Quran 4:73

Surah An-Nisaa, Verse 73

Juz 5 · Page 89 · Ruku 71 · Medinan

وَلَئِنْ أَصَٰبَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَن لَّمْ تَكُنۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُۥ مَوَدَّةٌ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا

Word by word

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

Transliteration

Wala-in asabakum fadlun minaAllahi layaqoolanna kaan lam takun baynakum wabaynahumawaddatun ya laytanee kuntu maAAahum faafooza fawzan AAatheema

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And if a bounty from Allah befell you, he would surely cry, as if there had been no love between you and him: Oh, would that I had been with them, then should I have achieved a great success!

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But if good fortune comes to you from Allah, they would be sure to say - as if there had never been Ties of affection between you and them - "Oh! I wish I had been with them; a fine thing should I then have made of it!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( ولئن أصابكم فضل من الله ) أي : نصر وظفر وغنيمة ( ليقولن كأن لم تكن بينكم وبينه مودة ) أي : كأنه ليس من أهل دينكم ( يا ليتني كنت معهم فأفوز فوزا عظيما ) أي : بأن يضرب لي بسهم معهم فأحصل عليه . وهو أكبر قصده وغاية مراده .