The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

9: 87
Repentance 123
––being spiteful was their only response to God and His Messenger
enriching them out of His bounty. They would be better off turning
back [to God]: if they turn away, God will punish them in this world
and the Hereafter, and there will be no one on earth to protect or
help them.
75 There are some among them who pledged themselves to God,
saying, ‘If God gives us some of His bounty, we shall certainly give
alms and be righteous,’ 76 yet when He did give them some of His
bounty, they became mean and turned obstinately away. 77 Because
they broke their promise to God, because of all the lies they told, He
made hypocrisy settle in their hearts until the Day they meet Him.
78 Do they not realize that God knows their secrets and their private
discussions? That God knows all that is hidden? 79 It is they who
criticize the believers who give freely and those who can only give a
little with great effort: they scoff at such people, but it is God who
scoffs at them – a painful punishment awaits them. 80 It makes no
difference [Prophet] whether you ask forgiveness for them or not:
God will not forgive them even if you ask seventy times, because
they reject God and His Messenger. God does not guide those who
rebel against Him.
81 Those who were left behind were happy to stay behind when
God’s Messenger set out; they hated the thought of striving in God’s
way with their possessions and their persons. They said to one
another, ‘Do not go [to war] in this heat.’ Say, ‘Hellfire is hotter.’ If
only they understood! 82 Let them laugh a little; they will weep a lot
in return for what they have done. 83 So [Prophet], if God brings you
back to a group of them, who ask you for permission to go out [to
battle], say, ‘You will never go out and fight an enemy with me: you
chose to sit at home the first time, so remain with those who stay
behind now.’
84 Do not hold prayers for any of them if they die, and do not stand
by their graves: they disbelieved in God and His Messenger and died
rebellious. 85 Do not let their possessions and their children impress
you: God means to punish them through these in this world, and
that their souls should depart while they disbelieve. 86 When a sura is
revealed [saying], ‘Believe in God and strive hard alongside His
Messenger,’ their wealthy ask your permission [to be exempt], saying,
‘Allow us to stay behind with the others’: 87 they prefer to be with
those who stay behind. Their hearts have been sealed: they do not