ٱسْتَغْفِرْ Ask forgiveness is'taghfir for them lahum or aw (do) not lā ask forgiveness tastaghfir for them lahum If in you ask forgiveness tastaghfir for them lahum seventy sabʿīna times marratan never falan will Allah forgive yaghfira will Allah forgive l-lahu [for] them lahum That dhālika (is) because they bi-annahum disbelieved kafarū in Allah bil-lahi and His Messenger warasūlihi and Allah wal-lahu (does) not lā guide yahdī the people l-qawma the defiantly disobedient l-fāsiqīna
Ask forgiveness for them, [O Muḥammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allāh forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allāh and His Messenger, and Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
فَرِحَ Rejoice fariḥa those who remained behind l-mukhalafūna in their staying bimaqʿadihim behind khilāfa (the) Messenger rasūli (of) Allah l-lahi and they disliked wakarihū to an strive yujāhidū with their wealth bi-amwālihim and their lives wa-anfusihim in fī (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi and they said waqālū (Do) not lā go forth tanfirū in fī the heat l-ḥari Say qul (The) Fire nāru (of) Hell jahannama (is) more intense ashaddu (in) heat ḥarran If (only) law they could kānū understand yafqahūna
Those who remained behind1 rejoiced in their staying [at home] after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh and disliked to strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of Allāh and said, "Do not go forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is more intense in heat" - if they would but understand.
فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ So let them laugh falyaḍḥakū a little qalīlan and let them weep walyabkū much kathīran (as) a recompense jazāan for what bimā they used to kānū earn yaksibūna
So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.
فَإِن Then if fa-in Allah returns you rajaʿaka Allah returns you l-lahu to ilā a group ṭāifatin of them min'hum and they ask you permission fa-is'tadhanūka to go out lil'khurūji then say faqul Never lan will you come out takhrujū with me maʿiya ever abadan and never walan will you fight tuqātilū with me maʿiya any enemy ʿaduwwan Indeed, you innakum were satisfied raḍītum with sitting bil-quʿūdi (the) first awwala time marratin so sit fa-uq'ʿudū with maʿa those who stay behind l-khālifīna
If Allāh should return you to a faction of them [after the expedition] and then they ask your permission to go out [to battle], say, "You will not go out with me, ever, and you will never fight with me an enemy. Indeed, you were satisfied with sitting [at home] the first time, so sit [now] with those who stay behind."
وَلَا And not walā you pray tuṣalli for ʿalā any aḥadin of them min'hum who dies māta ever abadan and not walā you stand taqum by ʿalā his grave qabrihi Indeed, they innahum disbelieved kafarū in Allah bil-lahi and His Messenger warasūlihi and died wamātū while they were wahum defiantly disobedient fāsiqūna
And do not pray [the funeral prayer, O Muḥammad], over any of them who has died - ever - or stand at his grave. Indeed, they disbelieved in Allāh and His Messenger and died while they were defiantly disobedient.
وَلَا And (let) not walā impress you tuʿ'jib'ka their wealth amwāluhum and their children wa-awlāduhum Only innamā Allah intends yurīdu Allah intends l-lahu to an punish them yuʿadhibahum with it bihā in fī the world l-dun'yā and will depart watazhaqa their souls anfusuhum while they wahum (are) disbelievers kāfirūna
And let not their wealth and their children impress you. Allāh only intends to punish them through them in this world and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are disbelievers.
وَإِذَآ And when wa-idhā was revealed unzilat a Surah sūratun that an believe āminū in Allah bil-lahi and strive wajāhidū with maʿa His Messenger rasūlihi ask your permission is'tadhanaka (the) men ulū (of) wealth l-ṭawli among them min'hum and said waqālū Leave us dharnā (to) be nakun with maʿa those who sit l-qāʿidīna
And when a sūrah was revealed [enjoining them] to believe in Allāh and to fight with His Messenger, those of wealth among them asked your permission [to stay back] and said, "Leave us to be with them who sit [at home]."