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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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إِن تَمْسَسْكُمْ حَسَنَةٌۭ تَسُؤْهُمْ وَإِن تُصِبْكُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۭ يَفْرَحُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌۭ﴿١٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

If good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allah is encompassing of what they do.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنinIf
تَمْسَسْكُمْtamsaskumtouches you
حَسَنَةٌۭḥasanatuna good
تَسُؤْهُمْtasu'humit grieves them
وَإِنwa-inand if
تُصِبْكُمْtuṣib'kumstrikes you
سَيِّئَةٌۭsayyi-atunmisfortune
يَفْرَحُوا۟yafraḥūthey rejoice
بِهَا ۖbihāat it
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تَصْبِرُوا۟taṣbirūyou are patient
وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand fear (Allah)
لَاnot
يَضُرُّكُمْyaḍurrukumwill harm you
كَيْدُهُمْkayduhumtheir plot
شَيْـًٔا ۗshayan(in) anything
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
بِمَاbimāof what
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
مُحِيطٌۭmuḥīṭun(is) All-Encompassing

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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