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Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites)

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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ لَوَّوْا۟ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَرَأَيْتَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you," they turn their heads aside and you see them evading while they are arrogant.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمْlahumto them
تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome
يَسْتَغْفِرْyastaghfirwill ask forgiveness
لَكُمْlakumfor you
رَسُولُrasūlu(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
لَوَّوْا۟lawwawThey turn aside
رُءُوسَهُمْruūsahumtheir heads
وَرَأَيْتَهُمْwara-aytahumand you see them
يَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūnaturning away
وَهُمwahumwhile they
مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَmus'takbirūna(are) arrogant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Hypocrites are not interested to ask the prophet to ask Allah to forgive ThemAllah the Exalted states about the hypocrites, may Allah curse them,وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْاْ يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لَوَّوْاْ رُءُوسَهُمْ(And when it is said to them: "Come, so that the Messenger of Allah may ask forgiveness from Allah for you," they twist their heads,) meaning, they turn away, ignoring this call in arrogance, belitt- ling what they are invited to.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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