Translation of the meanings Ayah 39 Surah At-Tawbah - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 39

إِلَّا تَنفِرُواْ يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا وَيَسۡتَبۡدِلۡ قَوۡمًا غَيۡرَكُمۡ وَلَا تَضُرُّوهُ شَيۡـٔٗاۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ

(39) Should you not mobilize, He will inflict a severe punishment on you and replace another people in your stead^[2094], and you will not harm Him in the least—Allah is indeed Able over everything.

[2094] Others who would answer the call more willingly (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah, Ibn Kathīr): “˹…˺ If you turn away, He will replace you with other people. And they will not be like you”. (47: 38); “You who Believe, whoever of you renounces his religion, then Allah will ˹soon enough˺ bring forth ˹in your stead˺ people whom He loves and they ˹truly˺ love Him, lenient to the Believers, stern towards the Deniers, they strive hard in the path of Allah fearing no reproach from anyone who reproaches…” (5: 54).