The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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وَلَوْ
عَلِمَ
اللَّهُ
فِيهِمْ
خَيْرًا
لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ
وَلَوْ
أَسْمَعَهُمْ
لَتَوَلَّوا
وَّهُم
مُّعْرِضُونَ
wa-law ʿalima llāhu fīhim khayran la-ʾasmaʿahum wa-law ʾasmaʿahum la-tawallaw wa-hum muʿriḍūna
If Allah had found in them any good. He would indeed have made them listen: (As it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have turned back and declined (Faith).
— Abdullah Yusufali
Had Allah known any good in them, He would have surely made them hear, and were He to make them hear, surely they would turn away, being disregardful.
