Verse. 1321

٩ - ٱلتَّوْبَة

9 - At-Tawba

وَاِذَاۗ اُنْزِلَتْ سُوْرَۃٌ اَنْ اٰمِنُوْا بِاللہِ وَجَاہِدُوْا مَعَ رَسُوْلِہِ اسْـتَاْذَنَكَ اُولُوا الطَّوْلِ مِنْہُمْ وَقَالُوْا ذَرْنَا نَكُنْ مَّعَ الْقٰعِدِيْنَ۝۸۶
Waitha onzilat sooratun an aminoo biAllahi wajahidoo maAAa rasoolihi istathanaka oloo alttawli minhum waqaloo tharna nakun maAAa alqaAAideena

English

Ahmed Ali

Whenever a Surah is revealed (which says): "Believe in God and fight along with His Prophet," the well-to-do among them ask for leave to stay at home, and say: "Leave us with those who are left behind."

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and when a surah) from the qur'an (is revealed (which saith)) as a command: (believe in allah) be genuine in your belief in allah (and strive along with his messenger, the men of wealth among them) among the hypocrites: 'abdullah ibn ubayy, jadd ibn qays and mu'attib ibn qushayr (still ask leave of you) o muhammad (and say: suffer us to be with those who sit (at home)) without any excuse.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and when a sūra, that is, a section of the qur’ān, is revealed, saying: ‘believe in god and strive with his messenger’, the affluent among them ask leave of you, saying, ‘leave us to be with those who sit at home’.