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An-Nisa 72

Ayah 72 of 176 · Medinan

وَإِنَّ مِنكُمۡ لَمَن لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ فَإِنۡ أَصَٰبَتۡكُم مُّصِيبَةٞ قَالَ قَدۡ أَنۡعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيَّ إِذۡ لَمۡ أَكُن مَّعَهُمۡ شَهِيدٗا ٧٢

And indeed, there is among you he who lingers behind; and if disaster strikes you, he says, "Allāh has favored me in that I was not present with them."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
  2. مِنكُمۡamong youminkum
  3. لَمَن(is he) wholaman
  4. لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّlags behindlayubaṭṭi-anna
  5. فَإِنۡthen iffa-in
  6. أَصَٰبَتۡكُمbefalls youaṣābatkum
  7. مُّصِيبَةٞa disastermuṣībatun
  8. قَالَhe saidqāla
  9. قَدۡVerilyqad
  10. أَنۡعَمَ(has) favoredanʿama
  11. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  12. عَلَيَّ[on] meʿalayya
  13. إِذۡ[when]idh
  14. لَمۡ(that) notlam
  15. أَكُنI wasakun
  16. مَّعَهُمۡwith themmaʿahum
  17. شَهِيدٗاpresentshahīdan

Tafsir

There are among you, O Muslims, some people who hesitate to go out to fight your enemies, because of their cowardice, and who also try to keep others behind. They are the hypocrites and who are weak in faith. If you are killed or defeated, then one of them, happy that he is safe, says, ‘Allah has favoured me in that I was not present at the fight with them, otherwise I would have also been harmed like them’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran