The Holy Quran 4:73 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

وَلَئِنْ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَن لَّمْ تَكُنۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُۥ مَوَدَّةٌ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا

Translation

(On the other hand) If a bounty (such as victory and booty) from Allaah comes to you (while in Jihaad), he (the Munaafiq) will definitely say (regretfully because of greed), as if there existed no love (friendship) between yourselves and him, "Oh dear! If only I had been with them, I would have attained great success!"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, and if the favour of Allah comes to the Muslims — for example, victory comes or they obtain a great deal of spoils of war — the hypocrites bitterly regret it and, like enemies, out of overwhelming envy say, “Alas! Had I been with the Muslims in the jihad (fighting in the path of Allah)

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