Surah At-Tawbah · Ayah 42

Meaning of Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 42

Law kana AAaradan qareebanwasafaran qasidan lattabaAAooka walakinbaAAudat AAalayhimu ashshuqqatu wasayahlifoona billahilawi istataAAna lakharajna maAAakumyuhlikoona anfusahum wallahu yaAAlamu innahum lakathiboon

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1. لَوْlawIf
2. كَانَkānait had been
3. عَرَضًۭاʿaraḍana gain
4. قَرِيبًۭاqarībannear
5. وَسَفَرًۭاwasafaranand a journey
6. قَاصِدًۭاqāṣidaneasy
7. لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَla-ittabaʿūkasurely they (would) have followed you
8. وَلَـٰكِنۢwalākinbut
9. بَعُدَتْbaʿudatwas long
10. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
11. ٱلشُّقَّةُ ۚl-shuqatuthe distance
12. وَسَيَحْلِفُونَwasayaḥlifūnaAnd they will swear
13. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
14. لَوِlawiIf
15. ٱسْتَطَعْنَاis'taṭaʿnāwe were able
16. لَخَرَجْنَاlakharajnācertainly we (would) have come forth
17. مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
18. يُهْلِكُونَyuh'likūnaThey destroy
19. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumtheir own selves
20. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
21. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
22. إِنَّهُمْinnahum(that) indeed, they
23. لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna(are) surely liars