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Quran 9:53

Surah At-Tawba, Verse 53

Juz 10 · Page 195 · Ruku 162 · Medinan

قُلْ أَنفِقُوا۟ طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

Word by word

قُلْ qul Say أَنفِقُوا۟ anfiqū Spend طَوْعًا ṭawʿan willingly أَوْ aw or كَرْهًۭا karhan unwillingly لَّن lan never يُتَقَبَّلَ yutaqabbala will be accepted مِنكُمْ ۖ minkum from you إِنَّكُمْ innakum Indeed, you كُنتُمْ kuntum [you] are قَوْمًۭا qawman a people فَـٰسِقِينَ fāsiqīna defiantly disobedient

Transliteration

Qul anfiqoo tawAAan aw karhan lanyutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman fasiqeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Lo! ye were ever froward folk.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Say: "Spend (for the cause) willingly or unwillingly: not from you will it be accepted: for ye are indeed a people rebellious and wicked."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( قل أنفقوا طوعا أو كرها ) أي : مهما أنفقتم من نفقة طائعين أو مكرهين ( لن يتقبل منكم إنكم كنتم قوما فاسقين )

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.