# Quran 4:77 — Surah An-Nisa' (The Women), Verse 77

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
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

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَی الَّذِیْنَ قِیْلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوْۤا اَیْدِیَكُمْ وَاَقِیْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَیْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ اِذَا فَرِیْقٌ مِّنْهُمْ یَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْیَةِ اللّٰهِ اَوْ اَشَدَّ خَشْیَةً وَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَیْنَا الْقِتَالَ لَوْلَاۤ اَخَّرْتَنَاۤ اِلٰۤی اَجَلٍ قَرِیْبٍ قُلْ مَتَاعُ الدُّنْیَا قَلِیْلٌ وَالْاٰخِرَةُ خَیْرٌ لِّمَنِ اتَّقٰی وَلَا تُظْلَمُوْنَ فَتِیْلًا ۟

## Transliteration
Alam tara ilal lazeena qeela lahum kuffooo aidiyakum wa aqeemus Salaata wa aaatuz Zakaata falammaa kutiba 'alaihimul qitaalu izaa fareequm minhum yakhshaw nan naasa kakhashyatil laahi aw ashadda khashyah; wa qaaloo Rabbanaa lima katabta 'alainal qitaala law laaa akhkhartanaa ilaaa ajalin qareeb; qul mataa'ud dunyaa qaleelunw wal Aakhiratu khairul limanit taqaa wa laa tuzlamoona fateelaa

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were told to hold back their hands (from fight) but establish regular prayers and spend in regular charity? When (at length) the order for fighting was issued to them, behold! a section of them feared men as - or even more than - they should have feared Allah: They said: "Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordered us to fight? Wouldst Thou not Grant us respite to our (natural) term, near (enough)?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world: the Hereafter is the best for those who do right: Never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the very least!

**Citation:** Quran, Surah An-Nisa' 4:77 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Context:** Surah An-Nisa' is a medinan surah with 176 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-an-nisa.md
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