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Quran 33:20

Surah Al-Ahzaab, Verse 20

Juz 21 · Page 420 · Ruku 362 · Medinan

يَحْسَبُونَ ٱلْأَحْزَابَ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا۟ وَإِن يَأْتِ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ يَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّهُم بَادُونَ فِى ٱلْأَعْرَابِ يَسْـَٔلُونَ عَنْ أَنۢبَآئِكُمْ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ فِيكُم مَّا قَٰتَلُوٓا۟ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Word by word

يَحْسَبُونَ yaḥsabūna They think ٱلْأَحْزَابَ l-aḥzāba the confederates لَمْ lam (have) not يَذْهَبُوا۟ ۖ yadhhabū withdrawn وَإِن wa-in And if يَأْتِ yati (should) come ٱلْأَحْزَابُ l-aḥzābu the confederates يَوَدُّوا۟ yawaddū they would wish لَوْ law if أَنَّهُم annahum that they (were) بَادُونَ bādūna living in (the) desert فِى fī among ٱلْأَعْرَابِ l-aʿrābi the Bedouins يَسْـَٔلُونَ yasalūna asking عَنْ ʿan about أَنۢبَآئِكُمْ ۖ anbāikum your news وَلَوْ walaw And if كَانُوا۟ kānū they were فِيكُم fīkum among you مَّا mā not قَـٰتَلُوٓا۟ qātalū they would fight إِلَّا illā except قَلِيلًۭا qalīlan a little

Transliteration

Yahsaboona al-ahzabalam yathhaboo wa-in ya/ti al-ahzabu yawaddoolaw annahum badoona fee al-aAArabi yas-aloona AAananba-ikum walaw kanoo feekum ma qatalooilla qaleela

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They hold that the clans have not retired (for good); and if the clans should advance (again), they would fain be in the desert with the wandering Arabs, asking for the news of you; and if they were among you, they would not give battle, save a little.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They think that the Confederates have not withdrawn; and if the Confederates should come (again), they would wish they were in the deserts (wandering) among the Bedouins, and seeking news about you (from a safe distance); and if they were in your midst, they would fight but little.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وهذا أيضا من صفاتهم القبيحة في الجبن والخوف والخور ، ( يحسبون الأحزاب لم يذهبوا ) بل هم قريب منهم ، وإن لهم عودة إليهم ( وإن يأت الأحزاب يودوا لو أنهم بادون في الأعراب يسألون عن أنبائكم ) أي : ويودون إذا جاءت الأحزاب أنهم لا يكونون حاضرين معكم في المدينة بل في البادية ، يسألون عن أخباركم ، وما كان من أمركم مع عدوكم ، ( ولو كانوا فيكم ما قاتلوا إلا قليلا ) أي : ولو كانوا بين أظهركم ، لما قاتلوا معكم إلا قليلا; لكثرة جبنهم وذلتهم وضعف يقينهم .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.