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Verse 12of 73

وَإِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ مَّا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ إِلَّا غُرُورًۭا﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allah and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
يَقُولُyaqūlusaid
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَl-munāfiqūnathe hypocrites
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
فِىin
قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts
مَّرَضٌۭmaraḍun(was) a disease
مَّاNot
وَعَدَنَاwaʿadanāAllah promised us
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah promised us
وَرَسُولُهُۥٓwarasūluhuand His messenger
إِلَّاillāexcept
غُرُورًۭاghurūrandelusion

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How the Believers were tested, and the Position of the Hypocrites during the Battle of Al-KhandaqAllah tells us what happened when the Confederates surrounded Al-Madinah and the Muslims were besieged and found themselves in straitened circumstances, with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in their midst. They were tried and tested, and were shaken with a mighty shaking. At this time hypocrisy emerged, and those in whose hearts was a disease spoke about what they really felt.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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