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Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Ayah 2 (60:2)

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إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا۟ لَكُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم …

Quran 60:2 is ayah 2 of Surah Al-Mumtahanah (“She that is to be examined”), a Medinan surah of 13 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 549 of the Madani Mushaf.

60:2
إِنيَثْقَفُوكُمْيَكُونُوا۟لَكُمْأَعْدَآءًوَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟إِلَيْكُمْأَيْدِيَهُمْوَأَلْسِنَتَهُمبِٱلسُّوٓءِوَوَدُّوا۟لَوْتَكْفُرُونَ٢
in yathqafūkum yakūnū lakum aʿdāan wayabsuṭū ilaykum aydiyahum wa-alsinatahum bil-sūi wawaddū law takfurūna

If they gain dominance over you, they would be [i.e., behave] to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve.(2)

Word by word

  1. إِنinIf
  2. يَثْقَفُوكُمْyathqafūkumthey gain dominance over you
  3. يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey would be
  4. لَكُمْlakumto you
  5. أَعْدَآءًaʿdāanenemies
  6. وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟wayabsuṭūand extend
  7. إِلَيْكُمْilaykumagainst you
  8. أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands
  9. وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمwa-alsinatahumand their tongues
  10. بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūiwith evil
  11. وَوَدُّوا۟wawaddūand they desire
  12. لَوْlawthat
  13. تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou would disbelieve

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