Stem أَصَبْ - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

What! when a misfortune befalls you — and you had inflicted the double of that — you say, whence is this? Say, ‘It is from your own selves.’ Surely, Allah has power over all things.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

کیا جب بھی تمہیں کوئی ایسی مصیبت پہنچے کہ تم اس سے دگنی (دشمن کو) پہنچا چکے ہو تو پھر بھی یہی کہو گے کہ یہ کہاں سے آگئی؟ تُو کہہ دے کہ یہ خود تمہاری ہی طرف سے ہے۔ یقیناً اللہ ہر چیز پر جسے وہ چاہے دائمی قدرت رکھتا ہے۔

French

Comment ! Lorsqu’un malheur vous arrive – et jadis vous en aviez infligé le double – vous dites : « D’où vient ceci ? » Réponds : « Cela vient de vous-mêmes ». Assurément, Allāh a le pouvoir de faire tout ce qu’Il veut. »

German

Wie! wenn euch ein Unheil trifft – und ihr davon bereits doppelt soviel angerichtet habt –, dann sprecht ihr: "Woher kommt das?" Sprich: "Es kommt von euch selber." Allah hat wahrlich Macht über alle Dinge.

Chinese

(这不是真实的?) [b]每当你们遭受痛苦, 其实, 你们自己已经给过敌人胜过一倍的痛苦。你们说, 这是从哪里来的呢? 你对他们说: “这是从你们自己那边来的。”安拉对一切事物都是全能的。

Italian

E che! Quando una disgrazia si abbatte su di voi - e voi avete inflitto disgrazie due volte più gravi - voi chiedete: «Da dove proviene ciò?» Di': «Viene da voi stessi.» Certamente, Allah ha potere su tutte le cose.

Spanish

¡Cómo! cuando sufrís una desgracia –aunque vosotros les causasteis una doble- decís: ¿De dónde viene esto? Diles: “De vosotros mismos”. En verdad, Al-lah tiene poder sobre todas las cosas.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور کیا (یہ سچ نہیں کہ) جب (بھی) تمہیں کوئی ایسی تکلیف پہنچی جس سے دگنی تم (خود) پہنچا چکے تھے تو تم نے کہہ دیا کہ یہ کہاں سے (آگئی) ہے تو (ان سے) کہہ دے کہ وہ (خود) تمہاری اپنی طرف سے ہی آئی ہے۔ اللہ یقیناً ہر امر پر پورا قادر ہے۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

What! [b]when a misfortune befalls you—and you had already inflicted twice as much[521]—you say, whence is this? Say, ‘It is from your own selves.’[522] Surely, Allah has power over all things.

English - Five Volume Translation

What! [b]when a misfortune befalls you—and you had inflicted the double of that—you say, whence is this? Say, ‘It is from your own selves.’ Surely, Allah has power over all things.[448]

4:80.

Commentary:

The words, and you had inflicted the double of that, refer to the Battle of Badr, when 70 Meccans were killed and 70 taken captive. At Uhud, 70 Muslims were killed, none being taken prisoner. Thus the Muslims had inflicted a double loss on the Meccans.

The fact that no Muslim was taken prisoner at Uhud demonstrates their high sense of honour. They preferred death to dishonour. They would die fighting rather than lay down their arms. Some of them were found killed on the battlefield with as many as eighty wounds on their bodies. How could such men allow themselves to be taken prisoner by the enemy? It is most significant that in all the different battles that were fought by Muslims till the time of ‘Uthman—and they were many and hundreds of thousands of men took part in them—the number of Muslim prisoners did not exceed a few hundred.

The expression, It is from your own selves, seems to contradict the succeeding verse where it is said, And that which befell you on the day when two parties met was by Allah’s command, and also 4:79, 80 where it is said: And if some good befalls them, they say, ‘this is from Allah’ and if evil befall them, they say, ‘this is from thee’. Say, All is from Allah. What has happened to these people that they come not near understanding anything? Whatever of good comes to thee is from Allah, and whatever of evil befalls thee is from thyself. On deeper reflection, however, no conflict or contradiction is found to exist for the different statements, apparently contradictory, have been made from different viewpoints. As for the real cause of man’s actions, both the good and evil actions are said to emanate from him, because he is their doer; but as it is God Who, as the final Judge, brings about the results of man’s actions, whether good or bad, they can equally be said to proceed from Him. In this sense, both the good and evil results of man’s actions would be attributed to God. Again, as God has created all things for our good and it is through their misuse that we suffer, therefore the evil that befalls us can legitimately be said to proceed from our ownselves. But when that evil is removed by the right use of the things provided by God and good results ensues, then that good must be attributed to God, for it is He Who had endowed things with the properties by the right use of which we benefit. In this sense, good results will be attributed to God and evil ones to man. Thus all the three assertions, though apparently contradicting one another, prove to be true.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

