Quran 22:40 — Al-Hajj, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
those who have been driven unjustly from their homes only for saying, ‘Our Lord is God.’ If God did not repel some people by means of others, many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, where God’s name is much invoked, would have been destroyed. God is sure to help those who help His cause- God is strong and mighty-
الَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَقُولُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ۗ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ اللَّهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَصَلَوَاتٌ وَمَسَاجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا اسْمُ اللَّهِ كَثِيرًا ۗ وَلَيَنْصُرَنَّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ
alladhīna ukh'rijū min diyārihim bighayri ḥaqqin illā an yaqūlū rabbunā l-lahu walawlā dafʿu l-lahi l-nāsa baʿḍahum bibaʿḍin lahuddimat ṣawāmiʿu wabiyaʿun waṣalawātun wamasājidu yudh'karu fīhā us'mu l-lahi kathīran walayanṣuranna l-lahu man yanṣuruhu inna l-laha laqawiyyun ʿazīzun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- who were expelled from their habitations without right, except that they say 'Our Lord is God.' Had God not driven back the people, some by the means of others, there had been destroyed cloisters and churches, oratories and mosques, wherein God's Name is much mentioned. Assuredly God will help him who helps Him -- surely God is All-strong, All-mighty
- Muhammad Asad
- those who have been driven from their homelands against all right for no other reason than their saying. “Our Sustainer is God!” For, if God had not enabled people to defend themselves against one another, all] monasteries and churches and synagogues and mosques - in [all of] which Gods name is abundantly extolled - would surely have been destroyed [ere now]. And God will most certainly succour him who succours His cause: for, verily, God is most powerful, almighty,
- Sahih International
- [They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, "Our Lord is Allāh." And were it not that Allāh checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allāh is much mentioned [i.e., praised]. And Allāh will surely support those who support Him [i.e., His cause]. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | أُخْرِجُوا۟ukh'rijū | have been evicted | خرج |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | دِيَـٰرِهِمdiyārihim | their homes | دور |
| 5 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 6 | حَقٍّḥaqqin | right | حقق |
| 7 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 8 | أَنan | that | — |
| 9 | يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlū | they said | قول |
| 10 | رَبُّنَاrabbunā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 11 | ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu | (is) Allah | أله |
| 12 | وَلَوْلَاwalawlā | And if not | — |
| 13 | دَفْعُdafʿu | Allah checks | دفع |
| 14 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah checks | أله |
| 15 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | the people | نوس |
| 16 | بَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahum | some of them | بعض |
| 17 | بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍin | by others | بعض |
| 18 | لَّهُدِّمَتْlahuddimat | surely (would) have been demolished | هدم |
| 19 | صَوَٰمِعُṣawāmiʿu | monasteries | صمع |
| 20 | وَبِيَعٌۭwabiyaʿun | and churches | بيع |
| 21 | وَصَلَوَٰتٌۭwaṣalawātun | and synagogues | صلو |
| 22 | وَمَسَـٰجِدُwamasājidu | and masajid | سجد |
| 23 | يُذْكَرُyudh'karu | is mentioned | ذكر |
| 24 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 25 | ٱسْمُus'mu | (the) name of Allah | سمو |
| 26 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (the) name of Allah | أله |
| 27 | كَثِيرًۭا ۗkathīran | much | كثر |
| 28 | وَلَيَنصُرَنَّwalayanṣuranna | And surely Allah will help | نصر |
| 29 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | And surely Allah will help | أله |
| 30 | مَنman | (those) who | — |
| 31 | يَنصُرُهُۥٓ ۗyanṣuruhu | help Him | نصر |
| 32 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 33 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 34 | لَقَوِىٌّlaqawiyyun | (is) surely All-Strong | قوي |
| 35 | عَزِيزٌʿazīzun | All-Mighty | عزز |