Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 23
وَلَوْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ أَسْمَعَهُمْ لَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ
Had Allāh known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.
Al-Anfal · 8:23
Word by word
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- عَلِمَʿalima(had) known
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- فِيهِمْfīhimin them
- خَيْرًۭاkhayranany good
- لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ ۖla-asmaʿahumsurely, He (would) have made them hear
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- أَسْمَعَهُمْasmaʿahumHe had made them hear
- لَتَوَلَّوا۟latawallawsurely they would have turned away
- وَّهُمwahumwhile they
- مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna(were) averse
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