سورة التّوبَة
Surah Al-Taubah 9:57
The Repentance · Verse 57 of 129
لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَأً أَوْ مَغَارَاتٍ أَوْ مُدَّخَلًا لَوَلَّوْا إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Could they find a shelter or some caverns or any (other) place to enter into, they would certainly have turned thereto rushing headlong (for it).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If they could find a place to flee to, or caves, or a place of concealment, they would turn straightaway thereto, with an obstinate rush.
Ahmed Ali
If they find a place of shelter or a cave or hole to hide, they will turn to it.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
If they could but find a place of refuge, or any cavern, or any place to creep into to hide, they would turn about and make a bolt for it.
Daryabadi
Could they find a place of refuge or caverns or a retreating hole, they would turn round thereto rushing headlong.
Faridul Haque
If they find some refuge, or caves, or a place to hide, they will break the bonds and return there.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
If they could find a refuge or caves or a place to enter, they would certainly have turned thereto, running away in all haste.
Maulvi Sher Ali
If they could find a place of refuge, or caves, or even a hole to enter, they would surely turn thereto, rushing in uncontrollable haste.
Muhammad Asad
if they could but find a place of refuge, or any cavern, or a crevice [in the earth], they would turn towards it in headlong haste.
Muhammad Musin Khan
Should they find a refuge, or caves, or a place of concealment, they would turn straightway thereto with a swift rush.
Muhammad Pickthall
Had they but found a refuge, or caverns, or a place to enter, they surely had resorted thither swift as runaways.
Muhammad Sarwar
They are so afraid of you that had there been a place for them to seek refuge, a cave or some entrance in which to hide themselves from you, they would have madly rushed therein.
Muhammed ali Shakir
If they could find a refuge or cave or a place to enter into, they would certainly have turned thereto, running away in all haste.
Rashad Khalifa
If they could find a refuge, or caves, or a hiding place, they would go to it, rushing.
Shabbir Ahmed
If they could find a refuge or a cave or a hiding place, they would rush to it like runaway horses.
Commentary 9:57 The verse indicates that the innermost cause of all hypocrisy is fear: fear of moral commitments and fear of an open breach with one’s social environment.
لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَأً أَوْ مَغَارَاتٍ أَوْ مُدَّخَلًا لَّوَلَّوْا إِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ
9:57 The verse indicates that the innermost cause of all hypocrisy is fear: fear of moral commitments and fear of an open breach with one’s social environment.