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Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 120

مَا كَانَ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟ عَن رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا۟ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ ظَمَأٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوْطِئًا يَغِيظُ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَّيْلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عَمَلٌ صَـٰلِحٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

It was not [proper] for the people of Madīnah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh or that they prefer themselves over his self. That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allāh, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that it is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

At-Tawbah · 9:120

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  1. مَاmāNot
  2. كَانَkānait was
  3. لِأَهْلِli-ahli(for) the people
  4. ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatiof the Madinah
  5. وَمَنْwamanand who
  6. حَوْلَهُمḥawlahumwere around them
  7. مِّنَminaof
  8. ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe bedouins
  9. أَنanthat
  10. يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟yatakhallafūthey remain behind
  11. عَنʿanafter
  12. رَّسُولِrasūlithe Messenger
  13. ٱللَّهِl-lahiof Allah
  14. وَلَاwalāand not
  15. يَرْغَبُوا۟yarghabūthey prefer
  16. بِأَنفُسِهِمْbi-anfusihimtheir lives
  17. عَنʿanto
  18. نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚnafsihihis life
  19. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat is
  20. بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause [they]
  21. لَاlā(does) not
  22. يُصِيبُهُمْyuṣībuhumafflict them
  23. ظَمَأٌۭẓama-onthirst
  24. وَلَاwalāand not
  25. نَصَبٌۭnaṣabunfatigue
  26. وَلَاwalāand not
  27. مَخْمَصَةٌۭmakhmaṣatunhunger
  28. فِىfīin
  29. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
  30. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  31. وَلَاwalāand not
  32. يَطَـُٔونَyaṭaūnathey step
  33. مَوْطِئًۭاmawṭi-anany step
  34. يَغِيظُyaghīẓuthat angers
  35. ٱلْكُفَّارَl-kufārathe disbelievers
  36. وَلَاwalāand not
  37. يَنَالُونَyanālūnathey inflict
  38. مِنْminon
  39. عَدُوٍّۢʿaduwwinan enemy
  40. نَّيْلًاnaylanan infliction
  41. إِلَّاillāexcept
  42. كُتِبَkutibais recorded
  43. لَهُمlahumfor them
  44. بِهِۦbihiin it
  45. عَمَلٌۭʿamalun(as) a deed
  46. صَـٰلِحٌ ۚṣāliḥunrighteous
  47. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  48. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  49. لَاlā(does) not
  50. يُضِيعُyuḍīʿuallow to be lost
  51. أَجْرَajrathe reward
  52. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers

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