English translation of the verse 23 surah - Had Allah known of any good in them, He would indeed have

Surat Al-Anfal Verse No. 23: Reading and listening

Translation of the verse 23 from Surah Al-Anfal : Number of verses 75 - - page 179 - Part 9.

﴾وَلَوۡ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمۡ خَيۡرٗا لَّأَسۡمَعَهُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ أَسۡمَعَهُمۡ لَتَوَلَّواْ وَّهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ﴿
[ الأنفال: 23]

Had Allah known of any good in them, He would indeed have made them listen, and even if He had made them listen, they would but have turned away, averse (to the truth).

English - Sahih International

Had Allah known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(8:23) And had Allah known in them any good He would surely, have made them hear; but (being as they, are) even if He made them hear, they would have surely turned away in aversion. *18

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

*18). Such people have neither any love for the truth nor any desire to strive for it. Hence even if they were enabled by God to go forth to the battlefield. they would have turned on their heels at the very first sight of danger. That such people should be a part of the Muslim army might have led to greater harm than good.
 

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Source : Al-Anfal Verse 23: Had Allah known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.