Translation of the meanings Ayah 24 Surah At-Tawbah - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 24

قُلۡ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ وَأَبۡنَآؤُكُمۡ وَإِخۡوَٰنُكُمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمۡ وَأَمۡوَٰلٌ ٱقۡتَرَفۡتُمُوهَا وَتِجَٰرَةٞ تَخۡشَوۡنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَٰكِنُ تَرۡضَوۡنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَجِهَادٖ فِي سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ

(24) Say ˹Muhammad˺: “If your fathers, children, brothers, spouses, clans, ˹hard˺ earned wealth, a trade that you fear decline for and abodes you are pleased with are dearer to you than Allah, His Messenger^[2054] and striving in His path, then lie in wait until Allah brings His command ˹to pass˺^[2055]—Allah never guides the transgressing people.

[2054] Anas Ibn Mālik (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger (ﷺ) said: “˹There are˺ Three ˹traits˺, whoever has them will experience the sweetness of Faith by their virtue: that Allah and His Messenger are dearer to him than anything else; that he loves a person for nothing but the sake of Allah; and that he loathes reverting back to Denial now that Allah has delivered him from it, as much as he fears being thrown into Fire” (al-Bukhārī: 16, Muslim: 43); He also narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “None among you ˹truly˺ attains Faith, unless I am dearer to him than his children, parents and all people!” (al-Bukhārī: 15, Muslim: 44)
[2055] That is, punishment (cf. al-Wāḥidī, al-Basīṭ, al-Saʿdī, al-Shinqīṭī, al-ʿAdhb al-Namīr).