Quran 4:72 — An-Nisaa, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Among you there is the sort of person who is sure to lag behind: if a calamity befalls you, he says, ‘God has been gracious to me that I was not there with them,’
وَإِنَّ مِنْكُمْ لَمَنْ لَيُبَطِّئَنَّ فَإِنْ أَصَابَتْكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَالَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ إِذْ لَمْ أَكُنْ مَعَهُمْ شَهِيدًا
wa-inna minkum laman layubaṭṭi-anna fa-in aṣābatkum muṣībatun qāla qad anʿama l-lahu ʿalayya idh lam akun maʿahum shahīdan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Some of you there are that are dilatory; then, if an affliction visits you, he says, 'God has blessed me, in that I was not a martyr with them.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And, behold, there are indeed among you such as would lag behind, and then, if calamity befalls you, say, "God has bestowed His favour upon me in that I did not accompany them."
- Sahih International
- And indeed, there is among you he who lingers behind; and if disaster strikes you, he says, "Allāh has favored me in that I was not present with them."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 2 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 3 | لَمَنlaman | (is he) who | — |
| 4 | لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّlayubaṭṭi-anna | lags behind | بطأ |
| 5 | فَإِنْfa-in | then if | — |
| 6 | أَصَـٰبَتْكُمaṣābatkum | befalls you | صوب |
| 7 | مُّصِيبَةٌۭmuṣībatun | a disaster | صوب |
| 8 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 9 | قَدْqad | Verily | — |
| 10 | أَنْعَمَanʿama | (has) favored | نعم |
| 11 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 12 | عَلَىَّʿalayya | [on] me | — |
| 13 | إِذْidh | [when] | — |
| 14 | لَمْlam | (that) not | — |
| 15 | أَكُنakun | I was | كون |
| 16 | مَّعَهُمْmaʿahum | with them | — |
| 17 | شَهِيدًۭاshahīdan | present | شهد |