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Al-Hujurat (The Rooms)

Verse 17of 18

يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا۟ ۖ قُل لَّا تَمُنُّوا۟ عَلَىَّ إِسْلَٰمَكُم ۖ بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يَمُنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ هَدَىٰكُمْ لِلْإِيمَٰنِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

They consider it a favor to you that they have accepted Islam. Say, "Do not consider your Islam a favor to me. Rather, Allah has conferred favor upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if you should be truthful."

Word-by-word meaning

يَمُنُّونَyamunnūnaThey consider (it) a favor
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
أَنْanthat
أَسْلَمُوا۟ ۖaslamūthey have accepted Islam
قُلqulSay
لَّا(Do) not
تَمُنُّوا۟tamunnūconsider a favor
عَلَىَّʿalayyaon me
إِسْلَـٰمَكُم ۖis'lāmakumyour Islam
بَلِbaliNay
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
يَمُنُّyamunnuhas conferred a favor
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
أَنْanthat
هَدَىٰكُمْhadākumHe has guided you
لِلْإِيمَـٰنِlil'īmānito the faith
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

There is a Difference between a Believer and a MuslimAllah chastises the bedouins who, when they embraced Islam, claimed for themselves the grade of faithful believers. However, Faith had not yet firmly entered their hearts,قَالَتِ الاٌّعْرَابُ ءَامَنَّا قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُواْ وَلَـكِن قُولُواْ أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الايمَـنُ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ(The bedouins say: "We believe." Say: "You do not believe, but say, `We have submitted,' for Faith has not yet entered your hearts...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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