Translation of the meanings Ayah 47 Surah At-Tawbah - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 47

لَوۡ خَرَجُواْ فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمۡ إِلَّا خَبَالٗا وَلَأَوۡضَعُواْ خِلَٰلَكُمۡ يَبۡغُونَكُمُ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ وَفِيكُمۡ سَمَّٰعُونَ لَهُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

(47) Had they set out among you, they would have increased you nothing but quandary and they would have hurried about in your midst^[2112]; they wish you ˹nothing but turbulent˺ trial and among you are those who ˹are prone to˺ lend them their ears—Allah is indeed All-Knowing of the wrongdoers.

[2112] That is, no sooner than they joined the ranks of the Believers, they would have gone about spreading malicious gossip and rumours causing dissent and would have tried their best to dampen the Believers’ fighting spirit (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Juzayy).