Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:73

4:73

وَلَئِنْ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَن لَّمْ تَكُنۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُۥ مَوَدَّةٌ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا

wala-in aṣābakum faḍlun mina l-lahi layaqūlanna ka-an lam takun baynakum wabaynahu mawaddatun yālaytanī kuntu maʿahum fa-afūza fawzan ʿaẓīman

But if bounty comes to you from Allāh, he will surely say, as if [i.e., showing that] there had never been between you and him any affection, "Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment."

— Saheeh International

yet he is sure to say, if you are favoured by God, ‘If only I had been with them, I could have made great gains,’ as if there had been no ties of affection between you and him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But if a bounty (victory and booty) comes to you from Allâh, he would surely say - as if there had never been ties of affection between you and him - "Oh! I wish I had been with them; then I would have achieved a great success (a good share of booty)."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
أَصَـٰبَكُمْaṣābakumbefalls you
فَضْلٌۭfaḍlunbounty
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannahe would surely say
كَأَنka-anas if
لَّمْlam(had) not
تَكُنۢtakunthere been
بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
وَبَيْنَهُۥwabaynahuand between him
مَوَدَّةٌۭmawaddatunany affection
يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīOh! I wish
كُنتُkuntuI had been
مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them
فَأَفُوزَfa-afūzathen I would have attained
فَوْزًاfawzana success
عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangreat