Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:76

17:76

وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَـٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

wa-in kādū layastafizzūnaka mina l-arḍi liyukh'rijūka min'hā wa-idhan lā yalbathūna khilāfaka illā qalīlan

And indeed, they were about to provoke [i.e., drive] you from the land [i.e., Makkah] to evict you therefrom. And then [when they do], they will not remain [there] after you, except for a little.

— Saheeh International

They planned to scare you off the land, but they would not have lasted for more than a little while after you.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And verily they were about to frighten you so much as to drive you out from the land. But in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after you, except for a little while.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
كَادُوا۟kādūthey were about
لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَlayastafizzūnaka(to) scare you
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
لِيُخْرِجُوكَliyukh'rijūkathat they evict you
مِنْهَاۖmin'hāfrom it
وَإِذًۭاwa-idhanBut then
لَّاlānot
يَلْبَثُونَyalbathūnathey (would) have stayed
خِلَـٰفَكَkhilāfakaafter you
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little