Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:53

9:53

قُلْ أَنفِقُوا۟ طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ ۖ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

qul anfiqū ṭawʿan aw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman fāsiqīna

Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Whether you give willingly or unwillingly, what you give will not be accepted, for you are disobedient people.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: "Spend (in Allâh’s Cause) willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh)."

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqūSpend
طَوْعًاṭawʿanwillingly
أَوْawor
كَرْهًۭاkarhanunwillingly
لَّنlannever
يُتَقَبَّلَyutaqabbalawill be accepted
مِنكُمْۖminkumfrom you
إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
كُنتُمْkuntum[you] are
قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient