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An-Nisa · Ayah 89

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Translation

They wish

Word Breakdown

وَدُّوا۟

They wish

Word Breakdown

وَدُّFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootودد
Common

to love, wish for, desire

Lemmaوَدَّ

Verb (form I) - to love, to wish

وا۟Ism · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَدُّوا۟ (They wish) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allāh. But if they turn away [i.e., refuse], then seize them and kill them [for their betrayal] wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper,

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