Surah Al-Hashr, Ayah 14 (59:14)

ٱلْحَشْر

لَا يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعًا إِلَّا فِى قُرًى مُّحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِن وَرَآءِ جُدُرٍۭ ۚ بَأْسُهُم …

Quran 59:14 is ayah 14 of Surah Al-Hashr (“The Exile”), a Medinan surah of 24 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 547 of the Madani Mushaf.

59:14
لَايُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْجَمِيعًاإِلَّافِىقُرًىمُّحَصَّنَةٍأَوْمِنوَرَآءِجُدُرٍۭ ۚبَأْسُهُمبَيْنَهُمْشَدِيدٌ ۚتَحْسَبُهُمْجَمِيعًاوَقُلُوبُهُمْشَتَّىٰ ۚذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّهُمْقَوْمٌلَّايَعْقِلُونَ١٤
lā yuqātilūnakum jamīʿan illā fī quran muḥaṣṣanatin aw min warāi judurin basuhum baynahum shadīdun taḥsabuhum jamīʿan waqulūbuhum shattā dhālika bi-annahum qawmun lā yaʿqilūna

They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence [i.e., enmity] among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.(14)

Word by word

  1. لَاlāNot
  2. يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْyuqātilūnakumwill they fight you
  3. جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall
  4. إِلَّاillāexcept
  5. فِىfīin
  6. قُرًىqurantowns
  7. مُّحَصَّنَةٍmuḥaṣṣanatinfortified
  8. أَوْawor
  9. مِنminfrom
  10. وَرَآءِwarāibehind
  11. جُدُرٍۭ ۚjudurinwalls
  12. بَأْسُهُمbasuhumTheir violence
  13. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong themselves
  14. شَدِيدٌ ۚshadīdun(is) severe
  15. تَحْسَبُهُمْtaḥsabuhumYou think they
  16. جَمِيعًاjamīʿan(are) united
  17. وَقُلُوبُهُمْwaqulūbuhumbut their hearts
  18. شَتَّىٰ ۚshattā(are) divided
  19. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  20. بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
  21. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
  22. لَّاlānot
  23. يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnathey reason

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