An-Nisaa 4:73 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

yet he is sure to say, if you are favoured by God, ‘If only I had been with them, I could have made great gains,’ as if there had been no ties of affection between you and him.

وَلَئِنْ أَصَابَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ مَوَدَّةٌ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا

wala-in aṣābakum faḍlun mina l-lahi layaqūlanna ka-an lam takun baynakum wabaynahu mawaddatun yālaytanī kuntu maʿahum fa-afūza fawzan ʿaẓīman

A. J. Arberry: But if a bounty from God visits you, he will surely say, as if there had never been any affection between you and him, 'Would that I had been with them, to attain a mighty triumph!'
Muhammad Asad: But if good fortune comes to you from God, such a person is sure to say - just as if there had never been any question of love between you and him -: "Oh, would that I had been with them, and thus had a [share in their] mighty triumph!"
Sahih International: But if bounty comes to you from Allāh, he will surely say, as if [i.e., showing that] there had never been between you and him any affection, "Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment."

Word-by-word analysis of An-Nisaa verse 73
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	وَلَئِنْwala-in	And if	—
2	أَصَـٰبَكُمْaṣābakum	befalls you	صوب
3	فَضْلٌۭfaḍlun	bounty	فضل
4	مِّنَmina	from	—
5	ٱللَّهِl-lahi	Allah	أله
6	لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlanna	he would surely say	قول
7	كَأَنka-an	as if	—
8	لَّمْlam	(had) not	—
9	تَكُنۢtakun	there been	كون
10	بَيْنَكُمْbaynakum	between you	بين
11	وَبَيْنَهُۥwabaynahu	and between him	بين
12	مَوَدَّةٌۭmawaddatun	any affection	ودد
13	يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanī	Oh! I wish	—
14	كُنتُkuntu	I had been	كون
15	مَعَهُمْmaʿahum	with them	—
16	فَأَفُوزَfa-afūza	then I would have attained	فوز
17	فَوْزًاfawzan	a success	فوز
18	عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīman	great	عظم

Quran 4:73 — An-Nisaa, verse 73

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