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Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 69 (9:69)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

كَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنكُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَٰلًا وَأَوْلَٰدًا …

Quran 9:69 is ayah 69 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 198 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:69
كَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِكُمْكَانُوٓا۟أَشَدَّمِنكُمْقُوَّةًوَأَكْثَرَأَمْوَٰلًاوَأَوْلَٰدًافَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟بِخَلَٰقِهِمْفَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمبِخَلَٰقِكُمْكَمَاٱسْتَمْتَعَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِكُمبِخَلَٰقِهِمْوَخُضْتُمْكَٱلَّذِىخَاضُوٓا۟ ۚأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَحَبِطَتْأَعْمَٰلُهُمْفِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۖوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ٦٩
ka-alladhīna min qablikum kānū ashadda minkum quwwatan wa-akthara amwālan wa-awlādan fa-is'tamtaʿū bikhalāqihim fa-is'tamtaʿtum bikhalāqikum kamā is'tamtaʿa alladhīna min qablikum bikhalāqihim wakhuḍ'tum ka-alladhī khāḍū ulāika ḥabiṭat aʿmāluhum fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati wa-ulāika humu l-khāsirūna

[You disbelievers are] like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion [of worldly enjoyment], and you have enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their portion, and you have engaged [in vanities] like that in which they engaged. [It is] those whose deeds have become worthless in this world and in the Hereafter, and it is they who are the losers.(69)

Word by word

  1. كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnaLike those
  2. مِنminbefore you
  3. قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
  4. كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
  5. أَشَدَّashaddamightier
  6. مِنكُمْminkumthan you
  7. قُوَّةًquwwatan(in) strength
  8. وَأَكْثَرَwa-aktharaand more abundant
  9. أَمْوَٰلًاamwālan(in) wealth
  10. وَأَوْلَٰدًاwa-awlādanand children
  11. فَٱسْتَمْتَعُوا۟fa-is'tamtaʿūSo they enjoyed
  12. بِخَلَٰقِهِمْbikhalāqihimtheir portion
  13. فَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمfa-is'tamtaʿtumand you have enjoyed
  14. بِخَلَٰقِكُمْbikhalāqikumyour portion
  15. كَمَاkamālike
  16. ٱسْتَمْتَعَis'tamtaʿaenjoyed
  17. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
  18. مِنminbefore you
  19. قَبْلِكُمqablikumbefore you
  20. بِخَلَٰقِهِمْbikhalāqihimtheir portion
  21. وَخُضْتُمْwakhuḍ'tumand you indulge
  22. كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīlike the one who
  23. خَاضُوٓا۟ ۚkhāḍūindulges (in idle talk)
  24. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  25. حَبِطَتْḥabiṭatworthless
  26. أَعْمَٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhum(are) their deeds
  27. فِىfīin
  28. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
  29. وَٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۖwal-ākhiratiand (in) the Hereafter
  30. وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
  31. هُمُhumuthey
  32. ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(are) the losers

Tafsir (commentary) of 9:69

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بِخَلَـقِهِمْ

(their portion), means, they mocked their religion, according to Al-Hasan Al-Basri. Allah's statement,

وَخُضْتُمْ كَالَّذِي خَاضُواْ

(and you indulged in play and pastime as they indulged in play and pastime), indulged in lies and falsehood,

أُوْلَـئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـلُهُمْ

(Such are they whose deeds are in vain), their deeds are annulled; they will not acquire any rewards for them because they are invalid,

فِي الدنْيَا وَالاٌّخِرَةِ وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْخَـسِرُونَ

(in this world and in the Hereafter. Such are they who are the losers.) because they will not acquire any rewards for their actions. Ibn `Abbas commented, "How similar is this night to the last night,

كَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ

(Like those before you...) These are the Children of Israel, with whom we were compared. The Prophet said,

«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَتَّبِعُنَّهُمْ حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُمْ جُحْرَ ضَبَ لَدَخَلْتُمُوه»

(By He in Whose Hand is my life! You will imitate them, and even if a man of them entered the den of a lizard, you will enter it likewise!)" Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,

«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَتَّبِعُنَّ سَنَنَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ شِبْرًا بِشِبْرٍ وَذِرَاعًا بِذِرَاعٍ، وَبَاعًا بِبَاعٍ حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا جُحْرَ ضَبَ لَدَخَلْتُمُوه»

قالوا: ومن هم يا رسول الله، أهل الكتاب؟ قال:

«فَمَنْ؟»

(By He in Whose Hand is my soul! You will follow the traditions of those who were before you a hand span for a hand-span and forearm's length for forearm's length, and an arm's length for an arm's length. And even if they enter the den of a lizard, you will also enter it.) They asked, "Who, O Allah's Messenger, the People of the Book" He said, (Who else)" This Hadith is similar to another Hadith collected in the Sahih.

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