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Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 104

سورة التوبة، الآية ١٠٤

9:104 Juz 11 Hizb 21 Page 203 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 9:104

أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ يَقْبَلُ ٱلتَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَأْخُذُ ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝١٠٤

Transliteration

alam yaʿlamū anna l-laha huwa yaqbalu l-tawbata ʿan ʿibādihi wayakhudhu l-ṣadaqāti wa-anna l-laha huwa l-tawābu l-raḥīmu

Translation

Do they not know that it is Allāh who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charities and that it is Allāh who is the Accepting of Repentance,503 the Merciful?

Notes

[503] Refer to footnote in 2:37.

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Verse 104 of Surah At-Tawbah (9:104), a Medinan surah, is in juz 11, on page 203 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 104

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Those who had stayed behind from striving in Allah’s path and who have repented to Allah should know that Allah accepts the repentance of His servants; and that He accepts charity, even though He is in no need of it, and rewards those who give charity. They should know that Allah, may He be glorified, is the One Who accepts repentance and is Compassionate towards those servants of His who repent to Him.

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Other translations of verse 104

Do they not know that it is Allah Who accepts the repentance of His slaves and accepts their charities, and that it is Allah Who is the Accepter of Repentance, Most Merciful?

Know they not that Allâh accepts repentance from His slaves and takes the Sadaqât (alms, charity), and that Allâh Alone is the One Who forgives and accepts repentance, Most Merciful?

Know they not that Allah is He Who accepteth repentance from His bondmen and taketh the alms, and that Allah is He Who is the Relenting, the Merciful.

Know they not that Allah doth accept repentance from His votaries and receives their gifts of charity, and that Allah is verily He, the Oft-Returning, Most Merciful?

Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from His servants and takes the alms, and that Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful?

Do they not know that Allah He, Ever He, accepts repentance from His bondmen, and He takes the donations; (i.e., Free will offering) and that Allah, He, Ever He, is The Superbly Relenting, The Ever-Merciful?

Verse 104 word by word

  1. أَلَمْ alam Do not
  2. يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ yaʿlamū they know ع ل م
  3. أَنَّ anna that
  4. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  5. هُوَ huwa (is) He
  6. يَقْبَلُ yaqbalu (Who) accepts ق ب ل
  7. ٱلتَّوْبَةَ l-tawbata the repentance ت و ب
  8. عَنْ ʿan from
  9. عِبَادِهِۦ ʿibādihi His slaves ع ب د
  10. وَيَأْخُذُ wayakhudhu and takes أ خ ذ
  11. ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ l-ṣadaqāti the charities ص د ق
  12. وَأَنَّ wa-anna and that
  13. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  14. هُوَ huwa He
  15. ٱلتَّوَّابُ l-tawābu (is) the Acceptor of repentance ت و ب
  16. ٱلرَّحِيمُ l-raḥīmu the Most Merciful ر ح م

Verses related to verse 104

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Baqarah 2:276

    يَمْحَقُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَيُرْبِى ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ أَثِيمٍ

    Allāh destroys interest and gives increase for charities. And Allāh does not like every sinning disbeliever.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • At-Tawbah 9:78

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

    Did they not know that Allāh knows their secrets and their private conversations and that Allāh is the Knower of the unseen?

  • Ash-Shuraa 42:25

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَقْبَلُ ٱلتَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَنِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

    And it is He who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do.

  • At-Tawbah 9:118

    وَعَلَى ٱلثَّلَٰثَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَن لَّا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّآ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And [He also forgave] the three who were left alone [i.e., boycotted, regretting their error] to the point that the earth closed in on them in spite of its vastness and their souls confined [i.e., anguished] them and they were certain that there is no refuge from Allāh except in Him. Then He turned to them so they could repent. Indeed, Allāh is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

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