Surah Muhammad, Ayah 22 (47:22)

مُحَمَّد

فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟ أَرْحَامَكُمْ

Quran 47:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Muhammad (“Muhammad”), a Medinan surah of 38 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 509 of the Madani Mushaf.

47:22
فَهَلْعَسَيْتُمْإِنتَوَلَّيْتُمْأَنتُفْسِدُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِوَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟أَرْحَامَكُمْ٢٢
fahal ʿasaytum in tawallaytum an tuf'sidū fī l-arḍi watuqaṭṭiʿū arḥāmakum

So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?(22)

Word by word

  1. فَهَلْfahalThen would
  2. عَسَيْتُمْʿasaytumyou perhaps
  3. إِنinif
  4. تَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytumyou are given authority
  5. أَنanthat
  6. تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūyou cause corruption
  7. فِىfīin
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  9. وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟watuqaṭṭiʿūand cut off
  10. أَرْحَامَكُمْarḥāmakumyour ties of kinship

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