Quran 60:2

Surah Al-Mumtahana, Verse 2

Juz 28 · Page 549 · Ruku 482 · Medinan

إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا۟ لَكُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ

Word by word

إِن in If يَثْقَفُوكُمْ yathqafūkum they gain dominance over you يَكُونُوا۟ yakūnū they would be لَكُمْ lakum to you أَعْدَآءًۭ aʿdāan enemies وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ wayabsuṭū and extend إِلَيْكُمْ ilaykum against you أَيْدِيَهُمْ aydiyahum their hands وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم wa-alsinatahum and their tongues بِٱلسُّوٓءِ bil-sūi with evil وَوَدُّوا۟ wawaddū and they desire لَوْ law that تَكْفُرُونَ takfurūna you would disbelieve

Transliteration

In yathqafookum yakoonoo lakam aAAdaanwayabsutoo ilaykum aydiyahum waalsinatahum bissoo-iwawaddoo law takfuroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

If they have the upper hand of you, they will be your foes, and will stretch out their hands and their tongues toward you with evil (intent), and they long for you to disbelieve.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If they were to get the better of you, they would behave to you as enemies, and stretch forth their hands and their tongues against you for evil: and they desire that ye should reject the Truth.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

إن يثقفوكم يكونوا لكم أعداء ويبسطوا إليكم أيديهم وألسنتهم بالسوء ) أي : لو قدروا عليكم لما اتقوا فيكم من أذى ينالونكم به بالمقال والفعال . ( وودوا لو تكفرون ) أي : ويحرصون على ألا تنالوا خيرا ، فهم عداوتهم لكم كامنة وظاهرة ، فكيف توالون مثل هؤلاء ؟ وهذا تهييج على عداوتهم أيضا .