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Verse 21of 38

طَاعَةٌۭ وَقَوْلٌۭ مَّعْرُوفٌۭ ۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allah, it would have been better for them.

Word-by-word meaning

طَاعَةٌۭṭāʿatun(Is) obedience
وَقَوْلٌۭwaqawlunand a word
مَّعْرُوفٌۭ ۚmaʿrūfunkind
فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
عَزَمَʿazama(is) determined
ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter
فَلَوْfalawthen if
صَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqūthey had been true
ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
لَكَانَlakānasurely, it would have been
خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
لَّهُمْlahumfor them

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Situation of the True Believer and the Sick-Hearted when the Command for Jihad was revealedAllah mentions that the believers were hoping that Jihad would be legislated. But when Allah ordained it, many of the people turned back, as Allah says,أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّواْ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلَوةَ وَءَاتُواْ الزَّكَوةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا ل...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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