Surah Al-Isra 17:74 — translation and meaning
الإسراء · Verse 74 / 111 · Page 289
وَلَوْلَا أَن ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا قَلِيلًا
Word by Word
وَلَوْلَا
walawla
And if not
أَن
an
[that]
ثَبَّتْنَاكَ
thabbatnaka
We (had) strengthened you
لَقَدْ
laqad
certainly
كِدتَّ
kidtta
you almost
تَرْكَنُ
tarkanu
(would) have inclined
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
to them
شَيْئًا
shayan
(in) something
قَلِيلًا
qalilan
a little
Transliteration
Wa law laaa an sabbatnaaka laqad kitta tarkanu ilaihim sha'an qaleela
Translation
And if We had not strengthened you, you would have almost inclined to them a little.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And had I not favoured you by making you firm on the truth, you were about to incline towards them slightly and then agree with them in what they requested of you, due to their severe deception and scheming, alongside your extreme eagerness for them to bring faith. However, I protected you from inclining towards them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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