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At-Tawbah 57

Ayah 57 of 129 · Medinan

لَوۡ يَجِدُونَ مَلۡجَـًٔا أَوۡ مَغَٰرَٰتٍ أَوۡ مُدَّخَلٗا لَّوَلَّوۡاْ إِلَيۡهِ وَهُمۡ يَجۡمَحُونَ ٥٧

If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَوۡIflaw
  2. يَجِدُونَthey could findyajidūna
  3. مَلۡجَـًٔاa refugemalja-an
  4. أَوۡoraw
  5. مَغَٰرَٰتٍcavesmaghārātin
  6. أَوۡoraw
  7. مُدَّخَلٗاa place to entermuddakhalan
  8. لَّوَلَّوۡاْsurely, they would turnlawallaw
  9. إِلَيۡهِto itilayhi
  10. وَهُمۡand theywahum
  11. يَجۡمَحُونَrun wildyajmaḥūna

Tafsir

If these hypocrites find a shelter, such as a fort, to protect themselves in, or caves in the mountains to hide in, or an underground tunnel they could go into to shelter in, they would rush away immediately.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran