Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:82

9:82

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا۟ كَثِيرًا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

falyaḍḥakū qalīlan walyabkū kathīran jazāan bimā kānū yaksibūna

So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.

— Saheeh International

Let them laugh a little; they will weep a lot in return for what they have done.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So let them laugh a little and (they will) cry much as a recompense of what they used to earn (by committing sins).

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

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Word by Word

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟falyaḍḥakūSo let them laugh
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
وَلْيَبْكُوا۟walyabkūand let them weep
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
جَزَآءًۢjazāan(as) a recompense
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn