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Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 57 (9:57)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجًَٔا أَوْ مَغَٰرَٰتٍ أَوْ مُدَّخَلًا لَّوَلَّوْا۟ إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ

Quran 9:57 is ayah 57 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 196 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:57
لَوْيَجِدُونَمَلْجًَٔاأَوْمَغَٰرَٰتٍأَوْمُدَّخَلًالَّوَلَّوْا۟إِلَيْهِوَهُمْيَجْمَحُونَ٥٧
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.(57)

Word by word

  1. لَوْlawIf
  2. يَجِدُونَyajidūnathey could find
  3. مَلْجًَٔاmalja-ana refuge
  4. أَوْawor
  5. مَغَٰرَٰتٍmaghārātincaves
  6. أَوْawor
  7. مُدَّخَلًاmuddakhalana place to enter
  8. لَّوَلَّوْا۟lawallawsurely, they would turn
  9. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
  10. وَهُمْwahumand they
  11. يَجْمَحُونَyajmaḥūnarun wild

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