Surah An-Nisa, ayah 77
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ ٱلنَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً ۚ وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْقِتَالَ لَوْلَآ أَخَّرْتَنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ ۗ قُلْ مَتَـٰعُ ٱلدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا
Have you not seen those who were told, "Restrain your hands [from fighting] and establish prayer and give zakāh"? But then when battle was ordained for them, at once a party of them feared men as they fear Allāh or with [even] greater fear. They said, "Our Lord, why have You decreed upon us fighting? If only You had postponed [it for] us for a short time." Say, "The enjoyment of this world is little, and the Hereafter is better for he who fears Allāh. And injustice will not be done to you, [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed]."
Word by word
- أَلَمْalamHave not
- تَرَtarayou seen
- إِلَىilā[towards]
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- قِيلَqīla(when) it was said
- لَهُمْlahumto them
- كُفُّوٓا۟kuffūRestrain
- أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakumyour hands
- وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūand establish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give
- ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
- فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
- كُتِبَkutibawas ordained
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuon them
- ٱلْقِتَالُl-qitāluthe fighting
- إِذَاidhāthen
- فَرِيقٌۭfarīquna group
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
- يَخْشَوْنَyakhshawna[they] fear
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
- كَخَشْيَةِkakhashyatias (they) fear
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- أَوْawor
- أَشَدَّashaddamore intense
- خَشْيَةًۭ ۚkhashyatanfear
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
- رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
- لِمَlimawhy
- كَتَبْتَkatabtahave You ordained
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
- ٱلْقِتَالَl-qitāla[the] fighting
- لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
- أَخَّرْتَنَآakhartanāYou postpone (it for) us
- إِلَىٰٓilāto
- أَجَلٍۢajalina term
- قَرِيبٍۢ ۗqarībinnear
- قُلْqulSay
- مَتَـٰعُmatāʿuEnjoyment
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
- قَلِيلٌۭqalīlun(is) little
- وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُwal-ākhiratuand the Hereafter
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
- لِّمَنِlimanifor whoever
- ٱتَّقَىٰittaqāfears (Allah)
- وَلَاwalāand not
- تُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou will be wronged
- فَتِيلًاfatīlan(even as much as) a hair on a date-seed
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