أَلَمْ
تَرَ
إِلَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
قِيلَ
لَهُمْ
كُفُّوٓا۟
أَيْدِيَكُمْ
وَأَقِيمُوا۟
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَءَاتُوا۟
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
فَلَمَّا
كُتِبَ
عَلَيْهِمُ
ٱلْقِتَالُ
إِذَا
فَرِيقٌۭ
مِّنْهُمْ
يَخْشَوْنَ
ٱلنَّاسَ
كَخَشْيَةِ
ٱللَّهِ
أَوْ
أَشَدَّ
خَشْيَةًۭ ۚ
وَقَالُوا۟
رَبَّنَا
لِمَ
كَتَبْتَ
عَلَيْنَا
ٱلْقِتَالَ
لَوْلَآ
أَخَّرْتَنَآ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَجَلٍۢ
قَرِيبٍۢ ۗ
قُلْ
مَتَـٰعُ
ٱلدُّنْيَا
قَلِيلٌۭ
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ
خَيْرٌۭ
لِّمَنِ
ٱتَّقَىٰ
وَلَا
تُظْلَمُونَ
فَتِيلًا
٧٧
[Prophet], do you not see those who were told, ‘Restrain yourselves from fighting, perform the prayer, and pay the prescribed alms’? When fighting was ordained for them, some of them feared men as much as, or even more than, they feared God, saying, ‘Lord, why have You ordained fighting for us? If only You would give us just a little more time.’ Say to them, ‘Little is the enjoyment in this world, the Hereafter is far better for those who are mindful of God: you will not be wronged by as much as the fibre in a date stone.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem