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Al-Anfal 23

Ayah 23 of 75 · Medinan

وَلَوۡ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمۡ خَيۡرٗا لَّأَسۡمَعَهُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ أَسۡمَعَهُمۡ لَتَوَلَّواْ وَّهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٢٣

Had Allāh known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. عَلِمَ(had) knownʿalima
  3. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  4. فِيهِمۡin themfīhim
  5. خَيۡرٗاany goodkhayran
  6. لَّأَسۡمَعَهُمۡۖsurely, He (would) have made them hearla-asmaʿahum
  7. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  8. أَسۡمَعَهُمۡHe had made them hearasmaʿahum
  9. لَتَوَلَّواْsurely they would have turned awaylatawallaw
  10. وَّهُمwhile theywahum
  11. مُّعۡرِضُونَ(were) aversemuʿ'riḍūna

Tafsir

If Allah knew that there was good in these idolaters who reject the truth, He would have made them listen in a way that was beneficial to them, so that they would understand the proof and evidence; but He knows that there is no good in them, and that if He made them hear, they would still turn away stubbornly, rejecting what they heard.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran