At-Tawba 9:95 · The Repentance · Arabic, translation, recitation

Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"When you return to them, they will swear to you by God in order to make you leave them alone- so leave them alone: they are loathsome, and Hell will be their home as a reward for their actions-"

Pickthall (classic)+

"They will swear by Allah unto you, when ye return unto them, that ye may let them be. Let them be, for lo! they are unclean, and their abode is hell as the reward for what they used to earn."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"They will swear to you by Allah, when ye return to them, that ye may leave them alone. So leave them alone: For they are an abomination, and Hell is their dwelling-place,-a fitting recompense for the (evil) that they did."

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

Exposing the Deceitful Ways of Hypocrites

Allah said that when the believers go back to Al-Madinah, the hypocrites will begin apologizing to them.

قُل لاَّ تَعْتَذِرُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ

(Say "Present no excuses, we shall not believe you."), we shall not believe what you say,

قَدْ نَبَّأَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكُمْ

(Allah has already informed us of the news concerning you.) Allah has exposed your news to us,

وَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ

(Allah and His Messenger will observe your deeds.) your actions will be made public to people in this life,

ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَـلِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

(In the end you will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He (Allah) will inform you of what you used to do.) Allah will inform you of your deeds, whether they were good or evil, and will recompense you for them. Allah said that the hypocrites will swear to the believers in apology, so that the believers turn away from them without admonishing them. Therefore, Allah ordered disgracing them by turning away from them, for they are,

رِجْسٌ

(Rijs) meaning, impure inwardly and in their creed. Their destination in the end will be Jahannam,

جَزَآءً بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ

(a recompense for that which they used to earn.) of sins and evil deeds. Allah said that if the believers forgive the hypocrites when they swear to them,

فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَرْضَى عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْفَـسِقِينَ

(certainly Allah is not pleased with the people who are Fasiqin.) who rebel against the obedience of Allah and His Messenger . `Fisq', means, `deviation'.

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

Следует знать, что грешники, совершившие злодеяния, делятся на три категории. От одних следует принять покаяние как на словах, так и в душе, после чего к ним следует относиться так, словно они не совершали греха. Других следует подвергнуть телесному или другому наказанию за совершение преступления. А от третьих следует отвернуться, не подвергая их наказанию. Лицемеры относятся к третьей категории, и поэтому Всевышний Аллах велел мусульманам отвернуться от них. Их не следует упрекать за совершение проступка, подвергать телесному наказанию или приговаривать к смертной казни. Они являются нечистью и не достойны того, чтобы мусульмане обращали на них внимание. Порицание и наказание не принесут им никакой пользы, и достаточно того, что их пристанищем будет Преисподняя, которую они заслужили своими делами.