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Al-Ahzab 16

Ayah 16 of 73 · Medinan

قُل لَّن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلۡفِرَارُ إِن فَرَرۡتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ أَوِ ٱلۡقَتۡلِ وَإِذٗا لَّا تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ١٦

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Never will fleeing benefit you if you should flee from death or killing; and then [if you did], you would not be given enjoyment [of life] except for a little."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّنNeverlan
  3. يَنفَعَكُمُwill benefit youyanfaʿakumu
  4. ٱلۡفِرَارُthe fleeingl-firāru
  5. إِنifin
  6. فَرَرۡتُمyou fleefarartum
  7. مِّنَfrommina
  8. ٱلۡمَوۡتِdeathl-mawti
  9. أَوِorawi
  10. ٱلۡقَتۡلِkillingl-qatli
  11. وَإِذٗاand thenwa-idhan
  12. لَّاnotlā
  13. تُمَتَّعُونَyou will be allowed to enjoytumattaʿūna
  14. إِلَّاexceptillā
  15. قَلِيلٗاa littleqalīlan

Tafsir

O Messenger, say to these people: “Fleeing will never benefit you if you flee from fighting, out of fear of death or being killed, because the appointed times are fixed, and fighting do not bring them closer nor does fleeing distance them. And if you do flee and your time has not come, you will not be able to enjoy life except for a short while”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran