Al-Munāfiqūn
The Hypocrites
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المنافقون
إِذَا When idhā come to you jāaka the hypocrites l-munāfiqūna they say qālū We testify nashhadu that you innaka (are) surely (the) Messenger larasūlu (of) Allah l-lahi And Allah wal-lahu knows yaʿlamu that you innaka (are) surely His Messenger larasūluhu and Allah wal-lahu testifies yashhadu that inna the hypocrites l-munāfiqīna (are) surely liars lakādhibūna
When the hypocrites come to you, [O Muḥammad], they say, "We testify that you are the Messenger of Allāh." And Allāh knows that you are His Messenger, and Allāh testifies that the hypocrites are liars.
ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ They take ittakhadhū their oaths aymānahum (as) a cover junnatan so they turn away faṣaddū from ʿan (the) Way sabīli (of) Allah l-lahi Indeed, [they] innahum evil is sāa what mā they used to kānū do yaʿmalūna
They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.
ذَٰلِكَ That dhālika (is) because bi-annahum they believed āmanū then thumma they disbelieved kafarū so were sealed faṭubiʿa [upon] ʿalā their hearts qulūbihim so they fahum (do) not lā understand yafqahūna
That is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.
۞ وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā you see them ra-aytahum pleases you tuʿ'jibuka their bodies ajsāmuhum and if wa-in they speak yaqūlū you listen tasmaʿ to their speech liqawlihim as if they (were) ka-annahum pieces of wood khushubun propped up musannadatun They think yaḥsabūna every kulla shout ṣayḥatin (is) against them ʿalayhim They humu (are) the enemy l-ʿaduwu so beware of them fa-iḥ'dharhum May destroy them qātalahumu Allah l-lahu How annā are they deluded yu'fakūna
And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allāh destroy them; how are they deluded?