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Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding)

Verse 31of 36

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ﴿٣١

Translation (Sahih International)

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟inqalabūthey returned
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَهْلِهِمُahlihimutheir people
ٱنقَلَبُوا۟inqalabūthey would return
فَكِهِينَfakihīnajesting

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Wicked Behavior of the Criminals and Their mocking of the BelieversAllah informs that the criminals used to laugh at the believers in the worldly life. In other words, they would mock them and despise them. Whenever they would pass by the believers, they would wink at each other about them, meaning in contempt of them.وَإِذَا انقَلَبُواْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِمْ انقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ (And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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