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Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 73

The Women · Medinan · Juz 5 · Page 89

وَلَئِنْ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَن لَّمْ تَكُنۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُۥ مَوَدَّةٌ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا ﴿73﴾
But if a bounty (victory and booty) comes to you from Allâh, he would surely say - as if there had never been ties of affection between you and him - "Oh! I wish I had been with them; then I would have achieved a great success (a good share of booty)."
وَلَئِنْ wala-in And if
أَصَـٰبَكُمْ aṣābakum befalls you
فَضْلٌۭ faḍlun bounty
مِّنَ mina from
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
لَيَقُولَنَّ layaqūlanna he would surely say
كَأَن ka-an as if
لَّمْ lam (had) not
تَكُنۢ takun there been
بَيْنَكُمْ baynakum between you
وَبَيْنَهُۥ wabaynahu and between him
مَوَدَّةٌۭ mawaddatun any affection
يَـٰلَيْتَنِى yālaytanī Oh! I wish
كُنتُ kuntu I had been
مَعَهُمْ maʿahum with them
فَأَفُوزَ fa-afūza then I would have attained
فَوْزًا fawzan a success
عَظِيمًۭا ʿaẓīman great

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73. 1 That is, victory and dominance in war and spoils of war.
73. 2 That is, as if they are not even from among your own people of faith but are strangers.
73. 3 That is, obtaining a share from the spoils of war, which is the most important objective of worldly people.

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73. But if bounty from Allah comes to you, he will surely say—as if there had never been any bond between you and him—"Oh, I wish I had been with them, then I would have achieved a great success!" [102]

[102] And if the Muslims attain victory and happiness, and gain spoils of war, they say with regret that if we had also been among them, our work too would have been accomplished. And they utter this sentence in such a manner as if previously they had no connection whatsoever with the Muslims. And in both these situations, they are concerned only with worldly hardship and worldly interests. They never have any concern for the Hereafter or for the pleasure of Allah, and this is itself proof of their hypocrisy and of their lack of faith in Allah and the Hereafter.