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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 52of 129

قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْدَى ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍۢ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا ۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ﴿٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things while we await for you that Allah will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
هَلْhalDo
تَرَبَّصُونَtarabbaṣūnayou await
بِنَآbināfor us
إِلَّآillāexcept
إِحْدَىiḥ'dāone
ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖl-ḥus'nayayni(of) the two best (things)
وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
نَتَرَبَّصُnatarabbaṣu[we] await
بِكُمْbikumfor you
أَنanthat
يُصِيبَكُمُyuṣībakumuAllah will afflict you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will afflict you
بِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
مِّنْminfrom
عِندِهِۦٓʿindihi[near] Him
أَوْawor
بِأَيْدِينَا ۖbi-aydīnāby our hands
فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟fatarabbaṣūSo wait
إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
مَعَكُمmaʿakumwith you
مُّتَرَبِّصُونَmutarabbiṣūna(are) waiting

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

قُلْ(Say), O Muhammad to them, هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ(Do you wait for us), anything, إِلاَ إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ(except one of the two best things), martyrdom or victory over you, according to the meaning given by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah, and others.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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