Surah Muhammad (محمد) • Muhammad

Quran 47:21

47:21

طَاعَةٌ وَقَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ ۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ

ṭāʿatun waqawlun maʿrūfun fa-idhā ʿazama l-amru falaw ṣadaqū l-laha lakāna khayran lahum

Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allāh, it would have been better for them.

— Saheeh International

would be obedience and fitting words; it would also be better for them to be true to God when the decision to fight has been made.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Obedience (to Allâh) and good words (were better for them). And when the matter (preparation for Jihâd ) is resolved on, then if they had been true to Allâh, it would have been better for them.

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

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Word by Word

طَاعَةٌۭṭāʿatun(Is) obedience
وَقَوْلٌۭwaqawlunand a word
مَّعْرُوفٌۭۚmaʿrūfunkind
فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
عَزَمَʿazama(is) determined
ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter
فَلَوْfalawthen if
صَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqūthey had been true
ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
لَكَانَlakānasurely, it would have been
خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
لَّهُمْlahumfor them