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Al-Hashr 14

Ayah 14 of 24 · Medinan

لَا يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمۡ جَمِيعًا إِلَّا فِي قُرٗى مُّحَصَّنَةٍ أَوۡ مِن وَرَآءِ جُدُرِۭۚ بَأۡسُهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ شَدِيدٞۚ تَحۡسَبُهُمۡ جَمِيعٗا وَقُلُوبُهُمۡ شَتَّىٰۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمٞ لَّا يَعۡقِلُونَ ١٤

They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence [i.e., enmity] among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَاNotlā
  2. يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمۡwill they fight youyuqātilūnakum
  3. جَمِيعًاalljamīʿan
  4. إِلَّاexceptillā
  5. فِيinfī
  6. قُرٗىtownsquran
  7. مُّحَصَّنَةٍfortifiedmuḥaṣṣanatin
  8. أَوۡoraw
  9. مِنfrommin
  10. وَرَآءِbehindwarāi
  11. جُدُرِۭۚwallsjudurin
  12. بَأۡسُهُمTheir violencebasuhum
  13. بَيۡنَهُمۡamong themselvesbaynahum
  14. شَدِيدٞۚ(is) severeshadīdun
  15. تَحۡسَبُهُمۡYou think theytaḥsabuhum
  16. جَمِيعٗا(are) unitedjamīʿan
  17. وَقُلُوبُهُمۡbut their heartswaqulūbuhum
  18. شَتَّىٰۚ(are) dividedshattā
  19. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  20. بِأَنَّهُمۡ(is) because theybi-annahum
  21. قَوۡمٞ(are) a peopleqawmun
  22. لَّاnotlā
  23. يَعۡقِلُونَthey reasonyaʿqilūna

Tafsir

O believers! The Jews will not fight you united except in dwellings fortified with walls, or from behind walls, because they cannot face you due to their cowardice. Their internal might is severe due to their enmity to one another. You think of them to be one force and that their pedestal is one, but the reality is that their hearts are divided and conflicting. This conflict and enmity is because they do not understand; if they were to understand they would recognise the truth and follow it, not dispute in it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran