Quran 9:120

Surah At-Tawba, Verse 120

Juz 11 · Page 206 · Ruku 170 · Medinan

مَا كَانَ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟ عَن رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا۟ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ ظَمَأٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوْطِئًا يَغِيظُ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَّيْلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عَمَلٌ صَٰلِحٌ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Word by word

مَا mā Not كَانَ kāna it was لِأَهْلِ li-ahli (for) the people ٱلْمَدِينَةِ l-madīnati of the Madinah وَمَنْ waman and who حَوْلَهُم ḥawlahum were around them مِّنَ mina of ٱلْأَعْرَابِ l-aʿrābi the bedouins أَن an that يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟ yatakhallafū they remain behind عَن ʿan after رَّسُولِ rasūli the Messenger ٱللَّهِ l-lahi of Allah وَلَا walā and not يَرْغَبُوا۟ yarghabū they prefer بِأَنفُسِهِمْ bi-anfusihim their lives عَن ʿan to نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ nafsihi his life ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That is بِأَنَّهُمْ bi-annahum because [they] لَا lā (does) not يُصِيبُهُمْ yuṣībuhum afflict them ظَمَأٌۭ ẓama-on thirst وَلَا walā and not نَصَبٌۭ naṣabun fatigue وَلَا walā and not مَخْمَصَةٌۭ makhmaṣatun hunger فِى fī in سَبِيلِ sabīli (the) way ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah وَلَا walā and not يَطَـُٔونَ yaṭaūna they step مَوْطِئًۭا mawṭi-an any step يَغِيظُ yaghīẓu that angers ٱلْكُفَّارَ l-kufāra the disbelievers وَلَا walā and not يَنَالُونَ yanālūna they inflict مِنْ min on عَدُوٍّۢ ʿaduwwin an enemy نَّيْلًا naylan an infliction إِلَّا illā except كُتِبَ kutiba is recorded لَهُم lahum for them بِهِۦ bihi in it عَمَلٌۭ ʿamalun (as) a deed صَـٰلِحٌ ۚ ṣāliḥun righteous إِنَّ inna Indeed ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَا lā (does) not يُضِيعُ yuḍīʿu allow to be lost أَجْرَ ajra the reward ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ l-muḥ'sinīna (of) the good-doers

Transliteration

Ma kana li-ahli almadeenatiwaman hawlahum mina al-aAArabi an yatakhallafooAAan rasooli Allahi wala yarghaboo bi-anfusihimAAan nafsihi thalika bi-annahum la yuseebuhumthamaon wala nasabun walamakhmasatun fee sabeeli Allahi wala yataoonamawti-an yagheethu alkuffara walayanaloona min AAaduwwin naylan illa kutiba lahumbihi AAamalun salihun inna Allaha layudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

It is not for the townsfolk of Al-Madinah and for those around them of the wandering Arabs so stay behind the messenger of Allah and prefer their lives to his life. That is because neither thirst nor toil nor hunger afflicteth them in the way of Allah, nor step they any step that angereth the disbelievers, nor gain they from the enemy a gain, but a good deed is recorded for them therefor. Lo! Allah loseth not the wages of the good.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow Allah's Messenger, nor to prefer their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of Allah, or trod paths to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury whatever from an enemy: for Allah suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do good;-

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يعاتب تعالى المتخلفين عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في غزوة تبوك ، من أهل المدينة ومن حولها من أحياء العرب ، ورغبتهم بأنفسهم عن مواساته فيما حصل من المشقة ، فإنهم نقصوا أنفسهم من الأجر ؛ لأنهم ( لا يصيبهم ظمأ ) وهو : العطش ( ولا نصب ) وهو : التعب ( ولا مخمصة ) وهي : المجاعة ( ولا يطئون موطئا يغيظ الكفار ) أي : ينزلون منزلا يرهب عدوهم ( ولا ينالون ) منه ظفرا وغلبة عليه إلا كتب الله لهم بهذه الأعمال التي ليست داخلة تحت قدرتهم ، وإنما هي ناشئة عن أفعالهم ، أعمالا صالحة وثوابا جزيلا ( إن الله لا يضيع أجر المحسنين ) كما قال تعالى : ( إنا لا نضيع أجر من أحسن عملا ) [ الكهف : 30 ] .