Surah Al-Anfal (الأنفال) • The Spoils of War

Quran 8:23

8:23

وَلَوْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ أَسْمَعَهُمْ لَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

walaw ʿalima l-lahu fīhim khayran la-asmaʿahum walaw asmaʿahum latawallaw wahum muʿ'riḍūna

Had Allāh known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.

— Saheeh International

If God had known there was any good in them, He would have made them hear, but even if He had, they would still have turned away and taken no notice.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Had Allâh known of any good in them, He would indeed have made them listen; and even if He had made them listen, they would but have turned away with aversion (to the truth).

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

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Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
عَلِمَʿalima(had) known
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
فِيهِمْfīhimin them
خَيْرًۭاkhayranany good
لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْۖla-asmaʿahumsurely, He (would) have made them hear
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
أَسْمَعَهُمْasmaʿahumHe had made them hear
لَتَوَلَّوا۟latawallawsurely they would have turned away
وَّهُمwahumwhile they
مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna(were) averse