سورة التوبة، الآية ٤٢Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 42 (9:42)
لَوۡ كَانَ عَرَضًا قَرِيبًا وَسَفَرًا قَاصِدًا لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَ وَلَٰكِنۢ بَعُدَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلشُّقَّةُ وَسَيَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَوِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡنَا لَخَرَجۡنَا مَعَكُمۡ يُهۡلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ٤٢
The meaning in English
Had it been a near gain (booty in front of them) and an easy journey, they would have followed you, but the distance (Tabuk expedition) was long for them; and they would swear by Allâh, "If we only could, we would certainly have come forth with you." They destroy their ownselves, and Allâh knows that they are liars.
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan, King Fahd Complex
التفسير الميسر
وبَّخ الله جلَّ جلاله جماعة من المنافقين استأذنوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في التخلف عن غزوة (تبوك) مبينًا أنه لو كان خروجهم إلى غنيمة قريبة سهلة المنال لاتبعوك، ولكن لما دعوا إلى قتال الروم في أطراف بلاد (الشام) في وقت الحر تخاذلوا، وتخلفوا، وسيعتذرون لتخلفهم عن الخروج حالفين بأنهم لا يستطيعون ذلك، يهلكون أنفسهم بالكذب والنفاق، والله يعلم إنهم لكاذبون فيما يبدون لك من الأعذار
التفسير الميسر، مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة المصحف الشريف
Word by word
| # | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | law | If |
| 2 | kāna | it had been |
| 3 | ʿaraḍan | a gain |
| 4 | qarīban | near |
| 5 | wasafaran | and a journey |
| 6 | qāṣidan | easy |
| 7 | la-ittabaʿūka | surely they (would) have followed you |
| 8 | walākin | but |
| 9 | baʿudat | was long |
| 10 | ʿalayhimu | for them |
| 11 | l-shuqatu | the distance |
| 12 | wasayaḥlifūna | And they will swear |
| 13 | bil-lahi | by Allah |
| 14 | lawi | If |
| 15 | is'taṭaʿnā | we were able |
| 16 | lakharajnā | certainly we (would) have come forth |
| 17 | maʿakum | with you |
| 18 | yuh'likūna | They destroy |
| 19 | anfusahum | their own selves |
| 20 | wal-lahu | and Allah |
| 21 | yaʿlamu | knows |
| 22 | innahum | (that) indeed, they |
| 23 | lakādhibūna | (are) surely liars |