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An-Nisa 141

Ayah 141 of 176 · Medinan

ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ بِكُمۡ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ فَتۡحٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوٓاْ أَلَمۡ نَكُن مَّعَكُمۡ وَإِن كَانَ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ نَصِيبٞ قَالُوٓاْ أَلَمۡ نَسۡتَحۡوِذۡ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَنَمۡنَعۡكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۚ فَٱللَّهُ يَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ وَلَن يَجۡعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا ١٤١

Those who wait [and watch] you. Then if you gain a victory from Allāh, they say, "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers have a success, they say [to them], "Did we not gain the advantage over you, but we protected you from the believers?" Allāh will judge between [all of] you on the Day of Resurrection, and never will Allāh give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them].1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In the Hereafter, but possibly in this world as well.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱلَّذِينَThose whoalladhīna
  2. يَتَرَبَّصُونَare waitingyatarabbaṣūna
  3. بِكُمۡfor youbikum
  4. فَإِنThen iffa-in
  5. كَانَwaskāna
  6. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  7. فَتۡحٞa victoryfatḥun
  8. مِّنَfrommina
  9. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  10. قَالُوٓاْthey sayqālū
  11. أَلَمۡWere notalam
  12. نَكُنwenakun
  13. مَّعَكُمۡwith youmaʿakum
  14. وَإِنBut ifwa-in
  15. كَانَ(there) waskāna
  16. لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَfor the disbelieverslil'kāfirīna
  17. نَصِيبٞa chancenaṣībun
  18. قَالُوٓاْthey saidqālū
  19. أَلَمۡDid notalam
  20. نَسۡتَحۡوِذۡwe have advantagenastaḥwidh
  21. عَلَيۡكُمۡover youʿalaykum
  22. وَنَمۡنَعۡكُمand we protected youwanamnaʿkum
  23. مِّنَfrommina
  24. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۚthe believersl-mu'minīna
  25. فَٱللَّهُAnd Allahfal-lahu
  26. يَحۡكُمُwill judgeyaḥkumu
  27. بَيۡنَكُمۡbetween youbaynakum
  28. يَوۡمَ(on the) Dayyawma
  29. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ(of) the Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  30. وَلَنand neverwalan
  31. يَجۡعَلَwill makeyajʿala
  32. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  33. لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَfor the disbelieverslil'kāfirīna
  34. عَلَىoverʿalā
  35. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَthe believersl-mu'minīna
  36. سَبِيلًاa waysabīlan

Tafsir

Those who wait to see what happens to you – whether good or bad; or if Allah gives you victory and gains of war – say, ‘Were we not present together with you?’ in order to get some gains of war. If the disbelievers have some success, they say to them, ‘Did we not protect you from and defend you against the believers by assisting you instead of them’. Allah will judge between all of you on the Day of Judgement: rewarding the believers by giving them entry into Paradise and the hypocrites by sending them to the lowest level of the fire of Hell. Allah, in His grace, will never give the disbelievers the upper hand over the believers. Instead, the believers will be the winners in the end.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran