Quran 59:12 — Al-Hashr, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if they are driven out, they will never leave with them; if they are attacked, they will never help them. Even if they did come to their aid, they would soon turn tail and flee- in the end they would have no help.
لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِنْ قُوتِلُوا لَا يَنْصُرُونَهُمْ وَلَئِنْ نَصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ الْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ
la-in ukh'rijū lā yakhrujūna maʿahum wala-in qūtilū lā yanṣurūnahum wala-in naṣarūhum layuwallunna l-adbāra thumma lā yunṣarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If those are expelled, they will not go forth with them, and if they are fought against, they will not help them. Even if they helped them, they would surely turn their backs, then they would not be helped.
- Muhammad Asad
- [for] if those [to whom they have pledged themselves] are indeed driven away, they will not go forth with them; and if war is waged against them, they will not come to their succour; and even if they [try to] succour them, they will most certainly turn their backs [in flight], and in the end will [themselves] find no succour.
- Sahih International
- If they are expelled, they will not leave with them, and if they are fought, they will not aid them. And [even] if they should aid them, they will surely turn their backs; then [thereafter] they will not be aided.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَئِنْla-in | If | — |
| 2 | أُخْرِجُوا۟ukh'rijū | they are expelled | خرج |
| 3 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 4 | يَخْرُجُونَyakhrujūna | they will leave | خرج |
| 5 | مَعَهُمْmaʿahum | with them | — |
| 6 | وَلَئِنwala-in | and if | — |
| 7 | قُوتِلُوا۟qūtilū | they are fought | قتل |
| 8 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 9 | يَنصُرُونَهُمْyanṣurūnahum | they will help them | نصر |
| 10 | وَلَئِنwala-in | And if | — |
| 11 | نَّصَرُوهُمْnaṣarūhum | they help them | نصر |
| 12 | لَيُوَلُّنَّlayuwallunna | certainly they will turn | ولي |
| 13 | ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَl-adbāra | (their) backs | دبر |
| 14 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 15 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 16 | يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūna | they will be helped | نصر |