Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:57

9:57

لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَـًٔا أَوْ مَغَـٰرَٰتٍ أَوْ مُدَّخَلًا لَّوَلَّوْا۟ إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ

law yajidūna malja-an aw maghārātin aw muddakhalan lawallaw ilayhi wahum yajmaḥūna

If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly.

— Saheeh International

if they could find a place of refuge, or a cave, or somewhere to crawl into, they would run there with great haste.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Should they find a refuge, or caves, or a place of concealment, they would turn straightway thereto with a swift rush.

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

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Word by Word

لَوْlawIf
يَجِدُونَyajidūnathey could find
مَلْجَـًٔاmalja-ana refuge
أَوْawor
مَغَـٰرَٰتٍmaghārātincaves
أَوْawor
مُدَّخَلًۭاmuddakhalana place to enter
لَّوَلَّوْا۟lawallawsurely, they would turn
إِلَيْهِilayhito it
وَهُمْwahumand they
يَجْمَحُونَyajmaḥūnarun wild