Surah Muhammad, ayah 21
طَاعَةٌ وَقَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ ۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ
Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allāh, it would have been better for them.
Muhammad · 47:21
Word by word
- طَاعَةٌۭṭāʿatun(Is) obedience
- وَقَوْلٌۭwaqawlunand a word
- مَّعْرُوفٌۭ ۚmaʿrūfunkind
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
- عَزَمَʿazama(is) determined
- ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter
- فَلَوْfalawthen if
- صَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqūthey had been true
- ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
- لَكَانَlakānasurely, it would have been
- خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
- لَّهُمْlahumfor them
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