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Al-Hashr (The Exile)

Verse 14of 24

لَا يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعًا إِلَّا فِى قُرًۭى مُّحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِن وَرَآءِ جُدُرٍۭ ۚ بَأْسُهُم بَيْنَهُمْ شَدِيدٌۭ ۚ تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًۭا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّىٰ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌۭ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.

Word-by-word meaning

لَاNot
يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْyuqātilūnakumwill they fight you
جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall
إِلَّاillāexcept
فِىin
قُرًۭىqurantowns
مُّحَصَّنَةٍmuḥaṣṣanatinfortified
أَوْawor
مِنminfrom
وَرَآءِwarāibehind
جُدُرٍۭ ۚjudurinwalls
بَأْسُهُمbasuhumTheir violence
بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong themselves
شَدِيدٌۭ ۚshadīdun(is) severe
تَحْسَبُهُمْtaḥsabuhumYou think they
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿan(are) united
وَقُلُوبُهُمْwaqulūbuhumbut their hearts
شَتَّىٰ ۚshattā(are) divided
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
لَّاnot
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnathey reason

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The False Promise of Support the Hypocrites gave to the JewsAllah states that the hypocrites, `Abdullah bin Ubayy and his like, sent a messenger to Bani An-Nadir promising them help. Allah the Exalted said,أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ نَـفَقُواْ يَقُولُونَ لإِخْوَانِهِمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ لَئِنْ أُخْرِجْتُمْ لَنَخْرُجَنَّ مَعَكُمْ وَلاَ نُطِيعُ فيكُمْ أَحَداً أَبَداً وَإِن قُوتِلْتُمْ لَنَنصُرَنَّكُمْ(Have you not observed the hypocrites who say to their friends among the...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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