سُوْرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ
Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 126
أَوَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ يُفْتَنُونَ فِى كُلِّ عَامٍ مَّرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَا يَتُوبُونَ وَلَا هُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ﴿126﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
See they not that they are put in trial once or twice every year (with different kinds of calamities, disease, famine)? Yet, they turn not in repentance, nor do they learn a lesson (from it).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوَلَا
awalā
Do not
يَرَوْنَ
yarawna
they see
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
يُفْتَنُونَ
yuf'tanūna
are tried
فِى
fī
[in]
كُلِّ
kulli
every
عَامٍۢ
ʿāmin
year
مَّرَّةً
marratan
once
أَوْ
aw
or
مَرَّتَيْنِ
marratayni
twice
ثُمَّ
thumma
Yet
لَا
lā
not
يَتُوبُونَ
yatūbūna
they turn (in repentance)
وَلَا
walā
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يَذَّكَّرُونَ
yadhakkarūna
pay heed
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.
126. 1. The meaning of یفتنون is "are tested." By calamity is meant either heavenly calamities such as famine, etc. (but this is unlikely), or physical illnesses and hardships, or the battles (ghazawat) in which they were tested at the time of participation. In the context of the discourse, this meaning is more correct.
