Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:48

9:48

لَقَدِ ٱبْتَغَوُا۟ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ مِن قَبْلُ وَقَلَّبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأُمُورَ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَهُمْ كَـٰرِهُونَ

laqadi ib'taghawū l-fit'nata min qablu waqallabū laka l-umūra ḥattā jāa l-ḥaqu waẓahara amru l-lahi wahum kārihūna

They had already desired dissension before and had upset matters for you until the truth came and the ordinance [i.e., victory] of Allāh appeared, while they were averse.

— Saheeh International

Indeed, they had tried before that to stir up discord: they devised plots against you [Prophet] until the truth was exposed and God’s will triumphed, much to their disgust.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, they had plotted sedition before, and had upset matters for you, until the truth (victory) came and the Decree of Allâh (His religion, Islâm) became manifest though they hated it.

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

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Word by Word

لَقَدِlaqadiVerily
ٱبْتَغَوُا۟ib'taghawūthey had sought
ٱلْفِتْنَةَl-fit'natadissension
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
وَقَلَّبُوا۟waqallabūand had upset
لَكَlakafor you
ٱلْأُمُورَl-umūrathe matters
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
جَآءَjāacame
ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
وَظَهَرَwaẓaharaand became manifest
أَمْرُamru(the) Order of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) Order of Allah
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
كَـٰرِهُونَkārihūnadisliked (it)