ٱلتَّوْبَة : ٤٨

  • لَقَدِ Verily
  • ٱبۡتَغَوُاْ they had sought
  • ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ dissension
  • مِن before
  • قَبۡلُ before
  • وَقَلَّبُواْ and had upset
  • لَكَ for you
  • ٱلۡأُمُورَ the matters
  • حَتَّىٰ until
  • جَآءَ came
  • ٱلۡحَقُّ the truth
  • وَظَهَرَ and became manifest
  • أَمۡرُ (the) Order of Allah
  • ٱللَّهِ (the) Order of Allah
  • وَهُمۡ while they
  • كَٰرِهُونَ disliked (it)
They had already desired dissension before and had upset matters for you1 until the truth came and the ordinance [i.e., victory] of Allāh appeared, while they were averse.
Footnotes
1 - Or "turned matters related to you over [in their minds, considering how to cause you failure]."
Indeed, they sought to stir up sedition, against you, already before, when you first came to Medina, and scrutinised your affairs, that is, they thought long and hard how to plot against you and invalidate your religion, until the truth, the [victorious] help, came, and God's command, His religion, prevailed, stood mighty, they still being averse, to it [His religion], entering it superficially.