The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
al-Nisā’ (Women)
ٱلنِّسَاء
4:77
أَلَمْ
تَرَ
إِلَى
الَّذِينَ
قِيلَ
لَهُمْ
كُفُّوا
أَيْدِيَكُمْ
وَأَقِيمُوا
الصَّلَاةَ
وَآتُوا
الزَّكَاةَ
فَلَمَّا
كُتِبَ
عَلَيْهِمُ
الْقِتَالُ
إِذَا
فَرِيقٌ
مِّنْهُمْ
يَخْشَوْنَ
النَّاسَ
كَخَشْيَةِ
اللَّهِ
أَوْ
أَشَدَّ
خَشْيَةً
وَقَالُوا
رَبَّنَا
لِمَ
كَتَبْتَ
عَلَيْنَا
الْقِتَالَ
لَوْلَا
أَخَّرْتَنَا
إِلَى
أَجَلٍ
قَرِيبٍ
قُلْ
مَتَاعُ
الدُّنْيَا
قَلِيلٌ
وَالْآخِرَةُ
خَيْرٌ
لِّمَنِ
اتَّقَى
وَلَا
تُظْلَمُونَ
فَتِيلًا
ʾa-lam tara ʾilā lladhīna qīla lahum kuffū ʾaydiyakum wa-ʾaqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾātū z-zakāta fa-lammā kutiba ʿalayhimu l-qitālu ʾidhā farīqun minhum yakhshawna n-nāsa ka-khashyati llāhi ʾaw ʾashadda khashyatan wa-qālū rabbanā li-ma katabta ʿalaynā l-qitāla law-lā ʾakhkhartanā ʾilā ʾajalin qarībin qul matāʿu d-dunyā qalīlun wa-l-ʾākhiratu khayrun li-mani ttaqā wa-lā tuẓlamūna fatīlan
Have you not seen those who were told to stop fighting, to say their prayers, and pay the religious tax? When they were ordered to fight, some of them feared other men as much as or more than they feared God and so they said, "Lord, why have you ordered us to fight? If only you would give us a little time." (Muhammad), tell them, "The pleasures of the worldly life are trivial. The life hereafter is best for the pious ones. You will not be treated the slightest bit unjustly.
