قُل Say qul Never lan will benefit you yanfaʿakumu the fleeing l-firāru if in you flee farartum from mina death l-mawti or awi killing l-qatli and then wa-idhan not lā you will be allowed to enjoy tumattaʿūna except illā a little qalīlan
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Never will fleeing benefit you if you should flee from death or killing; and then [if you did], you would not be given enjoyment [of life] except for a little."
قُلْ Say qul Who man (is) it that dhā (is) it that alladhī (can) protect you yaʿṣimukum from mina Allah l-lahi If in He intends arāda for you bikum any harm sūan or aw He intends arāda for you bikum a mercy raḥmatan And not walā they will find yajidūna for them lahum besides min besides dūni Allah l-lahi any protector waliyyan and not walā any helper naṣīran
Say, "Who is it that can protect you from Allāh1 if He intends for you an ill or intends for you a mercy?" And they will not find for themselves besides Allāh any protector or any helper.
۞ قَدْ Verily qad Allah knows yaʿlamu Allah knows l-lahu those who hinder l-muʿawiqīna among you minkum and those who say wal-qāilīna to their brothers li-ikh'wānihim Come halumma to us ilaynā and not walā they come yatūna (to) the battle l-basa except illā a few qalīlan
Already Allāh knows the hinderers1 among you and those [hypocrites] who say to their brothers, "Come to us,"2 and do not go to battle, except for a few,3
أَشِحَّةً Miserly ashiḥḥatan towards you ʿalaykum But when fa-idhā comes jāa the fear l-khawfu you see them ra-aytahum looking yanẓurūna at you ilayka revolving tadūru their eyes aʿyunuhum like one who ka-alladhī faints yugh'shā faints ʿalayhi from mina [the] death l-mawti But when fa-idhā departs dhahaba the fear l-khawfu they smite you salaqūkum with tongues bi-alsinatin sharp ḥidādin miserly ashiḥḥatan towards ʿalā the good l-khayri Those ulāika not lam they have believed yu'minū so Allah made worthless fa-aḥbaṭa so Allah made worthless l-lahu their deeds aʿmālahum And is wakāna that dhālika for ʿalā Allah l-lahi easy yasīran
Indisposed1 toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allāh has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allāh, easy.
يَحْسَبُونَ They think yaḥsabūna the confederates l-aḥzāba (have) not lam withdrawn yadhhabū And if wa-in (should) come yati the confederates l-aḥzābu they would wish yawaddū if law that they (were) annahum living in (the) desert bādūna among fī the Bedouins l-aʿrābi asking yasalūna about ʿan your news anbāikum And if walaw they were kānū among you fīkum not mā they would fight qātalū except illā a little qalīlan
They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn.1 And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little.
لَّقَدْ Certainly laqad is kāna for you lakum in fī (the) Messenger rasūli (of) Allah l-lahi an excellent example us'watun an excellent example ḥasanatun for (one) who liman has kāna hope yarjū (in) Allah l-laha and the Day wal-yawma the Last l-ākhira and remembers wadhakara Allah l-laha much kathīran
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allāh an excellent pattern1 for anyone whose hope is in Allāh and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allāh often.
وَلَمَّا And when walammā saw raā the believers l-mu'minūna the confederates l-aḥzāba they said qālū This hādhā (is) what mā Allah promised us waʿadanā Allah promised us l-lahu and His Messenger warasūluhu and Allah spoke the truth waṣadaqa and Allah spoke the truth l-lahu and His Messenger warasūluhu And not wamā it increased them zādahum except illā (in) faith īmānan and submission wataslīman
And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allāh and His Messenger had promised us, and Allāh and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.