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Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites)

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ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا۟ فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

That is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.

Word-by-word meaning

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed
ثُمَّthummathen
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved
فَطُبِعَfaṭubiʿaso were sealed
عَلَىٰʿalā[upon]
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
فَهُمْfahumso they
لَا(do) not
يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Al-Madinahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Case of the Hypocrites and their BehaviorAllah the Exalted states that the hypocrites pretended to be Muslims when they went to the Prophet . In reality, they were not Muslims, but rather the opposite.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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