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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 141of 176

ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ بِكُمْ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ وَإِن كَانَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ نَصِيبٌۭ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَنَمْنَعْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗ وَلَن يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا﴿١٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

Those who wait [and watch] you. Then if you gain a victory from Allah, they say, "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers have a success, they say [to them], "Did we not gain the advantage over you, but we protected you from the believers?" Allah will judge between [all of] you on the Day of Resurrection, and never will Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them].

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَتَرَبَّصُونَyatarabbaṣūnaare waiting
بِكُمْbikumfor you
فَإِنfa-inThen if
كَانَkānawas
لَكُمْlakumfor you
فَتْحٌۭfatḥuna victory
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
أَلَمْalamWere not
نَكُنnakunwe
مَّعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
وَإِنwa-inBut if
كَانَkāna(there) was
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībuna chance
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
أَلَمْalamDid not
نَسْتَحْوِذْnastaḥwidhwe have advantage
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
وَنَمْنَعْكُمwanamnaʿkumand we protected you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚl-mu'minīnathe believers
فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuAnd Allah
يَحْكُمُyaḥkumuwill judge
بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
وَلَنwalanand never
يَجْعَلَyajʿalawill make
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
سَبِيلًاsabīlana way

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Hypocrites Wait and Watch what Happens to MuslimsAllah states that the hypocrites watch and await the harm that occurs to the believers, awaiting the time when the Muslim circumstances and religion are dissolved and the state of Kufr takes over.فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ(if you gain a victory from Allah) triumph, aid and booty,قَالُواْ أَلَمْ نَكُنْ مَّعَكُمْ(they say, "Were we not with you") trying to come closer to the believers with this statement.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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