Surah Al-Fath (الفتح) • The Victory

Quran 48:16

48:16

قُل لِّلْمُخَلَّفِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ سَتُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ تُقَـٰتِلُونَهُمْ أَوْ يُسْلِمُونَ ۖ فَإِن تُطِيعُوا۟ يُؤْتِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا ۖ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ كَمَا تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّن قَبْلُ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

qul lil'mukhallafīna mina l-aʿrābi satud'ʿawna ilā qawmin ulī basin shadīdin tuqātilūnahum aw yus'limūna fa-in tuṭīʿū yu'tikumu l-lahu ajran ḥasanan wa-in tatawallaw kamā tawallaytum min qablu yuʿadhib'kum ʿadhāban alīman

Say to those who remained behind of the bedouins, "You will be called to [face] a people of great military might; you may fight them, or they will submit. So if you obey, Allāh will give you a good reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment."

— Saheeh International

Tell the desert Arabs who stayed behind, ‘You will be called to face a people of great might in war and to fight them, unless they surrender: if you obey, God will reward you well, but if you turn away, as you have done before, He will punish you heavily-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to the bedouins who lagged behind: "You shall be called to fight against a people given to great warfare, then you shall fight them, or they shall surrender. Then if you obey, Allâh will give you a fair reward; but if you turn away as you did turn away before, He will punish you with a painful torment."

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

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Word by Word

قُلqulSay
لِّلْمُخَلَّفِينَlil'mukhallafīnato those who remained behind
مِنَminaof
ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe Bedouins
سَتُدْعَوْنَsatud'ʿawnaYou will be called
إِلَىٰilāto
قَوْمٍqawmina people
أُو۟لِىulīpossessors of military might
بَأْسٍۢbasinpossessors of military might
شَدِيدٍۢshadīdingreat
تُقَـٰتِلُونَهُمْtuqātilūnahumyou will fight them
أَوْawor
يُسْلِمُونَۖyus'limūnathey will submit
فَإِنfa-inThen if
تُطِيعُوا۟tuṭīʿūyou obey
يُؤْتِكُمُyu'tikumuAllah will give you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will give you
أَجْرًاajrana reward
حَسَنًۭاۖḥasanangood
وَإِنwa-inbut if
تَتَوَلَّوْا۟tatawallawyou turn away
كَمَاkamāas
تَوَلَّيْتُمtawallaytumyou turned away
مِّنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
يُعَذِّبْكُمْyuʿadhib'kumHe will punish you
عَذَابًاʿadhāban(with) a punishment
أَلِيمًۭاalīmanpainful