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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 52of 120

فَتَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِيهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشَىٰٓ أَن تُصِيبَنَا دَآئِرَةٌۭ ۚ فَعَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِٱلْفَتْحِ أَوْ أَمْرٍۢ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَيُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَسَرُّوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ نَٰدِمِينَ﴿٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

So you see those in whose hearts is disease hastening into [association with] them, saying, "We are afraid a misfortune may strike us." But perhaps Allah will bring conquest or a decision from Him, and they will become, over what they have been concealing within themselves, regretful.

Word-by-word meaning

فَتَرَىfatarāAnd you see
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
فِىin
قُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts
مَّرَضٌۭmaraḍun(is) a disease
يُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūnathey hasten
فِيهِمْfīhimto them
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasaying
نَخْشَىٰٓnakhshāWe fear
أَنanthat
تُصِيبَنَاtuṣībanā(may) strike us
دَآئِرَ ةٌۭ ۚdāiratuna misfortune
فَعَسَىfaʿasāBut perhaps
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَنan[that]
يَأْتِىَyatiyawill bring
بِٱلْفَتْحِbil-fatḥithe victory
أَوْawor
أَمْرٍۢamrina decision
مِّنْminfrom
عِندِهِۦʿindihi(of) Him
فَيُصْبِحُوا۟fayuṣ'biḥūThen they will become
عَلَىٰʿalāfor
مَآwhat
أَسَرُّوا۟asarrūthey had concealed
فِىٓwithin
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
نَـٰدِمِينَnādimīnaregretful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of Taking the Jews, Christians and Enemies of Islamas FriendsAllah forbids His believing servants from having Jews and Christians as friends, because they are the enemies of Islam and its people, may Allah curse them. Allah then states that they are friends of each other and He gives a warning threat to those who do this,وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ(And if any among you befriends them, then surely he is one of them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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