Surah At-Tawba 9:77 — translation and meaning

التوبة · Verse 77 / 129 · Page 199

فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُ بِمَا أَخْلَفُوا اللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ وَبِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ

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فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ
fa-a'qabahum
So He penalized them
نِفَاقًا
nifaqan
(with) hypocrisy
فِي
fi
in
قُلُوبِهِمْ
qulubihim
their hearts
إِلَى
ila
until
يَوْمِ
yawmi
the day
يَلْقَوْنَهُ
yalqawnahu
when they will meet Him
بِمَا
bima
because
أَخْلَفُوا
akhlafu
they broke
اللَّهَ
al-laha
(the covenant) with Allah
مَا
ma
what
وَعَدُوهُ
wa'aduhu
they had promised Him
وَبِمَا
wabima
and because
كَانُوا
kanu
they used to
يَكْذِبُونَ
yakdhibuna
lie

Transliteration

Fa a'qabahum nifaaqan fee quloobihim ilaa Yawmi yalqaw nahoo bimaaa akhlaful laaha maa wa'adoohu wa bimaa kaanoo yakhziboon

Translation

So He penalized them with hypocrisy in their hearts until the Day they will meet Him - because they failed Allah in what they promised Him and because they [habitually] used to lie.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah therefore firmly established hypocrisy in their hearts until the Day of Judgement, as a punishment for their breaking their promise with Allah and for their lying.

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

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