Quran 9:98

Surah At-Tawba, Verse 98

Juz 11 · Page 202 · Ruku 167 · Medinan

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

Word by word

وَمِنَ wamina And among ٱلْأَعْرَابِ l-aʿrābi the bedouins مَن man (is he) who يَتَّخِذُ yattakhidhu takes مَا mā what يُنفِقُ yunfiqu he spends مَغْرَمًۭا maghraman (as) a loss وَيَتَرَبَّصُ wayatarabbaṣu and he awaits بِكُمُ bikumu for you ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ ۚ l-dawāira the turns (of misfortune) عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim Upon them دَآئِرَةُ dāiratu (will be) the turn ٱلسَّوْءِ ۗ l-sawi (of) the evil وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah سَمِيعٌ samīʿun (is) All-Hearer عَلِيمٌۭ ʿalīmun All-Knower

Transliteration

Wamina al-aAArabi man yattakhithuma yunfiqu maghraman wayatarabbasu bikumu addawa-iraAAalayhim da-iratu assaw-i wallahusameeAAun AAaleem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And of the wandering Arabs there is he who taketh that which he expendeth (for the cause of Allah) as a loss, and awaiteth (evil) turns of fortune for you (that he may be rid of it). The evil turn of fortune will be theirs. Allah is Hearer, Knower.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Some of the desert Arabs look upon their payments as a fine, and watch for disasters for you: on them be the disaster of evil: for Allah is He That heareth and knoweth (all things).

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وأخبر تعالى أن منهم ( من يتخذ ما ينفق ) أي : في سبيل الله ( مغرما ) أي : غرامة وخسارة ، ( ويتربص بكم الدوائر ) أي : ينتظر بكم الحوادث والآفات ، ( عليهم دائرة السوء ) أي : هي منعكسة عليهم والسوء دائر عليهم ، ( والله سميع عليم ) أي : سميع لدعاء عباده ، عليم بمن يستحق النصر ممن يستحق الخذلان .