Quran 47:20 — Muhammad, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who believe ask why no sura [about fighting] has been sent down. Yet when a decisive sura [that mentions fighting] is sent down, you can see the sick at heart looking at you [Prophet] and visibly fainting at the prospect of death- better for them
وَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَتْ سُورَةٌ ۖ فَإِذَا أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ وَذُكِرَ فِيهَا الْقِتَالُ ۙ رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَ الْمَغْشِيِّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ ۖ فَأَوْلَىٰ لَهُمْ
wayaqūlu alladhīna āmanū lawlā nuzzilat sūratun fa-idhā unzilat sūratun muḥ'kamatun wadhukira fīhā l-qitālu ra-ayta alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun yanẓurūna ilayka naẓara l-maghshiyi ʿalayhi mina l-mawti fa-awlā lahum
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who believe say, 'Why has a sura not been sent down?' Then, when a clear sura is sent down, and therein fighting is mentioned, thou seest those in whose hearts is sickness looking at thee as one who swoons of death; but better for them would be
- Muhammad Asad
- NOW THOSE who have attained to faith say, “Would that a revelation [allowing us to fight] was bestowed from on high!” But now that a revelation clear in and by itself, mentioning war, has been bestowed from on high, thou canst see those in whose hearts is disease looking at thee, [O Muhammad,] with the look of one who is about to faint for fear of death! And yet, far better for them would be
- Sahih International
- Those who believe say, "Why has a sūrah not been sent down?" But when a precise sūrah is revealed and battle is mentioned therein, you see those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] looking at you with a look of one overcome by death. And more appropriate for them [would have been]
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَقُولُwayaqūlu | And say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 4 | لَوْلَاlawlā | Why not | — |
| 5 | نُزِّلَتْnuzzilat | has been revealed | نزل |
| 6 | سُورَةٌۭ ۖsūratun | a Surah | سور |
| 7 | فَإِذَآfa-idhā | But when | — |
| 8 | أُنزِلَتْunzilat | is revealed | نزل |
| 9 | سُورَةٌۭsūratun | a Surah | سور |
| 10 | مُّحْكَمَةٌۭmuḥ'kamatun | precise | حكم |
| 11 | وَذُكِرَwadhukira | and is mentioned | ذكر |
| 12 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 13 | ٱلْقِتَالُ ۙl-qitālu | the fighting | قتل |
| 14 | رَأَيْتَra-ayta | you see | رأي |
| 15 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 16 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 17 | قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihim | their hearts | قلب |
| 18 | مَّرَضٌۭmaraḍun | (is) a disease | مرض |
| 19 | يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna | looking | نظر |
| 20 | إِلَيْكَilayka | at you | — |
| 21 | نَظَرَnaẓara | a look | نظر |
| 22 | ٱلْمَغْشِىِّl-maghshiyi | (of) one fainting | غشو |
| 23 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | (of) one fainting | — |
| 24 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 25 | ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖl-mawti | the death | موت |
| 26 | فَأَوْلَىٰfa-awlā | But more appropriate | ولي |
| 27 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |