Tafsir Ibn Abbas: At-Tawba, Ayah 82
فَلْيَضْحَكُوا۟ قَلِيلًۭا وَلْيَبْكُوا۟ كَثِيرًۭا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.
▸Deeply explored5 Hadiths6 Topics
Common Words
8 total8 unique0 repeated
فليضحكوا1x
قليلا1x
وليبكوا1x
كثيرا1x
جزاء1x
بما1x
كانوا1x
يكسبون1x
Other Scholars on This Ayah
Tafsir
Scholars offer complementary perspectives
But let them laugh a little in this world and weep much in the Hereafter as a requital for what they used to earn the sentence is predicative of their state expressed in the form of an imperative.
Related Hadiths
Sunan Ibn Majah#3929Sahih
“If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.”
Narrated by It was
narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
Sahih Muslim#6399Sahih
What makes you laugh? They said: Such and such person stumbled against the rope of the tent and he was about to break his neck or lose his eyes. She said: Don't laugh for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)...
Narrated by Aswad reported that some young men from the Quraish visited 'A'isha as she was in Mina and they were laughing. She said:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#2382Sahih
"If you knew what I know, then you would laugh little and you would cry much."
Narrated by Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#3931Sahih
“Do not laugh a lot, for laughing a lot deadens the heart.”
Narrated by It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#3934Sahih
‘Weep, and if you cannot weep then pretend to weep.”
Narrated by It was
narrated from Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas that the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ)
said:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Then let them laugh a little) in the life of this world: (they will weep much) in the Hereafter, (as the award of what they used to earn) of what they used to say and do of transgression.