Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:32

9:32

يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى ٱللَّهُ إِلَّآ أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُۥ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

yurīdūna an yuṭ'fiū nūra l-lahi bi-afwāhihim wayabā l-lahu illā an yutimma nūrahu walaw kariha l-kāfirūna

They want to extinguish the light of Allāh with their mouths, but Allāh refuses except to perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.

— Saheeh International

They try to extinguish God’s light with their mouths, but God insists on bringing His light to its fullness, even if the disbelievers hate it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They (the disbelievers, the Jews and the Christians) want to extinguish Allâh’s Light (with which Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has been sent - Islâmic Monotheism) with their mouths, but Allâh will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the Kâfirûn (disbelievers) hate (it).

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

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Word by Word

يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnaThey want
أَنanto
يُطْفِـُٔوا۟yuṭ'fiūextinguish
نُورَnūraAllah's light
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah's light
بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْbi-afwāhihimwith their mouths
وَيَأْبَىwayabābut Allah refuses
ٱللَّهُl-lahubut Allah refuses
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanto
يُتِمَّyutimmaperfect
نُورَهُۥnūrahuHis Light
وَلَوْwalaweven if
كَرِهَkarihathe disbelievers dislike (it)
ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers dislike (it)