Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:97

9:97

ٱلْأَعْرَابُ أَشَدُّ كُفْرًا وَنِفَاقًا وَأَجْدَرُ أَلَّا يَعْلَمُوا۟ حُدُودَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

al-aʿrābu ashaddu kuf'ran wanifāqan wa-ajdaru allā yaʿlamū ḥudūda mā anzala l-lahu ʿalā rasūlihi wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

The bedouins are stronger in disbelief and hypocrisy and more likely not to know the limits of what [laws] Allāh has revealed to His Messenger. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

— Saheeh International

The desert Arabs are the most stubborn of all peoples in their disbelief and hypocrisy. They are the least likely to recognize the limits that God has sent down to His Messenger. God is all knowing and all wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The bedouins are the worst in disbelief and hypocrisy, and more likely to be in ignorance of the limits (Allâh’s Commandments and His Laws) which Allâh has revealed to His Messenger. And Allâh is All-Knower, All-Wise.

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

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Word by Word

ٱلْأَعْرَابُal-aʿrābuThe bedouins
أَشَدُّashaddu(are) stronger
كُفْرًۭاkuf'ran(in) disbelief
وَنِفَاقًۭاwanifāqanand hypocrisy
وَأَجْدَرُwa-ajdaruand more likely
أَلَّاallāthat not
يَعْلَمُوا۟yaʿlamūthey know
حُدُودَḥudūda(the) limits
مَآmā(of) what
أَنزَلَanzalaAllah (has) revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) revealed
عَلَىٰʿalāto
رَسُولِهِۦۗrasūlihiHis Messenger
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise