Muhammad 47:22 — word by word & tafsir

Word by word

فَهَلْfahalThen would

عَسَيْتُمْʿasaytumyou perhaps

إِنinif

تَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytumyou are given authority

أَنanthat

تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūyou cause corruption

فِىfīin

ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth

وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟watuqaṭṭiʿūand cut off

أَرْحَامَكُمْarḥāmakumyour ties of kinship

So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?

(اے منافقو!) تم سے عجب نہیں کہ اگر تم حاکم ہو جاؤ تو ملک میں خرابی کرنے لگو اور اپنے رشتوں کو توڑ ڈالو

Tafsir

Tafsir: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir · Translated edition.