At-Tawba 9:49 ومنهم من يقول ايذن لي ولا تفتني الا في الفتنة سقطوا وان جهنم لمحيطة بالكافرين ٤٩
وَمِنۡهُم
مَّن
يَقُولُ
ٱئۡذَن
لِّي
وَلَا
تَفۡتِنِّيٓۚ
أَلَا
فِي
ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ
سَقَطُواْۗ
وَإِنَّ
جَهَنَّمَ
لَمُحِيطَةُۢ
بِٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
٤٩
There are some of them who say, “Exempt me and do not expose me to temptation.”1 They have already fallen into temptation. And Hell will surely engulf the disbelievers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And among them is he who says, "Permit me [to remain at home] and do not put me to trial." Unquestionably, into trial they have fallen.1 And indeed, Hell will encompass the disbelievers.
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
ائْذَن لِّي
(Grant me leave), to stay behind,
وَلاَ تَفْتِنِّى
(and put me not into trial.), if I go with you and see the women of the Romans. Allah, the Exalted, replied,
أَلا فِى الْفِتْنَةِ سَقَطُواْ
(Surely, they have fallen into trial) because of the statement they uttered. Muhammad bin Ishaq report
…ائْذَن لِّي
(Grant me leave), to stay behind,
وَلاَ تَفْتِنِّى
(and put me not into trial.), if I go with you and see the women of the Romans. Allah, the
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