سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ
Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 14
وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا۟ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ لَـَٔاتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if the enemy had entered from all sides (of the city), and they had been exhorted to Al-Fitnah (i.e. to renegade from Islâm to polytheism), they would surely have committed it and would have hesitated thereupon but little.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
دُخِلَتْ
dukhilat
had been entered
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
upon them
مِّنْ
min
from
أَقْطَارِهَا
aqṭārihā
all its sides
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
سُئِلُوا۟
su-ilū
they had been asked
ٱلْفِتْنَةَ
l-fit'nata
the treachery
لَـَٔاتَوْهَا
laātawhā
they (would) have certainly done it
وَمَا
wamā
and not
تَلَبَّثُوا۟
talabbathū
they (would) have hesitated
بِهَآ
bihā
over it
إِلَّا
illā
except
يَسِيرًۭا
yasīran
a little
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
14-1. That is, if the enemy were to enter from all sides into Madinah or their homes and demand that they return to disbelief and polytheism, they would not hesitate at all, and at that time they would not even make the excuse of their homes being unsafe, rather they would immediately submit to the demand of polytheism. The meaning is that disbelief and polytheism are desirable to them and they rush towards it.
