Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 40 (22:40)

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ٱلَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا۟ مِن دِيَٰرِهِم بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ إِلَّآ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَلَوْلَا …

Quran 22:40 is ayah 40 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 337 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:40
ٱلَّذِينَأُخْرِجُوا۟مِندِيَٰرِهِمبِغَيْرِحَقٍّإِلَّآأَنيَقُولُوا۟رَبُّنَاٱللَّهُ ۗوَلَوْلَادَفْعُٱللَّهِٱلنَّاسَبَعْضَهُمبِبَعْضٍلَّهُدِّمَتْصَوَٰمِعُوَبِيَعٌوَصَلَوَٰتٌوَمَسَٰجِدُيُذْكَرُفِيهَاٱسْمُٱللَّهِكَثِيرًا ۗوَلَيَنصُرَنَّٱللَّهُمَنيَنصُرُهُۥٓ ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَلَقَوِىٌّعَزِيزٌ٤٠
alladhīna ukh'rijū min diyārihim bighayri ḥaqqin illā an yaqūlū rabbunā l-lahu walawlā dafʿu l-lahi l-nāsa baʿḍahum bibaʿḍin lahuddimat ṣawāmiʿu wabiyaʿun waṣalawātun wamasājidu yudh'karu fīhā us'mu l-lahi kathīran walayanṣuranna l-lahu man yanṣuruhu inna l-laha laqawiyyun ʿazīzun

[They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, "Our Lord is Allāh." And were it not that Allāh checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allāh is much mentioned [i.e., praised]. And Allāh will surely support those who support Him [i.e., His cause]. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.(40)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
  2. أُخْرِجُوا۟ukh'rijūhave been evicted
  3. مِنminfrom
  4. دِيَٰرِهِمdiyārihimtheir homes
  5. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  6. حَقٍّḥaqqinright
  7. إِلَّآillāexcept
  8. أَنanthat
  9. يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey said
  10. رَبُّنَاrabbunāOur Lord
  11. ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu(is) Allah
  12. وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
  13. دَفْعُdafʿuAllah checks
  14. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah checks
  15. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
  16. بَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahumsome of them
  17. بِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinby others
  18. لَّهُدِّمَتْlahuddimatsurely (would) have been demolished
  19. صَوَٰمِعُṣawāmiʿumonasteries
  20. وَبِيَعٌwabiyaʿunand churches
  21. وَصَلَوَٰتٌwaṣalawātunand synagogues
  22. وَمَسَٰجِدُwamasājiduand masajid
  23. يُذْكَرُyudh'karuis mentioned
  24. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  25. ٱسْمُus'mu(the) name of Allah
  26. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) name of Allah
  27. كَثِيرًا ۗkathīranmuch
  28. وَلَيَنصُرَنَّwalayanṣurannaAnd surely Allah will help
  29. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd surely Allah will help
  30. مَنman(those) who
  31. يَنصُرُهُۥٓ ۗyanṣuruhuhelp Him
  32. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  33. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  34. لَقَوِىٌّlaqawiyyun(is) surely All-Strong
  35. عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAll-Mighty

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