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قالوا تقاسموا بالله لنبيتنه واهله ثم لنقولن لوليه ما شهدنا مهلك اهله وانا لصادقون ٤٩
قَالُوا۟ تَقَاسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ ٤٩
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They vowed, “Let us swear by Allah that we will take him and his family down by night. Then we will certainly say to his ˹closest˺ heirs, ‘We did not witness the murder of his family. We are definitely telling the truth.’”
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لىبيتنه - لىقولن
Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
Madinah
Ḥamzah
Kufah
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Makkah
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Kufah
Readings
لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ - لَنَقُولَنَّ
la-nubayyitannahū...la-naqūlanna
“we shall attack him by night...then we will say”
These verbs are in the first person plural, as the people plotted amongst themselves.
لَتُبَيِّتُنَّهُ - لَتَقُولُنَّ
la-tubayyitunnahū...la-taqūlunna
“you shall attack him by night...then you will say”
In this reading, the second person plural is used for how they conveyed instructions to each other.

Explanation

These readings amount to the same meaning [Makki].

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran