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Qur’an 76:9 Al-Insan, verse 9

إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَآءًۭ وَلَا شُكُورًا

[Saying], "We feed you only for the countenance of Allah. We wish not from you reward or gratitude.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Insan (76)
Verse
9 of 31
Revealed
Madani
Juz
29
Mushaf page
579

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
نُطْعِمُكُمْnuṭ'ʿimukumwe feed youط ع م
لِوَجْهِliwajhifor (the) Countenanceو ج ه
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahأ ل ه
لَاlāNot
نُرِيدُnurīduwe desireر و د
مِنكُمْminkumfrom you
جَزَآءًۭjazāanany rewardج ز ي
وَلَاwalāand not
شُكُورًاshukūranthanksش ك ر

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 76:9 in Al-Insan.

  • 76:7يُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًۭا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسْتَطِيرًۭاThey [are those who] fulfill [their] vows and fear a Day whose evil will be widespread.
  • 76:8وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًۭا وَيَتِيمًۭا وَأَسِيرًاAnd they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,
  • 76:10إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًۭا قَمْطَرِيرًۭاIndeed, We fear from our Lord a Day austere and distressful."
  • 76:11فَوَقَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ وَلَقَّىٰهُمْ نَضْرَةًۭ وَسُرُورًۭاSo Allah will protect them from the evil of that Day and give them radiance and happiness

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