Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary * - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (46) Surah: At-Tawbah
۞ وَلَوۡ أَرَادُواْ ٱلۡخُرُوجَ لَأَعَدُّواْ لَهُۥ عُدَّةٗ وَلَٰكِن كَرِهَ ٱللَّهُ ٱنۢبِعَاثَهُمۡ فَثَبَّطَهُمۡ وَقِيلَ ٱقۡعُدُواْ مَعَ ٱلۡقَٰعِدِينَ
(46) Had they ˹really˺ meant to set out, they would have prepared for it with ˹proper˺ preparation[2109]. But Allah was averse to their arising and put a damper on them[2110] and it was said ˹to them˺: “Sit with those who are sitting![2111]”
[2109] Their unpreparedness highlights how unwilling they were to join the campaign in the first place (cf. al-Zajjāj, Maʿānī al-Qur’ān, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[2110] God actually made them feel lazy and the going heavy (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī).
[2111] Those who are not meant to fight; the terminally weak, women and younger boys (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī). They are in a way being dishonoured and their status being lowered (cf. al-Rāzī), particularly in a culture that regarded bravery with the greatest respect.
[2110] God actually made them feel lazy and the going heavy (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī).
[2111] Those who are not meant to fight; the terminally weak, women and younger boys (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī). They are in a way being dishonoured and their status being lowered (cf. al-Rāzī), particularly in a culture that regarded bravery with the greatest respect.
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Translation of the meanings Ayah: (46) Surah: At-Tawbah
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an into English - in progress - translated by Dr. Walid Bleihesh Al-Omari.