Surah At-Tawba 9:104 — translation and meaning

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أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَأْخُذُ الصَّدَقَاتِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

Word by Word

أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
يَعْلَمُوا
ya'lamu
they know
أَنَّ
anna
that
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
(is) He
يَقْبَلُ
yaqbalu
(Who) accepts
التَّوْبَةَ
al-tawbata
the repentance
عَنْ
an
from
عِبَادِهِ
ibadihi
His slaves
وَيَأْخُذُ
wayakhudhu
and takes
الصَّدَقَاتِ
al-sadaqati
the charities
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
التَّوَّابُ
al-tawabu
(is) the Acceptor of repentance
الرَّحِيمُ
al-rahimu
the Most Merciful

Transliteration

Alam ya'lamooo annnal laaha huwa yaqbalut tawbata 'an ibaadihee wa yaakhuzus sadaqaati wa annal laaha Huwat awwaabur Raheem

Translation

Do they not know that it is Allah who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charities and that it is Allah who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who had stayed behind from striving in Allah’s path and who have repented to Allah should know that Allah accepts the repentance of His servants; and that He accepts charity, even though He is in no need of it, and rewards those who give charity. They should know that Allah, may He be glorified, is the One Who accepts repentance and is Compassionate towards those servants of His who repent to Him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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