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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 119of 200

هَٰٓأَنتُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ كُلِّهِۦ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ عَضُّوا۟ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚ قُلْ مُوتُوا۟ بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ﴿١١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Here you are loving them but they are not loving you, while you believe in the Scripture - all of it. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage. Say, "Die in your rage. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of that within the breasts."

Word-by-word meaning

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْhāantumLo! You are
أُو۟لَآءِulāithose
تُحِبُّونَهُمْtuḥibbūnahumyou love them
وَلَاwalābut not
يُحِبُّونَكُمْyuḥibbūnakumthey love you
وَتُؤْمِنُونَwatu'minūnaand you believe
بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِbil-kitābiin the Book
كُلِّهِۦkullihiall of it
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
لَقُوكُمْlaqūkumthey meet you
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
خَلَوْا۟khalawthey are alone
عَضُّوا۟ʿaḍḍūthey bite
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuat you
ٱلْأَنَامِلَl-anāmilathe finger tips
مِنَmina(out) of
ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚl-ghayẓi[the] rage
قُلْqulSay
مُوتُوا۟mūtūDie
بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗbighayẓikumin your rage
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
بِذَاتِbidhātiof what
ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri(is in) the breasts

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Prohibition of Taking Allies From Disbelievers Who Ridicule IslamAllah forbids His believing servants from taking the hypocrites as allies, so that the hypocrites do not have the opportunity to expose the secrets of the believers and their plans against their enemies. The hypocrites try their very best to confuse, oppose and harm the believers any way they can, and by using any wicked, evil means at their disposal. They wish the very worst and difficult conditions for the believers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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