Surah At-Tawbah

At-Tawbah 9:42

Ayah 42 of 129

لَوۡ كَانَ عَرَضٗا قَرِيبٗا وَسَفَرٗا قَاصِدٗا لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَ وَلَٰكِنۢ بَعُدَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلشُّقَّةُۚ وَسَيَحۡلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَوِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡنَا لَخَرَجۡنَا مَعَكُمۡ يُهۡلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ 

Had it been an easy gain and a moderate trip, the hypocrites would have followed you, but distant to them was the journey. And they will swear by Allah, "If we were able, we would have gone forth with you," destroying themselves [through false oaths], and Allah knows that indeed they are liars

Transliteration

Law kana ʿaradan qareeban wasafaran qasidan laittabaʿooka walakin baʿudat ʿalayhimu alshshuqqatu wasayahlifoona biAllahi lawi istataʿna lakharajna maʿakum yuhlikoona anfusahum waAllahu yaʿlamu innahum lakathiboona

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Quran text: Tanzil (tanzil.net). Translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary.