The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
al-Tawbah (Repentance)
ٱلتَّوْبَة
9:120
مَا
كَانَ
لِأَهْلِ
الْمَدِينَةِ
وَمَنْ
حَوْلَهُم
مِّنَ
الْأَعْرَابِ
أَن
يَتَخَلَّفُوا
عَن
رَّسُولِ
اللَّهِ
وَلَا
يَرْغَبُوا
بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
عَن
نَّفْسِهِ
ذَلِكَ
بِأَنَّهُمْ
لَا
يُصِيبُهُمْ
ظَمَأٌ
وَلَا
نَصَبٌ
وَلَا
مَخْمَصَةٌ
فِي
سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ
وَلَا
يَطَئُونَ
مَوْطِئًا
يَغِيظُ
الْكُفَّارَ
وَلَا
يَنَالُونَ
مِنْ
عَدُوٍّ
نَّيْلًا
إِلَّا
كُتِبَ
لَهُم
بِهِ
عَمَلٌ
صَالِحٌ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
لَا
يُضِيعُ
أَجْرَ
الْمُحْسِنِينَ
mā kāna li-ʾahli l-madīnati wa-man ḥawlahum mina l-ʾaʿrābi ʾan yatakhallafū ʿan rasūli llāhi wa-lā yarghabū bi-ʾanfusihim ʿan nafsihī dhālika bi-ʾannahum lā yuṣībuhum ẓamaʾun wa-lā naṣabun wa-lā makhmaṣatun fī sabīli llāhi wa-lā yaṭaʾūna mawṭiʾan yaghīẓu l-kuffāra wa-lā yanālūna min ʿaduwwin naylan ʾillā kutiba lahum bihī ʿamalun ṣāliḥun ʾinna llāha lā yuḍīʿu ʾajra l-muḥsinīna
The inhabitants of the city of Medina and the desert Arabs dwelling around it were not supposed to disobey the Messenger of God or to give priority to their own lives above that of the Prophet. For if they had given priority to the life of the Messenger of God, they would not have experienced the hardships of thirst, fatigue, or hunger in their struggle for the cause of God, nor would their travelling have enraged the disbelievers and they would not have received any injury from enemies that God would not record for them as a virtuous deed. God does not ignore the reward of those who do good.
