Surah An-Nisa 4:74 — translation and meaning

النساء · Verse 74 / 176 · Page 89

ۚ فَلْيُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ وَمَن يُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ أَوْ يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

Word by Word

ۚ
فَلْيُقَاتِلْ
falyuqatil
So let fight
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
يَشْرُونَ
yashruna
sell
الْحَيَاةَ
al-hayata
the life
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
بِالْآخِرَةِ
bil-akhirati
for the Hereafter
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُقَاتِلْ
yuqatil
fights
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
فَيُقْتَلْ
fayuq'tal
then he is killed
أَوْ
aw
or
يَغْلِبْ
yaghlib
achieves victory
فَسَوْفَ
fasawfa
then soon
نُؤْتِيهِ
nu'tihi
We will grant him
أَجْرًا
ajran
a reward
عَظِيمًا
aziman
a great

Transliteration

Falyuqaatil fee sabeelil laahil lazeena yashroonal hayaatad dunyaa bil Aakhirah; wa many-uqaatil fee sabeelil laahi fa yuqtal aw yaghlib fasawfa nu'teehi ajran 'azeemaa

Translation

So let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter. And he who fights in the cause of Allah and is killed or achieves victory - We will bestow upon him a great reward.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Let the true believers – who sell the life of this world in exchange for the Afterlife, desiring the Afterlife more than the goods of this world – fight in the path of Allah so that Allah’s Word is victorious. Anyone who fights in the path of Allah, so that His Word triumphs, and is killed as a martyr or defeats the enemy and is successful, Allah will give them a great reward: Paradise and the pleasure of Allah.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"So let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of th…" — An-Nisa 4:74