مُحَمَّد : ٢١

  • طَاعَةٞ (Is) obedience
  • وَقَوۡلٞ and a word
  • مَّعۡرُوفٞۚ kind
  • فَإِذَا And when
  • عَزَمَ (is) determined
  • ٱلۡأَمۡرُ the matter
  • فَلَوۡ then if
  • صَدَقُواْ they had been true
  • ٱللَّهَ (to) Allah
  • لَكَانَ surely it would have been
  • خَيۡرٗا better
  • لَّهُمۡ for them
Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allāh, it would have been better for them.
would be [to offer] obedience and honourable words, that is, [words] that are kind to you. Then, when the matter has been resolved upon, that is to say, [when] fighting has been prescribed, if they are loyal to God, in faith and obedience, it will be better for them (the sentence beginning with law, 'if', constitutes the response to idhaa, 'when').