9:39
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Dynamic translation
(9:39) If you do not march forth, then He will punish you with a painful retribution, and He will replace you with another people, and you do not bother Him in the least. Allah is capable of all things.
Arabic text
(9:39) إِلَّا تَنفِرُواْ يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا وَيَسۡتَبۡدِلۡ قَوۡمًا غَيۡرَكُمۡ وَلَا تَضُرُّوهُ شَيۡـٔٗاۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ
Connected ideas
(4:133) O you people, if He wills, He could make all of you cease to exist; then He would bring others in your place. Allah is most able to do this.
(14:19) Did you not see that Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth? If He wished, He would do away with you and bring a new creation.
(47:38) Here you are being invited to spend in the cause of Allah, but some among you turn stingy. Whoever is stingy is only being stingy on himself. Allah is the Rich, while you are the poor. If you turn away, He will replace you with another people, then they will not be like you.
(70:40-41) So I swear by the Lord of the east and the west that We are able. To replace them with better people, We can never be defeated.
