An-Nisaa 4:77 الم تر الى الذين قيل لهم كفوا ايديكم واقيموا الصلاة واتوا الزكاة فلما كتب عليهم القتال اذا فريق منهم يخشون الناس كخشية الله او اشد خشية وقالوا ربنا لم كتبت علينا القتال لولا اخرتنا الى اجل قريب قل متاع الدنيا قليل والاخرة خير لمن اتقى ولا تظلمون فتيلا ٧٧
أَلَمۡ
تَرَ
إِلَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
قِيلَ
لَهُمۡ
كُفُّوٓاْ
أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ
وَأَقِيمُواْ
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَءَاتُواْ
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
فَلَمَّا
كُتِبَ
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ٱلۡقِتَالُ
إِذَا
فَرِيقٞ
مِّنۡهُمۡ
يَخۡشَوۡنَ
ٱلنَّاسَ
كَخَشۡيَةِ
ٱللَّهِ
أَوۡ
أَشَدَّ
خَشۡيَةٗۚ
وَقَالُواْ
رَبَّنَا
لِمَ
كَتَبۡتَ
عَلَيۡنَا
ٱلۡقِتَالَ
لَوۡلَآ
أَخَّرۡتَنَآ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَجَلٖ
قَرِيبٖۗ
قُلۡ
مَتَٰعُ
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
قَلِيلٞ
وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ
خَيۡرٞ
لِّمَنِ
ٱتَّقَىٰ
وَلَا
تُظۡلَمُونَ
فَتِيلًا
٧٧
Have you not seen those who were told: 'Restrain you hands, and establish the Prayer, and pay the Zakah'? But when fighting was enjoined upon them some of them feared men as one should fear Allah, or even more,1 and said: 'Our Lord, why have You ordained fighting for us? Why did You not grant us a little more respite?' Say to them: 'There is little enjoyment in this world. The World to Come is much better for the God-fearing. And you shall not be wronged even to the extent of the husk of a date-stone.2
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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