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An-Nisa 73

Ayah 73 of 176 · Medinan

وَلَئِنۡ أَصَٰبَكُمۡ فَضۡلٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَن لَّمۡ تَكُنۢ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَبَيۡنَهُۥ مَوَدَّةٞ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ مَعَهُمۡ فَأَفُوزَ فَوۡزًا عَظِيمٗا ٧٣

But if bounty comes to you from Allāh, he will surely say, as if [i.e., showing that] there had never been between you and him any affection, "Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The spoils of war. Although having pretended to befriend the believers in support of Allāh's religion, the hypocrite will not be willing to fight except for material gain.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَئِنۡAnd ifwala-in
  2. أَصَٰبَكُمۡbefalls youaṣābakum
  3. فَضۡلٞbountyfaḍlun
  4. مِّنَfrommina
  5. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  6. لَيَقُولَنَّhe would surely saylayaqūlanna
  7. كَأَنas ifka-an
  8. لَّمۡ(had) notlam
  9. تَكُنۢthere beentakun
  10. بَيۡنَكُمۡbetween youbaynakum
  11. وَبَيۡنَهُۥand between himwabaynahu
  12. مَوَدَّةٞany affectionmawaddatun
  13. يَٰلَيۡتَنِيOh! I wishyālaytanī
  14. كُنتُI had beenkuntu
  15. مَعَهُمۡwith themmaʿahum
  16. فَأَفُوزَthen I would have attainedfa-afūza
  17. فَوۡزًاa successfawzan
  18. عَظِيمٗاgreatʿaẓīman

Tafsir

If Allah’s grace of support and gains of war come to you, O Muslims, this person – who lags behind from striving in Allah’s path – says, as if there was friendship or affinity between you and him, ‘If only I was with them in that fight, I would have also gained great success’. Worldly benefits are the only goal of such a person.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran