Quran 9:96

Surah At-Tawba, Verse 96

Juz 11 · Page 202 · Ruku 167 · Medinan

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

Word by word

يَحْلِفُونَ yaḥlifūna They swear لَكُمْ lakum to you لِتَرْضَوْا۟ litarḍaw that you may be pleased عَنْهُمْ ۖ ʿanhum with them فَإِن fa-in But if تَرْضَوْا۟ tarḍaw you are pleased عَنْهُمْ ʿanhum with them فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَا lā (is) not pleased يَرْضَىٰ yarḍā (is) not pleased عَنِ ʿani with ٱلْقَوْمِ l-qawmi the people ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ l-fāsiqīna (who are) defiantly disobedient

Transliteration

Yahlifoona lakum litardawAAanhum fa-in tardaw AAanhum fa-inna Allaha layarda AAani alqawmi alfasiqeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They swear unto you, that ye may accept them. Though ye accept them. Allah verily accepteth not wrongdoing folk.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They will swear unto you, that ye may be pleased with them but if ye are pleased with them, Allah is not pleased with those who disobey.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وأخبر أنهم وإن رضوا عنهم بحلفهم لهم ، ( فإن الله لا يرضى عن القوم الفاسقين ) أي : الخارجين عن طاعته وطاعة رسوله ، فإن الفسق هو الخروج ، ومنه سميت الفأرة " فويسقة " لخروجها من جحرها للإفساد ، ويقال : " فسقت الرطبة " : إذا خرجت من أكمامها