah will ridicule
ٱللَّهُ
Allah will ridicule
مِنۡهُمۡ
them
وَلَهُمۡ
and for them
عَذَابٌ
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
painful
٧٩
Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allāh will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment.
9:80
ٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ
Ask forgiveness
لَهُمۡ
for them
أَوۡ
or
لَا
(do) not
تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ
ask forgiveness
لَهُمۡ
for them
إِن
If
تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ
you ask forgiveness
لَهُمۡ
for them
سَبۡعِينَ
seventy
مَرَّةً
times
فَلَن
never
يَغۡفِرَ
will Allah forgive
ٱللَّهُ
will Allah forgive
لَهُمۡ‌ۚ
[for] them
ذٰلِكَ
That
بِأَنَّهُمۡ
(is) because they
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieved
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦ‌ۗ
and His Messenger
وَٱللَّهُ
and Allah
لَا
(does) not
يَهۡدِى
guide
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
the people
ٱلۡفَـٰسِقِينَ
the defiantly disobedient
٨٠
Ask forgiveness for them, [O Muḥammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allāh forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allāh and His Messenger, and Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
9:81
فَرِحَ
Rejoice
ٱلۡمُخَلَّفُونَ
those who remained behind
بِمَقۡعَدِهِمۡ
in their staying
خِلَـٰفَ
behind
رَسُولِ
(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
وَكَرِهُوٓاۡ
and they disliked
أَن
to
يُجَـٰهِدُواۡ
strive
بِأَمۡوٰلِهِمۡ
with their wealth
وَأَنفُسِهِمۡ
and their lives
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
وَقَالُواۡ
and they said
لَا
(Do) not
تَنفِرُواۡ
go forth
فِى
in
ٱلۡحَرِّ‌ۗ
the heat
قُلۡ
Say
نَارُ
(The) Fire
جَهَنَّمَ
(of) Hell
أَشَدُّ
(is) more intense
حَرًّا‌ۚ
(in) heat
لَّوۡ
If (only)
كَانُواۡ
they could
يَفۡقَهُونَ
understand
٨١
Those who remained behind1 rejoiced in their staying [at home] after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh and disliked to strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of Allāh and said, "Do not go forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is more intense in heat" - if they would but understand.
9:82
فَلۡيَضۡحَكُواۡ
So let them laugh
قَلِيلاً
a little
وَلۡيَبۡكُواۡ
and let them weep
كَثِيرًا
much
جَزَآءَۢ
(as) a recompense
بِمَا
for what
كَانُواۡ
they used to
يَكۡسِبُونَ
earn
٨٢
So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.
9:83
فَإِن
Then if
رَّجَعَكَ
Allah returns you
ٱللَّهُ
Allah returns you
إِلَىٰ
to
طَآئِفَةٍ
a group
مِّنۡهُمۡ
of them
فَٱسۡتَــٔۡذَنُوكَ
and they ask you permission
لِلۡخُرُوجِ
to go out
فَقُل
then say
لَّن
Never
تَخۡرُجُواۡ
will you come out
مَعِىَ
with me
أَبَدًا
ever
وَلَن
and never
تُقَـٰتِلُواۡ
will you fight
مَعِىَ
with me
عَدُوًّا‌ۖ
any enemy
إِنَّكُمۡ
Indeed, you
رَضِيتُم
were satisfied
بِٱلۡقُعُودِ
with sitting
أَوَّلَ
(the) first
مَرَّةٍ
time
فَٱقۡعُدُواۡ
so sit
مَعَ
with
ٱلۡخَـٰلِفِينَ
those who stay behind
٨٣
If Allāh 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."