Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:86

9:86

وَإِذَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ أَنْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟ مَعَ رَسُولِهِ ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَكَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلطَّوْلِ مِنْهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ ذَرْنَا نَكُن مَّعَ ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَ

wa-idhā unzilat sūratun an āminū bil-lahi wajāhidū maʿa rasūlihi is'tadhanaka ulū l-ṭawli min'hum waqālū dharnā nakun maʿa l-qāʿidīna

And when a sūrah was revealed [enjoining them] to believe in Allāh and to fight with His Messenger, those of wealth among them asked your permission [to stay back] and said, "Leave us to be with them who sit [at home]."

— Saheeh International

When a sura is revealed [saying], ‘Believe in God and strive hard alongside His Messenger,’ their wealthy ask your permission [to be exempt], saying, ‘Allow us to stay behind with the others’:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when a Sûrah (chapter from the Qur’ân) is revealed, enjoining them to believe in Allâh and to strive hard and fight along with His Messenger, the wealthy among them ask your leave to exempt them (from Jihâd) and say, "Leave us (behind), we would be with those who sit (at home)."

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

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وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd when
أُنزِلَتْunzilatwas revealed
سُورَةٌsūratuna Surah
أَنْanthat
ءَامِنُوا۟āminūbelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟wajāhidūand strive
مَعَmaʿawith
رَسُولِهِrasūlihiHis Messenger
ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَكَis'tadhanakaask your permission
أُو۟لُوا۟ulū(the) men
ٱلطَّوْلِl-ṭawli(of) wealth
مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand said
ذَرْنَاdharnāLeave us
نَكُنnakun(to) be
مَّعَmaʿawith
ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīnathose who sit