At-Tawbah Verse 82

So let them laugh a little—they will weep much as a reward for what they have committed.

Let them laugh a little and weep a lot as a recompense for what they used to do.

Therefore let them laugh little, and weep much, in recompense for what they have been earning.

Let them laugh a little; they will weep a lot in return for what they have done.

Little then let them laugh, and much they shall weep: the meed of that which they have been earning.

Let them laugh a little; much will they weep; a recompense for the (evil) that they do.

Let them, then, laugh little, and weep much at the contemplation of the punishment for the evil they have committed.

So let them laugh a little, for weep they will, more as retribution for what they have done.

So they should laugh a little and weep much; the reward of what they used to earn.

So let them laugh a little; much will they weep as a requital for what they used to earn.

So let them laugh little and weep much, in recompense for what they have been earning.

(Well!) let them laugh a little (now) as they have to weep much more to recompense for what they have wrought.

So they will laugh (E) little and they will weep (E) much, reimbursement because (of) what they were earning/gaining/acquiring .

So they should laugh a little and weep much; the reward of what they used to earn.

Let them then laugh a little, they will weep much, as a recompense for that which they have earned!

So let them laugh a little and (they will) cry much as a recompense of what they used to earn (by committing sins).

Those who were left behind were glad on account of their sitting behind Allah’s Messenger, and they were averse to striving in Allah’s way with their property and their persons, and said: Go not forth in the heat. Say: The Fire of hell is fiercer in heat. If only they could understand!

Therefore they shall laugh little and weep much as a recompense for what they earned.

Then let them laugh a little: they will weep much, as the reward of what they used to earn.

They should laugh less and weep more as a recompense for what they have gained.

They shall laugh but little and shed many tears. So shall they be recompensed for their earnings.

So let them laugh a little and (they will) cry much as a recompense of what they used to earn (by committing sins).

Let them laugh a little and weep much in return for their misdeeds.

Let them laugh a little, and weep much; in recompense for what they used to earn.

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).

فَلْيَضْحَكُواْ قَلِيلً

So let them laugh a little...

Ibn Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas commented,

"Life is short, so let them laugh as much as they like in it. But when life ends and they are returned to Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored, they will start crying forever without end."

وَلْيَبْكُواْ كَثِيرًا جَزَاء بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ



and (they will) cry much as a recompense of what they used to earn (by committing sins).