Surah Al-Hashr (الحشر) • The Exile

Quran 59:12

59:12

لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا۟ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِن قُوتِلُوا۟ لَا يَنصُرُونَهُمْ وَلَئِن نَّصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

la-in ukh'rijū lā yakhrujūna maʿahum wala-in qūtilū lā yanṣurūnahum wala-in naṣarūhum layuwallunna l-adbāra thumma lā yunṣarūna

If they are expelled, they will not leave with them, and if they are fought, they will not aid them. And [even] if they should aid them, they will surely turn their backs; then [thereafter] they will not be aided.

— Saheeh International

if they are driven out, they will never leave with them; if they are attacked, they will never help them. Even if they did come to their aid, they would soon turn tail and flee- in the end they would have no help.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Surely, if they (the Jews) are expelled, never will they (hypocrites) go out with them; and if they are attacked, they will never help them. And (even) if they do help them, they (hypocrites) will turn their backs, and they will not be victorious.

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

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Word by Word

لَئِنْla-inIf
أُخْرِجُوا۟ukh'rijūthey are expelled
لَاlānot
يَخْرُجُونَyakhrujūnathey will leave
مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them
وَلَئِنwala-inand if
قُوتِلُوا۟qūtilūthey are fought
لَاlānot
يَنصُرُونَهُمْyanṣurūnahumthey will help them
وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
نَّصَرُوهُمْnaṣarūhumthey help them
لَيُوَلُّنَّlayuwallunnacertainly they will turn
ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَl-adbāra(their) backs
ثُمَّthummathen
لَاlānot
يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnathey will be helped