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Al-Hashr (The Exile)

Verse 16of 24

كَمَثَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ ٱكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّنكَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

[The hypocrites are] like the example of Satan when he says to man, "Disbelieve." But when he disbelieves, he says, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I fear Allah, Lord of the worlds."

Word-by-word meaning

كَمَثَلِkamathaliLike (the) example
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
إِذْidhwhen
قَالَqālahe says
لِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insānito man
ٱكْفُرْuk'furDisbelieve
فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
كَفَرَkafarahe disbelieves
قَالَqālahe says
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīondisassociated
مِّنكَminkafrom you
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, [I]
أَخَافُakhāfuI fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
رَبَّrabba(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

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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