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Quran 48:11

Surah Al-Fath, Verse 11

Juz 26 · Page 512 · Ruku 447 · Medinan

سَيَقُولُ لَكَ ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ شَغَلَتْنَآ أَمْوَٰلُنَا وَأَهْلُونَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا يَقُولُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِم مَّا لَيْسَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ قُلْ فَمَن يَمْلِكُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ ضَرًّا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ نَفْعًۢا بَلْ كَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًۢا

Word by word

سَيَقُولُ sayaqūlu Will say لَكَ laka to you ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ l-mukhalafūna those who remained behind مِنَ mina of ٱلْأَعْرَابِ l-aʿrābi the Bedouins شَغَلَتْنَآ shaghalatnā Kept us busy أَمْوَٰلُنَا amwālunā our properties وَأَهْلُونَا wa-ahlūnā and our families فَٱسْتَغْفِرْ fa-is'taghfir so ask forgiveness لَنَا ۚ lanā for us يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna They say بِأَلْسِنَتِهِم bi-alsinatihim with their tongues مَّا mā what لَيْسَ laysa is not فِى fī in قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚ qulūbihim their hearts قُلْ qul Say فَمَن faman Then who يَمْلِكُ yamliku has power لَكُم lakum for you مِّنَ mina against ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah شَيْـًٔا shayan (in) anything إِنْ in if أَرَادَ arāda He intends بِكُمْ bikum for you ضَرًّا ḍarran harm أَوْ aw or أَرَادَ arāda He intends بِكُمْ bikum for you نَفْعًۢا ۚ nafʿan a benefit بَلْ bal Nay كَانَ kāna is ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah بِمَا bimā of what تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna you do خَبِيرًۢا khabīran All-Aware

Transliteration

Sayaqoolu laka almukhallafoona mina al-aAArabishaghalatna amwaluna waahloona fastaghfirlana yaqooloona bi-alsinatihim ma laysa feequloobihim qul faman yamliku lakum mina Allahi shay-an inarada bikum darran aw arada bikum nafAAanbal kana Allahu bima taAAmaloona khabeera

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Those of the wandering Arabs who were left behind will tell thee: Our possessions and our households occupied us, so ask forgiveness for us! They speak with their tongues that which is not in their hearts. Say: Who can avail you aught against Allah, if He intend you hurt or intend you profit? Nay, but Allah is ever Aware of what ye do.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee: "We were engaged in (looking after) our flocks and herds, and our families: do thou then ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: "Who then has any power at all (to intervene) on your behalf with Allah, if His Will is to give you some loss or to give you some profit? But Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى مخبرا رسوله - صلوات الله وسلامه عليه - بما يعتذر به المخلفون من الأعراب الذين اختاروا المقام في أهليهم وشغلهم ، وتركوا المسير مع رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فاعتذروا بشغلهم بذلك ، وسألوا أن يستغفر لهم الرسول - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وذلك قول منهم لا على سبيل الاعتقاد ، بل على وجه التقية والمصانعة ; ولهذا قال تعالى : ( يقولون بألسنتهم ما ليس في قلوبهم قل فمن يملك لكم من الله شيئا إن أراد بكم ضرا أو أراد بكم نفعا ) أي : لا يقدر أحد أن يرد ما أراده فيكم تعالى وتقدس ، وهو العليم بسرائركم وضمائركم ، وإن صانعتمونا وتابعتمونا ; ولهذا قال : ( بل كان الله بما تعملون خبيرا ) .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.