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)
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لَوۡ If law يَجِدُونَ they could find yajidūna مَلۡجَـًٔا a refuge malja-an أَوۡ or aw مَغَٰرَٰتٍ caves maghārātin أَوۡ or aw مُدَّخَلٗا a place to enter muddakhalan لَّوَلَّوۡاْ surely, they would turn lawallaw إِلَيۡهِ to it ilayhi وَهُمۡ and they wahum يَجۡمَحُونَ run wild yajmaḥūna 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
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