Quran 9:47 — At-Tawba, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They would only have given you trouble if they had gone out [to battle] with you: they would have scurried around, trying to sow discord among you, and some of you would willingly have listened to them- God knows exactly who does evil.
لَوْ خَرَجُوا فِيكُمْ مَا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًا وَلَأَوْضَعُوا خِلَالَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ الْفِتْنَةَ وَفِيكُمْ سَمَّاعُونَ لَهُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ
law kharajū fīkum mā zādūkum illā khabālan wala-awḍaʿū khilālakum yabghūnakumu l-fit'nata wafīkum sammāʿūna lahum wal-lahu ʿalīmun bil-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Had they gone forth among you, they would only have increased you in trouble, and run to and fro in your midst, seeking to stir up sedition between you; and some of you would listen to them; and God knows the evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Had these [hypocrites] set out with_ you, [O believers,] they would have added nothing to you save the evil of corruption, and would surely have scurried to and fro in your midst, seeking to stir up discord among you, seeing that there are in your midst such as would have lent them ear: but God has full knowledge of the evildoers.
- Sahih International
- Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah [i.e., chaos and dissension]. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 2 | خَرَجُوا۟kharajū | they (had) gone forth | خرج |
| 3 | فِيكُمfīkum | with you | — |
| 4 | مَّاmā | not | — |
| 5 | زَادُوكُمْzādūkum | they (would) have increased you | زيد |
| 6 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 7 | خَبَالًۭاkhabālan | (in) confusion | خبل |
| 8 | وَلَأَوْضَعُوا۟wala-awḍaʿū | and would have been active | وضع |
| 9 | خِلَـٰلَكُمْkhilālakum | in your midst | خلل |
| 10 | يَبْغُونَكُمُyabghūnakumu | seeking (for) you | بغي |
| 11 | ٱلْفِتْنَةَl-fit'nata | dissension | فتن |
| 12 | وَفِيكُمْwafīkum | And among you (are some) | — |
| 13 | سَمَّـٰعُونَsammāʿūna | who would have listened | سمع |
| 14 | لَهُمْ ۗlahum | to them | — |
| 15 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 16 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 17 | بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīna | of the wrongdoers | ظلم |