Surah Al-Hashr (الحشر) • The Exile

Quran 59:14

59:14

لَا يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعًا إِلَّا فِى قُرًى مُّحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِن وَرَآءِ جُدُرٍۭ ۚ بَأْسُهُم بَيْنَهُمْ شَدِيدٌ ۚ تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّىٰ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ

lā yuqātilūnakum jamīʿan illā fī quran muḥaṣṣanatin aw min warāi judurin basuhum baynahum shadīdun taḥsabuhum jamīʿan waqulūbuhum shattā dhālika bi-annahum qawmun lā yaʿqilūna

They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence [i.e., enmity] among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.

— Saheeh International

Even united they would never fight you, except from within fortified strongholds or behind high walls. There is much hostility between them: you think they are united but their hearts are divided because they are people devoid of reason.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They fight not against you even together, except in fortified townships, or from behind walls. Their enmity among themselves is very great. You would think they were united, but their hearts are divided. That is because they are a people who understand not.

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

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Word by Word

لَاlāNot
يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْyuqātilūnakumwill they fight you
جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall
إِلَّاillāexcept
فِىfīin
قُرًۭىqurantowns
مُّحَصَّنَةٍmuḥaṣṣanatinfortified
أَوْawor
مِنminfrom
وَرَآءِwarāibehind
جُدُرٍۭۚjudurinwalls
بَأْسُهُمbasuhumTheir violence
بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong themselves
شَدِيدٌۭۚshadīdun(is) severe
تَحْسَبُهُمْtaḥsabuhumYou think they
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿan(are) united
وَقُلُوبُهُمْwaqulūbuhumbut their hearts
شَتَّىٰۚshattā(are) divided
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
لَّاlānot
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnathey reason