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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 73of 176

وَلَئِنْ أَصَٰبَكُمْ فَضْلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَن لَّمْ تَكُنۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُۥ مَوَدَّةٌۭ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًۭا﴿٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

But if bounty comes to you from Allah, he will surely say, as if there had never been between you and him any affection. "Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment."

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
أَصَـٰبَكُمْaṣābakumbefalls you
فَضْلٌۭfaḍlunbounty
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannahe would surely say
كَأَنka-anas if
لَّمْlam(had) not
تَكُنۢtakunthere been
بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
وَبَيْنَهُۥwabaynahuand between him
مَوَدَّةٌۭmawaddatunany affection
يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīOh! I wish
كُنتُkuntuI had been
مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them
فَأَفُوزَfa-afūzathen I would have attained
فَوْزًاfawzana success
عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangreat

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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