Quran 9:57 — At-Tawba, verse 57
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if they could find a place of refuge, or a cave, or somewhere to crawl into, they would run there with great haste.
لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَأً أَوْ مَغَارَاتٍ أَوْ مُدَّخَلًا لَوَلَّوْا إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ
law yajidūna malja-an aw maghārātin aw muddakhalan lawallaw ilayhi wahum yajmaḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If they could find a shelter, or some caverns, or any place to creep into, they would turn about and bolt away to it.
- Muhammad Asad
- if they could but find a place of refuge, or any cavern, or a crevice [in the earth], they would turn towards it in headlong haste.
- Sahih International
- If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 2 | يَجِدُونَyajidūna | they could find | وجد |
| 3 | مَلْجَـًٔاmalja-an | a refuge | لجأ |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | مَغَـٰرَٰتٍmaghārātin | caves | غور |
| 6 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 7 | مُدَّخَلًۭاmuddakhalan | a place to enter | دخل |
| 8 | لَّوَلَّوْا۟lawallaw | surely, they would turn | ولي |
| 9 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to it | — |
| 10 | وَهُمْwahum | and they | — |
| 11 | يَجْمَحُونَyajmaḥūna | run wild | جمح |