Surah At-Tawba · Ayah 53·Madanī

53

أَوْ لَّن مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ ﴿٥٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 8 roots in 8 of 12 words

Recitation · 14 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ7
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

12 words · 46 letters · āyah 53 of 129

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 107:7 · Al-Maa'unclose

    وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

    And withhold [simple] assistance.

  • Quran 23:34 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

    And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

  • Quran 25:19 · Al-Furqaanclose

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيرًا

    So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great…

  • Quran 56:82 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?

  • Quran 25:57 · Al-Furqaanclose

    قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا

    Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."

  • Quran 38:60 · Saadclose

    قَالُوا۟ بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِكُمْ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ

    They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:464 shared roots

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    ف-س-قق-ب-لق-و-مك-و-ن

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:544 shared roots

    فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    ف-س-قط-و-عق-و-مك-و-ن

  • Muhammad 47:263 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا۟ مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ سَنُطِيعُكُمْ فِى بَعْضِ ٱلْأَمْرِ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِسْرَارَهُمْ

    ك-ر-هط-و-عق-و-ل

  • At-Tawba 9:543 shared roots

    وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَٰتُهُمْ إِلَّآ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَٰرِهُونَ

    ك-ر-هن-ف-قق-ب-ل

  • At-Tawba 9:543 shared roots

    وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَٰتُهُمْ إِلَّآ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰ وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَٰرِهُونَ

    ك-ر-هن-ف-قق-ب-ل

  • Al-Hujuraat 49:73 shared roots

    وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِى كَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْإِيمَٰنَ وَزَيَّنَهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ وَٱلْفُسُوقَ وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ

    ك-ر-هف-س-قط-و-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 9:53?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 9:53 include Quran 107:7 (Surah Al-Maa'un), Quran 23:34 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 25:19 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 56:82 (Surah Al-Waaqia). For example, 107:7 reads: “And withhold [simple] assistance.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 9:53 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 9:53 (Surah At-Tawba, The Repentance) reads: “Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."”

Which surah is verse 9:53 in?

Quran 9:53 is āyah 53 of Surah At-Tawba (The Repentance), chapter 9 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 129 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 9:53?

Tartīl presents Quran 9:53 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.