ٱلْأَحْزَاب : ١٤

  • وَلَوۡ And if
  • دُخِلَتۡ had been entered
  • عَلَيۡهِم upon them
  • مِّنۡ from
  • أَقۡطَارِهَا all its sides
  • ثُمَّ then
  • سُئِلُواْ they had been asked
  • ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ the treachery
  • لَأٓتَوۡهَا they (would) have certainly done it
  • وَمَا and not
  • تَلَبَّثُواْ they (would) have hesitated
  • بِهَآ over it
  • إِلَّا except
  • يَسِيرٗا a little
And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah [i.e., disbelief] had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.
And had they been invaded in it, namely, Medina, from all sides and had they been exhorted, in other words, had the invaders exhorted them, to treachery, [a return to] idolatrous ways, they would have committed it (read la-aatawhaa, or la-atawhaa, meaning, 'they would have offered it', or 'they would have committed it' [respectively]) and would have hesitated thereupon but a little.