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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 60of 73

۞ لَّئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْمُرْجِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لَنُغْرِيَنَّكَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ لَا يُجَاوِرُونَكَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا﴿٦٠

Translation (Sahih International)

If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease and those who spread rumors in al-Madinah do not cease, We will surely incite you against them; then they will not remain your neighbors therein except for a little.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ لَّئِنla-inIf
لَّمْlam(do) not
يَنتَهِyantahicease
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَl-munāfiqūnathe hypocrites
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
فِىin
قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts
مَّرَضٌۭmaraḍun(is) a disease
وَٱلْمُرْجِفُونَwal-mur'jifūnaand those who spread rumors
فِىin
ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
لَنُغْرِيَنَّكَlanugh'riyannakaWe will let you overpower them
بِهِمْbihimWe will let you overpower them
ثُمَّthummathen
لَاnot
يُجَاوِرُونَكَyujāwirūnakathey will remain your neighbors
فِيهَآfīhātherein
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan(for) a little

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command of HijabHere Allah tells His Messenger to command the believing women -- especially his wives and daughters, because of their position of honor -- to draw their Jilbabs over their bodies, so that they will be distinct in their appearance from the women of the Jahiliyyah and from slave women. The Jilbab is a Rida', worn over the Khimar. This was the view of Ibn Mas`ud, `Ubaydah, Qatadah, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, `Ata' Al-Khurasani and others.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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