Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 47
لَوْ خَرَجُوا۟ فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًا وَلَأَوْضَعُوا۟ خِلَـٰلَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ وَفِيكُمْ سَمَّـٰعُونَ لَهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah [i.e., chaos and dissension]. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
At-Tawbah · 9:47
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- لَوْlawIf
- خَرَجُوا۟kharajūthey (had) gone forth
- فِيكُمfīkumwith you
- مَّاmānot
- زَادُوكُمْzādūkumthey (would) have increased you
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- خَبَالًۭاkhabālan(in) confusion
- وَلَأَوْضَعُوا۟wala-awḍaʿūand would have been active
- خِلَـٰلَكُمْkhilālakumin your midst
- يَبْغُونَكُمُyabghūnakumuseeking (for) you
- ٱلْفِتْنَةَl-fit'natadissension
- وَفِيكُمْwafīkumAnd among you (are some)
- سَمَّـٰعُونَsammāʿūnawho would have listened
- لَهُمْ ۗlahumto them
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
- بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīnaof the wrongdoers
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