Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the ninth verse of chapter 9 (sūrat l-tawbah). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance)

Sahih International: They have exchanged the signs of Allah for a small price and averted [people] from His way. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

Pickthall: They have purchased with the revelations of Allah a little gain, so they debar (men) from His way. Lo! evil is that which they are wont to do.

Yusuf Ali: The Signs of Allah have they sold for a miserable price, and (many) have they hindered from His way: evil indeed are the deeds they have done.

Shakir: They have taken a small price for the communications of Allah, so they turn away from His way; surely evil is it that they do.

Muhammad Sarwar: They have sold God's revelations for a paltry price and have created obstacles in the way of God. What they have done is evil.

Mohsin Khan: They have purchased with the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah a little gain, and they hindered men from His Way; evil indeed is that which they used to do.

Arberry: They have sold the signs of God for a small price, and have barred from His way; truly evil is that they have been doing,

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See Also

• Verse (9:9) Morphology - description of each Arabic word