Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:52

9:52

قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْدَى ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا ۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ

qul hal tarabbaṣūna binā illā iḥ'dā l-ḥus'nayayni wanaḥnu natarabbaṣu bikum an yuṣībakumu l-lahu biʿadhābin min ʿindihi aw bi-aydīnā fatarabbaṣū innā maʿakum mutarabbiṣūna

Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things [i.e., martyrdom or victory] while we await for you that Allāh will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Do you expect something other than one of the two best things to happen to us? Well, we expect God to inflict punishment on you, either from Himself or at our hands. So wait; we too are waiting.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: "Do you wait for us (anything) except one of the two best things (martyrdom or victory); while we await for you either that Allâh will afflict you with a punishment from Himself or at our hands. So wait, we too are waiting with you."

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
هَلْhalDo
تَرَبَّصُونَtarabbaṣūnayou await
بِنَآbināfor us
إِلَّآillāexcept
إِحْدَىiḥ'dāone
ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِۖl-ḥus'nayayni(of) the two best (things)
وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
نَتَرَبَّصُnatarabbaṣu[we] await
بِكُمْbikumfor you
أَنanthat
يُصِيبَكُمُyuṣībakumuAllah will afflict you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will afflict you
بِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
مِّنْminfrom
عِندِهِۦٓʿindihi[near] Him
أَوْawor
بِأَيْدِينَاۖbi-aydīnāby our hands
فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟fatarabbaṣūSo wait
إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
مَعَكُمmaʿakumwith you
مُّتَرَبِّصُونَmutarabbiṣūna(are) waiting