Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:120

9:120

مَا كَانَ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟ عَن رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا۟ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ ظَمَأٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوْطِئًا يَغِيظُ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَّيْلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عَمَلٌ صَـٰلِحٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

mā kāna li-ahli l-madīnati waman ḥawlahum mina l-aʿrābi an yatakhallafū ʿan rasūli l-lahi walā yarghabū bi-anfusihim ʿan nafsihi dhālika bi-annahum lā yuṣībuhum ẓama-on walā naṣabun walā makhmaṣatun fī sabīli l-lahi walā yaṭaūna mawṭi-an yaghīẓu l-kufāra walā yanālūna min ʿaduwwin naylan illā kutiba lahum bihi ʿamalun ṣāliḥun inna l-laha lā yuḍīʿu ajra l-muḥ'sinīna

It was not [proper] for the people of Madīnah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh or that they prefer themselves over his self. That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allāh, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that it is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

— Saheeh International

The people of Medina and their neighbouring desert Arabs should not have held back from following God’s Messenger, nor should they have cared about themselves more than him: if ever they suffer any thirst, weariness, or hunger in God’s cause, take any step that angers the disbelievers, or cause any harm to an enemy, a good deed is recorded in their favour on account of it- God never wastes the reward of those who do good-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It was not becoming of the people of Al-Madinah and the bedouins of the neighbourhood to remain behind Allâh’s Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم when fighting in Allâh’s Cause) and (it was not becoming of them) to prefer their own lives to his life. That is because they suffer neither thirst nor fatigue, nor hunger in the Cause of Allâh, nor they take any step to raise the anger of disbelievers nor inflict any injury upon an enemy but is written to their credit as a deed of righteousness. Surely, Allâh wastes not the reward of the Muhsinûn

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

مَاmāNot
كَانَkānait was
لِأَهْلِli-ahli(for) the people
ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatiof the Madinah
وَمَنْwamanand who
حَوْلَهُمḥawlahumwere around them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe bedouins
أَنanthat
يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟yatakhallafūthey remain behind
عَنʿanafter
رَّسُولِrasūlithe Messenger
ٱللَّهِl-lahiof Allah
وَلَاwalāand not
يَرْغَبُوا۟yarghabūthey prefer
بِأَنفُسِهِمْbi-anfusihimtheir lives
عَنʿanto
نَّفْسِهِۦۚnafsihihis life
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat is
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause [they]
لَاlā(does) not
يُصِيبُهُمْyuṣībuhumafflict them
ظَمَأٌۭẓama-onthirst
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصَبٌۭnaṣabunfatigue
وَلَاwalāand not
مَخْمَصَةٌۭmakhmaṣatunhunger
فِىfīin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلَاwalāand not
يَطَـُٔونَyaṭaūnathey step
مَوْطِئًۭاmawṭi-anany step
يَغِيظُyaghīẓuthat angers
ٱلْكُفَّارَl-kufārathe disbelievers
وَلَاwalāand not
يَنَالُونَyanālūnathey inflict
مِنْminon
عَدُوٍّۢʿaduwwinan enemy
نَّيْلًاnaylanan infliction
إِلَّاillāexcept
كُتِبَkutibais recorded
لَهُمlahumfor them
بِهِۦbihiin it
عَمَلٌۭʿamalun(as) a deed
صَـٰلِحٌۚṣāliḥunrighteous
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(does) not
يُضِيعُyuḍīʿuallow to be lost
أَجْرَajrathe reward
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers