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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 204of 286

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُۥ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا فِى قَلْبِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَلَدُّ ٱلْخِصَامِ﴿٢٠٤﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allah to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
مَنman(is the one) who
يُعْجِبُكَyuʿ'jibukapleases you
قَوْلُهُۥqawluhu(with) his speech
فِىfīin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَيُشْهِدُwayush'hiduand he calls to witness
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāon
مَاmāwhat
فِىfī(is) in
قَلْبِهِۦqalbihihis heart
وَهُوَwahuwaand he
أَلَدُّaladdu(is) the most quarrelsome
ٱلْخِصَامِl-khiṣāmi(of) opponents

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Characteristics of the HypocritesThe Characteristics of the HypocritesAs-Suddi said that these Ayat were revealed about Al-Akhnas bin Shariq Ath-Thaqafi who came to Allah's Messenger ﷺ and announced his Islam although his heart concealed otherwise.Ibn `Abbas narrated that these Ayat were revealed about some of the hypocrites who criticized Khubayb and his companions who were killed during the Raji` incident.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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