Surah Al-Ahzab, ayah 13
وَإِذْ قَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۚ وَيَسْتَـْٔذِنُ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلنَّبِىَّ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوْرَةٌ وَمَا هِىَ بِعَوْرَةٍ ۖ إِن يُرِيدُونَ إِلَّا فِرَارًا
And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib, there is no stability for you [here], so return [home]." And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, "Indeed, our houses are exposed [i.e., unprotected]," while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.
Al-Ahzab · 33:13
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قَالَتqālatsaid
- طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna party
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
- يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
- يَثْرِبَyathriba(of) Yathrib
- لَاlāNo
- مُقَامَmuqāmastand
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۚfa-ir'jiʿūso return
- وَيَسْتَـْٔذِنُwayastadhinuAnd asked permission
- فَرِيقٌۭfarīquna group
- مِّنْهُمُmin'humuof them
- ٱلنَّبِىَّl-nabiya(from) the Prophet
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasaying
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- بُيُوتَنَاbuyūtanāour houses
- عَوْرَةٌۭʿawratun(are) exposed
- وَمَاwamāand not
- هِىَhiyathey
- بِعَوْرَةٍ ۖbiʿawratin(were) exposed
- إِنinNot
- يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnathey wished
- إِلَّاillābut
- فِرَارًۭاfirāranto flee
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