Translation of the meanings Ayah 52 Surah At-Tawbah - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 52

قُلۡ هَلۡ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحۡدَى ٱلۡحُسۡنَيَيۡنِۖ وَنَحۡنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمۡ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٖ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوۡ بِأَيۡدِينَاۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوٓاْ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ

(52) Say ˹Muhammad˺: “Do you ˹expectantly˺ await for us nothing but one of the two good things!^[2126] But what we ˹expectantly˺ await for you is that Allah afflicts you with a punishment from His side, or at our hands! So await, for we surely are awaiting with you!”

[2126] Either martyrdom or victory (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Shinqīṭī, al-ʿAdhb al-Namīr). Ibn ʿAbbās (رضي الله عنهما) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When your brothers were struck down in the Battle of Badr, Allah placed their souls in the ˹abdominal˺ cavities of green fowls, they drink from the rivers of Paradise, eat from its fruits and come back at the end of the day to repose in chandeliers hung in the Shadow of the ˹Majestic˺ Throne. For all of this, they ˹the martyred Believers˺ said: “Who would tell our brothers about us; that we are in Paradise being handsomely provided for so that they may not give up fighting in the cause of Allah or cower in war?” Allah Almighty said: “I will tell them on your behalf”. Then He revealed: “Do not think that those who got killed in the cause of Allah are dead. Nay but they are alive with their Lord ˹being handsomely˺ provided for””. (Abū Dāwūd: 2520, Aḥmad: 2388; another version is found in Muslim: 1887) Abū Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Allah has made a pledge to one who sets out in His path: “Nothing drives him except ˹the pure intention of˺ striving in My path, Believing in Me and acceptance of My Messengers. He has got My Pledge that I will admit him into Paradise or return him back ˹safe˺ to the home he sat out from loaded, with what he earned; reward and spoils…” (Muslim: 1876).