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An-Nisa (The Women) · Ayah 77

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ ٱلنَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً ۚ وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْقِتَالَ لَوْلَآ أَخَّرْتَنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ ۗ قُلْ مَتَـٰعُ ٱلدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا 77

Have you not seen those who were told, "Restrain your hands [from fighting] and establish prayer and give zakāh"? But then when battle was ordained for them, at once a party of them feared men as they fear Allāh or with [even] greater fear. They said, "Our Lord, why have You decreed upon us fighting? If only You had postponed [it for] us for a short time." Say, "The enjoyment of this world is little, and the Hereafter is better for he who fears Allāh. And injustice will not be done to you, [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed]."

أَلَمْalamHave not
noun
تَرَtarayou seen
إِلَىilā[towards]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
noun
قِيلَqīla(when) it was said
لَهُمْlahumto them
noun
كُفُّوٓا۟kuffūRestrain
أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakumyour hands
وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūand establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
noun
كُتِبَkutibawas ordained
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuon them
noun
ٱلْقِتَالُl-qitāluthe fighting
إِذَاidhāthen
فَرِيقٌۭfarīquna group
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
noun
يَخْشَوْنَyakhshawna[they] fear
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
كَخَشْيَةِkakhashyatias (they) fear
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَوْawor
أَشَدَّashaddamore intense
خَشْيَةًۭ ۚkhashyatanfear
وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
لِمَlimawhy
noun
كَتَبْتَkatabtahave You ordained
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
noun
ٱلْقِتَالَl-qitāla[the] fighting
لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
أَخَّرْتَنَآakhartanāYou postpone (it for) us
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَجَلٍۢajalina term
قَرِيبٍۢ ۗqarībinnear
قربq-r-badjective
قُلْqulSay
مَتَـٰعُmatāʿuEnjoyment
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
قَلِيلٌۭqalīlun(is) little
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُwal-ākhiratuand the Hereafter
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
لِّمَنِlimanifor whoever
noun
ٱتَّقَىٰittaqāfears (Allah)
وَلَاwalāand not
تُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou will be wronged
فَتِيلًاfatīlan(even as much as) a hair on a date-seed
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