Quran 60:2 — Al-Mumtahana, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they gain the upper hand over you, they will revert to being your enemies and stretch out their hands and tongues to harm you; it is their dearest wish that you may renounce your faith.
إِنْ يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا لَكُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَيَبْسُطُوا إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمْ بِالسُّوءِ وَوَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ
in yathqafūkum yakūnū lakum aʿdāan wayabsuṭū ilaykum aydiyahum wa-alsinatahum bil-sūi wawaddū law takfurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If they come on you, they will be enemies to you, and stretch against you their hands and their tongues, to do you evil, and they wish that you may disbelieve.
- Muhammad Asad
- If they could but overcome you, they would [still] remain your foes, and would stretch forth their hands and tongues against you with evil intent: for they desire that you [too] should deny the truth.
- Sahih International
- If they gain dominance over you, they would be [i.e., behave] to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | يَثْقَفُوكُمْyathqafūkum | they gain dominance over you | ثقف |
| 3 | يَكُونُوا۟yakūnū | they would be | كون |
| 4 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 5 | أَعْدَآءًۭaʿdāan | enemies | عدو |
| 6 | وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟wayabsuṭū | and extend | بسط |
| 7 | إِلَيْكُمْilaykum | against you | — |
| 8 | أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahum | their hands | يدي |
| 9 | وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمwa-alsinatahum | and their tongues | لسن |
| 10 | بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūi | with evil | سوأ |
| 11 | وَوَدُّوا۟wawaddū | and they desire | ودد |
| 12 | لَوْlaw | that | — |
| 13 | تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna | you would disbelieve | كفر |