The Holy Quran 33:16 — Surah Al-Ahzab

Arabic text

قُل لَّن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْفِرَارُ إِن فَرَرْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ أَوِ ٱلْقَتْلِ وَإِذًا لَّا تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Translation

Say, "Taking flight will not help you if you were to flee from death or killing. (By deserting the battlefield) You will then enjoy only a few days of life (because death will certainly come to everyone at some time or another)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, one for whom death is destined cannot save his life by fleeing anywhere. The decree of Allah will reach him wherever he is; and if death is not yet destined, fleeing the battlefield is pointless. Is everyone killed on the battlefield? And suppose fleeing did save him — for how many days?

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