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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 73 (4:73)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَلَئِنْ أَصَٰبَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَن لَّمْ تَكُنۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُۥ مَوَدَّةٌ …

Quran 4:73 is ayah 73 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 89 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:73
وَلَئِنْأَصَٰبَكُمْفَضْلٌمِّنَٱللَّهِلَيَقُولَنَّكَأَنلَّمْتَكُنۢبَيْنَكُمْوَبَيْنَهُۥمَوَدَّةٌيَٰلَيْتَنِىكُنتُمَعَهُمْفَأَفُوزَفَوْزًاعَظِيمًا٧٣
wala-in aṣābakum faḍlun mina l-lahi layaqūlanna ka-an lam takun baynakum wabaynahu mawaddatun yālaytanī kuntu maʿahum fa-afūza fawzan ʿaẓīman

But if bounty comes to you from Allāh, he will surely say, as if [i.e., showing that] there had never been between you and him any affection, "Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment."(73)

Word by word

  1. وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
  2. أَصَٰبَكُمْaṣābakumbefalls you
  3. فَضْلٌfaḍlunbounty
  4. مِّنَminafrom
  5. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  6. لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannahe would surely say
  7. كَأَنka-anas if
  8. لَّمْlam(had) not
  9. تَكُنۢtakunthere been
  10. بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
  11. وَبَيْنَهُۥwabaynahuand between him
  12. مَوَدَّةٌmawaddatunany affection
  13. يَٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīOh! I wish
  14. كُنتُkuntuI had been
  15. مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them
  16. فَأَفُوزَfa-afūzathen I would have attained
  17. فَوْزًاfawzana success
  18. عَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat

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