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سُورَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ مَدَنِيَّةٌ آيَاتُهَا ٣٨

Surah Muhammad Verse 21

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Muhammad 21

طَاعَةٌ وَقَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ۠ فَاِذَا عَزَمَ الْاَمْرُ۠ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا اللّٰهَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْۚ ۝٢١

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

21Ṭâʿatüv veḳavlüm maʿrûfün. feiẕâ ʿazeme-lʾemr. felev ṣadeḳu-llâhe lekâne ḫayral lehüm.

English Translation

English Translation

21obedience to the command and good words. But when the matter of fighting became decisive, they did not behave so. Yet had they stayed true to the word they gave Allah, it would have been better for them.

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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik.

The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.