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بَلْ ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَنقَلِبَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِيهِمْ أَبَدًۭا وَزُيِّنَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنتُمْ ظَنَّ ٱلسَّوْءِ وَكُنتُمْ قَوْمًۢا بُورًۭا﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

But you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families, ever, and that was made pleasing in your hearts. And you assumed an assumption of evil and became a people ruined."

Word-by-word meaning

بَلْbalNay
ظَنَنتُمْẓanantumyou thought
أَنanthat
لَّنlan(would) never
يَنقَلِبَyanqalibareturn
ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe Messenger
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَwal-mu'minūnaand the believers
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَهْلِيهِمْahlīhimtheir families
أَبَدًۭاabadanever
وَزُيِّنَwazuyyinathat was made fair-seeming
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat was made fair-seeming
فِىin
قُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikumyour hearts
وَظَنَنتُمْwaẓanantumAnd you assumed
ظَنَّẓannaan assumption
ٱلسَّوْءِl-sawievil
وَكُنتُمْwakuntumand you became
قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
بُورًۭاbūranruined

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Fabricated Excuse offered by Those Who lagged behind and did not participate in Al-HudaybiyyahAllah informs His Messenger of the excuses that the bedouins who lagged behind would offer him, those bedouins who preferred to remain in their homes and possessions and did not join the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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