Let them laugh a little, and weep much; in recompense for what they used to earn.
At-Tawbah 9:82
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فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا كَثِيرًا جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
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Let them laugh a little, and weep much; in recompense for what they used to earn.
Let them laugh a little now — they'll cry a lot later, because of what they've done.
Let them laugh a little now — they will cry a lot later, as a reward for what they used to do.
Let them laugh a little and weep much — a recompense for what they used to earn.
So let them laugh a little, and weep much—in return for what they used to earn.
So let them laugh a little, and weep much—in return for what they used to earn.
So let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.
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 a lot as a recompense for what they used to do.
Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the (evil) that they do.
Then let them laugh a little: they will weep much, as the reward of what they used to earn.
Let them laugh a little and weep much in return for their misdeeds.
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; much will they weep as a requital for what they used to earn.
Falyadhakoo qaleelan walyabkoo katheeran jazaan bima kanoo yaksiboona