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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 72of 176

وَإِنَّ مِنكُمْ لَمَن لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ فَإِنْ أَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌۭ قَالَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىَّ إِذْ لَمْ أَكُن مَّعَهُمْ شَهِيدًۭا﴿٧٢

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
لَمَنlaman(is he) who
لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّlayubaṭṭi-annalags behind
فَإِنْfa-inthen if
أَصَـٰبَتْكُمaṣābatkumbefalls you
مُّصِيبَةٌۭmuṣībatuna disaster
قَالَqālahe said
قَدْqadVerily
أَنْعَمَanʿama(has) favored
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
عَلَىَّʿalayya[on] me
إِذْidh[when]
لَمْlam(that) not
أَكُنakunI was
مَّعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them
شَهِيدًۭاshahīdanpresent

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Necessity of Taking Necessary Precautions Against the EnemyAllah commands His faithful servants to take precautions against their enemies, by being prepared with the necessary weapons and supplies, and increasing the number of troops fighting in His cause.ثُبَاتٍ(in parties) means, group after group, party after party, and expedition after expedition.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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