Surah An-Nisa, ayah 90
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۭ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَـٰقٌ أَوْ جَآءُوكُمْ حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُهُمْ أَن يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ أَوْ يُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَسَلَّطَهُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ فَلَقَـٰتَلُوكُمْ ۚ فَإِنِ ٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْ فَلَمْ يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ وَأَلْقَوْا۟ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَمَ فَمَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَبِيلًا
Except for those who take refuge with a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty or those who come to you, their hearts strained at [the prospect of] fighting you or fighting their own people. And if Allāh had willed, He could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So if they remove themselves from you and do not fight you and offer you peace, then Allāh has not made for you a cause [for fighting] against them.
Word by word
- إِلَّاillāExcept
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَصِلُونَyaṣilūnajoin
- إِلَىٰilā[to]
- قَوْمٍۭqawmina group
- بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
- وَبَيْنَهُمwabaynahumand between them
- مِّيثَـٰقٌmīthāqun(is) a treaty
- أَوْawor
- جَآءُوكُمْjāūkumthose who come to you
- حَصِرَتْḥaṣiratrestraining
- صُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir hearts
- أَنanthat
- يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you
- أَوْawor
- يُقَـٰتِلُوا۟yuqātilūthey fight
- قَوْمَهُمْ ۚqawmahumtheir people
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- شَآءَshāa(had) willed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَسَلَّطَهُمْlasallaṭahumsurely He (would have) given them power
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
- فَلَقَـٰتَلُوكُمْ ۚfalaqātalūkumand surely they (would have) fought you
- فَإِنِfa-iniSo if
- ٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْiʿ'tazalūkumthey withdraw from you
- فَلَمْfalamand (do) not
- يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumfight against you
- وَأَلْقَوْا۟wa-alqawand offer
- إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
- ٱلسَّلَمَl-salama[the] peace
- فَمَاfamāthen not
- جَعَلَjaʿala(has) made
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way
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