The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
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وَلَئِن
سَأَلْتَهُمْ
لَيَقُولُنَّ
إِنَّمَا
كُنَّا
نَخُوضُ
وَنَلْعَبُ
قُلْ
أَبِاللَّهِ
وَآيَاتِهِ
وَرَسُولِهِ
كُنتُمْ
تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
wa-la-ʾin saʾaltahum la-yaqūlunna ʾinnamā kunnā nakhūḍu wa-nalʿabu qul ʾa-bi-llāhi wa-ʾāyātihī wa-rasūlihī kuntum tastahziʾūna
If you question them [regarding their conduct], they will surely say, ‘We were just gossiping and amusing ourselves.’ Say, ‘Were you deriding Allah, His signs, and His apostles?
— Ali Quli Qarai
If thou dost question them, they declare (with emphasis): "We were only talking idly and in play." Say: "Was it at Allah, and His Signs, and His Messenger, that ye were mocking?"
