An-Nisá 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 your hands [from fighting]1 and establish prayer and give zakāh"? But then when battle was ordained for them, at once a party of them feared men as they fear Allāh or with [even] greater fear. They said, "Our Lord, why have You decreed upon us fighting? If only You had postponed [it for] us for a short time." Say, "The enjoyment of this world is little, and the Hereafter is better for he who fears Allāh. And injustice will not be done to you, [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed]."
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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