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9:69

Like thosebefore youbefore youthey weremightierthan you(in) strengthand more abundant(in) wealthand childrenSo they enjoyedtheir portionand you have enjoyedyour portionlikeenjoyedthosebefore youbefore youtheir portionand you indulgelike the one whoﱗﱘindulges (in idle talk)Thoseworthless(are) their deedsinthe worldﱞﱟand (in) the HereafterAnd thosethey(are) the losers(69)

˹You hypocrites are˺ like those ˹disbelievers˺ before you. They were far superior to you in might and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their share in this life. You have enjoyed your share, just as they did. And you have engaged in idle talk, just as they did. Their deeds have become void in this world and the Hereafter. And it is they who are the ˹true˺ losers.

9:70

Has notcome to them(the) news(of) those who(were) before them(were) before them(the) people(of) Nuhand Aadand Thamudand (the) people(of) Ibrahimand (the) companions(of) Madyanﱲﱳand the towns overturnedCame to themtheir Messengersﱶﱷwith clear proofsAnd notwasAllahto wrong thembutthey were (to)themselvesﱿdoing wrong(70)

Have they not received the stories of those ˹destroyed˺ before them: the people of Noah, ’Âd, and Thamûd, the people of Abraham, the residents of Midian, and the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺?1 Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. Allah would have never wronged them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

9:71

And the believing menand the believing womensome of them(are) alliesﲅﲆ(of) othersThey enjointhe rightand forbidfromthe wrongand they establishthe prayerand givethe zakahand they obeyAllahﲒﲓand His MessengerThoseAllah will have mercy on themﲖﲗAllah will have mercy on themIndeedAllah(is) All-MightyAll-Wise(71)

The believers, both men and women, are guardians of one another. They encourage good and forbid evil, establish prayer and pay alms-tax, and obey Allah and His Messenger. It is they who will be shown Allah’s mercy. Surely Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.

9:72

(Has been) promised(by) Allah(to) the believing menand the believing womenGardensflowfromunderneath itthe rivers(will) abide foreverin itand dwellingsblessedinGardensﲬﲭ(of) everlasting blissBut the pleasureofAllahﲱﲲ(is) greaterThatit(is) the successgreat(72)

Allah has promised the believers, both men and women, Gardens under which rivers flow, to stay there forever, and splendid homes in the Gardens of Eternity, and—above all—the pleasure of Allah. That is ˹truly˺ the ultimate triumph.