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Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites)

Verse 4of 11

۞ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَقُولُوا۟ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌۭ مُّسَنَّدَةٌۭ ۖ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ هُمُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ ۚ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ﴿٤﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
رَأَيْتَهُمْra-aytahumyou see them
تُعْجِبُكَtuʿ'jibukapleases you
أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖajsāmuhumtheir bodies
وَإِنwa-inand if
يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey speak
تَسْمَعْtasmaʿyou listen
لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖliqawlihimto their speech
كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)
خُشُبٌۭkhushubunpieces of wood
مُّسَنَّدَةٌۭ ۖmusannadatunpropped up
يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūnaThey think
كُلَّkullaevery
صَيْحَةٍṣayḥatinshout
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhim(is) against them
هُمُhumuThey
ٱلْعَدُوُّl-ʿaduwu(are) the enemy
فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ ۚfa-iḥ'dharhumso beware of them
قَـٰتَلَهُمُqātalahumuMay destroy them
ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
أَنَّىٰannāHow
يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnaare they deluded

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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