ٱنفِرُوا۟ Go forth infirū light khifāfan or heavy wathiqālan and strive wajāhidū with your wealth bi-amwālikum and your lives wa-anfusikum in fī (the) way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi That dhālikum (is) better khayrun for you lakum if in you kuntum know taʿlamūna
Go forth, whether light or heavy,1 and strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of Allāh. That is better for you, if you only knew.
لَوْ If law it had been kāna a gain ʿaraḍan near qarīban and a journey wasafaran easy qāṣidan surely they (would) have followed you la-ittabaʿūka but walākin was long baʿudat for them ʿalayhimu the distance l-shuqatu And they will swear wasayaḥlifūna by Allah bil-lahi If lawi we were able is'taṭaʿnā certainly we (would) have come forth lakharajnā with you maʿakum They destroy yuh'likūna their own selves anfusahum and Allah wal-lahu knows yaʿlamu (that) indeed, they innahum (are) surely liars lakādhibūna
Had it been a near [i.e., easy] gain and a moderate trip, they [i.e., the hypocrites] would have followed you, but distant to them was the journey. And they will swear by Allāh,1 "If we were able, we would have gone forth with you," destroying themselves [through false oaths], and Allāh knows that indeed they are liars.
عَفَا (May) Allah forgive ʿafā (May) Allah forgive l-lahu you ʿanka Why (did) lima you grant leave adhinta to them lahum until ḥattā (became) evident yatabayyana to you laka those who alladhīna were truthful ṣadaqū and you knew wataʿlama the liars l-kādhibīna
Allāh has pardoned you, [O Muḥammad, but] why did you give them permission [to remain behind]? [You should not have] until it was evident to you who were truthful and you knew [who were] the liars.
لَا (Would) not ask your permission lā (Would) not ask your permission yastadhinuka those who alladhīna believe yu'minūna in Allah bil-lahi and the Day wal-yawmi the Last l-ākhiri that an they strive yujāhidū with their wealth bi-amwālihim and their lives wa-anfusihim And Allah wal-lahu (is) All-Knower ʿalīmun of the righteous bil-mutaqīna
Those who believe in Allāh and the Last Day would not ask permission of you to be excused from striving [i.e., fighting] with their wealth and their lives. And Allāh is Knowing of those who fear Him.
إِنَّمَا Only innamā ask your leave yastadhinuka those who alladhīna (do) not lā believe yu'minūna in Allah bil-lahi and the Day wal-yawmi the Last l-ākhiri and (are in) doubts wa-ir'tābat their hearts qulūbuhum so they fahum in fī their doubts raybihim they waver yataraddadūna
Only those would ask permission of you who do not believe in Allāh and the Last Day and whose hearts have doubted, and they, in their doubt, are hesitating.
۞ وَلَوْ And if walaw they had wished arādū (to) go forth l-khurūja surely they (would) have prepared la-aʿaddū for it lahu (some) preparation ʿuddatan But walākin Allah disliked kariha Allah disliked l-lahu their being sent inbiʿāthahum so He made them lag behind fathabbaṭahum and it was said waqīla Sit uq'ʿudū with maʿa those who sit l-qāʿidīna
And if they had intended to go forth, they would have prepared for it [some] preparation. But Allāh disliked their being sent, so He kept them back, and they were told, "Remain [behind] with those who remain."1
لَوْ If law they (had) gone forth kharajū with you fīkum not mā they (would) have increased you zādūkum except illā (in) confusion khabālan and would have been active wala-awḍaʿū in your midst khilālakum seeking (for) you yabghūnakumu dissension l-fit'nata And among you (are some) wafīkum who would have listened sammāʿūna to them lahum And Allah wal-lahu (is) All-Knower ʿalīmun of the wrongdoers bil-ẓālimīna
Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah [i.e., chaos and dissension]. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.