Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things [i.e., martyrdom or victory] while we await for you that Allāh will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."
ٱلۡحُسۡنَيَيۡنِۖ(of) the two best (things)l-ḥus'nayayni
وَنَحۡنُwhile wewanaḥnu
نَتَرَبَّصُ[we] awaitnatarabbaṣu
بِكُمۡfor youbikum
أَنthatan
يُصِيبَكُمُAllah will afflict youyuṣībakumu
ٱللَّهُAllah will afflict youl-lahu
بِعَذَابٖwith a punishmentbiʿadhābin
مِّنۡfrommin
عِندِهِۦٓ[near] Himʿindihi
أَوۡoraw
بِأَيۡدِينَاۖby our handsbi-aydīnā
فَتَرَبَّصُوٓاْSo waitfatarabbaṣū
إِنَّاindeed, weinnā
مَعَكُمwith youmaʿakum
مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ(are) waitingmutarabbiṣūna
Tafsir
O Messenger, say to them: 'Are you waiting for anything other than victory or martyrdom to befall us – which are both good outcomes – while we expect Allah to send down a misfortune upon you: a punishment from Allah which would destroy you, or that you are punished at our hands with either death or being captured, if Allah permits us to fight against you? Wait to see then what our outcome will be, for we are also waiting to see your outcome.'