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Verse 22of 38

فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟ أَرْحَامَكُمْ﴿٢٢

Translation (Sahih International)

So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?

Word-by-word meaning

فَهَلْfahalThen would
عَسَيْتُمْʿasaytumyou perhaps
إِنinif
تَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytumyou are given authority
أَنanthat
تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūyou cause corruption
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟watuqaṭṭiʿūand cut off
أَرْحَامَكُمْarḥāmakumyour ties of kinship

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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