Surah Al-Ahzab, Ayah 13 (33:13)

ٱلْأَحْزَاب

وَإِذْ قَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۚ وَيَسْتَْٔذِنُ …

Quran 33:13 is ayah 13 of Surah Al-Ahzab (“The Combined Forces”), a Medinan surah of 73 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 419 of the Madani Mushaf.

33:13
وَإِذْقَالَتطَّآئِفَةٌمِّنْهُمْيَٰٓأَهْلَيَثْرِبَلَامُقَامَلَكُمْفَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۚوَيَسْتَْٔذِنُفَرِيقٌمِّنْهُمُٱلنَّبِىَّيَقُولُونَإِنَّبُيُوتَنَاعَوْرَةٌوَمَاهِىَبِعَوْرَةٍ ۖإِنيُرِيدُونَإِلَّافِرَارًا١٣
wa-idh qālat ṭāifatun min'hum yāahla yathriba lā muqāma lakum fa-ir'jiʿū wayastadhinu farīqun min'humu l-nabiya yaqūlūna inna buyūtanā ʿawratun wamā hiya biʿawratin in yurīdūna illā firāran

And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib, there is no stability for you [here], so return [home]." And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, "Indeed, our houses are exposed [i.e., unprotected]," while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.(13)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. قَالَتqālatsaid
  3. طَّآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna party
  4. مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
  5. يَٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
  6. يَثْرِبَyathriba(of) Yathrib
  7. لَاlāNo
  8. مُقَامَmuqāmastand
  9. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  10. فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۚfa-ir'jiʿūso return
  11. وَيَسْتَْٔذِنُwayastadhinuAnd asked permission
  12. فَرِيقٌfarīquna group
  13. مِّنْهُمُmin'humuof them
  14. ٱلنَّبِىَّl-nabiya(from) the Prophet
  15. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasaying
  16. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  17. بُيُوتَنَاbuyūtanāour houses
  18. عَوْرَةٌʿawratun(are) exposed
  19. وَمَاwamāand not
  20. هِىَhiyathey
  21. بِعَوْرَةٍ ۖbiʿawratin(were) exposed
  22. إِنinNot
  23. يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnathey wished
  24. إِلَّاillābut
  25. فِرَارًاfirāranto flee

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