Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 82 (9:82)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا۟ كَثِيرًا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Quran 9:82 is ayah 82 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 200 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:82
فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟قَلِيلًاوَلْيَبْكُوا۟كَثِيرًاجَزَآءًۢبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَكْسِبُونَ٨٢
falyaḍḥakū qalīlan walyabkū kathīran jazāan bimā kānū yaksibūna

So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.(82)

Word by word

  1. فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟falyaḍḥakūSo let them laugh
  2. قَلِيلًاqalīlana little
  3. وَلْيَبْكُوا۟walyabkūand let them weep
  4. كَثِيرًاkathīranmuch
  5. جَزَآءًۢjazāan(as) a recompense
  6. بِمَاbimāfor what
  7. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  8. يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn

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