Surah At-Tawba 9:53 — translation and meaning
التوبة · Verse 53 / 129 · Page 195
ۖ قُلْ أَنفِقُوا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
Word by Word
ۖ
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَنفِقُوا
anfiqu
Spend
طَوْعًا
taw'an
willingly
أَوْ
aw
or
كَرْهًا
karhan
unwillingly
لَّن
lan
never
يُتَقَبَّلَ
yutaqabbala
will be accepted
مِنكُمْ
minkum
from you
إِنَّكُمْ
innakum
Indeed you
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
[you] are
قَوْمًا
qawman
a people
فَاسِقِينَ
fasiqina
defiantly disobedient
Transliteration
Qul anfiqoo taw'an aw karhal lany yutaqabbala min kum innakum kuntum qawman faasiqeen
Translation
Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Tell them O Messenger, : 'Spend of your wealth willingly or unwillingly, for it will not be accepted from you because of your disbelief and disloyalty to Allah.'
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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