Comparative Study
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1  There will be some among you who will lag behind so that if you face a disaster, they will say, “Allah has blessed us for not being there among them.”  Dr. Mustafa Khattab

2  And, behold, there are indeed among you such as would lag behind, and then, if calamity befalls you, say, "God has bestowed His favour upon me in that I did not accompany them."  Muhammad Asad

3  Among you is he who lags behind. Then, when a calamity befalls you, he says, “God has favored me, that I was not martyred with them.”  Talal Itani

4  Among you there is such who lags behind, then if some affliction strikes you, he says: 'Indeed Allah bestowed His favour upon me that I was not present with them.'  Maududi

5  There is certainly among you he who would linger behind (from fighting in Allah's Cause). If a misfortune befalls you, he says, Indeed Allah has favoured me in that I was not present among them.  Muhsin Khan

6  Among you there is the sort of person who is sure to lag behind: if a calamity befalls you, he says, ‘God has been gracious to me that I was not there with them,’  Muhammad Abdel Haleem

7  And, truly, among you is he who lingers behind. Then, if affliction lit on you, he would say: Surely, God was gracious to me that I not be a witness to them.  Dr.Leila Bakhtiar

8  Lo! among you there is he who Loitereth; and if disaster overtook you, he would say: Allah hath been gracious unto me since I was not present with them!  Marmaduke Pickthall

9  And indeed, there is among you he who lingers behind; and if disaster strikes you, he says, " Allah has favored me in that I was not present with them."  Sahih Int.

10  There are certainly among you men who would tarry behind: If a misfortune befalls you, they say: "(Allah) did favour us in that we were not present among them."  Yusuf Ali

11  and indeed, among you (is he) who lags behind then if befalls you a disaster he said, "verily Allah (has) favored [on] me [when] (that) not i was present with them."  Word by Word