Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:14

33:14

وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا۟ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ لَـَٔاتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا

walaw dukhilat ʿalayhim min aqṭārihā thumma su-ilū l-fit'nata laātawhā wamā talabbathū bihā illā yasīran

And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah [i.e., disbelief] had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.

— Saheeh International

had the city been invaded from all sides, and the enemy invited them to rebel, they would have done so almost without hesitation.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if the enemy had entered from all sides (of the city), and they had been exhorted to Al-Fitnah (i.e. to renegade from Islâm to polytheism), they would surely have committed it and would have hesitated thereupon but little.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
دُخِلَتْdukhilathad been entered
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
مِّنْminfrom
أَقْطَارِهَاaqṭārihāall its sides
ثُمَّthummathen
سُئِلُوا۟su-ilūthey had been asked
ٱلْفِتْنَةَl-fit'natathe treachery
لَـَٔاتَوْهَاlaātawhāthey (would) have certainly done it
وَمَاwamāand not
تَلَبَّثُوا۟talabbathūthey (would) have hesitated
بِهَآbihāover it
إِلَّاillāexcept
يَسِيرًۭاyasīrana little