وَلَوْ
أَنَّا
كَتَبْنَا
عَلَيْهِمْ
أَنِ
ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟
أَنفُسَكُمْ
أَوِ
ٱخْرُجُوا۟
مِن
دِيَـٰرِكُم
مَّا
فَعَلُوهُ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلٌۭ
مِّنْهُمْ ۖ
وَلَوْ
أَنَّهُمْ
فَعَلُوا۟
مَا
يُوعَظُونَ
بِهِۦ
لَكَانَ
خَيْرًۭا
لَّهُمْ
وَأَشَدَّ
تَثْبِيتًۭا
٦٦
if We had ordered, ‘Lay down your lives’ or ‘Leave your homes,’ they would not have done so, except for a few- it would have been far better for them and stronger confirmation of their faith, if they had done as they were told,
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem