Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 42
لَوْ كَانَ عَرَضًا قَرِيبًا وَسَفَرًا قَاصِدًا لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَ وَلَـٰكِنۢ بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلشُّقَّةُ ۚ وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَوِ ٱسْتَطَعْنَا لَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْ يُهْلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ
Had it been a near [i.e., easy] gain and a moderate trip, they [i.e., the hypocrites] would have followed you, but distant to them was the journey. And they will swear by Allāh, "If we were able, we would have gone forth with you," destroying themselves [through false oaths], and Allāh knows that indeed they are liars.
At-Tawbah · 9:42
Word by word
- لَوْlawIf
- كَانَkānait had been
- عَرَضًۭاʿaraḍana gain
- قَرِيبًۭاqarībannear
- وَسَفَرًۭاwasafaranand a journey
- قَاصِدًۭاqāṣidaneasy
- لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَla-ittabaʿūkasurely they (would) have followed you
- وَلَـٰكِنۢwalākinbut
- بَعُدَتْbaʿudatwas long
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
- ٱلشُّقَّةُ ۚl-shuqatuthe distance
- وَسَيَحْلِفُونَwasayaḥlifūnaAnd they will swear
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
- لَوِlawiIf
- ٱسْتَطَعْنَاis'taṭaʿnāwe were able
- لَخَرَجْنَاlakharajnācertainly we (would) have come forth
- مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
- يُهْلِكُونَyuh'likūnaThey destroy
- أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumtheir own selves
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
- إِنَّهُمْinnahum(that) indeed, they
- لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna(are) surely liars
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