أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِینَ قِیلَ لَهُمۡ كُفُّوۤا۟ أَیۡدِیَكُمۡ وَأَقِیمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلۡقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِیقࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡ یَخۡشَوۡنَ ٱلنَّاسَ كَخَشۡیَةِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡ أَشَدَّ خَشۡیَةࣰۚ وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبۡتَ عَلَیۡنَا ٱلۡقِتَالَ لَوۡلَاۤ أَخَّرۡتَنَاۤ إِلَىٰۤ أَجَلࣲ قَرِیبࣲۗ قُلۡ مَتَـٰعُ ٱلدُّنۡیَا قَلِیلࣱ وَٱلۡءَاخِرَةُ خَیۡرࣱ لِّمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَلَا تُظۡلَمُونَ فَتِیلًا ۝٧٧
alam tara ilā alladhīna qīla lahum kuffū aydiyakum wa-aqīmū l-ṣalata waātū l-zakata falammā kutiba ʿalayhimu l-qitālu idhā farīqun min'hum yakhshawna l-nāsa kakhashyati l-lahi aw ashadda khashyatan waqālū rabbanā lima katabta ʿalaynā l-qitāla lawlā akhartanā ilā ajalin qarībin qul matāʿu l-dun'yā qalīlun wal-ākhiratu khayrun limani ittaqā walā tuẓ'lamūna fatīla
Abdel Haleem: [Prophet], do you not see those who were told, ‘Restrain yourselves from fighting, perform the prayer, and pay the prescribed alms’? When fighting was ordained for them, some of them feared men as much as, or even more than, they feared God, saying, ‘Lord, why have You ordained fighting for us? If only You would give us just a little more time.’ Say to them, ‘Little is the enjoyment in this world, the Hereafter is far better for those who are mindful of God: you will not be wronged by as much as the fibre in a date stone

Interlinear Analysis

1
alam
لَم
Root: ل م
Prep.
2
tara
رَأَى
Root: ر أ ي
Verb
3
ilā
إِلَى
Root: ا ل ي
Prep.
4
alladhīna
الَّذِي
Root: ا ل ذ ي
Noun
5
qīla
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
6
لَهُمْ
lahum
Noun
7
kuffū
كَفَّ
Root: ك ف ف
Verb
8
aydiyakum
يَد
Root: ي د ي
Noun
9
wa-aqīmū
أَقامَ
Root: ق و م
Verb
10
l-ṣalata
صَلاة
Root: ص ل و
Noun
11
waātū
آتَى
Root: أ ت ي
Verb
12
l-zakata
زَكاة
Root: ز ك و
Noun
13
falammā
لَمّا
Root: ل م ا
Noun
14
kutiba
كَتَبَ
Root: ك ت ب
Verb
15
ʿalayhimu
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
16
l-qitālu
قِتال
Root: ق ت ل
Noun
17
idhā
إِذا
Root: إ ذ ا
Prep.
18
farīqun
فَرِيق
Root: ف ر ق
Noun
19
min'hum
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
20
yakhshawna
خَشِيَ
Root: خ ش ي
Verb
21
l-nāsa
ناس
Root: أ ن س
Noun
22
kakhashyati
خَشْيَة
Root: خ ش ي
Noun
23
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
24
aw
أَو
Root: ا و
Prep.
25
ashadda
أَشَدّ
Root: ش د د
Noun
26
khashyatan
خَشْيَة
Root: خ ش ي
Noun
27
waqālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
28
rabbanā
رَبّ
Root: ر ب ب
Noun
29
lima
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
30
katabta
كَتَبَ
Root: ك ت ب
Verb
31
ʿalaynā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
32
l-qitāla
قِتال
Root: ق ت ل
Noun
33
lawlā
لَوْلا
Root: ل و ل ا
Prep.
34
akhartanā
أَخَّرَ
Root: أ خ ر
Verb
35
ilā
إِلَى
Root: ا ل ي
Prep.
36
ajalin
أَجَل
Root: أ ج ل
Noun
37
qarībin
قَرِيب
Root: ق ر ب
Noun
38
qul
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
39
matāʿu
مَتاع
Root: م ت ع
Noun
40
l-dun'yā
دُنْيا
Root: د ن و
Noun
41
qalīlun
قَلِيل
Root: ق ل ل
Noun
42
wal-ākhiratu
آخِر
Root: أ خ ر
Noun
43
khayrun
خَيْر
Root: خ ي ر
Noun
44
limani
مَن
Root: م ن
Noun
45
ittaqā
اتَّقَى
Root: و ق ي
Verb
46
walā
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
47
tuẓ'lamūna
ظَلَمَ
Root: ظ ل م
Verb
48
fatīlan
فَتِيل
Root: ف ت ل
Noun