33:16
قُل
qul
Say
لَّن
lan
Never
يَنفَعَكُمُ
yanfa'akumu
will benefit you
ٱلۡفِرَارُ
al-firaru
the fleeing
إِن
in
if
فَرَرۡتُم
farartum
you flee
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلۡمَوۡتِ
al-mawti
death
أَوِ
awi
or
ٱلۡقَتۡلِ
al-qatli
killing
وَإِذٗا
wa-idhan
and then
لَّا
la
not
تُمَتَّعُونَ
tumatta'una
you will be allowed to enjoy
إِلَّا
illa
except
قَلِيلٗا
qalilan
a little
١٦

[Prophet], say, ‘Running away will not benefit you. If you manage to escape death or slaughter, you will only be permitted to enjoy [life] for a short while.’

Translation 1260

33:17
قُلۡ
qul
Say
مَن
man
Who
ذَا
dha
(is) it that
ٱلَّذِي
alladhi
(is) it that
يَعۡصِمُكُم
ya'simukum
(can) protect you
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
إِنۡ
in
If
أَرَادَ
arada
He intends
بِكُمۡ
bikum
for you
سُوٓءًا
suan
any harm
أَوۡ
aw
or
أَرَادَ
arada
He intends
بِكُمۡ
bikum
for you
رَحۡمَةٗۚ
rahmatan
a mercy
وَلَا
wala
And not
يَجِدُونَ
yajiduna
they will find
لَهُم
lahum
for them
مِّن
min
besides
دُونِ
duni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
وَلِيّٗا
waliyyan
any protector
وَلَا
wala
and not
نَصِيرٗا
nasiran
any helper
١٧

Say, ‘If God wishes to harm you, who can protect you? If God wishes to show you mercy, who can prevent Him?’ They will find no one but God to protect or help them

Translation 1260

33:18
۞قَدۡ
qad
Verily
يَعۡلَمُ
ya'lamu
Allah knows
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah knows
ٱلۡمُعَوِّقِينَ
al-mu'awiqina
those who hinder
مِنكُمۡ
minkum
among you
وَٱلۡقَآئِلِينَ
wal-qailina
and those who say
لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡ
li-ikh'wanihim
to their brothers
هَلُمَّ
halumma
Come
إِلَيۡنَاۖ
ilayna
to us
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَأۡتُونَ
yatuna
they come
ٱلۡبَأۡسَ
al-basa
(to) the battle
إِلَّا
illa
except
قَلِيلًا
qalilan
a few
١٨

God knows exactly who among you hinder others, who [secretly] say to their brothers, ‘Come and join us,’ who hardly ever come out to fight

Translation 1260

33:19
أَشِحَّةً
ashihhatan
Miserly
عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ
alaykum
towards you
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
But when
جَآءَ
jaa
comes
ٱلۡخَوۡفُ
al-khawfu
the fear
رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ
ra-aytahum
you see them
يَنظُرُونَ
yanzuruna
looking
إِلَيۡكَ
ilayka
at you
تَدُورُ
taduru
revolving
أَعۡيُنُهُمۡ
a'yunuhum
their eyes
كَٱلَّذِي
ka-alladhi
like one who
يُغۡشَىٰ
yugh'sha
faints
عَلَيۡهِ
alayhi
faints
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلۡمَوۡتِۖ
al-mawti
[the] death
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
But when
ذَهَبَ
dhahaba
departs
ٱلۡخَوۡفُ
al-khawfu
the fear
سَلَقُوكُم
salaqukum
they smite you
بِأَلۡسِنَةٍ
bi-alsinatin
with tongues
حِدَادٍ
hidadin
sharp
أَشِحَّةً
ashihhatan
miserly
عَلَى
ala
towards
ٱلۡخَيۡرِۚ
al-khayri
the good
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ulaika
Those
لَمۡ
lam
not
يُؤۡمِنُواْ
yu'minu
they have believed
فَأَحۡبَطَ
fa-ahbata
so Allah made worthless
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
so Allah made worthless
أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡۚ
a'malahum
their deeds
وَكَانَ
wakana
And is
ذَٰلِكَ
dhalika
that
عَلَى
ala
for
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
يَسِيرٗا
yasiran
easy
١٩

who begrudge you [believers] any help. When fear comes, you [Prophet] see them looking at you with eyes rolling like someone in their death throes; when fear has passed, they attack you with sharp tongues and begrudge you any good. Such men do not believe, and God brings their deeds to nothing- that is all too easy for God

Translation 1260

33:20
يَحۡسَبُونَ
yahsabuna
They think
ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَ
al-ahzaba
the confederates
لَمۡ
lam
(have) not
يَذۡهَبُواْۖ
yadhhabu
withdrawn
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يَأۡتِ
yati
(should) come
ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ
al-ahzabu
the confederates
يَوَدُّواْ
yawaddu
they would wish
لَوۡ
law
if
أَنَّهُم
annahum
that they (were)
بَادُونَ
baduna
living in (the) desert
فِي
fi
among
ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ
al-a'rabi
the Bedouins
يَسۡـَٔلُونَ
yasaluna
asking
عَنۡ
an
about
أَنۢبَآئِكُمۡۖ
anbaikum
your news
وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
كَانُواْ
kanu
they were
فِيكُم
fikum
among you
مَّا
ma
not
قَٰتَلُوٓاْ
qatalu
they would fight
إِلَّا
illa
except
قَلِيلٗا
qalilan
a little
٢٠

They think the joint forces have not gone, and if the joint forces did come again they would wish they were in the desert, wandering among the Bedouin and seeking news about you [from a safe distance]. Even if they were with you [believers], they would hardly fight at all

Translation 1260

33:21
لَّقَدۡ
laqad
Certainly
كَانَ
kana
is
لَكُمۡ
lakum
for you
فِي
fi
in
رَسُولِ
rasuli
(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
أُسۡوَةٌ
us'watun
an excellent example
حَسَنَةٞ
hasanatun
an excellent example
لِّمَن
liman
for (one) who
كَانَ
kana
has
يَرۡجُواْ
yarju
hope
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
(in) Allah
وَٱلۡيَوۡمَ
wal-yawma
and the Day
ٱلۡأٓخِرَ
al-akhira
the Last
وَذَكَرَ
wadhakara
and remembers
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
كَثِيرٗا
kathiran
much
٢١

The Messenger of God is an excellent model for those of you who put your hope in God and the Last Day and remember Him often

Translation 1260

33:22
وَلَمَّا
walamma
And when
رَءَا
raa
saw
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
al-mu'minuna
the believers
ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَ
al-ahzaba
the confederates
قَالُواْ
qalu
they said
هَٰذَا
hadha
This
مَا
ma
(is) what
وَعَدَنَا
wa'adana
Allah promised us
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah promised us
وَرَسُولُهُۥ
warasuluhu
and His Messenger
وَصَدَقَ
wasadaqa
and Allah spoke the truth
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
and Allah spoke the truth
وَرَسُولُهُۥۚ
warasuluhu
and His Messenger
وَمَا
wama
And not
زَادَهُمۡ
zadahum
it increased them
إِلَّآ
illa
except
إِيمَٰنٗا
imanan
(in) faith
وَتَسۡلِيمٗا
watasliman
and submission
٢٢

When the believers saw the joint forces, they said, ‘This is what God and His Messenger promised us: the promise of God and His Messenger is true,’ and this only served to increase their faith and submission to God

Translation 1260