التَّوْبَةِ

Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 120

The Repentance · Medinan · 129 ayahs

9:120

مَا كَانَ لِاَهْلِ الْمَدٖینَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ اَنْ یَتَخَلَّفُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا یَرْغَبُوا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ عَنْ نَفْسِهٖؕ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ لَا یُصٖیبُهُمْ ظَمَاٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ فٖی سَبٖیلِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا یَطَؤُ𐻿نَ مَوْطِئًا یَغٖیظُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلَا یَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَیْلًا اِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ بِهٖ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یُضٖیعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنٖینَۙ

Ma kana liahli almadeenati waman hawlahum mina alaAArabi an yatakhallafoo AAan rasooli Allahi wala yarghaboo bianfusihim AAan nafsihi thalika biannahum la yuseebuhum thamaon wala nasabun wala makhmasatun fee sabeeli Allahi wala yataoona mawtian yagheethu alkuffara wala yanaloona min AAaduwwin naylan illa kutiba lahum bihi AAamalun salihun inna Allaha la yudeeAAu ajra almuhsineena

Translations

It was not [proper] for the people of Madinah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allah or that they prefer themselves over his self. That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allah, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good

Saheeh International

It is not for the townsfolk of Al-Madinah and for those around them of the wandering Arabs so stay behind the messenger of Allah and prefer their lives to his life. That is because neither thirst nor toil nor hunger afflicteth them in the way of Allah, nor step they any step that angereth the disbelievers, nor gain they from the enemy a gain, but a good deed is recorded for them therefor. Lo! Allah loseth not the wages of the good

Marmaduke Pickthall