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Muhammad 22

Ayah 22 of 38 · Medinan

فَهَلۡ عَسَيۡتُمۡ إِن تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡ أَن تُفۡسِدُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوٓاْ أَرۡحَامَكُمۡ ٢٢

So would you perhaps, if you turned away,1 cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 From Islām or from jihād (struggling in the cause of Allāh).

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَهَلۡThen wouldfahal
  2. عَسَيۡتُمۡyou perhapsʿasaytum
  3. إِنifin
  4. تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡyou are given authoritytawallaytum
  5. أَنthatan
  6. تُفۡسِدُواْyou cause corruptiontuf'sidū
  7. فِيinfī
  8. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  9. وَتُقَطِّعُوٓاْand cut offwatuqaṭṭiʿū
  10. أَرۡحَامَكُمۡyour ties of kinshiparḥāmakum

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.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran