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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 72 (4:72)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَإِنَّ مِنكُمْ لَمَن لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ فَإِنْ أَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىَّ إِذْ …

Quran 4:72 is ayah 72 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 89 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:72
وَإِنَّمِنكُمْلَمَنلَّيُبَطِّئَنَّفَإِنْأَصَٰبَتْكُممُّصِيبَةٌقَالَقَدْأَنْعَمَٱللَّهُعَلَىَّإِذْلَمْأَكُنمَّعَهُمْشَهِيدًا٧٢
wa-inna minkum laman layubaṭṭi-anna fa-in aṣābatkum muṣībatun qāla qad anʿama l-lahu ʿalayya idh lam akun maʿahum shahīdan

And indeed, there is among you he who lingers behind; and if disaster strikes you, he says, "Allāh has favored me in that I was not present with them."(72)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
  2. مِنكُمْminkumamong you
  3. لَمَنlaman(is he) who
  4. لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّlayubaṭṭi-annalags behind
  5. فَإِنْfa-inthen if
  6. أَصَٰبَتْكُمaṣābatkumbefalls you
  7. مُّصِيبَةٌmuṣībatuna disaster
  8. قَالَqālahe said
  9. قَدْqadVerily
  10. أَنْعَمَanʿama(has) favored
  11. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  12. عَلَىَّʿalayya[on] me
  13. إِذْidh[when]
  14. لَمْlam(that) not
  15. أَكُنakunI was
  16. مَّعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them
  17. شَهِيدًاshahīdanpresent

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