يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you who believe yāayyuhā O you who believe alladhīna O you who believe āmanū What mā (is the matter) with you lakum when idhā it is said qīla to you lakumu go forth infirū in fī (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi you cling heavily ithāqaltum to ilā the earth l-arḍi Are you pleased araḍītum with the life bil-ḥayati (of) the world l-dun'yā (rather) than mina the Hereafter l-ākhirati But what famā (is the) enjoyment matāʿu (of) the life l-ḥayati (of) the world l-dun'yā in (comparison to) fī the hereafter l-ākhirati except illā a little qalīlun
O you who have believed, what is [the matter] with you that, when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allāh, you adhere heavily to the earth?1 Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But what is the enjoyment of worldly life compared to the Hereafter except a [very] little.