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Text Uthmani:

وَلَوۡ أَنَّا كَتَبۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَنِ ٱقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ أَوِ ٱخۡرُجُواْ مِن دِيَٰرِكُم مَّا فَعَلُوهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ فَعَلُواْ مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِۦ لَكَانَ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۡ وَأَشَدَّ تَثۡبِيتٗا ٦٦

Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan:

And if We had ordered them (saying), "Kill yourselves (i.e. the innocent ones kill the guilty ones) or leave your homes," very few of them would have done it; but if they had done what they were told, it would have been better for them, and would have strengthened their (Faith);

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran:

If We had commanded them to sacrifice themselves or abandon their homes, none would have obeyed except for a few. Had they done what they were advised to do,¹ it would have certainly been far better for them and more reassuring,

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Word#	Text Uthmani	English Translation
1	وَلَوۡ	And if
2	أَنَّا	[that] We
3	كَتَبۡنَا	(had) decreed
4	عَلَيۡهِمۡ	on them
5	أَنِ	that
6	ٱقۡتُلُوٓاْ	Kill
7	أَنفُسَكُمۡ	yourselves
8	أَوِ	or
9	ٱخۡرُجُواْ	Go forth
10	مِن	from
11	دِيَٰرِكُم	your homes
12	مَّا	not
13	فَعَلُوهُ	they would have done it
14	إِلَّا	except
15	قَلِيلٞ	a few
16	مِّنۡهُمۡۖ	of them
17	وَلَوۡ	But if
18	أَنَّهُمۡ	[that] they
19	فَعَلُواْ	had done
20	مَا	what
21	يُوعَظُونَ	they were advised
22	بِهِۦ	with [it]
23	لَكَانَ	surely (it) would have been
24	خَيۡرٗا	better
25	لَّهُمۡ	for them
26	وَأَشَدَّ	and stronger
27	تَثۡبِيتٗا	strengthen(ing)
28	٦٦	(66)

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