Quran 47:22 — Muhammad, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘If you turn away now, could it be that you will go on to spread corruption all over the land and break your ties of kinship?’
فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ
fahal ʿasaytum in tawallaytum an tuf'sidū fī l-arḍi watuqaṭṭiʿū arḥāmakum
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you turned away, would you then haply work corruption in the land, and break your bonds of kin?
- Muhammad Asad
- [Ask them:] “Would you, perchance, after having turned away [from God’s commandment, prefer to revert to your old ways, and] spread corruption on earth, and [once again] cut asunder your ties of kinship?”
- Sahih International
- So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَهَلْfahal | Then would | — |
| 2 | عَسَيْتُمْʿasaytum | you perhaps | عسي |
| 3 | إِنin | if | — |
| 4 | تَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytum | you are given authority | ولي |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidū | you cause corruption | فسد |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 9 | وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟watuqaṭṭiʿū | and cut off | قطع |
| 10 | أَرْحَامَكُمْarḥāmakum | your ties of kinship | رحم |