Surah An-Nisa, ayah 66
وَلَوْ أَنَّا كَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَنِ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ أَوِ ٱخْرُجُوا۟ مِن دِيَـٰرِكُم مَّا فَعَلُوهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُوا۟ مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِۦ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ تَثْبِيتًا
And if We had decreed upon them, "Kill yourselves" or "Leave your homes," they would not have done it, except for a few of them. But if they had done what they were instructed, it would have been better for them and a firmer position [for them in faith].
An-Nisa · 4:66
Word by word
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- أَنَّاannā[that] We
- كَتَبْنَاkatabnā(had) decreed
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them
- أَنِanithat
- ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟uq'tulūKill
- أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
- أَوِawior
- ٱخْرُجُوا۟ukh'rujūGo forth
- مِنminfrom
- دِيَـٰرِكُمdiyārikumyour homes
- مَّاmānot
- فَعَلُوهُfaʿalūhuthey would have done it
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلٌۭqalīluna few
- مِّنْهُمْ ۖmin'humof them
- وَلَوْwalawBut if
- أَنَّهُمْannahum[that] they
- فَعَلُوا۟faʿalūhad done
- مَاmāwhat
- يُوعَظُونَyūʿaẓūnathey were advised
- بِهِۦbihiwith [it]
- لَكَانَlakānasurely (it) would have been
- خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
- لَّهُمْlahumfor them
- وَأَشَدَّwa-ashaddaand stronger
- تَثْبِيتًۭاtathbītanstrengthen(ing)
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