at-Taubah 9:53

AYAH at-Taubah 9:53	9:54 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 9:52
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		قُلْ أَنفِقُوا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَاسِقِين
Transliteration		Qul anfiqoo tawAAan aw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman fasiqeena
Transliteration-2		qul anfiqū ṭawʿan aw karhan lan yutaqabbala minkum innakum kuntum qawman fāsiqīn
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will be accepted from you. Indeed, you [you] are a people defiantly disobedient."

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad 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!"
M. M. Pickthall		Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Lo! ye were ever froward folk
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		Say: "Spend (for the cause) willingly or unwillingly: not from you will it be accepted: for ye are indeed a people rebellious and wicked."
Shakir		Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you; surely you are a transgressing people
Wahiduddin Khan		Say, Whether you give willingly or unwillingly, your offerings shall not be accepted by God, for you are indeed a disobedient people
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly. There will be only non-acceptance. Truly, you, you had been a folk, ones who disobey.
T.B.Irving		SAY: "Spend either willingly or unwillingly, it will never be accepted from you, since you have been such immoral folk."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “˹Whether you˺ donate willingly or unwillingly, it will never be accepted from you, for you have been a rebellious people.”
Safi Kaskas		Say, "You may give [your contribution] willingly or unwillingly, but it will never be accepted from you. You are disobedient people."
Abdul Hye		Say: “Spend (in Allah’s Cause) willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Surely, you are a disobedient people.”
The Study Quran		Say, “Spend willingly or unwillingly; it shall never be accepted from you. Truly you are an iniquitous people.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		Say: "Spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. You are a wicked people."
Abdel Haleem		Say, ‘Whether you give willingly or unwillingly, what you give will not be accepted, for you are disobedient people.&rsquo
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		Say thou: expend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted of you; verily ye are ever a people ungodly
Ahmed Ali		Tell them: "You may spend (in the way of God), whether willingly or with reluctance, it will not be accepted from you, for you are reprobates."
Aisha Bewley		Say: ´Whether you give readily or reluctantly, it will not be accepted from you. You are people who are deviators.´
Ali Ünal		(Respond to their unwilling donation and) say: "Whether you give willingly or unwillingly, (pretending that you give in God’s cause), it will never be acceptable (to God) from you. Surely, you are a transgressing people."
Ali Quli Qara'i		Say, ‘Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall never be accepted from you; for you are indeed a transgressing lot.&rsquo
Hamid S. Aziz		Say, "Spend (for the Cause), willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you; for verily, you are a people who are rebellious and wicked."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		Say, "Expend, willingly or unwillingly, it will never be (graciously) accepted from you; surely you have been an immoral people."
Muhammad 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."
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		Say, .Spend, willingly or unwillingly, it will never be accepted from you. You have been a sinning people
Shabbir Ahmed		(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."
Syed Vickar Ahamed		Say; "Spend (in Allah’s Cause), willingly or unwillingly: It will not be accepted from you: Verily, you are a people rebellious and wicked."
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."
Farook Malik		Say: "Whether you give willingly or with reluctance, it will not be accepted from you; for you are the people who are transgressors."
Dr. Munir Munshey		Say, "What you contribute _ willingly or unwillingly _ would not be accepted. Indeed, you have (always) been an evil (sinful) nation."
Dr. Kamal Omar		Say: “Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall never be accepted of you. Surely you: you people had been a nation of Fasiqun.”
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		Say, 'Whether you spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. You are evil people.'
Maududi		Tell them: "Whether you spend your money willingly or unwillingly, it shall not find acceptance (with Allah) for you are an evil-doing folk."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		Say (to the hypocrites): spend willingly or unwillingly, it will never be accepted from you, because indeed you are disobedient people
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		Say, “Give willingly or unwillingly, but it will not be accepted from you, for you are indeed a people rebellious and wicked.
Musharraf Hussain		Say: “Whether you give willingly or unwillingly, your charity will not be accepted, because you are disobedient people.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		Say: "Spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. You are a wicked people."
Mohammad Shafi		Say, "Whether you make the contribution willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you. Indeed, you are a people working against Allah's commandments."

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		Tell them: “Whether you (willingly or unwillingly) spend money in the cause of God, it does not matter: God will not accept the offerings of corrupt people like you.&rdquo
Faridul Haque		Say, "Spend willingly or with a heavy heart, it will never be accepted from you; indeed you are a disobedient people."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		Say: 'Whether you spend voluntarily or reluctantly it shall not be accepted from you; for you are a wicked nation.
Maulana Muhammad Ali		Say: spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you. Surely you are a transgressing people
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		Say: "Spend voluntarily or forcefully/involuntarily , (it) will never/not be accepted from you, that you are/were a nation (of) debauchers ."
Sher Ali		Say, `Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you. You are indeed a disobedient people
Rashad Khalifa		Say, "Spend, willingly or unwillingly. Nothing will be accepted from you, for you are evil people."
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		Say you, 'Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you. No doubt, you are a people disobedient.
Amatul Rahman Omar		Say, `Whether you spend willingly or unwillingly, this (- your charity) shall never be accepted from you, for you are indeed a people ever disobedient.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		Say: ‘Spend willingly or unwillingly, this (money) will not be accepted from you at all. You are indeed a disobedient people.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		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)."

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		Say: 'Expend willingly, or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you; you are surely a people ungodly.
Edward Henry Palmer		Say, 'Expend ye in alms, whether ye will or no, it shall not be accepted from you; verily, ye are a people who do work abomination.
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
John Medows Rodwell		SAY: Make ye your offerings willingly or by constraint; it cannot be accepted from you, because ye are a wicked people
N J Dawood (2014)		Say: ‘Whether you give willingly or with reluctance, your offerings shall not be accepted from you; for you are ungodly people.&lsquo

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		Say, “Whether you give willingly or unwillingly, your offerings will not be accepted. You certainly are a disobedient people.”
Sayyid Qutb		Say: 'Whether you spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you; for you are indeed wicked people.'
Ahmed Hulusi		Say, “Spend willingly or unwillingly in the way of Allah, it will never be accepted of you... For you have become a people corrupted in faith!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		Say: � Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall never be accepted from you; (for) verily you have ever been an ungodly people
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		Say to these hypocrites: "You may spend as much as you like, willingly or unwillingly, making great pretences to religion, but never shall your contributions be acknowledged nor be entered on the credit side of your account. You are a people whose wickedness has reached beyond your reach; it has reached the sky"
Mir Aneesuddin		Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted from you, for you are certainly a transgressing people."

AYAH at-Taubah 9:53

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