Surah At-Tawba 9:57 — translation and meaning
التوبة · Verse 57 / 129 · Page 196
لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَأً أَوْ مَغَارَاتٍ أَوْ مُدَّخَلًا لَّوَلَّوْا إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ
Word by Word
لَوْ
law
If
يَجِدُونَ
yajiduna
they could find
مَلْجَأً
malja-an
a refuge
أَوْ
aw
or
مَغَارَاتٍ
magharatin
caves
أَوْ
aw
or
مُدَّخَلًا
muddakhalan
a place to enter
لَّوَلَّوْا
lawallaw
surely they would turn
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to it
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
يَجْمَحُونَ
yajmahuna
run wild
Transliteration
Law yajidoona malja'an aw maghaaraatin aw mudda khalal lawallaw ilaihi wa hum yajmahoon
Translation
If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If these hypocrites find a shelter, such as a fort, to protect themselves in, or caves in the mountains to hide in, or an underground tunnel they could go into to shelter in, they would rush away immediately.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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