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An-Nisa (The Women)

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وَيَقُولُونَ طَاعَةٌۭ فَإِذَا بَرَزُوا۟ مِنْ عِندِكَ بَيَّتَ طَآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى تَقُولُ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَكْتُبُ مَا يُبَيِّتُونَ ۖ فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلًا﴿٨١

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "[We pledge] obedience." But when they leave you, a group of them spend the night determining to do other than what you say. But Allah records what they plan by night. So leave them alone and rely upon Allah. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
طَاعَةٌۭṭāʿatun(We pledge) obedience
فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
بَرَزُوا۟barazūthey leave
مِنْminfrom
عِندِكَʿindikayou
بَيَّتَbayyataplan by night
طَآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna group
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
غَيْرَghayraother than
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
تَقُولُ ۖtaqūluyou say
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuBut Allah
يَكْتُبُyaktuburecords
مَاwhat
يُبَيِّتُونَ ۖyubayyitūnathey plan by night
فَأَعْرِضْfa-aʿriḍSo turn (away)
عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
وَتَوَكَّلْwatawakkaland put (your) trust
عَلَىʿalāin
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiis Allah
وَكِيلًاwakīlan(as) a Trustee

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Obeying the Messenger ﷺ is Obeying AllahAllah states that whoever obeys His servant and Messenger, Muhammad ﷺ , obeys Allah; and whoever disobeys him, disobeys Allah. Verily, whatever the Messenger ﷺ utters is not of his own desire, but a revelation inspired to him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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