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An-Nisa 74

Ayah 74 of 176 · Medinan

۞ فَلۡيُقَٰتِلۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشۡرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ وَمَن يُقَٰتِلۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَيُقۡتَلۡ أَوۡ يَغۡلِبۡ فَسَوۡفَ نُؤۡتِيهِ أَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ٧٤

So let those fight in the cause of Allāh who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter. And he who fights in the cause of Allāh and is killed or achieves victory - We will bestow upon him a great reward.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ فَلۡيُقَٰتِلۡSo let fightfalyuqātil
  2. فِيinfī
  3. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  4. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  5. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  6. يَشۡرُونَsellyashrūna
  7. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَthe lifel-ḥayata
  8. ٱلدُّنۡيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  9. بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚfor the Hereafterbil-ākhirati
  10. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  11. يُقَٰتِلۡfightsyuqātil
  12. فِيinfī
  13. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  14. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  15. فَيُقۡتَلۡthen he is killedfayuq'tal
  16. أَوۡoraw
  17. يَغۡلِبۡachieves victoryyaghlib
  18. فَسَوۡفَthen soonfasawfa
  19. نُؤۡتِيهِWe will grant himnu'tīhi
  20. أَجۡرًاa rewardajran
  21. عَظِيمٗاa greatʿaẓīman

Tafsir

Let the true believers – who sell the life of this world in exchange for the Afterlife, desiring the Afterlife more than the goods of this world – fight in the path of Allah so that Allah’s Word is victorious. Anyone who fights in the path of Allah, so that His Word triumphs, and is killed as a martyr or defeats the enemy and is successful, Allah will give them a great reward: Paradise and the pleasure of Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran