Surah Muhammad (محمد) • Muhammad

Quran 47:20

47:20

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَتْ سُورَةٌ ۖ فَإِذَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ مُّحْكَمَةٌ وَذُكِرَ فِيهَا ٱلْقِتَالُ ۙ رَأَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَ ٱلْمَغْشِىِّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ فَأَوْلَىٰ لَهُمْ

wayaqūlu alladhīna āmanū lawlā nuzzilat sūratun fa-idhā unzilat sūratun muḥ'kamatun wadhukira fīhā l-qitālu ra-ayta alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun yanẓurūna ilayka naẓara l-maghshiyi ʿalayhi mina l-mawti fa-awlā lahum

Those who believe say, "Why has a sūrah not been sent down?" But when a precise sūrah is revealed and battle is mentioned therein, you see those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] looking at you with a look of one overcome by death. And more appropriate for them [would have been]

— Saheeh International

Those who believe ask why no sura [about fighting] has been sent down. Yet when a decisive sura [that mentions fighting] is sent down, you can see the sick at heart looking at you [Prophet] and visibly fainting at the prospect of death- better for them

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those who believe say: "Why is not a Sûrah (chapter of the Qur’ân) sent down (for us)? But when a decisive Sûrah (explaining and ordering things) is sent down, and fighting (Jihâd - holy fighting in Allâh’s cause) is mentioned (i.e. ordained) therein, you will see those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) looking at you with a look of one fainting to death. But it was better for them (hypocrites, to listen to Allâh and to obey Him).

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

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Word by Word

وَيَقُولُwayaqūluAnd say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not
نُزِّلَتْnuzzilathas been revealed
سُورَةٌۭۖsūratuna Surah
فَإِذَآfa-idhāBut when
أُنزِلَتْunzilatis revealed
سُورَةٌۭsūratuna Surah
مُّحْكَمَةٌۭmuḥ'kamatunprecise
وَذُكِرَwadhukiraand is mentioned
فِيهَاfīhāin it
ٱلْقِتَالُۙl-qitāluthe fighting
رَأَيْتَra-aytayou see
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
فِىfīin
قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts
مَّرَضٌۭmaraḍun(is) a disease
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnalooking
إِلَيْكَilaykaat you
نَظَرَnaẓaraa look
ٱلْمَغْشِىِّl-maghshiyi(of) one fainting
عَلَيْهِʿalayhi(of) one fainting
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَوْتِۖl-mawtithe death
فَأَوْلَىٰfa-awlāBut more appropriate
لَهُمْlahumfor them