Surah At-Tawba 9:82 — translation and meaning
التوبة · Verse 82 / 129 · Page 200
فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا كَثِيرًا جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Word by Word
فَلْيَضْحَكُوا
falyadhaku
So let them laugh
قَلِيلًا
qalilan
a little
وَلْيَبْكُوا
walyabku
and let them weep
كَثِيرًا
kathiran
much
جَزَاءً
jazaan
(as) a recompense
بِمَا
bima
for what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used to
يَكْسِبُونَ
yaksibuna
earn
Transliteration
Falyadhakoo qaleelanw walyabkoo kaseeran jazaaa'am bimaa kaanoo yaksiboon
Translation
So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Let these hypocrites, who failed to strive in Allah’s path, laugh a little in their temporary life of the world and let them cry much in their everlasting life of the Afterlife in return for the disbelief and sins they committed in the world.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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