The Confederates
33. Al-'Aḥzāb
الأحزاب
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33:14
وَلَوْ
دُخِلَتْ
عَلَيْهِم
مِّنْ
أَقْطَارِهَا
ثُمَّ
سُئِلُوا
الْفِتْنَةَ
لَآتَوْهَا
وَمَا
تَلَبَّثُوا
بِهَا
إِلَّا
يَسِيرًا
wa-law dukhilat ʿalayhim min ʾaqṭārihā thumma suʾilū l-fitnata la-ʾātawhā wa-mā talabbathū bihā ʾillā yasīran
Had they been invaded from its flanks and had they been asked to apostatize, they would have done so with only a mild hesitation,
— Ali Quli Qarai
And if an entry had been effected to them from the sides of the (city), and they had been incited to sedition, they would certainly have brought it to pass, with none but a brief delay!
