Nor [is there blame] upon those who, when they came to you for you to take them along, you said, "I can find nothing upon which to carry you."1 They turned back while their eyes overflowed with tears out of grief that they could not find something to spend [for the cause of Allāh].
لِتَحۡمِلَهُمۡthat you provide them with mountslitaḥmilahum
قُلۡتَyou saidqul'ta
لَآNotlā
أَجِدُI findajidu
مَآwhatmā
أَحۡمِلُكُمۡto mount youaḥmilukum
عَلَيۡهِon [it]ʿalayhi
تَوَلَّواْThey turned backtawallaw
وَّأَعۡيُنُهُمۡwith their eyeswa-aʿyunuhum
تَفِيضُflowingtafīḍu
مِنَ[of]mina
ٱلدَّمۡعِ(with) the tearsl-damʿi
حَزَنًا(of) sorrowḥazanan
أَلَّاthat notallā
يَجِدُواْthey findyajidū
مَاwhatmā
يُنفِقُونَthey (could) spendyunfiqūna
Tafsir
There is likewise no sin on those who stay behind from you after coming to you, O Messenger, asking you to give them an animal to ride and you said to them, ‘I do not have any animal to give you to ride’. They then turned away from you with their tears flowing out of sorrow that they could not find anything to spend of their own or from your side.