الْاَحْزَابِ

Surah Al-Ahzab, ayah 20

The Combined Forces · Medinan · 73 ayahs

33:20

یَحْسَبُونَ الْاَحْزَابَ لَمْ یَذْهَبُواۚ وَاِنْ یَاْتِ الْاَحْزَابُ یَوَدُّوا لَوْ اَنَّهُمْ بَادُونَ فِی الْاَعْرَابِ یَسْـَٔلُونَ عَنْ اَنْبَٓائِكُمْؕ وَلَوْ كَانُوا فٖیكُمْ مَا قَاتَلُٓوا اِلَّا قَلٖیلًاࣖ

Yahsaboona alahzaba lam yathhaboo wain yati alahzabu yawaddoo law annahum badoona fee alaAArabi yasaloona AAan anbaikum walaw kanoo feekum ma qataloo illa qaleelan

Translations

They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn. And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little

Saheeh International

They hold that the clans have not retired (for good); and if the clans should advance (again), they would fain be in the desert with the wandering Arabs, asking for the news of you; and if they were among you, they would not give battle, save a little

Marmaduke Pickthall