اور یہ تمہارا کیا حال ہے کہ جب تم پر مصیبت آ پڑی تو تم کہنے لگے یہ کہاں سے آئی؟ حالانکہ (جنگ بدر میں) اس سے د و گنی مصیبت تمہارے ہاتھوں (فریق مخالف پر) پڑ چکی ہے اے نبیؐ! اِن سے کہو، یہ مصیبت تمہاری اپنی لائی ہوئی ہے، اللہ ہر چیز پر قادر ہے

English - Sahih

Why [is it that] when a [single] disaster struck you [on the day of Uhud], although you had struck [the enemy in the battle of Badr] with one twice as great, you said, "From where is this?" Say, "It is from yourselves." Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

کیا جب تمہیں ایک تکلیف پہنچی حالانکہ تم تو اس سے دو چند تکلیف پہنچا چکے ہو تو کہتے ہو یہ کہاں سے آئی کہہ دو یہ تکلیف تمہیں تمہاری طرف سے پہنچی ہے بے شک الله ہر چیز پر قادر ہے

English - Talal Itani

Or when struck you disaster, surely you (had) struck (them) twice of it, you said, "From where (is) this?" Say, "It (is) from yourselves." Indeed, Allah (is) on every thing All-Powerful.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

b

4:80.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

Why, when an affliction visited you, and you had visited twice over the like of it, did you say, 'How is this?' Say: 'This is from your own selves; surely God is powerful over everything.'

English - Maududi

And how come when a calamity befell you, you began to ask: 'How has this come about?' even though the enemy has suffered at your hands (in the Battle of Badr) double what you have suffered! Say: This calamity has been brought about by yourselves. Surely Allah is Ail-Powerful.

English - Ahmed Ali

How is it that when misfortune befell you, you said: "Where has this come from?" -- even though you had inflicted disaster twice as great on (the enemy). Say: "This has come from your own selves." Surely God has power over all things.

English - Yusuf Ali

What! When a single disaster smites you, although ye smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, do ye say?- "Whence is this?" Say (to them): "It is from yourselves: For Allah hath power over all things."

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

b

4:80.

448

Commentary:

The words, and you had inflicted the double of that, refer to the Battle of Badr, when 70 Meccans were killed and 70 taken captive. At Uhud, 70 Muslims were killed, none being taken prisoner. Thus the Muslims had inflicted a double loss on the Meccans.

The fact that no Muslim was taken prisoner at Uhud demonstrates their high sense of honour. They preferred death to dishonour. They would die fighting rather than lay down their arms. Some of them were found killed on the battlefield with as many as eighty wounds on their bodies. How could such men allow themselves to be taken prisoner by the enemy? It is most significant that in all the different battles that were fought by Muslims till the time of ‘Uthman—and they were many and hundreds of thousands of men took part in them—the number of Muslim prisoners did not exceed a few hundred.

The expression, It is from your own selves, seems to contradict the succeeding verse where it is said, And that which befell you on the day when two parties met was by Allah’s command, and also 4:79, 80 where it is said: And if some good befalls them, they say, ‘this is from Allah’ and if evil befall them, they say, ‘this is from thee’. Say, All is from Allah. What has happened to these people that they come not near understanding anything? Whatever of good comes to thee is from Allah, and whatever of evil befalls thee is from thyself. On deeper reflection, however, no conflict or contradiction is found to exist for the different statements, apparently contradictory, have been made from different viewpoints. As for the real cause of man’s actions, both the good and evil actions are said to emanate from him, because he is their doer; but as it is God Who, as the final Judge, brings about the results of man’s actions, whether good or bad, they can equally be said to proceed from Him. In this sense, both the good and evil results of man’s actions would be attributed to God. Again, as God has created all things for our good and it is through their misuse that we suffer, therefore the evil that befalls us can legitimately be said to proceed from our ownselves. But when that evil is removed by the right use of the things provided by God and good results ensues, then that good must be attributed to God, for it is He Who had endowed things with the properties by the right use of which we benefit. In this sense, good results will be attributed to God and evil ones to man. Thus all the three assertions, though apparently contradicting one another, prove to be true.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

b

4:80.

521

The words refer to the Battle of Badr, when 70 Meccans were killed and 70 taken prisoner. At Uhud, 70 Muslims were killed, none being taken prisoner. Thus the Muslims had already inflicted a double loss on the Meccans.

522

As for the real cause of man’s actions, both the good and evil ones are said to emanate from him, because he is their author, but as it is God Who, as the final Judge, brings about the results of those actions, whether good or bad, they can equally be said to proceed from Him (4:79). In this sense, both the good and evil results of man’s actions would be attributed to God.

English - Pickthall

And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though ye had smitten (them with a disaster) twice (as great), that ye said: How is this? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

What! When a misfortune befell you, and you had inflicted twice as much, you say: Whence is this? Say: It is from yourselves. Surely Allah is Possessor of power over all things.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Is it not that whenever a misfortune befalls you, though you may have inflicted upon the enemy twice as much, you say: Whence is this? Say to them: It is from your own selves. Surely, Allah has power over all things.

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