Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:98

9:98

وَمِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ مَغْرَمًا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ ۚ عَلَيْهِمْ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

wamina l-aʿrābi man yattakhidhu mā yunfiqu maghraman wayatarabbaṣu bikumu l-dawāira ʿalayhim dāiratu l-sawi wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun

And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

— Saheeh International

Some of the desert Arabs consider what they give to be an imposition; they are waiting for fortune to turn against you, but fortune will turn against them. God is all hearing and all knowing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And of the bedouins there are some who look upon what they spend (in Allâh’s Cause) as a fine and watch for calamities for you, on them be the calamity of evil. And Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.

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

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Word by Word

وَمِنَwaminaAnd among
ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe bedouins
مَنman(is he) who
يَتَّخِذُyattakhidhutakes
مَاmāwhat
يُنفِقُyunfiquhe spends
مَغْرَمًۭاmaghraman(as) a loss
وَيَتَرَبَّصُwayatarabbaṣuand he awaits
بِكُمُbikumufor you
ٱلدَّوَآئِرَۚl-dawāirathe turns (of misfortune)
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimUpon them
دَآئِرَةُdāiratu(will be) the turn
ٱلسَّوْءِۗl-sawi(of) the evil
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knower