Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:34

9:34

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْبَارِ وَٱلرُّهْبَانِ لَيَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ ٱلذَّهَبَ وَٱلْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَهَا فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū inna kathīran mina l-aḥbāri wal-ruh'bāni layakulūna amwāla l-nāsi bil-bāṭili wayaṣuddūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi wa-alladhīna yaknizūna l-dhahaba wal-fiḍata walā yunfiqūnahā fī sabīli l-lahi fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīmin

O you who have believed, indeed many of the scholars and the monks devour the wealth of people unjustly 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.

— Saheeh International

Believers, many rabbis and monks wrongfully consume people’s possessions and turn people away from God’s path. [Prophet], tell those who hoard gold and silver instead of giving in God’s cause that they will have a grievous punishment:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Verily, there are many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks who devour the wealth of mankind in falsehood, and hinder (them) from the Way of Allâh (i.e. Allâh’s religion of Islâmic Monotheism). And those who hoard up gold and silver [Al-Kanz: the money, the Zakât of which has not been paid] and spend them not in the Way of Allâh, announce unto them a painful torment.

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

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۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūO you who believe
إِنَّinnaIndeed
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْأَحْبَارِl-aḥbārithe rabbis
وَٱلرُّهْبَانِwal-ruh'bāniand the monks
لَيَأْكُلُونَlayakulūnasurely eat
أَمْوَٰلَamwāla(the) wealth
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliin falsehood
وَيَصُدُّونَwayaṣuddūnaand hinder
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
يَكْنِزُونَyaknizūnahoard
ٱلذَّهَبَl-dhahabathe gold
وَٱلْفِضَّةَwal-fiḍataand the silver
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
يُنفِقُونَهَاyunfiqūnahāspend it
فِىfīin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فَبَشِّرْهُمfabashir'hum[so] give them tidings
بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinof a punishment
أَلِيمٍۢalīminpainful