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

ٱلتَّوْبَة

ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا …

Quran 9:9 is ayah 9 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 188 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:9
ٱشْتَرَوْا۟بَِٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِثَمَنًاقَلِيلًافَصَدُّوا۟عَنسَبِيلِهِۦٓ ۚإِنَّهُمْسَآءَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ٩
ish'taraw biāyāti l-lahi thamanan qalīlan faṣaddū ʿan sabīlihi innahum sāa mā kānū yaʿmalūna

They have exchanged the signs of Allāh for a small price and averted [people] from His way. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.(9)

Word by word

  1. ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ish'tarawThey exchange
  2. بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyāti[with] the Verses of Allah
  3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi[with] the Verses of Allah
  4. ثَمَنًاthamanan(for) a little price
  5. قَلِيلًاqalīlan(for) a little price
  6. فَصَدُّوا۟faṣaddūand they hinder (people)
  7. عَنʿanfrom
  8. سَبِيلِهِۦٓ ۚsabīlihiHis way
  9. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed
  10. سَآءَsāaevil
  11. مَاmā(is) what
  12. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  13. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

Tafsir (commentary) of 9:9

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This commentary explains ayahs 9:9–11 together.

اشْتَرَوْاْ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً

(They have purchased with the Ayat of Allah a little gain,) idolators exchanged following the Ayat of Allah with the lower affairs of life that they indulged in,

فَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِهِ

(and they hindered men from His way), trying to prevent the believers from following the truth,

إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَلاَ يَرْقُبُونَ فِى مُؤْمِنٍ إِلاًّ وَلاَ ذِمَّةً

(evil indeed is that which they used to do. With regard to a believer, they respect not the ties, either of kinship or of covenant!) 9:9-10. We explained these meanings before, as well as, the meaning of,

فَإِن تَابُواْ وَأَقَامُواْ الصَّلَوةَ

(But if they repent, perform the Salah...)

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