وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّقَوۡاْ لَمَثُوبَةٞ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيۡرٞۚ لَّوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٠٣
And if they had believed and feared Allāh, then the reward from Allāh would have been [far] better, if they only knew.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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وَلَوۡ And if walaw أَنَّهُمۡ [that] they annahum ءَامَنُواْ (had) believed āmanū وَٱتَّقَوۡاْ and feared (Allah) wa-ittaqaw لَمَثُوبَةٞ surely (the) reward lamathūbatun مِّنۡ (of) min عِندِ from ʿindi ٱللَّهِ Allah l-lahi خَيۡرٞۚ (would have been) better khayrun لَّوۡ if law كَانُواْ they were kānū يَعۡلَمُونَ (to) know yaʿlamūna Tafsir If the Jews had really had faith in Allah, and been mindful to obey His sacred law and not rebel, His reward would have been far better for them, if they only knew.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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