Surah At-Tawbah — Verse 53
The Repentance · 9:53 · 53/129
قُلْ أَنفِقُوا۟ طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ ۖ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ
Qul anfiqoo tawAAan aw karhan lanyutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman fasiqeen
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Say, ‘Whether you give willingly or unwillingly, what you give will not be accepted, for you are disobedient people.’
Marmaduke Pickthall
Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Lo! ye were ever froward folk.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Say: "Spend (for the cause) willingly or unwillingly: not from you will it be accepted: for ye are indeed a people rebellious and wicked."
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Say, “Spend, willingly or unwillingly, it will never be accepted from you. You have been a sinning people.”
Al-Hilali & Khan
Say: "Spend (in Allâh’s Cause) willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh)."
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
[9:53] Tell them: "Whether you spend your money willingly or unwillingly, it shall not find acceptance (with Allah) for you are an evil-doing folk."
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
Say: "You may spend [anything], willingly-or unwillingly, [pretending that you do it for the sake of God:] it shall never be accepted from you -for, verily, you are people bent on iniquity!"
Rowwad · source edition
Say, “Whether you spend willingly or unwillingly, it will never be accepted from you, for you have been a wicked people.”
Noor International · source edition
(53) Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."
Hilali and Khan · source edition
53. Say: "Spend (in Allâh’s Cause) willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh)."