Surah Al-Fath, ayah 16
قُل لِّلْمُخَلَّفِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ سَتُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ تُقَـٰتِلُونَهُمْ أَوْ يُسْلِمُونَ ۖ فَإِن تُطِيعُوا۟ يُؤْتِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا ۖ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ كَمَا تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّن قَبْلُ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
Say to those who remained behind of the bedouins, "You will be called to [face] a people of great military might; you may fight them, or they will submit. So if you obey, Allāh will give you a good reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment."
Al-Fath · 48:16
Word by word
- قُلqulSay
- لِّلْمُخَلَّفِينَlil'mukhallafīnato those who remained behind
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْأَعْرَابِl-aʿrābithe Bedouins
- سَتُدْعَوْنَsatud'ʿawnaYou will be called
- إِلَىٰilāto
- قَوْمٍqawmina people
- أُو۟لِىulīpossessors of military might
- بَأْسٍۢbasinpossessors of military might
- شَدِيدٍۢshadīdingreat
- تُقَـٰتِلُونَهُمْtuqātilūnahumyou will fight them
- أَوْawor
- يُسْلِمُونَ ۖyus'limūnathey will submit
- فَإِنfa-inThen if
- تُطِيعُوا۟tuṭīʿūyou obey
- يُؤْتِكُمُyu'tikumuAllah will give you
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will give you
- أَجْرًاajrana reward
- حَسَنًۭا ۖḥasanangood
- وَإِنwa-inbut if
- تَتَوَلَّوْا۟tatawallawyou turn away
- كَمَاkamāas
- تَوَلَّيْتُمtawallaytumyou turned away
- مِّنminbefore
- قَبْلُqablubefore
- يُعَذِّبْكُمْyuʿadhib'kumHe will punish you
- عَذَابًاʿadhāban(with) a punishment
- أَلِيمًۭاalīmanpainful
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