Surah Al-Hashr, Ayah 12 (59:12)

ٱلْحَشْر

لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا۟ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِن قُوتِلُوا۟ لَا يَنصُرُونَهُمْ وَلَئِن …

Quran 59:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Al-Hashr (“The Exile”), a Medinan surah of 24 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 547 of the Madani Mushaf.

59:12
لَئِنْأُخْرِجُوا۟لَايَخْرُجُونَمَعَهُمْوَلَئِنقُوتِلُوا۟لَايَنصُرُونَهُمْوَلَئِننَّصَرُوهُمْلَيُوَلُّنَّٱلْأَدْبَٰرَثُمَّلَايُنصَرُونَ١٢
la-in ukh'rijū lā yakhrujūna maʿahum wala-in qūtilū lā yanṣurūnahum wala-in naṣarūhum layuwallunna l-adbāra thumma lā yunṣarūna

If they are expelled, they will not leave with them, and if they are fought, they will not aid them. And [even] if they should aid them, they will surely turn their backs; then [thereafter] they will not be aided.(12)

Word by word

  1. لَئِنْla-inIf
  2. أُخْرِجُوا۟ukh'rijūthey are expelled
  3. لَاlānot
  4. يَخْرُجُونَyakhrujūnathey will leave
  5. مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them
  6. وَلَئِنwala-inand if
  7. قُوتِلُوا۟qūtilūthey are fought
  8. لَاlānot
  9. يَنصُرُونَهُمْyanṣurūnahumthey will help them
  10. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
  11. نَّصَرُوهُمْnaṣarūhumthey help them
  12. لَيُوَلُّنَّlayuwallunnacertainly they will turn
  13. ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَl-adbāra(their) backs
  14. ثُمَّthummathen
  15. لَاlānot
  16. يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnathey will be helped

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