Quran 33:14

Surah Al-Ahzaab, Verse 14

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وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا۟ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ لَـَٔاتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا

Word by word

وَلَوْ walaw And if دُخِلَتْ dukhilat had been entered عَلَيْهِم ʿalayhim upon them مِّنْ min from أَقْطَارِهَا aqṭārihā all its sides ثُمَّ thumma then سُئِلُوا۟ su-ilū they had been asked ٱلْفِتْنَةَ l-fit'nata the treachery لَـَٔاتَوْهَا laātawhā they (would) have certainly done it وَمَا wamā and not تَلَبَّثُوا۟ talabbathū they (would) have hesitated بِهَآ bihā over it إِلَّا illā except يَسِيرًۭا yasīran a little

Transliteration

Walaw dukhilat AAalayhim min aqtarihathumma su-iloo alfitnata laatawha wamatalabbathoo biha illa yaseera

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

If the enemy had entered from all sides and they had been exhorted to treachery, they would have committed it, and would have hesitated thereupon but little.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And if an entry had been effected to them from the sides of the (city), and they had been incited to sedition, they would certainly have brought it to pass, with none but a brief delay!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن هؤلاء الذين ( يقولون إن بيوتنا عورة وما هي بعورة إن يريدون إلا فرارا ) : أنهم لو دخل عليهم الأعداء من كل جانب من جوانب المدينة ، وقطر من أقطارها ، ثم سئلوا الفتنة ، وهي الدخول في الكفر ، لكفروا سريعا ، وهم لا يحافظون على الإيمان ، ولا يستمسكون به مع أدنى خوف وفزع .

هكذا فسرها قتادة ، وعبد الرحمن بن زيد ، وابن جرير ، وهذا ذم لهم في غاية الذم .