The Confederates
33. Al-'Aḥzāb
الأحزاب
al-Aḥzāb (The Confederates)
ٱلْأَحْزَاب
33:20
يَحْسَبُونَ
الْأَحْزَابَ
لَمْ
يَذْهَبُوا
وَإِن
يَأْتِ
الْأَحْزَابُ
يَوَدُّوا
لَوْ
أَنَّهُم
بَادُونَ
فِي
الْأَعْرَابِ
يَسْأَلُونَ
عَنْ
أَنبَائِكُمْ
وَلَوْ
كَانُوا
فِيكُم
مَّا
قَاتَلُوا
إِلَّا
قَلِيلًا
yaḥsabūna l-ʾaḥzāba lam yadhhabū wa-ʾin yaʾti l-ʾaḥzābu yawaddū law ʾannahum bādūna fī l-ʾaʿrābi yasʾalūna ʿan ʾanbāʾikum wa-law kānū fīkum mā qātalū ʾillā qalīlan
They think that the confederate tribes have not yet gone. If the confederate tribes were to attack them, they would have wished to be left alone among the bedouin Arabs where they would only follow the news about you. Even if they were with you, only a few of them would take part in the fight.