Surah Muhammad 47:21

سُورَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ · Medinan · Verse 21 of 38

طَاعَةٌۭ وَقَوْلٌۭ مَّعْرُوفٌۭ ۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ

Translation

would be obedience and fitting words; it would also be better for them to be true to God when the decision to fight has been made.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.

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