مَا Not mā it was kāna (for) the people li-ahli of the Madinah l-madīnati and who waman were around them ḥawlahum of mina the bedouins l-aʿrābi that an they remain behind yatakhallafū after ʿan the Messenger rasūli of Allah l-lahi and not walā they prefer yarghabū their lives bi-anfusihim to ʿan his life nafsihi That is dhālika because [they] bi-annahum (does) not lā afflict them yuṣībuhum thirst ẓama-on and not walā fatigue naṣabun and not walā hunger makhmaṣatun in fī (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi and not walā they step yaṭaūna any step mawṭi-an that angers yaghīẓu the disbelievers l-kufāra and not walā they inflict yanālūna on min an enemy ʿaduwwin an infliction naylan except illā is recorded kutiba for them lahum in it bihi (as) a deed ʿamalun righteous ṣāliḥun Indeed inna Allah l-laha (does) not lā allow to be lost yuḍīʿu the reward ajra (of) the good-doers l-muḥ'sinīna
It was not [proper] for the people of Madīnah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh or that they prefer themselves over his self.1 That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allāh, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that it is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.