9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 87
رَضُوا بِاَنْ يَكُونُوا مَعَ الْخَوَالِفِ وَطُبِـعَ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ
Radoo bi-an yakoonoo maAAa alkhawalifiwatubiAAa AAala quloobihim fahum layafqahoon
They are pleased to be with those who stay behind. Their hearts have been stamped so they do not understand.
- Progressive Muslims
They were content to stay with those who remained behind, and God stamps their hearts, for they do not comprehend.
- Shabbir Ahmed
They are well pleased to be with the disabled, the elderly, the women and children, and the ill. This attitude puts a seal on their hearts. They seldom understand (that fear can only be overcome with action (2:277), (6:48), (6:81)).
- Sam Gerrans
They are content to be with those who remain; and their hearts are sealed, so they understand not.
- The Monotheist Group
They were content to stay with those who remained behind, and it was imprinted on their hearts, for they do not understand.
- Edip-Layth
They were content to stay with those who remained behind, and it was stamped on their hearts, for they do not reason.
- Aisha Bewley
They are pleased to be with those who stay behind. Their hearts have been stamped so they do not understand.
- Rashad Khalifa
They chose to be with the sedentary. Consequently, their hearts were sealed, and thus, they cannot comprehend.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
They prefer to be with women who (are allowed to) stay at home during war, and their hearts are sealed; so they fail to understand.
- Sahih International
They were satisfied to be with those who stay behind, and their hearts were sealed over, so they do not understand.
- Muhammad Asad
They were well-pleased to remain with those who were left behind - where for their hearts have been sealed, so that they cannot grasp the truth.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
They are content that they should be with the useless and their hearts are sealed, so that they apprehend not.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Satisfied in mind to remain behind with the stay-at-home, they rejoiced beyond a common joy; their hearts have been impressed with dullness of comprehension and therefore they do not apprehend the voice from heaven nor can they be provoked to apprehend virtue
- Bijan Moeinian
Their choice of staying behind, has led their hearts to be sealed; thus they are deprived of the faculty of understanding.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
They are content to be with those (the women) who sit behind (at home). Their hearts are sealed up (from all kinds of goodness and right guidance), so they understand not.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They prefer to be with (the women), who remain behind (at home): their hearts are sealed and so they understand not.
- Mustafa Khattab
They preferred to stay behind with the helpless, and their hearts have been sealed so they do not comprehend.
- Taqi Usmani
They are happy to be with women who sit back, and their hearts are sealed; so they do not understand.
- Abdul Haleem
they prefer to be with those who stay behind. Their hearts have been sealed: they do not comprehend.
- Arthur John Arberry
They are well-pleased to be with those behind, and a seal has been set upon their hearts, so the they understand not.
- E. Henry Palmer
They are content to be with those who are left behind. A stamp is set upon their hearts that they should not discern.
- Hamid S. Aziz
They are content to be with those who are useless, and a seal is set upon their heart that they understand not.
- Mahmoud Ghali
They are satisfied to be with the ones tarrying behind, (i. e. among the women, who generally remain behind) and their hearts are stamped upon, so they do not comprehend.
- George Sale
They are well pleased to be with those who stay behind, and their hearts are sealed up; wherefore they do not understand.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
They like to be with those, who remain behind: Their hearts are closed, and so they do not understand.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
They are pleased to be (counted) with the misbehaved and worthless (folk) and a seal has been set upon their hearts so that they do not understand.
- Ali Quli Qarai
They are pleased to be with those who stay back, and their hearts have been sealed. So they do not understand.