Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:38

9:38

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَا لَكُمْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱنفِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱثَّاقَلْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ أَرَضِيتُم بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا مِنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ فَمَا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū mā lakum idhā qīla lakumu infirū fī sabīli l-lahi ithāqaltum ilā l-arḍi araḍītum bil-ḥayati l-dun'yā mina l-ākhirati famā matāʿu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā fī l-ākhirati illā qalīlun

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? 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.

— Saheeh International

Believers, why, when it is said to you, ‘Go and fight in God’s way,’ do you feel weighed down to the ground? Do you prefer this world to the life to come? How small the enjoyment of this world is, compared with the life to come!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! What is the matter with you, that when you are asked to march forth in the Cause of Allâh (i.e. Jihâd) you cling heavily to the earth? Are you pleased with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But little is the enjoyment of the life of this world as compared to the Hereafter.

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
مَاmāWhat
لَكُمْlakum(is the matter) with you
إِذَاidhāwhen
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَكُمُlakumuto you
ٱنفِرُوا۟infirūgo forth
فِىfīin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
ٱثَّاقَلْتُمْithāqaltumyou cling heavily
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْأَرْضِۚl-arḍithe earth
أَرَضِيتُمaraḍītumAre you pleased
بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِbil-ḥayatiwith the life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
مِنَmina(rather) than
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِۚl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
فَمَاfamāBut what
مَتَـٰعُmatāʿu(is the) enjoyment
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
فِىfīin (comparison to)
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe hereafter
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلٌqalīluna little