Quran 48:22 — Al-Fath, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If the disbelievers had fought against you, they would have taken flight and found no one to protect or support them:
وَلَوْ قَاتَلَكُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوَلَّوُا الْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
walaw qātalakumu alladhīna kafarū lawallawū l-adbāra thumma lā yajidūna waliyyan walā naṣīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If the unbelievers had fought you, they would have turned their backs, and then found neither protector nor helper;
- Muhammad Asad
- And [now,] if they who are bent on denying the truth should fight against you, they will indeed turn their backs [in flight], and will find none to protect them and none to bring them succour:
- Sahih International
- And if those [Makkans] who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in flight]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | قَـٰتَلَكُمُqātalakumu | fight you | قتل |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 5 | لَوَلَّوُا۟lawallawū | surely they would turn | ولي |
| 6 | ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَl-adbāra | the backs | دبر |
| 7 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 8 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 9 | يَجِدُونَyajidūna | they would find | وجد |
| 10 | وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyan | any protector | ولي |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 12 | نَصِيرًۭاnaṣīran | any helper | نصر |