Quran 48:11 — Al-Fath, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The desert Arabs who stayed behind will say to you, ‘We were busy with our property and our families: ask forgiveness for us,’ but they say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say, ‘Whether it is God’s will to do you harm or good, who can intervene for you?’ No! God is fully aware of everything you [people] do.
سَيَقُولُ لَكَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ شَغَلَتْنَا أَمْوَالُنَا وَأَهْلُونَا فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ۚ يَقُولُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ مَا لَيْسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ فَمَنْ يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ ضَرًّا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ نَفْعًا ۚ بَلْ كَانَ اللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا
sayaqūlu laka l-mukhalafūna mina l-aʿrābi shaghalatnā amwālunā wa-ahlūnā fa-is'taghfir lanā yaqūlūna bi-alsinatihim mā laysa fī qulūbihim qul faman yamliku lakum mina l-lahi shayan in arāda bikum ḍarran aw arāda bikum nafʿan bal kāna l-lahu bimā taʿmalūna khabīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The Bedouins who were left behind will say to thee, 'We were occupied by our possessions and our families; so ask forgiveness for us!' They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: 'Who can avail you aught against God, if He desires hurt for you, or desires profit for you? Nay, but God is ever aware of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- Those of the bedouin who stayed behind will say unto thee: “[The need to take care of] our chattels and our families kept us busy: do then, [O Prophet,] ask God to forgive us!” [Thus,] they will utter with their tongues something that is not in their hearts. Say: “Who, then, has it in his power to avert from you aught that God may have willed, whether it be His will to harm you or to confer a benefit on you? Nay, but God is fully aware of what you do!
- Sahih International
- Those who remained behind of the bedouins will say to you, "Our properties and our families occupied us, so ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not within their hearts. Say, "Then who could prevent Allāh at all if He intended for you harm or intended for you benefit? Rather, ever is Allāh, of what you do, Aware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | سَيَقُولُsayaqūlu | Will say | قول |
| 2 | لَكَlaka | to you | — |
| 3 | ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَl-mukhalafūna | those who remained behind | خلف |
| 4 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 5 | ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābi | the Bedouins | عرب |
| 6 | شَغَلَتْنَآshaghalatnā | Kept us busy | شغل |
| 7 | أَمْوَٰلُنَاamwālunā | our properties | مول |
| 8 | وَأَهْلُونَاwa-ahlūnā | and our families | أهل |
| 9 | فَٱسْتَغْفِرْfa-is'taghfir | so ask forgiveness | غفر |
| 10 | لَنَا ۚlanā | for us | — |
| 11 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | They say | قول |
| 12 | بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمbi-alsinatihim | with their tongues | لسن |
| 13 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 14 | لَيْسَlaysa | is not | ليس |
| 15 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 16 | قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚqulūbihim | their hearts | قلب |
| 17 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 18 | فَمَنfaman | Then who | — |
| 19 | يَمْلِكُyamliku | has power | ملك |
| 20 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 21 | مِّنَmina | against | — |
| 22 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 23 | شَيْـًٔاshayan | (in) anything | شيأ |
| 24 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 25 | أَرَادَarāda | He intends | رود |
| 26 | بِكُمْbikum | for you | — |
| 27 | ضَرًّاḍarran | harm | ضرر |
| 28 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 29 | أَرَادَarāda | He intends | رود |
| 30 | بِكُمْbikum | for you | — |
| 31 | نَفْعًۢا ۚnafʿan | a benefit | نفع |
| 32 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 33 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 34 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 35 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 36 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 37 | خَبِيرًۢاkhabīran | All-Aware | خبر |