Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:83

9:83

فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُل لَّن تَخْرُجُوا۟ مَعِىَ أَبَدًا وَلَن تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ مَعِىَ عَدُوًّا ۖ إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُم بِٱلْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَ

fa-in rajaʿaka l-lahu ilā ṭāifatin min'hum fa-is'tadhanūka lil'khurūji faqul lan takhrujū maʿiya abadan walan tuqātilū maʿiya ʿaduwwan innakum raḍītum bil-quʿūdi awwala marratin fa-uq'ʿudū maʿa l-khālifīna

If Allāh should return you to a faction of them [after the expedition] and then they ask your permission to go out [to battle], say, "You will not go out with me, ever, and you will never fight with me an enemy. Indeed, you were satisfied with sitting [at home] the first time, so sit [now] with those who stay behind."

— Saheeh International

So [Prophet], if God brings you back to a group of them, who ask you for permission to go out [to battle], say, ‘You will never go out and fight an enemy with me: you chose to sit at home the first time, so remain with those who stay behind now.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If Allâh brings you back to a party of them (the hypocrites), and they ask your permission to go out (to fight), say: "Never shall you go out with me nor fight an enemy with me; you were pleased to sit (inactive) on the first occasion, then you sit (now) with those who lag behind."

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

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فَإِنfa-inThen if
رَّجَعَكَrajaʿakaAllah returns you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah returns you
إِلَىٰilāto
طَآئِفَةٍۢṭāifatina group
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَfa-is'tadhanūkaand they ask you permission
لِلْخُرُوجِlil'khurūjito go out
فَقُلfaqulthen say
لَّنlanNever
تَخْرُجُوا۟takhrujūwill you come out
مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
أَبَدًۭاabadanever
وَلَنwalanand never
تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟tuqātilūwill you fight
مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
عَدُوًّاۖʿaduwwanany enemy
إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
رَضِيتُمraḍītumwere satisfied
بِٱلْقُعُودِbil-quʿūdiwith sitting
أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
مَرَّةٍۢmarratintime
فَٱقْعُدُوا۟fa-uq'ʿudūso sit
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَl-khālifīnathose who stay behind