Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the eighteenth verse of chapter 33 (sūrat l-aḥzāb). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (33) sūrat l-aḥzāb (The Combined Forces)

Sahih International: Already Allah knows the hinderers among you and those [hypocrites] who say to their brothers, "Come to us," and do not go to battle, except for a few,

Pickthall: Allah already knoweth those of you who hinder, and those who say unto their brethren: "Come ye hither unto us!" and they come not to the stress of battle save a little,

Yusuf Ali: Verily Allah knows those among you who keep back (men) and those who say to their brethren, "Come along to us", but come not to the fight except for just a little while.

Shakir: Allah knows indeed those among you who hinder others and those who say to their brethren: Come to us; and they come not to the fight but a little,

Muhammad Sarwar: God certainly knows those among you who create obstacles (on the way that leads to God) and those who say to their brothers, 'Come quickly to us' and very rarely take part in the fighting.

Mohsin Khan: Allah already knows those among you who keep back (men) from fighting in Allah's Cause, and those who say to their brethren "Come here towards us," while they (themselves) come not to the battle except a little.

Arberry: God would surely know those of you who hinder, and those who say to their brothers, 'Come to us,' and come to battle but little,

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See Also

• Verse (33:18) Morphology - description of each Arabic word