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fa-l-yaḍḥakū qalīlan wa-l-yabkū kathīran jazāʾan bi-mā kānū yaksibūna
So let them laugh a little; much will they weep as a requital for what they used to earn.
— Ali Quli Qarai
9At-TawbahالتوبةVerse 82 of 129
The Repentance9. At-Tawbahالتوبة
Al Tawbah
The Repentance
MedinanVerse 82 of 129
Surah At-Tawbah – Verse 82
82 . “Therefore they shall laugh a little and weep much (as) a recompense for what they used to earn.”
If the hypocrites knew what kind of rewards they have lost and how great opportunities and bounties they have rejected because of abandonment of the participation in the Holy Struggle, they should make merry little and weep very much. Yet, comparing the long time weepings in the Hereafter, that they will have before them, the weeping during their life-time is naught. The verse says: