ٱلتَّوْبَة : ٩٨

  • وَمِنَ And among
  • ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ the bedouins
  • مَن (is he) who
  • يَتَّخِذُ takes
  • مَا what
  • يُنفِقُ he spends
  • مَغۡرَمٗا (as) a loss
  • وَيَتَرَبَّصُ and he awaits
  • بِكُمُ for you
  • ٱلدَّوَآئِرَۚ the turns (of misfortune)
  • عَلَيۡهِمۡ Upon them
  • دَآئِرَةُ (will be) the turn
  • ٱلسَّوۡءِۗ (of) the evil
  • وَٱللَّهُ And Allah
  • سَمِيعٌ (is) All-Hearer
  • عَلِيمٞ All-Knower
And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss1 and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Footnotes
1 i.e., a fine or penalty.
And of the Bedouins there is he who takes what he expends, in the way of God, as a penalty, as a liability and a [financial] loss, because he does not aspire to be rewarded for it, but expends it out of fear: these were Banoo Asad and [Banoo] Ghatafaan; and awaits for you [evil] turns of fortune, the fortunes of time, for you, that these should turn against you, and so be rid [of you]. Theirs shall be the evil (read as al-soo', or alﷺ') turn of fortune, that is, chastisement and destruction shall turn on them, not on you. And God is Hearer, of the sayings of His servants, Knower, of their actions.