Quran 33:14 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
had the city been invaded from all sides, and the enemy invited them to rebel, they would have done so almost without hesitation.
وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا الْفِتْنَةَ لَآتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا بِهَا إِلَّا يَسِيرًا
walaw dukhilat ʿalayhim min aqṭārihā thumma su-ilū l-fit'nata laātawhā wamā talabbathū bihā illā yasīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if entrance had been forced against them from those quarters, and then they had been asked to apostatise, they would have done so, and but tarried about it briefly.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now if their town had been stormed, and they had been asked [by the enemy] to commit apostasy, [the hypocrites] would have done so without much delay
- Sahih International
- And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah [i.e., disbelief] had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | دُخِلَتْdukhilat | had been entered | دخل |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | upon them | — |
| 4 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 5 | أَقْطَارِهَاaqṭārihā | all its sides | قطر |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | سُئِلُوا۟su-ilū | they had been asked | سأل |
| 8 | ٱلْفِتْنَةَl-fit'nata | the treachery | فتن |
| 9 | لَـَٔاتَوْهَاlaātawhā | they (would) have certainly done it | أتي |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 11 | تَلَبَّثُوا۟talabbathū | they (would) have hesitated | لبث |
| 12 | بِهَآbihā | over it | — |
| 13 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 14 | يَسِيرًۭاyasīran | a little | يسر |