Surah Al-Ahzab 33:14 — translation and meaning

الأحزاب · Verse 14 / 73 · Page 419

وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا الْفِتْنَةَ لَآتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا بِهَا إِلَّا يَسِيرًا

Word by Word

وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
دُخِلَتْ
dukhilat
had been entered
عَلَيْهِم
alayhim
upon them
مِّنْ
min
from
أَقْطَارِهَا
aqtariha
all its sides
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
سُئِلُوا
su-ilu
they had been asked
الْفِتْنَةَ
al-fit'nata
the treachery
لَآتَوْهَا
laatawha
they (would) have certainly done it
وَمَا
wama
and not
تَلَبَّثُوا
talabbathu
they (would) have hesitated
بِهَا
biha
over it
إِلَّا
illa
except
يَسِيرًا
yasiran
a little

Transliteration

wa law dukhilat 'alaihim min aqtaarihaa summa su'ilul fitnata la aatawhaa wa maa talabbasoo bihaaa illaa yaseeraa

Translation

And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And if the enemy were to enter upon them in Madina from all its sides and ask them to return to disbelieving and associating partners with Allah, they would grant their enemy this, and they would not lag behind from becoming renegade and turning back towards disbelief except a little.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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