Quran 8:23

Surah Al-Anfaal, Verse 23

Juz 9 · Page 179 · Ruku 148 · Medinan

وَلَوْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ وَلَوْ أَسْمَعَهُمْ لَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Word by word

وَلَوْ walaw And if عَلِمَ ʿalima (had) known ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah فِيهِمْ fīhim in them خَيْرًۭا khayran any good لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ ۖ la-asmaʿahum surely, He (would) have made them hear وَلَوْ walaw And if أَسْمَعَهُمْ asmaʿahum He had made them hear لَتَوَلَّوا۟ latawallaw surely they would have turned away وَّهُم wahum while they مُّعْرِضُونَ muʿ'riḍūna (were) averse

Transliteration

Walaw AAalima Allahu feehim khayranlaasmaAAahum walaw asmaAAahum latawallaw wahum muAAridoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Had Allah known of any good in them He would have made them hear, but had He made them hear they would have turned away, averse.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If Allah had found in them any good. He would indeed have made them listen: (As it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have turned back and declined (Faith).

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم أخبر تعالى بأنهم لا فهم لهم صحيح ، ولا قصد لهم صحيح ، لو فرض أن لهم فهما ، فقال : ( ولو علم الله فيهم خيرا لأسمعهم ) أي : لأفهمهم ، وتقدير الكلام : ولكن لا خير فيهم فلم يفهمهم ؛ لأنه يعلم أنه ( ولو أسمعهم ) أي : أفهمهم ) لتولوا ) عن ذلك قصدا وعنادا بعد فهمهم ذلك ، ( وهم معرضون ) عنه .