Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:65

9:65

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ ۚ قُلْ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

wala-in sa-altahum layaqūlunna innamā kunnā nakhūḍu wanalʿabu qul abil-lahi waāyātihi warasūlihi kuntum tastahziūna

And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allāh and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"

— Saheeh International

yet if you were to question them, they would be sure to say, ‘We were just chatting, just amusing ourselves.’ Say, ‘Were you making jokes about God, His Revelations, and His Mes-senger?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If you ask them (about this), they declare: "We were only talking idly and joking." Say: "Was it at Allâh (عز وجل), and His Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations) and His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) that you were mocking?"

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

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Word by Word

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
سَأَلْتَهُمْsa-altahumyou ask them
لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnasurely they will say
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
كُنَّاkunnāwe were
نَخُوضُnakhūḍuconversing
وَنَلْعَبُۚwanalʿabuand playing
قُلْqulSay
أَبِٱللَّهِabil-lahiIs it Allah
وَءَايَـٰتِهِۦwaāyātihiand His Verses
وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
كُنتُمْkuntum(that) you were
تَسْتَهْزِءُونَtastahziūnamocking