Surah Muhammad 47:22 — translation and meaning
محمد · Verse 22 / 38 · Page 509
فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ
Word by Word
فَهَلْ
fahal
Then would
عَسَيْتُمْ
asaytum
you perhaps
إِن
in
if
تَوَلَّيْتُمْ
tawallaytum
you are given authority
أَن
an
that
تُفْسِدُوا
tuf'sidu
you cause corruption
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
وَتُقَطِّعُوا
watuqatti'u
and cut off
أَرْحَامَكُمْ
arhamakum
your ties of kinship
Transliteration
Fahal 'asaitum in tawallaitum an tufsidoo fil ardi wa tuqatti'ooo arhaamakum
Translation
So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
It is most probable that if you turn away from having faith in Allah and following Him, you will make mischief on earth by disbelief and sins, and you will cut family ties, just as you used to do in the period of ignorance.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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