The Confederates
33. Al-'Aḥzāb
الأحزاب
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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They think that the Confederates have not withdrawn; and if the Confederates should come (again), they would wish they were in the deserts (wandering) among the Bedouins, and seeking news about you (from a safe distance); and if they were in your midst, they would fight but little.
— Abdullah Yusufali
They suppose the confederates have not left yet, and were the confederates to come [again], they would wish they were in the desert with the Bedouins asking about your news, and if they were with you they would fight but a little.
