إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Except for the oppressed among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way -
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (ஆனால்) ஆண்களிலும், பெண்களிலும், சிறுவர்களிலும் பலஹீனமானவர்களைத் தவிர - ஏனெனில் இவர்கள் எவ்வித உபாயமும் தெரியாதவர்கள்; (வெளியேறிச் செல்ல) வழியும் அறியாதவர்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔවුනට කිසිදු උපාය මාර්ගයක් ගැනීමට හැකියාවක් නොමැති, කිසිදු මාර්ගයක් මඟ පෙන්වනු නො ලැබූ, පිරිමින් අතුරින් දුබලයින් ද කාන්තාවන් ද ළමුන් ද හැර.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- مگر جو مرد عورتیں اور بچے بے بس ہیں جنہیں نہ تو کسی چارہٴ کار کی طاقت اور نہ کسی راستے کا علم ہے۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 只（本当に）弱かった男女と子供たちは別である。かれらは（自ら避難する）手段を見い出すことも出来ず，また道へも導かれなかった。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 惟老弱和妇孺，他们既无力迁移，又不认识道路。
Tafsir of 4:98
The Prohibition of Residing Among the Disbelievers While Able to Emigrate Al-Bukhari recorded that Muhammad bin `Abdur-Rahman, Abu Al-Aswad, said, "The people of Al-Madinah were forced to prepare an army (to fight against the people of Ash-Sham during the Khilafah of Abdullah bin Az-Zubayir at Makkah), and I was enlisted in it. Then I met `Ikrimah, the freed slave of Ibn `Abbas, and informed him (about it), and he forbade me strongly from doing so (i.e., to enlist in that army), and then he said to me, `Ibn `Abbas told me that some Muslims used to go out with the idolators increasing the size of their army against the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Then, an arrow would hit one of them and kill him, or he would be struck on his neck (with a sword) and killed, and Allah sent down the Ayah, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّهُمُ الْمَلَئِكَةُ ظَلِمِى أَنفُسِهِمْ (Verily, as for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves)." Ad-Dahhak stated that this Ayah was revealed about some hypocrites who did not join the Messenger of Allah ﷺ but remained in Makkah and went out with the idolators for the battle of Badr. They were killed among those who were killed.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
