ٱلْأَنْفَال : ٢٣

  • وَلَوۡ And if
  • عَلِمَ (had) known
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah
  • فِيهِمۡ in them
  • خَيۡرٗا any good
  • لَّأَسۡمَعَهُمۡۖ surely, He (would) have made them hear
  • وَلَوۡ And if
  • أَسۡمَعَهُمۡ He had made them hear
  • لَتَوَلَّواْ surely they would have turned away
  • وَّهُم while they
  • مُّعۡرِضُونَ (were) averse
Had Allāh known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.
For had God known of any good in them, any righteousness, were they to listen to the truth, He would have made them hear, in such a way as to understand; and had He made them hear - hypothetically speaking - already knowing that there is no good in them, they would have turned away, from it, averse, to accepting it, out of obstinacy and in denial.