سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 75
وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَـٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيرًا ﴿75﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And what is wrong with you that you fight not in the Cause of Allâh, and for those weak, ill-treated and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from You one who will protect, and raise for us from You one who will help."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And what
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
لَا
lā
(that) not
تُقَـٰتِلُونَ
tuqātilūna
you fight
فِى
fī
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ
wal-mus'taḍʿafīna
and (for) those who are weak
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلرِّجَالِ
l-rijāli
the men
وَٱلنِّسَآءِ
wal-nisāi
and the women
وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ
wal-wil'dāni
and the children
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
say
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
أَخْرِجْنَا
akhrij'nā
take us out
مِنْ
min
of
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
this
ٱلْقَرْيَةِ
l-qaryati
[the] town
ٱلظَّالِمِ
l-ẓālimi
[the] oppressor(s)
أَهْلُهَا
ahluhā
(are) its people
وَٱجْعَل
wa-ij'ʿal
and appoint
لَّنَا
lanā
for us
مِن
min
from
لَّدُنكَ
ladunka
Yourself
وَلِيًّۭا
waliyyan
a protector
وَٱجْعَل
wa-ij'ʿal
and appoint
لَّنَا
lanā
for us
مِن
min
from
لَّدُنكَ
ladunka
Yourself
نَصِيرًا
naṣīran
a helper
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
75. 1. By "the town of the wrongdoers" is meant (according to the context of revelation) Makkah. After the migration, the Muslims who remained there, especially elderly men, women, and children, would pray to Allah for help due to the oppression and tyranny of the disbelievers. And Allah Almighty warned the Muslims: Why do you not fight jihad to rescue these oppressed people from the disbelievers? Based on this verse, the scholars have said that if Muslims in any region are subjected to such oppression and surrounded by disbelievers, it becomes obligatory upon other Muslims to wage jihad to save them from the tyranny of those disbelievers. This jihad is of a different kind, as opposed to fighting for the propagation of the religion and the supremacy of the word of Allah, which is mentioned in the previous verse and the following verse.
