Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:39

9:39

إِلَّا تَنفِرُوا۟ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا وَيَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّوهُ شَيْـًٔا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

illā tanfirū yuʿadhib'kum ʿadhāban alīman wayastabdil qawman ghayrakum walā taḍurrūhu shayan wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

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.

— Saheeh International

If you do not go out and fight, God will punish you severely and put others in your place, but you cannot harm Him in any way: God has power over all things.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If you march not forth, He will punish you with a painful torment and will replace you by another people; and you cannot harm Him at all, and Allâh is Able to do all things.

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

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Word by Word

إِلَّاillāIf not
تَنفِرُوا۟tanfirūyou go forth
يُعَذِّبْكُمْyuʿadhib'kumHe will punish you
عَذَابًاʿadhāban(with) a painful punishment
أَلِيمًۭاalīman(with) a painful punishment
وَيَسْتَبْدِلْwayastabdiland will replace you
قَوْمًاqawman(with) a people
غَيْرَكُمْghayrakumother than you
وَلَاwalāand not
تَضُرُّوهُtaḍurrūhuyou can harm Him
شَيْـًۭٔاۗshayan(in) anything
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌqadīrunAll-Powerful