Surah Al-Hajj, ayah 40
ٱلَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا۟ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِم بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ إِلَّآ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍ لَّهُدِّمَتْ صَوَٰمِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَصَلَوَٰتٌ وَمَسَـٰجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرًا ۗ وَلَيَنصُرَنَّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ
[They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, "Our Lord is Allāh." And were it not that Allāh checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allāh is much mentioned [i.e., praised]. And Allāh will surely support those who support Him [i.e., His cause]. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
Word by word
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
- أُخْرِجُوا۟ukh'rijūhave been evicted
- مِنminfrom
- دِيَـٰرِهِمdiyārihimtheir homes
- بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
- حَقٍّḥaqqinright
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey said
- رَبُّنَاrabbunāOur Lord
- ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu(is) Allah
- وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
- دَفْعُdafʿuAllah checks
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah checks
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
- بَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahumsome of them
- بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍinby others
- لَّهُدِّمَتْlahuddimatsurely (would) have been demolished
- صَوَٰمِعُṣawāmiʿumonasteries
- وَبِيَعٌۭwabiyaʿunand churches
- وَصَلَوَٰتٌۭwaṣalawātunand synagogues
- وَمَسَـٰجِدُwamasājiduand masajid
- يُذْكَرُyudh'karuis mentioned
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- ٱسْمُus'mu(the) name of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) name of Allah
- كَثِيرًۭا ۗkathīranmuch
- وَلَيَنصُرَنَّwalayanṣurannaAnd surely Allah will help
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd surely Allah will help
- مَنman(those) who
- يَنصُرُهُۥٓ ۗyanṣuruhuhelp Him
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَقَوِىٌّlaqawiyyun(is) surely All-Strong
- عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAll-Mighty
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