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Ask forgivenessfor themor(do) notask forgivenessfor themIfyou ask forgivenessfor themseventytimesneverwill Allah forgivewill Allah forgiveﱏﱐ[for] themThat(is) because theydisbelievedin Allahﱕﱖand His Messengerand Allah(does) notguidethe peoplethe defiantly disobedient(80)

˹It does not matter˺ whether you ˹O Prophet˺ pray for them to be forgiven or not. Even if you pray for their forgiveness seventy times, Allah will never forgive them. That is because they have lost faith in Allah and His Messenger. And Allah does not guide the rebellious people.

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Rejoicethose who remained behindin their stayingbehind(the) Messenger(of) Allahand they dislikedtostrivewith their wealthand their livesin(the) way(of) Allahand they said(Do) notgo forthinﱯﱰthe heatSay(The) Fire(of) Hell(is) more intenseﱵﱶ(in) heatIf (only)they couldunderstand(81)

Those ˹hypocrites˺ who remained behind rejoiced for doing so in defiance of the Messenger of Allah and hated ˹the prospect of˺ striving with their wealth and their lives in the cause of Allah. They said ˹to one another˺, “Do not march forth in the heat.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “The Fire of Hell is far hotter!” If only they could comprehend!

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So let them laugha littleand let them weepmuchﱿ(as) a recompensefor whatthey used toearn(82)

So let them laugh a little—they will weep much as a reward for what they have committed.

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Then ifAllah returns youAllah returns youtoa groupof themand they ask you permissionto go outthen sayNeverwill you come outwith meeverand neverwill you fightwith meﲔﲕany enemyIndeed, youwere satisfiedwith sitting(the) firsttimeso sitwiththose who stay behind(83)

If Allah returns you ˹O Prophet˺ to a group of them and they ask to go forth with you, say, “You will not ever go forth or fight an enemy along with me. You preferred to stay behind the first time, so stay with those ˹helpless˺ who remain behind.”

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And notyou prayforanyof themwho dieseverand notyou standbyﲩﲪhis graveIndeed, theydisbelievedin Allahand His Messengerand diedwhile they weredefiantly disobedient(84)

And do not ever offer ˹funeral˺ prayers for any of their dead, nor stand by their grave ˹at burial˺, for they have lost faith in Allah and His Messenger and died rebellious.

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And (let) notimpress youtheir wealthﲶﲷand their childrenOnlyAllah intendsAllah intendstopunish themwith itinﲿthe worldand will departtheir soulswhile they(are) disbelievers(85)

And let neither their wealth nor children impress you ˹O Prophet˺. Allah only intends to torment them through these things in this world, and ˹then˺ their souls will depart while they are disbelievers.

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And whenwas revealeda Surahthatbelievein Allahand strivewithHis Messengerask your permission(the) men(of) wealthamong themand saidLeave us(to) bewiththose who sit(86)

Whenever a sûrah is revealed stating, “Believe in Allah and struggle along with His Messenger,” the rich among them would ask to be exempt, saying, “Leave us with those who remain behind.”