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Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 83
فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُل لَّن تَخْرُجُوا۟ مَعِىَ أَبَدًا وَلَن تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ مَعِىَ عَدُوًّا ۖ إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُم بِٱلْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَ ﴿83﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
If Allâh brings you back to a party of them (the hypocrites), and they ask your permission to go out (to fight), say: "Never shall you go out with me nor fight an enemy with me; you were pleased to sit (inactive) on the first occasion, then you sit (now) with those who lag behind."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَإِن
fa-in
Then if
رَّجَعَكَ
rajaʿaka
Allah returns you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah returns you
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
طَآئِفَةٍۢ
ṭāifatin
a group
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ
fa-is'tadhanūka
and they ask you permission
لِلْخُرُوجِ
lil'khurūji
to go out
فَقُل
faqul
then say
لَّن
lan
Never
تَخْرُجُوا۟
takhrujū
will you come out
مَعِىَ
maʿiya
with me
أَبَدًۭا
abadan
ever
وَلَن
walan
and never
تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟
tuqātilū
will you fight
مَعِىَ
maʿiya
with me
عَدُوًّا ۖ
ʿaduwwan
any enemy
إِنَّكُمْ
innakum
Indeed, you
رَضِيتُم
raḍītum
were satisfied
بِٱلْقُعُودِ
bil-quʿūdi
with sitting
أَوَّلَ
awwala
(the) first
مَرَّةٍۢ
marratin
time
فَٱقْعُدُوا۟
fa-uq'ʿudū
so sit
مَعَ
maʿa
with
ٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَ
l-khālifīna
those who stay behind
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.
83. 1 The group of hypocrites is meant. That is, if Allah brings you back safely from Tabuk to Madinah, where these hypocrites who stayed behind are also present.
83. 2 That is, for any other battle, they express the desire to go along.
83. 3 This is the reason for not taking them along in the future: that you did not go the first time. Therefore, now you are not worthy to be taken along in any battle.
83. 4 That is, now your status is only that you sit with women, children, and the elderly, who, instead of participating in battle, remain at home. This instruction was given to the Prophet ﷺ so that their sorrow and regret, which they felt due to staying behind, would increase even more.
83. 2 That is, for any other battle, they express the desire to go along.
83. 3 This is the reason for not taking them along in the future: that you did not go the first time. Therefore, now you are not worthy to be taken along in any battle.
83. 4 That is, now your status is only that you sit with women, children, and the elderly, who, instead of participating in battle, remain at home. This instruction was given to the Prophet ﷺ so that their sorrow and regret, which they felt due to staying behind, would increase even more.
