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Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 102
وَءَاخَرُونَ ٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ خَلَطُوا۟ عَمَلًا صَـٰلِحًا وَءَاخَرَ سَيِّئًا عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿102﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (there are) others who have acknowledged their sins, they have mixed a deed that was righteous with another that was evil. Perhaps Allâh will turn unto them in forgiveness. Surely, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَءَاخَرُونَ
waākharūna
And others
ٱعْتَرَفُوا۟
iʿ'tarafū
(who have) acknowledged
بِذُنُوبِهِمْ
bidhunūbihim
their sins
خَلَطُوا۟
khalaṭū
They had mixed
عَمَلًۭا
ʿamalan
a deed
صَـٰلِحًۭا
ṣāliḥan
righteous
وَءَاخَرَ
waākhara
(with) other
سَيِّئًا
sayyi-an
(that was) evil
عَسَى
ʿasā
Perhaps
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَن
an
[that]
يَتُوبَ
yatūba
will turn (in mercy)
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ
ʿalayhim
to them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
12. 1 These are those sincere Muslims who, without any valid excuse and merely out of laziness, did not go with the Prophet to Tabuk, but later realized their mistake and confessed their sin.
12. 2 "Good deeds" refers to those righteous acts they performed before staying behind from jihad, including participation in various battles, and "some bad" refers specifically to their staying behind at the time of Tabuk.
12. 3 Hope from Allah gives certainty, meaning Allah turned towards them, accepted their confession of sin as repentance, and forgave them.
12. 2 "Good deeds" refers to those righteous acts they performed before staying behind from jihad, including participation in various battles, and "some bad" refers specifically to their staying behind at the time of Tabuk.
12. 3 Hope from Allah gives certainty, meaning Allah turned towards them, accepted their confession of sin as repentance, and forgave them.
