Surah Al-Fath, Ayah 22 (48:22)

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وَلَوْ قَٰتَلَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوَلَّوُا۟ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا …

Quran 48:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Al-Fath (“The Victory”), a Medinan surah of 29 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 513 of the Madani Mushaf.

48:22
وَلَوْقَٰتَلَكُمُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَوَلَّوُا۟ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَثُمَّلَايَجِدُونَوَلِيًّاوَلَانَصِيرًا٢٢
walaw qātalakumu alladhīna kafarū lawallawū l-adbāra thumma lā yajidūna waliyyan walā naṣīran

And if those [Makkans] who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in flight]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper.(22)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. قَٰتَلَكُمُqātalakumufight you
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  5. لَوَلَّوُا۟lawallawūsurely they would turn
  6. ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَl-adbārathe backs
  7. ثُمَّthummaThen
  8. لَاlānot
  9. يَجِدُونَyajidūnathey would find
  10. وَلِيًّاwaliyyanany protector
  11. وَلَاwalāand not
  12. نَصِيرًاnaṣīranany helper

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