Surah Al-Ahzab, ayah 20
يَحْسَبُونَ ٱلْأَحْزَابَ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا۟ ۖ وَإِن يَأْتِ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ يَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّهُم بَادُونَ فِى ٱلْأَعْرَابِ يَسْـَٔلُونَ عَنْ أَنۢبَآئِكُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ فِيكُم مَّا قَـٰتَلُوٓا۟ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn. And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little.
Al-Ahzab · 33:20
Word by word
- يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūnaThey think
- ٱلْأَحْزَابَl-aḥzābathe confederates
- لَمْlam(have) not
- يَذْهَبُوا۟ ۖyadhhabūwithdrawn
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- يَأْتِyati(should) come
- ٱلْأَحْزَابُl-aḥzābuthe confederates
- يَوَدُّوا۟yawaddūthey would wish
- لَوْlawif
- أَنَّهُمannahumthat they (were)
- بَادُونَbādūnaliving in (the) desert
- فِىfīamong
- ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe Bedouins
- يَسْـَٔلُونَyasalūnaasking
- عَنْʿanabout
- أَنۢبَآئِكُمْ ۖanbāikumyour news
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
- فِيكُمfīkumamong you
- مَّاmānot
- قَـٰتَلُوٓا۟qātalūthey would fight
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little
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