Quran 33:16 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], say, ‘Running away will not benefit you. If you manage to escape death or slaughter, you will only be permitted to enjoy [life] for a short while.’
قُلْ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ الْفِرَارُ إِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ أَوِ الْقَتْلِ وَإِذًا لَا تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
qul lan yanfaʿakumu l-firāru in farartum mina l-mawti awi l-qatli wa-idhan lā tumattaʿūna illā qalīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Flight will not profit you, if you flee from death or slaying; you will be given enjoyment of days then but little.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Whether you flee from [natural] death or from being slain [in battle], flight will not profit you - for, however you fare, you are not [allowed] to enjoy life for more than a little while!”
- Sahih International
- Say, [O Muḥammad], "Never will fleeing benefit you if you should flee from death or killing; and then [if you did], you would not be given enjoyment [of life] except for a little."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّنlan | Never | — |
| 3 | يَنفَعَكُمُyanfaʿakumu | will benefit you | نفع |
| 4 | ٱلْفِرَارُl-firāru | the fleeing | فرر |
| 5 | إِنin | if | — |
| 6 | فَرَرْتُمfarartum | you flee | فرر |
| 7 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 8 | ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti | death | موت |
| 9 | أَوِawi | or | — |
| 10 | ٱلْقَتْلِl-qatli | killing | قتل |
| 11 | وَإِذًۭاwa-idhan | and then | — |
| 12 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 13 | تُمَتَّعُونَtumattaʿūna | you will be allowed to enjoy | متع |
| 14 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 15 | قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan | a little | قلل |