Surah At-Tawba 9:126 — translation and meaning

التوبة · Verse 126 / 129 · Page 207

أَوَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ يُفْتَنُونَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَّرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَا يَتُوبُونَ وَلَا هُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Word by Word

أَوَلَا
awala
Do not
يَرَوْنَ
yarawna
they see
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
يُفْتَنُونَ
yuf'tanuna
are tried
فِي
fi
[in]
كُلِّ
kulli
every
عَامٍ
amin
year
مَّرَّةً
marratan
once
أَوْ
aw
or
مَرَّتَيْنِ
marratayni
twice
ثُمَّ
thumma
Yet
لَا
la
not
يَتُوبُونَ
yatubuna
they turn (in repentance)
وَلَا
wala
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يَذَّكَّرُونَ
yadhakkaruna
pay heed

Transliteration

Awalaa yarawna annahum yuftanoona fee kulli 'aamim marratan aw marrataini summa laa yatooboona wa laa hum yazzakkkaroon

Translation

Do they not see that they are tried every year once or twice but then they do not repent nor do they remember?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Are the hypocrites not taught a lesson by being tried by Allah, when He exposes their hypocrisy, once or twice a year? Then, despite knowing that Allah did this to them, they do not turn to Him from their disbelief, asking for forgiveness, and do not root out their hypocrisy, or think about what happens to them and that it is from Allah.

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

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