Surah At-Tawbah — Verse 82

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فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا۟ كَثِيرًا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Falyadhakoo qaleelan walyabkookatheeran jazaan bima kanoo yaksiboon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Let them laugh a little; they will weep a lot in return for what they have done.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Then let them laugh a little: they will weep much, as the reward of what they used to earn.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the (evil) that they do.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So, let them laugh a little, and weep a lot, this being a reward of what they used to earn.

Al-Hilali & Khan

So let them laugh a little and (they will) cry much as a recompense of what they used to earn (by committing sins).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

[9:82] Let them, then, laugh little, and weep much at the contemplation of the punishment for the evil they have committed.