9:38

At-Tawba (The Repentance)

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Dynamic translation

(9:38) O you who immune! What is wrong with you when you are told: "March forth in the cause of Allah," you become heavy on earth. Have you become content with this worldly life over the Hereafter? The enjoyment of this worldly life compared to the Hereafter is nothing.

Arabic text

(9:38) يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَا لَكُمۡ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱنفِرُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱثَّاقَلۡتُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ أَرَضِيتُم بِٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مِنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ فَمَا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

Connected ideas

(9:86) If a chapter is sent down: "That you shall acknowledge Allah and strive with His messenger," those with wealth and influence ask your permission and they say, "Let us be with those who remain behind."

(9:93) Indeed, the argument is against those who sought your permission to stay while they had the means. They accepted to be with those who remained behind; Allah stamped their hearts, for they do not know.