← Surah 4

4:72

وَإِنَّ مِنكُمْ لَمَن لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ فَإِنْ أَصَـٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىَّ إِذْ لَمْ أَكُن مَّعَهُمْ شَهِيدًا

Word by word

وَإِنَّ
And indeed
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — resumption، prefix
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
مِنكُمْ
among you
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِنPreposition — preposition
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
لَمَن
(is he) who
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
مَنNoun — relative
لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ
lags behind
Verb
Root: بطأ
Grammar (i'rab)
لَّPreposition — emphasis، prefix
يُبَطِّئَVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
نَّPreposition — emphasis، suffix
فَإِنْ
then if
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
إِنْPreposition — conditional
أَصَٰبَتْكُم
befalls you
Verb
Root: صوب
Grammar (i'rab)
أَصَٰبَتْVerb — perfect، 3rd fem. sing.
كُمNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
مُّصِيبَةٌ
a disaster
Noun
Root: صوب
Grammar (i'rab)
مُّصِيبَةٌNoun — active participle، feminine، indefinite، nominative
قَالَ
he said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
قَدْ
Verily
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
قَدْPreposition — particle of certainty
أَنْعَمَ
(has) favored
Verb
Root: نعم
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنْعَمَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهُNoun — proper noun، nominative
عَلَىَّ
[on] me
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَىَّPreposition — preposition
Noun — pronoun، suffix، 1st sing.
إِذْ
[when]
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
إِذْNoun — time adverb
لَمْ
(that) not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَمْPreposition — negative
أَكُن
I was
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
أَكُنVerb — imperfect، 1st sing.
مَّعَهُمْ
with them
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَّعَNoun — location adverb، accusative
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
شَهِيدًا
present
Noun
Root: شهد
Grammar (i'rab)
شَهِيدًاNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، accusative

Translation

EN

There are certainly among you men who would tarry behind: If a misfortune befalls you, they say: "Allah did favour us in that we were not present among them."

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Among you there is the sort of person who is sure to lag behind: if a calamity befalls you, he says, ‘God has been gracious to me that I was not there with them,’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Lo! among you there is he who loitereth; and if disaster overtook you, he would say: Allah hath been gracious unto me since I was not present with them.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And indeed, there is among you he who lingers behind; and if disaster strikes you, he says, "Allāh has favored me in that I was not present with them."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Şüphesiz aranızda pek ağır davrananlar vardır; size bir musibet gelirse: "Allah bana iyilikte bulundu, çünkü onlarla beraber bulunmadim" der.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Şüphesiz içinizden bir kısmı vardır ki, pek ağır davranır. Eğer başınıza bir musibet gelirse: "Allah bana lutfetti de onlarla beraber bulunmadım." der.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

İçinizden (savaş konusunda) kesinlikle ağırdan alanlar vardır. Size bir musibet gelirse, (böyleleri) “Elbette Allah bana lütfetti de onlarla birlikte bulunmadım.” der.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وإنَّ منكم لنفرًا يتأخر عن الخروج لملاقاة الأعداء متثاقلا ويثبط غيره عن عمد وإصرار، فإن قُدِّر عليكم وأُصِبتم بقتل وهزيمة، قال مستبشرًا: قد حفظني الله، حين لم أكن حاضرًا مع أولئك الذين وقع لهم ما أكرهه لنفسي، وسرَّه تخلفه عنكم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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