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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 9:53 | |
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| 9:53 قل انفقوا طوعا او كرها لن يتقبل منكم انكم كنتم قوما فاسقين | |
| Transliteration | Qul anfiqoo tawAAan aw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman fasiqeena |
| Literal | Say: "Spend voluntarily or forcefully/involuntarily , (it) will never/not be accepted from you, that you are/were a nation (of) debauchers ." |
| 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." |
| Pickthal | Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Lo! ye were ever froward folk. |
| Arberry | Say: 'Expend willingly, or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you; you are surely a people ungodly.' |
| Shakir | Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you; surely you are a transgressing people. |
| Sarwar | Say, "Whether you spend your wealth for the cause of God, willingly or reluctantly, it will never be accepted from you; you are an evil doing people." |
| Khalifa | Say, "Spend, willingly or unwillingly. Nothing will be accepted from you, for you are evil people." |
| Hilali/Khan | Say: "Spend (in Allahs Cause) willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Verily, you are ever a people who are Fasiqoon (rebellious, disobedient to Allah)." |
| H/K/Saheeh | Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people." |
| Malik | Say: "Whether you give willingly or with reluctance, it will not be accepted from you; for you are the people who are transgressors."[53] |
| QXP | (Some hypocrites want to make financial contributions.) Tell them, "Your contribution is not accepted whether you pay willingly or unwillingly. You are a people who drift away from the System at the first opportune time." |
| Maulana Ali | Say: spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Surely you are a transgressing people. |
| Free Minds | Say: "Spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. You are a wicked people." |
| Qaribullah | Say: 'Whether you spend voluntarily or reluctantly it shall not be accepted from you; for you are a wicked nation. ' |
| George Sale | Say, expend your money in pious uses, either voluntarily, or by constraint, it shall not be accepted of you; because ye are wicked people. |
| JM Rodwell | SAY: Make ye your offerings willingly or by constraint; it cannot be accepted from you, because ye are a wicked people: |
| Asad | 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!" |
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