Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:96

9:96

يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ لِتَرْضَوْا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۖ فَإِن تَرْضَوْا۟ عَنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَرْضَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

yaḥlifūna lakum litarḍaw ʿanhum fa-in tarḍaw ʿanhum fa-inna l-laha lā yarḍā ʿani l-qawmi l-fāsiqīna

They swear to you so that you might be satisfied with them. But if you should be satisfied with them - indeed, Allāh is not satisfied with a defiantly disobedient people.

— Saheeh International

they will swear to you in order to make you accept them, but even if you do accept them, God will not accept people who rebel against Him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They (the hypocrites) swear to you (Muslims) that you may be pleased with them, but if you are pleased with them, certainly Allâh is not pleased with the people who are Al-Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

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

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Word by Word

يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnaThey swear
لَكُمْlakumto you
لِتَرْضَوْا۟litarḍawthat you may be pleased
عَنْهُمْۖʿanhumwith them
فَإِنfa-inBut if
تَرْضَوْا۟tarḍawyou are pleased
عَنْهُمْʿanhumwith them
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(is) not pleased
يَرْضَىٰyarḍā(is) not pleased
عَنِʿaniwith
ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīna(who are) defiantly disobedient