سُوْرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ
Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 49
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ ٱئْذَن لِّى وَلَا تَفْتِنِّىٓ ۚ أَلَا فِى ٱلْفِتْنَةِ سَقَطُوا۟ ۗ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿49﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And among them is he who says: "Grant me leave (to be exempted from Jihâd) and put me not into trial." Surely, they have fallen into trial. And verily, Hell is surrounding the disbelievers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمِنْهُم
wamin'hum
And among them
مَّن
man
(is he) who
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
says
ٱئْذَن
i'dhan
Grant me leave
لِّى
lī
Grant me leave
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَفْتِنِّىٓ ۚ
taftinnī
put me to trial
أَلَا
alā
Surely
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْفِتْنَةِ
l-fit'nati
the trial
سَقَطُوا۟ ۗ
saqaṭū
they have fallen
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
Hell
لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ
lamuḥīṭatun
(will) surely surround
بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
bil-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
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.
49. 1. "Do not put me into trial" has one meaning that if you do not grant me permission, then staying without permission will be a severe sin for me; in this sense, fitnah means sin. That is, do not put me into sin. The second meaning of fitnah is destruction, that is, do not take me along and put me into destruction. It is said that Jad ibn Qais submitted, "Do not take me along; seeing the women of Rome, I will not be able to restrain myself." Upon this, the Prophet ﷺ turned away and granted permission. Later, this verse was revealed. Allah Almighty said, "Those who have already fallen into fitnah," meaning staying behind from jihad and avoiding it is itself a fitnah and a severe sinful act in which they are already involved. And after death, Hell will surround them, from which there will be no way of escape for them.
