Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:91

9:91

لَّيْسَ عَلَى ٱلضُّعَفَآءِ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْمَرْضَىٰ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ مَا يُنفِقُونَ حَرَجٌ إِذَا نَصَحُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۚ مَا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ مِن سَبِيلٍ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

laysa ʿalā l-ḍuʿafāi walā ʿalā l-marḍā walā ʿalā alladhīna lā yajidūna mā yunfiqūna ḥarajun idhā naṣaḥū lillahi warasūlihi mā ʿalā l-muḥ'sinīna min sabīlin wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

There is not upon the weak or upon the ill or upon those who do not find anything to spend any discomfort [i.e., guilt] when they are sincere to Allāh and His Messenger. There is not upon the doers of good any cause [for blame]. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

but there is no blame attached to the weak, the sick, and those who have no means to spend, provided they are true to God and His Messenger- there is no reason to reproach those who do good: God is most forgiving and merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

There is no blame on those who are weak or ill or who find no resources to spend [in holy fighting (Jihâd)], if they are sincere and true (in duty) to Allâh and His Messenger. No ground (of complaint) can there be against the Muhsinûn (good-doers - See the footnote of V.9:120). And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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

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Word by Word

لَّيْسَlaysaNot
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلضُّعَفَآءِl-ḍuʿafāithe weak
وَلَاwalāand not
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْمَرْضَىٰl-marḍāthe sick
وَلَاwalāand not
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَاlānot
يَجِدُونَyajidūnathey find
مَاmāwhat
يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey (can) spend
حَرَجٌḥarajunany blame
إِذَاidhāif
نَصَحُوا۟naṣaḥūthey (are) sincere
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦۚwarasūlihiand His Messenger
مَاmāNot
عَلَىʿalā(is) on
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers
مِنminany
سَبِيلٍۢۚsabīlinway (for blame)
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful